Abstract Electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) could predict adverse renal outcomes in patients with hypertension.This study aimed to Wooden Blocks investigate the association between electrocardiographic LVH and future decline in renal function in the general population using a dataset of population-based health checkups from 201
Means and Issues for Adjusting Principal Component Analysis Results
Background: Principal component analysis (PCA) is a method that identifies common directions within multivariate data and presents the data in as few dimensions as possible.One of the advantages of PCA is its objectivity, as the same results can be obtained regardless of who performs the analysis.However, PCA is not a robust method and is sensitive
Case Report: 84 year-old woman with alien hand syndrome [version 1; referees: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Background: Alien hand syndrome [AHS] is a rare and ill-defined neurological disorder.It produces complex, goal-directed motion of one hand that is involuntarily instigated.This syndrome characteristically arises after brain trauma, brain surgery, stroke or encephalitis.We describe a case of AHS in a patient who had a previous episode of subarachno
The phytosociology of the southern section of Borakalalo Nature Reserve, South Africa
Wooden Ornament As part of a vegetation survey programme for conservation areas in South Africa, the plant communities of the Borakalalo Nature Reserve were investigated.A TWINSPAN classification, refined by Braun-Blanquet procedures was used for a phytosociological study.The analysis resulted in five major plant communities, one with two subcommun
Long-term effects of prenatal undernutrition on female rat hypothalamic KNDy neurons
The nutritional environment during development periods induces metabolic programming, leading to metabolic disorders and detrimental influences on hum an reproductive health.This study aimed to determine the long-term adverse Cooler effect of in trauterine malnutrition on the reproductive center kisspeptin-neurokinin B-dynorphin A (KNDy) neurons in