To examine the impact of the plasma homocysteine level on the anti-atherosclerotic effects of pitavastatin treatment, we retrospectively examined 59 patients who had a history of stroke and had been prescribed pitavastatin for the treatment of dyslipidemia at the Neurology department of Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Hospital.The patients we
The Hybrid Entropy-TOPSIS method is a combination of two methods, Entropy and TOPSIS.The combination of the two methods is used in the decision-making model to improve the quality of a decision.In this research, the Hybrid Entropy-TOPSIS method was applied to determine the ideal contraceptive tool based on the acceptor criteria.Entropy is a method
Abstract Background The quality of pediatric emergency care has been a major concern in health care.Following a series of health system reforms in China, it is important to do this assessment of pediatric emergency care, and to explore potential influences of health care system.This study aimed to compare practice differences in treating children w
Abstract Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a lethal lung fibroproliferative disease with limited therapeutic options.Differential expression profiling of affected sites has been instrumental for involved pathogenetic mechanisms dissection and therapeutic targets discovery.However, there have been limited efforts to comparatively analyse/mine Paper T
A novel compact beam-reconfigurable THINNING HAIR FORMULA patch antenna based on light control of no more than 30 mW optical powers is successfully demonstrated.It consists of one T-shape driven patch and one slot-etched parasitic patch.A silicon dice is employed as the photoconductive switch that is bridged across the slot center for optical contr