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Park S, Kim SJ, Oh KC, Cho L, Jeon YK, Kim D. Identification of differences and comparison of fuel characteristics of torrefied agro-byproducts under oxidative conditions. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16746. [PMID: 37292323 PMCID: PMC10245260 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Torrefaction is a pretreatment method for upgrading biomass into solid fuels. This study aimed to investigate the properties of agro-byproducts pretreated under different oxidative conditions at temperatures of 210-290 °C for 1 h to determine optimal operating conditions for upgrading biomass. The mass yields of lignocellulosic and herbaceous biomass were 90.27-42.20% and 92.00-45.50% and 85.71-27.23% and 88.09-41.58% under oxidative and reductive conditions, respectively. The calorific value of lignocellulosic and herbaceous biomass under oxidative conditions increased by approximately 0.14-9.60% and 3.98-20.02%, respectively. Energy yield of lignocellulosic and herbaceous biomass showed 63.78-96.93% and 90.77-44.39% showed 88.09-41.58% and 92.38-27.23% under oxygen-rich and deficit conditions. A decrease in oxygen and an increase in carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide were confirmed through gas measurements. Torrefaction evaluations were conducted using energy-mass co-benefit index (EMCI). Decreases of ΔEMCI were observed under certain conditions. Both oxidative and reductive conditions can be employed for pepper stems, wood pellets, and pruned apple branches. Based on standards, the optimal temperatures for pepper stems, wood pellets, and pruned apple branches in oxidative conditions were 250, 270, and 250 °C, respectively.
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- Sunyong Park
- Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Hyoja 2 Dong 192-1, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Hyoja 2 Dong 192-1, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Agriculture and Life Science Research Institute, Kangwon National University, Hyoja 2 Dong 192-1, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Hyoja 2 Dong 192-1, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Hyoja 2 Dong 192-1, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Hyoja 2 Dong 192-1, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Kangwon National University, Hyoja 2 Dong 192-1, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea
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Granados AO, Lim S, Schenker M, de Marinis F, Puig J, Lee D, Arriola E, Pradera JF, O’Donnell S, Szijgyarto Z, Cho L, Ahn J. 44P Dostarlimab (Dos) or pembrolizumab (Pem) + chemotherapy (CT) in previously untreated metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Patient (Pt) and disease characteristics subgroup analyses from the PERLA trial. J Thorac Oncol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(23)00298-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Nicholls S, Anderson T, Ballantyne C, Cho L, Kastelein J, Koenig W, Hucko T, Kassahun H, Liu Y, Wang H, Nissen S. 484 Effect of Longer-Term Administration of Evolocumab in Patients With Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease: Results of the GLAGOV Open Label Extension Study. Heart Lung Circ 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Elshazly M, Wu Y, Asaad N, Abi Khalil C, Tarakji K, Wilkoff B, Wazni O, Cho L. P1916Atrial fibrillation ventricular rate during exercise correlates with exercise capacity and mortality in patients with heart failure. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.p1916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- M Elshazly
- Weill Cornell Medical College, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Cleveland State University, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Hamad Medical Corporation Heart Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Weill Cornell Medical College, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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Alashi A, Lang R, Seballos R, Feinleib S, Sukol R, Cho L, Schoenhagen P, Griffin BP, Flamm SD, Desai MY. P622Reclassification of 10-year coronary heart disease risk in a primary prevention setting: traditional risk factor assessment vs. coronary artery calcium scoring. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy564.p622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- A Alashi
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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Alashi A, Young L, Lang R, Seballos R, Feinleib S, Sukol R, Cho L, Cremer PC, Jaber W, Griffin BP, Desai MY. 3136Incremental and synergistic prognostic value of exercise stress testing and standard risk factor assessment in asymptomatic executives: a primary prevention study. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.3136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- A Alashi
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, United States of America
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Schenone AL, Chen K, Andress K, Militello M, Cho L. Editor’s Choice- Sedation in the coronary intensive care unit: An adapted algorithm for critically ill cardiovascular patient. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care 2018; 8:167-175. [DOI: 10.1177/2048872617753797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In the current era, cardiovascular intensive care units care for more complex patients who are far sicker than historical post-myocardial infarction patients, and sedation has become a common intervention in these units. Current sedation best practices derive mainly from non-cardiac units which limits their generalization to the critically ill cardiac patient. Thus, a great variability in sedation protocols, especially the selection of sedative agents, is commonly seen in daily practice across cardiac units. We present an updated review on sedation in cardiovascular critical care medicine with emphasis on the hemodynamic impact. The goal of this review is to generate a general sedation algorithm specific for the cardiac patient.
