How the first years of motherhood impact the cardiac autonomic profile of female healthcare professionals: a study by heart rate variability analysis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The conciliation between career and family is a relevant issue for working women, in particular during the first years of motherhood. Data about the state of the cardiac autonomic regulation in working women with preschoolers are lacking.
Laura Adelaide Dalla Vecchia +6 more
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Autonomic cardiac profile in male and female healthcare professionals with and without preschoolers: differences evidenced by heart rate variability analysis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 A reduced nocturnal cardiac vagal modulation has been observed in working women with preschoolers. Whether this adaptation also occurs in men remains an open question.
Beatrice De Maria +7 more
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Concomitant Evaluation of Heart Period and QT Interval Variability Spectral Markers to Typify Cardiac Control in Humans and Rats [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 The variability of heart period, measured as the time distance between two consecutive QRS complexes from the electrocardiogram (RR), was exploited to infer cardiac vagal control, while the variability of the duration of the electrical activity of the ...
Beatrice De Maria +12 more
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Arrhythmic Risk in Elderly Patients Candidates to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Predictive Role of Repolarization Temporal Dispersion [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 Background/AimDegenerative aortic valve stenosis (AS) is associated to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, as well as mental stress in specific patients. In such a context, substrate, autonomic imbalance as well as repolarization dispersion
Gianfranco Piccirillo +11 more
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Can strenuous exercise harm the heart? Insights from a study of cardiovascular neural regulation in amateur triathletes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Regular exercise is recommended to improve the cardiovascular risk profile. However, there is growing evidence that extreme volumes and intensity of long-term exertion may increase the risk of acute cardiac events. The aim of this study is to investigate
Laura Adelaide Dalla Vecchia +9 more
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Relationships Between Cardiovascular Autonomic Profile and Work Ability in Patients With Pure Autonomic Failure [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 Pure autonomic failure (PAF) is a rare disorder belonging to the group of synucleinopathies, characterized by autonomic nervous system degeneration.
Antonio R. Zamunér +12 more
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Autonomic Abnormalities in Patients With Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome – Preliminary Results [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease affecting exocrine glands and extra-glandular organs. There are conflicting reports on the presence of autonomic dysfunction in pSS and no data are available on the functional status of ...
Enrico Brunetta +14 more
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Synthesis and Study on Anti-Wear Properties of Pentaerythritol Monooleate [PDF]
Cailiao Baohu, 2021 For promoting the application of ester diesel anti-wear agent, pentaerythritol monooleate was synthesized from pentaerythritol and oleic acid in the presence of solid acid catalyst.The obtained product’s structure was confirmed to be pentaerythritol ...
HE Chao-liang, ZHANG Xiao-xing
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Tribological Performance of Biomass-Derived Bio-Alcohol and Bio-Ketone Fuels
Energies, 2021 This study relates to developing future alternative fuels and focuses on the effects of a fuel’s molecular structure on its properties and performance in advanced propulsion systems.
Omid Doustdar +5 more
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Subclinical myocardial dysfunction and cardiac autonomic dysregulation are closely associated in obese children and adolescents: the potential role of insulin resistance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The prevalence of obesity is increasing among children/adolescents. Subtle cardiovascular abnormalities, responsible for a higher mortality later in life, have been reported in obese children/adolescents.
Domenico Cozzolino +10 more
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