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The Association between Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness
Erdal Belen,Aleks Degirmencioglu,Ertugrul Zencirci,Fatih Fahri Tipi,Özgür Altun,Gültekin Karakus,Ays¸en Helvacı,Aycan Esen Zencirci,Ezgi Kalaycıoglu 대한심장학회 2015 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.45 No.3
Background and Objectives: Subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) is considered to be a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness is also closely related to cardiovascular disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether SH is associated with higher EAT thickness. Subjects and Methods: Fifty-one consecutive patients with SH and 51 healthy control subjects were prospectively enrolled into this trial. Thyroid hormone levels, lipid parameters, body mass index, waist and neck circumference, and EAT thickness measured by echocardiography were recorded in all subjects. Results: Mean EAT thickness was increased in the SH group compared to the control group (6.7±1.4 mm vs. 4.7±1.2 mm, p<0.001). EAT thickness was shown to be correlated with thyroid stimulating hormone level (r=0.303, p=0.002). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that EAT thickness was independently associated with SH {odds ratio (OR): 3.87, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.92–7.78, p< 0.001; OR: 3.80, 95% CI: 2.18–6.62, p<0.001}. Conclusion: Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is increased in patients with SH compared to control subjects, and this increase in EAT thickness may be associated with the potential cardiovascular adverse effects of SH.
Acharya, S.,Adamová,, D.,Adolfsson, J.,Aggarwal, M.M.,Aglieri Rinella, G.,Agnello, M.,Agrawal, N.,Ahammed, Z.,Ahn, S.U.,Aiola, S.,Akindinov, A.,Al-Turany, M.,Alam, S.N.,Albuquerque, D.S.D.,Aleks North-Holland Pub. Co 2018 Physics letters. Section B Vol.780 No.-
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>The production of <SUP> Z 0 </SUP> bosons at large rapidities in Pb–Pb collisions at <SUB> s NN </SUB> = 5.02 TeV is reported. <SUP> Z 0 </SUP> candidates are reconstructed in the dimuon decay channel ( <SUP> Z 0 </SUP> → <SUP> μ + </SUP> <SUP> μ − </SUP> ), based on muons selected with pseudo-rapidity − 4.0 < η < − 2.5 and <SUB> p T </SUB> > 20 GeV/ c . The invariant yield and the nuclear modification factor, <SUB> R AA </SUB> , are presented as a function of rapidity and collision centrality. The value of <SUB> R AA </SUB> for the 0–20% central Pb–Pb collisions is 0.67 ± 0.11 (stat.) ± 0.03 (syst.) ± 0.06 (corr. syst.) , exhibiting a deviation of 2.6<I>σ</I> from unity. The results are well-described by calculations that include nuclear modifications of the parton distribution functions, while the predictions using vacuum PDFs deviate from data by 2.3<I>σ</I> in the 0–90% centrality class and by 3<I>σ</I> in the 0–20% central collisions.</P>
Acharya, S.,Adamová,, D.,Adolfsson, J.,Aggarwal, M.M.,Aglieri Rinella, G.,Agnello, M.,Agrawal, N.,Ahammed, Z.,Ahn, S.U.,Aiola, S.,Akindinov, A.,Al-Turany, M.,Alam, S.N.,Albuquerque, D.S.D.,Aleks North-Holland Pub. Co 2018 Physics letters. Section B Vol.783 No.-
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>The ALICE Collaboration reports the measurement of semi-inclusive distributions of charged-particle jets recoiling from a high-transverse momentum trigger hadron in p–Pb collisions at <SUB> s NN </SUB> = 5.02 TeV. Jets are reconstructed from charged-particle tracks using the anti- <SUB> k T </SUB> algorithm with resolution parameter R = 0.2 and 0.4. A data-driven statistical approach is used to correct the uncorrelated background jet yield. Recoil jet distributions are reported for jet transverse momentum 15 < p T , jet ch < 50 GeV / c and are compared in various intervals of p–Pb event activity, based on charged-particle multiplicity and zero-degree neutral energy in the forward (Pb-going) direction. The semi-inclusive observable is self-normalized and such comparisons do not require the interpretation of p–Pb event activity in terms of collision geometry, in contrast to inclusive jet observables. These measurements provide new constraints on the magnitude of jet quenching in small systems at the LHC. In p–Pb collisions with high event activity, the average medium-induced out-of-cone energy transport for jets with R = 0.4 and 15 < p T , jet ch < 50 GeV / c is measured to be less than 0.4 GeV / c at 90% confidence, which is over an order of magnitude smaller than a similar measurement for central Pb–Pb collisions at <SUB> s NN </SUB> = 2.76 TeV . Comparison is made to theoretical calculations of jet quenching in small systems, and to inclusive jet measurements in p–Pb collisions selected by event activity at the LHC and in d–Au collisions at RHIC.</P>
First measurement of Ξ c 0 production in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
Acharya, S.,Adamová,, D.,Adolfsson, J.,Aggarwal, M.M.,Aglieri Rinella, G.,Agnello, M.,Agrawal, N.,Ahammed, Z.,Ahn, S.U.,Aiola, S.,Akindinov, A.,Al-Turany, M.,Alam, S.N.,Albuquerque, D.S.D.,Aleks North-Holland Pub. Co 2018 Physics letters. Section B Vol.781 No.-