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- AL Schenone
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, USA
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- Internal Medicine Department, Cleveland Clinic, USA
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- Internal Medicine Department, Cleveland Clinic, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, USA
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Park S, Lee S, Joo S, Cho L, Oh K, Lee S, Jeong I, Lee C, Hong S, Kim S, Kim DH. Simulation & Model Validation of Torrefaction Process and Analysis of the Fuel Properties for Pepper Stem. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.7849/ksnre.2017.12.13.4.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Harb S, Cremer P, Menon V, Wu Y, Rouphael C, Guy T, Cho L, Jaber W. P1332Exercise age, as derived from exercise testing, improves prediction of overall mortality compared to chronological age. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx502.p1332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Straka C, Kim D, Cho L, Yan J, Lotan Y, Kavanagh B, Xie X, Raben D, Cooley S, Pistenmaa D, Timmerman R. Early and Multiple PSA Bounces Can Occur Following High-Dose Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Subset Analysis of a Phase 1/2 Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.1339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wilke C, Wilson J, Ogilvie C, Cheng E, Clohisy D, Yuan J, Dusenbery K, Cho L. Radiologic and Pathologic Response After Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy for Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Extremities. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.2215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lee Y, Chong O, Hong G, Lee Y, Cho L, Park S. Robot-assisted total preservation of pelvic autonomic nerve with extended lymphadenectomy as part of nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.04.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chaudhari S, Edlund S, Cho L, Varadhan, Hui S. SU-E-T-513: Breathing Motion Effects on Chest Wall and Resulting Dose Errors. Med Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3612466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Boike T, Cho L, Lotan Y, Perkins A, Brindle J, Pistenmaa D, Timmerman R. A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Low- and Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rule W, Boike T, Cho L, Abdulrahman R, Heinzerling J, Perkins A, Foster R, Nedzi L, Timmerman R. A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Patients with Hepatic Metastases - Evidence of a Dose-response Relationship. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Doshi KB, Kashyap SR, Brennan DM, Hoar BM, Cho L, Hoogwerf BJ. All-cause mortality risk predictors in a preventive cardiology clinic cohort-examining diabetes and individual metabolic syndrome criteria: a PRECIS database study. Diabetes Obes Metab 2009; 11:102-8. [PMID: 18494803 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2008.00908.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM It is unclear if metabolic syndrome (MS) is equal to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and mortality, and its prognostic value compared to Framingham risk model is controversial. We assessed mortality, CVD risk and prevalence in patients with DM and those without DM who met National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) MS criteria compared to patients without DM or MS. We analysed which component(s) of NCEP MS criteria had greatest predictive value for mortality. METHODS Retrospective cohort analysis of 1189 DM, 1241 MS (fasting glucose < 126 mg/dl and > or =3 components NCEP-ATP III criteria) and 3023 non-DM/non-MS patients presented for baseline visit to Preventive Cardiology clinic between 1995 and 2006, whose subsequent vital status was determined for a median of 5.2 years. The association with mortality was determined by Cox proportional hazards models. The incremental predictive value of MS components was performed by concordance indexes. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION DM group had highest mortality and CVD prevalence vs. MS and non-DM/non-MS groups respectively (all p < or = 0.001). Patients with MS criteria had increased CVD prevalence and 1.5-fold increased mortality vs. non-DM/non-MS group (all p < 0.02). In NCEP MS criteria, only fasting glucose significantly predicted mortality in MS group (p = 0.05). MS criteria predicted CVD prevalence in a parallel manner to Framingham risk score assessment. In a cohort of patients at high risk for CVD whose risk factors are being treated, presence of diabetes in addition to plasma glucose within NCEP MS criteria strongly predicts all-cause mortality.
