Aku Mahu Jadi The Wannababes / by Ain Maisarah, author 1982- 300374, Haziq Ridzuan, author 652850

“…Lalu apabila salah seorang ahi iaitu Shasha binti Dato Saidini perlu menyertai program pertukaran pelajar ke Vietnam, The Wannababes bagaikan patah kaki dan hilang kekuatan! …”

Antimicrobial Resistance of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates from Livestock and the Environment in Extensive Smallholder Livestock Production Systems in Ethiopia by Biruk Alemu Gemeda, Barbara Wieland, Gezahegn Alemayehu, Theodore J. D. Knight-Jones, Hiwot Desta Wodajo, Misgana Tefera, Adem Kumbe, Abebe Olani, Shubisa Abera, Kebede Amenu

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Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the RICCADSA Cohort by Yüksel Peker, Henrik Holtstrand-Hjälm, Yeliz Celik, Helena Glantz, Erik Thunström

“…In a multivariate logistic regression model, there was a significant risk increase for POAF across the AHI categories, with the highest odds ratio (OR) for severe OSA (OR 6.82, 95% confidence interval 1.31–35.50; <i>p</i> = 0.023) vs. no-OSA, independent of age, sex, and body-mass-index. …”
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Bilateral vs Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Clemens Heiser MD, PhD, J. Ulrich Sommer MD, Benedikt Hofauer MD, Nico de Vries MD, Madeline JL Ravesloot MD, PhD, MSc, Olivier M. Vanderveken MD, PhD, Daniel Jira MD

“…Data collection included demographics, apnea hypopnea index (AHI), oxygen saturation and desaturation index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and adverse events. …”
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High-Frequency Observations of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Taihu (China) from FY-4B/AGRI by Xin Hang, Xinyi Li, Yachun Li, Shihua Zhu, Shengqi Li, Xiuzhen Han, Liangxiao Sun

“…Finally, the FVC derived from AGRI measurements was compared with that obtained from the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) onboard the Himawari-8 satellite to validate the effectiveness of our method. …”
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Long Term Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients: Apnea-Hypopnea Index and Blood Pressure Changes by Pamela Song, Sohee Kim, Daeyoung Kim, Eun Yeon Joo, Seung Bong Hong

“…These significant reductions in AHI were seen without Body Mass Index changes (p = 0.707). …”
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A GeoNEX-based high-spatiotemporal-resolution product of land surface downward shortwave radiation and photosynthetically active radiation by R. Li, D. Wang, W. Wang, R. Nemani

“…It produced a data product of DSR and PAR over both AHI and ABI coverage at an hourly temporal step with a 1 km spatial resolution. …”
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Hypoglossal nerve stimulation in adolescents with down syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Pan Liu, Weiguo Kong, Caijing Fang, Kangxu Zhu, Xiaohua Dai, Xiangming Meng

“…All the studies showed that patients receiving hypoglossal nerve stimulation experienced a significant decrease in apnea-hypopnea index (at least 50%). The pooled AHI was significantly lower in patients following treatment (mean AHI reduction 17.43 events/h, 95% confidence interval 13.98–20.88 events/h, P &lt; 0.001) after 2 case reports were excluded. …”
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Heart Rate Variability as a Surrogate Marker of Severe Chronic Coronary Syndrome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Christopher Seifen, Maria Zisiopoulou, Katharina Ludwig, Johannes Pordzik, Muthuraman Muthuraman, Haralampos Gouveris

“…A total of 16 patients (four females, mean age 62.94 ± 2.74 years, mean body mass index (BMI) 31.93 ± 1.65 kg/m²) with OSA (median apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) 39.1 (30.5–70.6)/h) and severe CCS were compared to 16 patients (four females, mean age 62.35 ± 2.06 years, mean BMI 32.19 ± 1.07 kg/m²) with OSA (median AHI 40 (30.6–44.5)/h) but without severe CCS. …”
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Effect of Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep on Sleep Structure in Stroke Patients by HU Yaya, ZHU Ning, XUE Mengzhou

“…There was no significant difference between two groups in sleep latency, AHI and REM stage sleep in total sleep time (P&gt;0.05) . …”
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miR-486 is potentially associated with the occurrence of OSAHS comlicated with secondary polycythemia by SHI Xue-feng, SUN Ze-rui, HE Xiang, JIE You-bang, GU Yu-hai, DUO Jie

