Arterial stiffening is the most important cause of increasing systolic and pulse pressure, and
for decreasing diastolic pressure beyond 40 years of age. Stiffening affects predominantly …

In vivo arterial stiffness is a dynamic property based on vascular function and structure. It is
influenced by confounding factors like blood pressure (BP), age, gender, body mass index …

Oxidation into CO2 is a major solution to CO abatement in air depollution treatments. The
development of catalytic converters led to an extraordinary high number of publications on …

Background It is uncertain whether ambulatory blood-pressure measurements recorded for
24 hours in patients with treated hypertension predict cardiovascular events independently …

Abstract (See the article by Kalayjian et al, on pages 1796–1805, and the editorial
commentary by Dubé and Sattler, on pages 1783–1785.) Background. Human …

Perovskites can be described by the general formula ABO3, A and B being two cations and
O being an oxygen anion. They represent probably the most studied mixed-oxide system in …

Background The SMART study was a trial of intermittent use of antiretroviral therapy
(ART)(drug conservation [DC]) versus continuous use of ART (viral suppression [VS]) as a …

Objectives: This study sought to assess the relationship between central pressure profiles
and cardiovascular events (CVEs) in a large community-based sample. Background …

Considering both the influence of the nature of the metal (Rh, Pt, Ni, Cu, Zn, Fe) and the role
of the support (γ-Al2O3, 12% CeO2–Al2O3, CeO2, Ce0. 63Zr0. 37O2), CO2 is presented as …

Temperature-programmed isotopic exchange of 18O2 with 16O of several oxides was
carried out in the 200− 900° C temperature range. The oxides can be ranked according to …