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- K B Doshi
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of long term treatment with clopidogrel of patients with extracardiac vascular disease (ECVD) (a history of either peripheral arterial disease or cerebrovascular disease). DESIGN Subgroup analysis of a prospective randomised clinical trial. SETTING The CREDO (clopidogrel for the reduction of events during observation) trial was a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial conducted at 99 centres in North America from June 1999 through April 2001. PATIENTS 2116 patients who were to undergo elective coronary intervention or were deemed at high likelihood of undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention were enrolled in the CREDO trial. The current study sample consisted of 272 patients with ECVD. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE One year incidence of the composite of death, myocardial infarction, or stroke in the intent to treat population. RESULTS Patients with ECVD had a more than twofold greater relative risk reduction with clopidogrel for the primary end point compared with patients without ECVD (47.9%, 95% confidence interval (CI) -4.2% to 73.9%, v 18.2%, 95% CI -10.5 % to 39.5%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Longer term clopidogrel treatment provides added protection against thrombotic events throughout the arterial vasculature, not limited to the coronary arteries, and may be especially effective for patients with more diffuse atherosclerosis such as ECVD.
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- D Mukherjee
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Gill Heart Institute, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0200, USA.
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Le Noble WJ, Guggisberg H, Asano T, Cho L, Grob CA. Kinetics of reactions in solutions under pressure. XXXVII. Pressure effects in solvolysis and solvolytic fragmentation. A correlation of activation volume with concertedness. J Am Chem Soc 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ja00420a009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cho L, Reffner JA, Gatewood BM, Wetzel DL. Single fiber analysis by internal reflection infrared microspectroscopy. J Forensic Sci 2001; 46:1309-14. [PMID: 11714140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Attenuated total reflection (ATR) is a convenient mode for single fiber analysis by infrared microspectroscopy, particularly when transmission spectra are difficult to obtain or when surface preferenced sampling is desirable. Textile finishes such as spin finishes, anti-static finishes, and permanent press finishes are revealed by ATR techniques. Bicomponent fibers may be analyzed by a combination of ATR techniques, transmission techniques, and spectral subtraction.
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- L Cho
- Central Police University, Dept. of Forensic Science, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Mukherjee D, Bhatt DL, Robbins M, Roffi M, Cho L, Reginelli J, Bajzer C, Navarro F, Yadav JS. Renal artery end-diastolic velocity and renal artery resistance index as predictors of outcome after renal stenting. Am J Cardiol 2001; 88:1064-6. [PMID: 11704015 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01996-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- D Mukherjee
- Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Cho L, Bhatt DL, Wolski K, Lincoff M, Topol EJ, Moliterno DJ. Effect of smoking status and abciximab use on outcome after percutaneous coronary revascularization: Pooled analysis from EPIC, EPILOG, and EPISTENT. Am Heart J 2001; 141:599-602. [PMID: 11275926 DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.113573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tobacco use has been studied in relation to the development of atherosclerotic heart disease and outcome after acute coronary syndromes, though outcome data after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are limited. Tobacco use has been associated with increased fibrinogen levels, thrombin generation, and increased platelet aggregation, and these factors may cause ischemic events after PCI. METHODS We assessed whether smokers undergoing PCI have more ischemic events and if glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blockade is particularly beneficial in preventing ischemic events in this cohort. We examined clinical outcomes for smokers and nonsmokers by using pooled analysis from 3 large, placebo-controlled trials of the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist abciximab during PCI. RESULTS Among 6519 patients, 34% were smokers. The primary end point of death, myocardial infarction, or urgent revascularization within 30 days was reduced by abciximab from 12.3% to 6.4% (relative risk reduction, 48%; P <.001) in smokers and from 11.3% to 5.9% (relative risk reduction, 48%; P <.001) in nonsmokers treated with abciximab. At 6 months, death, myocardial infarction, or urgent revascularization was reduced from 14.4% to 8.5% (relative risk reduction, 41%; P <.001) in smokers and from 14.6% to 8.8% (relative risk reduction, 40%; P <.001) in nonsmokers. Adjusting for baseline differences, smoking was an independent predictor of poor outcome at 30 days (odds ratio, 1.22; 95% confidence interval, 1.02, 1.47; P =.03). CONCLUSIONS This pooled analysis demonstrates that after PCI, smokers had worse 30-day outcomes than did nonsmokers. However, both groups had a comparable degree of benefit with platelet inhibition through the use of abciximab.
