Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
On-chip devices for absorption spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy have been developing rapidly in the last few years, triggered by the growing availability of compact and affordable tunable lasers, detectors, and on-chip spectrometers. Material processing that is compatible with mass production has been proven to be capable of long low-loss wavegu...
Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background Both light-chain (AL) amyloidosis and transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis are types of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) that require accurate prognostic stratification to plan therapeutic strategies and follow-ups. Cardiac biomarkers, e.g., N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (Hs-cTnT), rema...
Published in Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
Introduction and Objective: Amyloidoses are a heterogeneous group of disorders resulting from deposition of amyloid fibrils into extracellular tissues. While the kidneys are one of the most frequent sites of amyloid deposition, amyloid deposits can also affect a wide range of organ systems, including the heart, liver, gastrointestinal tract, and pe...
Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiac amyloidosis is a serious and progressive infiltrative disease caused by the deposition of amyloid fibrils in the heart. In the last years, a significant increase in the diagnosis rate has been observed owing to a greater awareness of its broad clinical presentation. Cardiac amyloidosis is frequently associated to specific clinical and instr...
Muonic atom spectroscopy-the measurement of the x rays emitted during the formation process of a muonic atom-has a long standing history in probing the shape and size of nuclei. In fact, almost all stable elements have been subject to muonic atom spectroscopy measurements and the absolute charge radii extracted from these measurements typically off...
Published in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is responsible for the majority of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) cases and can be reliably diagnosed with bone scintigraphy and the visual Perugini score. We aimed to implement a quantification method of cardiac amyloid deposits in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis and to compare performance to visual scoring. ...
The influence of reheating temperatures on hot ductility is investigated in two Ni-, Mo-, and Cu-containing low-carbon steels. The effects of solution treatment conditions at 1623, 1673 K, and remelting at 1803 K on the reduction in area (RA) are analyzed. The results show an RA trough in the range of 973–1173 K in all experimental conditions. At 9...
Structured Product Labels (SPLs), the package inserts that accompany drugs governed by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), hold information about Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) that exists associated with drugs post-market. This information is valuable for actors working in the field of pharmacovigilance aiming to improve the safety of drugs. O...
In this work, a series of iron ions doped spinel-type compounds AB(2)O(4) were prepared by high temperature solid phase reactions. The phase compositions of all the samples were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Thermoluminescence (TL), and persistent luminescence spectra were collected systematically to reveal the trapping and de-trapping pr...
Behavior of inclusions as particles on liquid Ultra-Low C (ULC) steel was investigated both by an in-situ observation and a theoretical analysis. The behavior was examined in view of Ti content in the steel as an alloying component and of oxygen potential exerted on the surface of the steel melt. A confocal scanning laser microscopy with a gold ima...
