BackgroundMyxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a common, acquired, and progressive canine heart disease.The presence of heart murmur and current cardiac biomarkers are useful in MMVD cases but are not sufficiently discriminatory for staging an individual patient.ObjectivesThis study aimed to conduct a preliminary assessment of canine serum and
Following the popularity of smart phones and the development of mobile Internet, the demands for accurate indoor positioning have grown rapidly in recent years.Previous indoor positioning methods focused on plane locations on a floor and did not provide accurate floor positioning.In this paper, we propose a method that uses multiple barometers as r
BACKGROUND:A number of studies have revealed a link between chronic periodontitis and cardiovascular disease in obese patients.However, there is little information about the influence of periodontitis-associated bacteria, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), on pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in obesity.METHODS:In vivo experiment: C57BL/6J mice were fed
Abstract Rare diseases collectively exert a global public health burden in the severity of their manifestations and the total number of people they afflict.For many patients, considerable barriers exist in terms of access to appropriate care, delayed diagnosis and limited or non-existing treatment options.Motivated by these challenges, the rare dis