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- L Cho
- Department of Cardiology and Biostatistics, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Cho L, Gillinov AM, Cosgrove DM, Griffin BP, Garcia MJ. Echocardiographic assessment of the mechanisms of correction of bileaflet prolapse causing mitral regurgitation with only posterior leaflet repair surgery. Am J Cardiol 2000; 86:1349-51. [PMID: 11113411 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01240-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recent data suggest that posterior leaflet repair alone corrects mitral regurgitation in patients with bileaflet prolapse and normal anterior chordae. The purpose of this study was to use echocardiography to define the anatomic differences between posterior and bileaflet prolapse and to determine if posterior leaflet repair alone leads to correction of bileaflet prolapse. We studied patients who underwent quadrangular resection of the posterior mitral valve leaflet to treat bileaflet prolapse (group I, n = 20) or isolated posterior leaflet prolapse (group II, n = 20). Echocardiographic characteristics were compared before and after the procedure. There were no differences in the left ventricular end-diastolic or end-systolic dimensions or function between the 2 groups. However, anterior leaflet length was greater in patients with bileaflet prolapse (3.3 +/- 0.6 cm vs 2.6 +/- 0.4 cm, p = 0.003). In group I, posterior leaflet repair changed anterior leaflet displacement from -0.8 +/- 0.2 to 0.5 +/- 0.4 cm (p <0.001) and posterior leaflet displacement from -0.8 +/- 0.3 cm below to 0.5 +/- 0.4 cm (p <0.001) in front of the mitral annular plane. In group II, anterior leaflet displacement was unchanged from 0.2 +/- 0.1 to 0.3 +/- 0.2 cm (p = 0.22), whereas posterior leaflet displacement changed from -0.7 +/- 0.2 to 0.4 +/- 0.2 cm (p <0.001). Thus, patients with bileaflet prolapse and no ruptured chords have excessive anterior leaflet length. In such patients, posterior leaflet repair alone corrects anterior and posterior leaflet prolapse.
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- L Cho
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA
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- L Cho
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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Cho L, Marso SP, Bhatt DL, Topol EJ. Optimizing percutaneous coronary revascularization in diabetic women: analysis from the EPISTENT trial. J Womens Health Gend Based Med 2000; 9:741-6. [PMID: 11025866 DOI: 10.1089/15246090050147718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Clinical studies have demonstrated that diabetic women have an increased risk of death and nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, there have been few data regarding the outcome of diabetic women in the current era of percutaneous coronary revascularization. Using the Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa Inhibitor for Stenting Trial (EPISTENT) database, we determined morbidity and mortality for diabetic women undergoing PCT in the current era using stents and the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, abciximab. There were no mortality differences in the diabetic women treated with stent-placebo, stent-abciximab, or balloon-abciximab at 30 days and 6 months. However, the primary end point of 1-year death, MI, or target vessel revascularization (TVR) was lowered in the diabetic women from 34.5% in the stent-placebo group and 28.9% in the balloon-abciximab group to 13. 3% in the stent-abciximab group (p = 0.02 for stent-stent comparison, and p = 0.09 for stent-abciximab vs. balloon-abciximab comparison). Also, 1-year TVR rates were lowered from 21.1% in the stent-placebo group and 26.7% in the balloon-abciximab group to 4.5% in the stent-abciximab group (p = 0.02 for stent-stent comparison, and p = 0.004 for stent-abciximab vs. balloon-abciximab comparison). The combination of stenting and abciximab therapy among diabetic women resulted in a significant reduction in 1-year rate of death, MI, or TVR compared with stent-placebo or balloon-abciximab therapy.
