BACKGROUND: Depression is a common health problem, ranking third after cardiac and
respiratory diseases as a major cause of disability. There is evidence to suggest that university …

In this paper; we propose a new cooperative communication protocol, which achieves
higher bandwidth efficiency while guaranteeing the same diversity order as that of the …

Enzymes play vital roles in diverse industrial sectors and are essential components of many
industrial products. Immobilized enzymes possess higher resistance to environmental …

Biodegradable materials, including natural and synthetic polymers and hydrolyzable metals,
constitute the main components of temporary, implantable medical devices. Besides the …

The last decade has seen a sharp increase in the number of scientific publications describing
physiological and pathological functions of extracellular vesicles (EVs), a collective term …

The CADUCEUS trial of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) has shown that it may be possible
to regenerate injured heart muscle previously thought to be permanently scarred. The …

Aims Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) accounts for over a million premature deaths annually;
however, there is little contemporary information on presentation, complications, and …

A High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) is a network node that operates in the stratosphere
at an of altitude around 20 km and is instrumental for providing communication services. …

MicroRNAs (miRNA) aberrantly expressed in tumors may offer novel therapeutic approaches
to treatment. miR-145 is downregulated in various cancers including colon carcinoma in …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between atrial
fibrillation (AF) and pericardial fat. Background : Pericardial fat is visceral adipose tissue that …