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Response to Letter Regarding Article, “The Inflammatory Hypothesis: Any Progress in Risk Stratification and Therapeutic Targets?”
2007
We thank Drs Ridker and Everett for their interest in our work,1 and we commend Ridker’s pioneering work describing an association between C-reactive protein (CRP) and the risk of myocardial infarction or stroke. Subsequent studies have both confirmed and refuted these original observations. The former studies “controlled” or “adjusted” for fewer other risk factors; when they did so, they dichotomized variables (a weaker approach) rather than using them as continuous variables. By contrast, the latter studies have incorporated adjustments for other markers (especially of abdominal obesity, because visceral fat …
Treatment of patients with essential hypertension and microalbuminuria.
1998
There has been increasing interest in the question of whether microalbuminuria can be used in the risk stratification of patients with essential hypertension. A cluster of cardiovascular and/or renal risk factors may be associated with microalbuminuria in hypertension. Despite this, prospective data about the potential role of microalbuminuria as a prognostic marker of cardiovascular and/or renal risk have been sparse and inconclusive until now. Blood pressure values have been considered the most important determinant of microalbuminuria in essential hypertension; however, hyperinsulinaemia--a metabolic component-was noted to be present in conjunction with high blood pressure. Furthermore, …
Advances in detection and characterization of atherosclerosis using contrast agents targeting the macrophage
2006
With advances in imaging technology and our understanding of the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis, the macrophage appears to be an excellent target for imaging the progression of disease. In addition to imaging the macrophage with only 1 modality, contrast agents can be created that can be imaged with multiple modalities. This seems extremely attractive, as lesion morphology and characteristics can be determined with modalities that provide high picture resolution, such as CT or MRI, whereas macrophage quantity can be accurately determined through the creation of a radiolabeled contrast agent such as FDG via PET. Although this combination of imaging technologies may yield clinically …
Hemithyroidectomy versus total thyroidectomy in the intermediate-risk differentiated thyroid cancer: the Italian Societies of Endocrine Surgeons and …
2021
The surgical treatment of the intermediate-risk DTC (1–4 cm) remains still controversial. We analyzed the current practice in Italy regarding the surgical management of intermediate-risk unilateral DTC to evaluate risk factors for recurrence and to identify a group of patients to whom propose a total thyroidectomy (TT) vs. hemithyroidectomy (HT). Among 1896 patients operated for thyroid cancer between January 2017 and December 2019, we evaluated 564 (29.7%) patients with unilateral intermediate-risk DTC (1–4 cm) without contralateral nodular lesions on the preoperative exams, chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, familiarity or radiance exposure. Data were collected retrospectively from the clini…
Pulmonary Embolism: Contemporary Medical Management and Future Perspectives
2018
Pulmonary embolism (PE) contributes substantially to the global disease burden. A key determinant of early adverse outcomes is the presence (and severity) of right ventricular dysfunction. Consequently, risk-adapted management strategies continue to evolve, tailoring acute treatment to the patients' clinical presentation, hemodynamic status, imaging and biochemical markers, and comorbidity. For subjects with hemodynamic instability or 'high-risk' PE, immediate systemic reperfusion treatment with intravenous thrombolysis is indicated; emerging approaches such as catheter-directed pharmacomechanical reperfusion might help to minimize the bleeding risk. Currently, direct, non-vitamin K-depende…
Una nota sobre crisis y estratificación social
2012
La crisis actual ha creado un colectivo específico de personas en riesgo de caer en la exclusión social. Básicamente se trata de jóvenes e inmigrantes. En ambos casos se agrava cuando coincide con escasa formación y cargas familiares. Su futuro es más que incierto y cabe predecir que la sociedad tardará en encontrarles acomodo pues ni el actual modelo productivo, ni el que pueda sustituirlo, van a generar empleo para esos perfiles. Pero es que tampoco el actual modelo de protección social, lento en sus reacciones y sesgado en favor de currícula laborales estables y continuados, les dará cobertura suficiente. La E.P.A. nos permite una aproximación al problema desde el ejemplo de la Comunidad…
A qualitative study of using movies as a means of escapism between Finns and immigrants in Finland
2017
Escapist use is often considered the main use for movies in Uses and Gratification research, however there is hardly a detailed account on such use, on what the movie audience escape into. The present study, which consists of a research article and a monograph, has tried to utilize a qualitative approach to provide a better understanding of escapist movie viewing. The other aspect of this research is trying to compare such use among Finnish nationals and immigrants in Finland to see how people from different backgrounds might vary in their escapist use of movies. Although no difference between Finns and immigrants living in Finland were seen in the data, due to limitation in its scale, this…
Microbial controls of greenhouse gas emissions from boreal lakes
2015
A stable isotope study of the hydrological and carbon cycle in meromictic lake, Lovojärvi
2012
Lake Lovojärvi, at its deepest point of 17.5 m, is permanently stratified forming two water layers. The mixolimnion (the upper layer, from 0 to 10 m depth) is affected by seasonal changes while the monimolimnion (bottom layer, from 10 to 17.5 m depth) does not mix and is not affected by seasonal changes. As a result, the lake stores large quantities of dissolved inorganic carbon and methane. I used a multiple stable isotope approach to gain insight into the carbon cycle and water balance of Lovojärvi. The δ18O and δ2H profiles reveal that at the 7 m depth in the mixolimnion, there is a sub-surface stream whose isotopic characteristics are similar to surface streams from a nearby mire, sugge…
Możliwości i potrzeby edukacyjne skazanych poszkodowanych w więziennej rzeczywistości
2018
Skazani poszkodowani - pod względem funkcjonowania w zakładzie karnym - reprezentują specyficzną grupę osadzonych. Tekst w całości poświęcony jest kategorii osób, którzy w środowisku więziennym są napiętnowani przez współosadzonych. Izolacja od potencjalnych oprawców skłania kadrę do prowadzenia oddziaływań penitencjarnych - w tym także i edukacyjnych - odrębnie od pozostałej społeczności inkarcerowanej. Istotne wydaje się więc, w jaki sposób ich sytuacja społeczna (izolacja od pozostałych więźniów) oraz psychologiczna (degradacja poprzez wykluczenie) determinuje aktywność edukacyjną w instytucji totalnej, jaką jest więzienie. W tekście uwagę zwrócono zarówno na edukacji formalnej (szkoła),…