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- L Cho
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Alterations in regional brain concentration of dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE), serotonin (5-HT) and their metabolites were investigated in male BALB/c mice injected intraperitoneally with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 2 mg kg(-1)) or recombinant murine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha, 0.1 mg kg(-1)) at 2, 6, 12 and 24 h after the injection. At 2 h post-injection the LPS administration resulted in hypothermia, which was not apparent at later time points. No consistent effects were observed by either LPS or TNFalpha on peripheral leukocyte counts or plasma transaminase levels. Both LPS and TNFalpha slightly elevated NE metabolism in the striatum at 2-12 h. Concentrations of DA and its metabolites were significantly elevated only in the hypothalamus following TNFalpha at 24 h. Tumor necrosis factor alpha exerted pronounced effects on 5-HT metabolism in most brain regions at 2 h. Results suggest that the effect of LPS is more complex compared with TNFalpha because of the endogenous production of other cytokines including the TNFalpha.
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- L Cho
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens 30602-7389, USA
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Cho L, Topol EJ, Balog C, Foody JM, Booth JE, Cabot C, Kleiman NS, Tcheng JE, Califf R, Lincoff AM. Clinical benefit of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade with Abciximab is independent of gender: pooled analysis from EPIC, EPILOG and EPISTENT trials. Evaluation of 7E3 for the Prevention of Ischemic Complications. Evaluation in Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty to Improve Long-Term Outcome with Abciximab GP IIb/IIIa blockade. Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa Inhibitor for Stent. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 36:381-6. [PMID: 10933346 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00746-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the efficacy and safety of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor (GP IIb/IIIa) blockade with abciximab in women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. BACKGROUND Although gender differences in response to platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blockade have been described, there have been no large clinical studies to assess these differences. METHODS Outcomes were determined using meta-analysis technique. RESULTS In the pooled analysis, the primary end point of death, myocardial infarction (MI) or urgent revascularization within 30 days was reduced from 11.3% to 5.8% (p<0.001) in men and from 12.7% to 6.5% (p<0.001) in women treated with abciximab. At six months, death, MI or urgent revascularization was reduced from 14.1% to 8.3% (p<0.001) in men and 16.0% to 9.9% (p<0.001) in women receiving abciximab. At one year, mortality was reduced from 2.7% to 1.9% (p = 0.06) in men and 4.0% to 2.5% (p = 0.03) in women treated with abciximab. Major bleeding events occurred in 2.9% versus 3.0% (p = 0.96) of women and 2.7% versus 1.3% (p = 0.003) of men treated with placebo versus abciximab, respectively. Minor bleeding events occurred in 4.7% versus 6.7% (p = 0.01) of women and 2.3% versus 2.2% (p = 0.94) of men treated with placebo versus abciximab, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This pooled analysis demonstrated no gender difference in protection from major adverse outcomes with GP IIb/IIIa inhibition with abciximab. Although women had higher rates of both major and minor bleeding events with abciximab compared with men, major bleeding in women was similar with and without abciximab. There was a small increased risk of minor bleeding with abciximab in women.
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- L Cho
- Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether a neural network is superior to standard computational methods in predicting stone regrowth after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and to determine whether the presence of residual fragments, as an independent variable, increases risk. METHODS We reviewed the records of 98 patients with renal or ureteral calculi treated by primary SWL at a single institution and followed up for at least 1 year; residual stone fragment growth or new stone occurrence was determined from abdominal radiographs. A neural network was programmed and trained to predict an increased stone volume over time utilizing input variables, including previous stone events, metabolic abnormality, directed medical therapy, infection, caliectasis, and residual fragments after SWL. Patient data were partitioned into a training set of 65 examples and a test set of 33. The neural network did not encounter the test set until training was complete. RESULTS The average follow-up period was 3.5 years (range 1 to 10). Of 98 patients, 47 had residual stone fragments 3 months after SWL; of these 47, 8 had increased stone volume at last follow-up visit. Of 51 patients stone free after SWL, 4 had stone recurrence. Coexisting risk factors were incorporated into a neural computational model to determine which of the risk factors was individually predictive of stone growth. The classification accuracy of the neural model in the test set was 91%, with a sensitivity of 91%, a specificity of 92%, and a receiver operating characteristic curve area of 0.964, results significantly better than those yielded by linear and quadratic discriminant function analysis. CONCLUSIONS A computational tool was developed to predict accurately the risk of future stone activity in patients treated by SWL. Use of the neural network demonstrates that none of the risk factors for stone growth, including the presence of residual fragments, is individually predictive of continuing stone formation.
