Background The increasing prevalence and burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), the challenges in implementing pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs and the limited availability of alternatives and supportive programs to serve patients with COPD necessitate the development of pulmonary telerehabilitation (PTR) systems to ALKALINE
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, and it is expected to be the second leading cause of cancer deaths by 2030.The lack of effective early screening tests and alarming symptoms with early undetectable micro-metastasis at the time of presentation play a vital role in the high death rate fro
This paper presents the Zerotrope, an improved version of the classic phenakistiscope and zoetrope devices.This device is used to create a new 360-degree dynamic 3D display by the inclusion of a single ultra-realistic full-color hologram.The Zerotrope is built with a zero-degree transplane hologram Gateway mounted on a disk rotating at a constant s
Vascular aging is characterized by alterations in the constitutive properties and biological functions of the blood vessel wall.Endothelial cells (ECs) and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are indispensability elements in the inner layer and the medial layer of the blood vessel wall, respectively.Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors, as a h