BROWNING EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE: FRIEND OR FOE?

Browning Epicardial Adipose Tissue: Friend or Foe?

The epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is the visceral fat depot of the heart which is highly plastic and in direct contact with myocardium and coronary arteries.Because of its singular proximity with the myocardium, the adipokines and pro-inflammatory molecules secreted by this tissue may directly affect the metabolism of the heart and coronary arter

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A quantitative identification method based on CWT and CNN for external and inner broken wires of steel wire ropes

The detection of broken wires in steel wire ropes is of great significance for the production safety.However, the existing identification techniques mainly focus on the external broken wires problem.Here, the artificial feature extraction is one of the most important method, while only the prior knowledge of the artificial feature extraction method

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New Methods for Waste Minimization in an Integrated Steel Site

Recycling of materials is of major interest in steel making for environmental reasons as well as economical.All process units produce by-products which are either recycled sold or put on landfill.The products have been selected into the categories slags, dusts and sludges.This work evaluates new methods for recycling of by-products in an integrated

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INTAKE, DIGESTIBILITY, RUMEN METABOLISM AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF GOAT KIDS RAISED UNDER DIFFERENT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Forty-five wether goat kids (BW of 21.76 + 0.76) were randomly assigned to one of three production systems for 14 weeks to evaluate intake, digestibility and goat performance.Production systems were: 1) feedlot (FL), housed in individual pens and fed 40% protein pellets, 40% soybean hulls and 20% bermudagrass hay; 2) grazing continuously on 1 hecta

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