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- E K Michaels
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612-7316, USA
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Krongrad A, Granville LJ, Burke MA, Golden RM, Lai S, Cho L, Niederberger CS. Predictors of general quality of life in patients with benign prostate hyperplasia or prostate cancer. J Urol 1997; 157:534-8. [PMID: 8996350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE Studies in disease specific populations have emphasized disease specific quality of life with little study of general quality of life. Furthermore, studies of general quality of life in disease specific populations have mostly examined the importance of disease specific variables, and have generally yielded poor correlations of such variables and general quality of life. We attempted to model the emotional component of general quality of life in patients with prostate disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS We integrated prospectively collected disease specific and nonspecific clinical and self-reported patient data. We also applied neural network and more conventional statistical tools to examine the relative use of various available analytical methodologies in modeling general quality of life. RESULTS Neural networks created reasonably good models of the emotional component of general quality of life. Logistic regression analysis also created reasonably good models and, given current computational schemes, allowed for identification of significant inputs in the models more readily than did the feed-forward, back propagation neural networks. All models of general quality of life relied primarily on disease nonspecific inputs, including social support, activities of daily living and coping. CONCLUSIONS Our observations suggested that efforts to optimize general quality of life in patients with prostate disease must integrate disease nonspecific variables.
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- A Krongrad
- Department of Urology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA
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Onishi M, Mui AL, Morikawa Y, Cho L, Kinoshita S, Nolan GP, Gorman DM, Miyajima A, Kitamura T. Identification of an oncogenic form of the thrombopoietin receptor MPL using retrovirus-mediated gene transfer. Blood 1996; 88:1399-406. [PMID: 8695859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Thrombopoietin and its receptor (MPL) are important regulators of megakaryopoiesis. We have identified an activating mutation of MPL using a combination of a retrovirus-mediated gene transfer and polymerase chain reaction-driven random mutagenesis. This point mutation causes a single amino acid substitution from Ser498 to Asn498 in the transmembrane region and abrogates factor-dependency of all interleukin-3-dependent cell lines tested. Murine interleukin-3-dependent Ba/F3 cells expressing the mutated but not the normal form of MPL were tumorigenic when transduced into syngeneic mice. Analysis of intracellular signaling pathways indicated that the mutant MPL protein constitutively activated two distinct signaling pathways, SHC-Raf-MAPK and JAK2-STAT3/STAT5.
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- M Onishi
- Department of Cell Signaling, DNAX Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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Hara T, Ichihara M, Takagi M, Gorman D, Cho L, Miyajima A. Molecular basis of IL-3-nonresponder mice. Cytokine 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/1043-4666(94)90168-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Han J, Cho L, Choe MK, Tuan C. The fertility of Korean minority women in China: 1950-1985. Asia Pac Popul J 1988; 3:31-54. [PMID: 12269186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Cho L, Kim WB, Lee S. Urbanization and economic development policy in Korea. Jing Ji Lun Wen 1986; 14:77-98. [PMID: 12178386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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"This paper has firstly discussed the development strategy and urbanization in [the Republic of] Korea for the period 1960-1980. [This is] followed with an intensive review of the past and recent population redistribution policy of Korea. Finally the authors make some general suggestions which are characterized as an expansion of opportunities and services in the underprivileged areas." (summary in CHI)
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Seven patients with subacute sensory neuropathy are described and the findings in 29 previously reported patients are reviewed. The presence of this characteristic neurological disorder strongly suggests an accompanying neoplasm. Five of 7 patients had cancer, and 4 died. Autopsy was performed on 3, and pathological analysis revealed inflammation and degeneration of dorsal root ganglia and degeneration of posterior roots and posterior columns of the spinal cord. The dorsal root ganglion was biopsied in 4 patients and showed similar inflammatory lesions. Electron microscopical studies showed inflammation and neuronal degeneration. No viral particles were seen. Viral cultures of the biopsied ganglia from 4 patients were negative. Antineuronal antibodies were not detected in 2 patients. The cause of this syndrome is unknown, and no treatment has been successful.
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