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>The production of the charm-strange baryon Ξ c 0 is measured for the first time at the LHC via its semileptonic decay into e Ξ − + <SUB> ν e </SUB> in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ALICE detector. The transverse momentum ( <SUB> p T </SUB> ) differential cross section multiplied by the branching ratio is presented in the interval 1 < <SUB> p T </SUB> < 8 GeV / c at mid-rapidity, | y | < 0.5 . The transverse momentum dependence of the Ξ c 0 baryon production relative to the <SUP> D 0 </SUP> meson production is compared to predictions of event generators with various tunes of the hadronisation mechanism, which are found to underestimate the measured cross-section ratio.</P>
Acharya, S.,Adamová,, D.,Adolfsson, J.,Aggarwal, M.M.,Aglieri Rinella, G.,Agnello, M.,Agrawal, N.,Ahammed, Z.,Ahn, S.U.,Aiola, S.,Akindinov, A.,Al-Turany, M.,Alam, S.N.,Albuquerque, D.S.D.,Aleks North-Holland Pub. Co 2018 Physics letters. Section B Vol.780 No.-
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>We present a measurement of azimuthal correlations between inclusive J/<I>ψ</I> and charged hadrons in p–Pb collisions recorded with the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC. The J/<I>ψ</I> are reconstructed at forward (p-going, 2.03 < y < 3.53 ) and backward (Pb-going, − 4.46 < y < − 2.96 ) rapidity via their <SUP> μ + </SUP> <SUP> μ − </SUP> decay channel, while the charged hadrons are reconstructed at mid-rapidity ( | η | < 1.8 ). The correlations are expressed in terms of associated charged-hadron yields per J/<I>ψ</I> trigger. A rapidity gap of at least 1.5 units is required between the trigger J/<I>ψ</I> and the associated charged hadrons. Possible correlations due to collective effects are assessed by subtracting the associated per-trigger yields in the low-multiplicity collisions from those in the high-multiplicity collisions. After the subtraction, we observe a strong indication of remaining symmetric structures at Δ φ ≈ 0 and Δ φ ≈ π , similar to those previously found in two-particle correlations at middle and forward rapidity. The corresponding second-order Fourier coefficient ( <SUB> v 2 </SUB> ) in the transverse momentum interval between 3 and 6 GeV/<I>c</I> is found to be positive with a significance of about 5<I>σ</I>. The obtained results are similar to the J/<I>ψ</I> <SUB> v 2 </SUB> coefficients measured in Pb–Pb collisions at <SUB> s NN </SUB> = 5.02 TeV, suggesting a common mechanism at the origin of the J/<I>ψ</I> <SUB> v 2 </SUB> .</P>
Energy-Efficient Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Improved Grey Wolf Optimizer
( Xiaoqiang Zhao ),( Hui Zhu ),( Slavisa Aleksic ),( Qianggao ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2018 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.12 No.6
To utilize the energy of sensor nodes efficiently and extend the network lifetime maximally is one of the primary goals in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Thus, designing an energy-efficient protocol to optimize the determination of cluster heads (CHs) in WSNs has become increasingly important. In this paper, we propose a novel energy-efficient protocol based on an improved Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), which we refer to as Fitness value based Improved GWO (FIGWO). It considers a fitness value to improve the finding of the optimal solution in GWO, which ensures a better distribution of CHs and a more balanced cluster structure. According to the distance to the CHs and the BS, sensor nodes’ transmission distance are recalculated to reduce the energy consumption. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach can prolong the stability period of the network in comparison to other algorithms, namely by 31.5% in comparison to SEP, and even by 57.8% when compared with LEACH protocol. The results also show that the proposed protocol performs well over the above comparative protocols in terms of energy consumption and network throughput.
Goran Stimac,Borislav Spajic,Ante Reljic,Josip Katusic,Alek Popovic,Igor Grubisic,Davor Tomas 대한비뇨의학회 2014 Investigative and Clinical Urology Vol.55 No.8
Purpose: We are often confronted with patients in the “gray zone” (prostate-specific antigen[PSA]<10 ng/mL) whose biopsies reveal no malignancy but only inflammation. We investigated the relationship between histological inflammation and total PSA(tPSA), free PSA (fPSA), and percentage of free PSA (f/tPSA) levels in patients withoutprostate cancer (PC). Materials and Methods: We studied 106 men with tPSA<10 ng/mL who had undergonebiopsy that was negative for PC and who had no clinical prostatitis. Inflammation observedat biopsies was scored for inflammation type in each biopsy core by use of afour-point scale and was then correlated with tPSA, fPSA, and f/tPSA. Results: Different patterns of inflammation were found in each set of biopsies. Regression factor analysis was used to form two groups according to inflammation type:more chronic and more acute. Median tPSA, fPSA, and f/tPSA levels in the more chronicand more acute inflammation groups were 6.4 ng/mL, 1.09 ng/mL, and 15%, and 7.3ng/mL, 0.79 ng/mL, and l2%, respectively. A significant difference was found in fPSA(p=0.003) and f/tPSA (p<0.001), whereas the difference in tPSA was not significant(p=0.200). Total PSA correlated with fPSA (r=0.4, p<0.001) but not with inflammationtype (r=0.12, p>0.010). A correlation existed between inflammation type and fPSA(r=–0.31, p=0.001) and f/tPSA (r=–0.43, p<0.001) in that the fPSA and f/tPSA were lowerin the group with more acute inflammation. Conclusions: Subclinical inflammation has a significant influence on fPSA in patientswith tPSA<10 ng/mL but without PC or clinical prostatitis. Subclinical inflammationis not characterized by elevated tPSA alone but also by a decreased fPSA, a tendencysimilar to that in PC.