Sirtuins from Bench to Bedside: How Far Are We?
Published in Frontiers in Physiology
Sirtuins from Bench to Bedside: How Far Are We?
CCBE1 in Cardiac Development and Disease
Published in Frontiers in Genetics
The collagen- and calcium-binding EGF-like domains 1 (CCBE1) is a secreted protein extensively described as indispensable for lymphangiogenesis during development enhancing VEGF-C signaling. In human patients, mutations in CCBE1 have been found to cause Hennekam syndrome, an inherited disease characterized by malformation of the lymphatic system th...
Clean Air, Smart Cities, Healthy Hearts: Action on Air Pollution for Cardiovascular Health
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Published in Global Heart
More than twenty percent of all cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths are caused by air pollution — more than three million deaths every year — and these numbers will continue to rise unless the global community takes action. Nine out of ten people worldwide breathe polluted air, which disproportionately affects those living in low-resource settings....
A Systematic Review of Effects of Vitamin E on the Cardiovascular System.
Published in Cureus
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin and an antioxidant that prevents the peroxidation of lipid in vitro. The antioxidant role of vitamin E in preventing adverse cardiovascular outcomes is controversial as some studies support it, while others reject it. Therefore, this review aims to determine whether there is an association between vitamin E and ca...
Ultralight and High-Strength [email protected] Foam with Highly Efficient Microwave Absorption and Heat Insulation Properties.
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces
An ultralight and high-strength [email protected] foam with highly efficient microwave absorption and heat insulation properties was successfully synthesized using the template sacrifice method and chemical vapor deposition process. The microstructure is a novel double network structure, which is formed by the coupling of the morphology-controlled SiCnw an...
Climate Action for Health: An Urgent Call from the Global Cardiovascular Community
Published in Global Heart
The current and immediate past Presidents of the World Heart Federation are pleased to publish this invited editorial to demonstrate the organization’s strong, ongoing commitment to addressing the impacts of air pollution on cardiovascular health and outline its strategy for action.
Diamond Detectors for Radiotherapy X-Ray Small Beam Dosimetry
Published in Frontiers in Physics
Many new X-Ray treatment machines using small and/or non-standard radiation fields, e.g., Tomotherapy, Cyber-knife, and linear accelerators equipped with high-resolution multi-leaf collimators and on-board imaging system, have been introduced in the radiotherapy clinical routine within the last few years. The introduction of these new treatment mod...
Taking a Stand Against Air Pollution - The Impact on Cardiovascular Disease: A Joint Opinion from the World Heart Federa...
Published in Global heart
Although the attention of the world and the global health community specifically is deservedly focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, other determinants of health continue to have large impacts and may also interact with COVID-19. Air pollution is one crucial example. Established evidence from other respiratory viruses and emerging evidence for COVID-19...
Converting molecular layer deposited alucone films into Al2O3/alucone hybrid multilayers by plasma densification
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Alucones are one of the best-known films in the Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) field, mainly due to their flexibility, but their stability in air is a concern. On the other hand, Al2O3 offers very low water vapour transmission rates (WVTRs), at the expense of strain sensitivity even for thin layers. As a consequence, alucone/Al2O3 nanolaminates w...
Underestimating the alcohol content of a glass of wine: the implications for estimates of mortality risk
$\textbf{Aims}$: Increases in glass sizes and wine strength over the last 25 years in the UK are likely to have led to an underestimation of alcohol intake in population studies. We explore whether this probable misclassification affects the association between average alcohol intake and risk of mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease and...
