Abstract Background We examined whether impaired renal function causes thickening of the aortic valve leaflets in hyperlipidemic apoE-knockout (apoE-/-) mice, and whether the putative effect on the aortic valves could be prevented by inhibiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) with enalapril.Methods Thickening of the aortic valve leaflets in
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mayde beauty 2x deep wave This paper presents a particle swarm tracking algorithm with improved inertia weight based on color features.The weighted color histogram is used as the target feature to reduce the contribution of target edge pixels in the target feature, which makes the algorithm insensitive to the target non-rigid deformation, scale var
The astringent taste is important for the sensory quality of beverages.Perception thresholds of steely dan gaucho t-shirt two important astringent compounds - tannic acid and (+)-catechin were determined using two procedures.The concentration-intensity dependence was linear at low concentrations and up to medium intensities of the astringent taste
Collagenous gastroenteritis is a rare disease that panc mix gheos is known to be associated with the drug olmesartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist used to treat hypertension.It is characterized histologically by increased subepithelial collagen deposition with associated inflammation and epithelial injury.Endoscopically, the mucosa appears