“…Results 1)Body mass index, red blood cells, hemoglobin (HB) and sleep apnea index(AHI) in OSAHS+SP group were significantly higher than those of control group(P＜0.001); 2)The expression of miR-486, Sirt1, and GATA-1 were significantly increased and plasma Sirt1 concentration was significantly decreased in OSAHS+SP patients PBMC(P＜0.001); 3)PBMC miR-486 and GATA-1 expression were positively correlated with AHI and HB(P＜0.05). …”
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Association between obstructive sleep apnoea and cancer: a cross-sectional, population-based study of the DISCOVERY cohort by Josefin Sundh, Andreas Palm, Ludger Grote, Mirjam Ljunggren, J Theorell-Haglöw, Magnus Per Ekström, Johan Isakson

“…Subgroup analysis for cancer subtype was performed.Results OSA patients with cancer (n=2093) (29.8% females, age 65.3 (SD 10.1) years, body mass index 30 (IQR 27–34) kg/m2) had higher median AHI (n/hour) (32 (IQR 20–50) vs 30 (IQR 19–45), n/hour, p=0.002) and median ODI (n/hour) (28 (IQR 17–46) vs 26 (IQR 16–41), p&lt;0.001) when compared with matched OSA patients without cancer. …”
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The Impact of Lung Function Parameters on Sleep Among Aboriginal Australians &ndash; A Polysomnography and Spirometry Relationship Study by Howarth T, Ben Saad H, Heraganahally SS

“…Differences in sleep efficiency, REM AHI, and NREM SpO2 held for patients with obstructive/mixed impairments in multivariate modelling.Conclusion: Aboriginal Australian patients with OSA have a higher concurrent lung function’ impairment. …”
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Characteristics of Patients With More Than 90% Adherence to Automatic Positive Airway Pressure by Min Su Kim, Jae-Yoon Kang, Soo-Kyoung Park, Yong Min Kim

“…However, the two groups had no significant differences in mean pressure, residual AHI, and the P90. Conclusions The total sleep time, sleep efficiency, and BDI were the main determinants of adherence in patients in the VGA group. …”
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Household Economic Burden of HIV/AIDS and Associated Factors in Four Regions, China by Yaping WANG, Wenzhan JING, Yu WU, Guiying CAO, Hai LONG, Lirong LIU, Lili DAI, Wanxian CAO, Min LIU

“…The patients were classified into two major groups by the OME/AHI ratio: ≤1% group (n=400, 27.7%) , and &gt;1%-5% group (n=418, 28.9%) . …”
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Mouth opening/breathing is common in sleep apnea and linked to more nocturnal water loss by Vincent Yi-Fong Su, Kun-Ta Chou, Chun-Hsien Tseng, Chia-Yu Kuo, Kang-Cheng Su, Diahn-Warng Perng, Yuh-Min Chen, Shi-Chuan Chang

“…The extent of mouth breathing was correlated to AHI (ρ=0.487, p < 0.001), nocturnal increase in hematocrit/hemoglobin levels (ρ = 0.236, p = 0.042; ρ = 0.304, p = 0.008, respectively) and estimated plasma volume loss (ρ = 0.262, p = 0.023). …”
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Association of <em>TNF-α</em> (-308G/A) Gene Polymorphism with Circulating TNF-α Levels and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adults with Coronary Artery Disease and Concomitant Obst... by Afrouz Behboudi, Tilia Thelander, Duygu Yazici, Yeliz Celik, Tülay Yucel-Lindberg, Erik Thunström, Yüksel Peker

“…CAD patients with no-OSA (AHI < 5 events/h; <i>n</i> = 70) were included as a control group. …”
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Male-female differences in thoracic aortic diameters at presentation of acute type A aortic dissection by F. Meccanici, A.W. Bom, W.G. Knol, A.L. Gökalp, C.G.E. Thijssen, J.A. Bekkers, G.S.C. Geuzebroek, M.M. Mokhles, R.R.J. van Kimmenade, R.P.J. Budde, J.J.M. Takkenberg, J.W. Roos-Hesselink

“…Absolute aortic diameters were measured at the sinus of Valsalva (SoV), ascending (AA) and descending thoracic aorta (DA) using double oblique reconstruction, and indexed for body surface area (ASI) and height (AHI). Z-scores were calculated using the Campens formula. …”
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El dispositivo: una grilla de análisis en la visibilización de las subjetividades by Jorge Eliécer Martínez Posada

“…Este artículo es un análisis de las formas en que diversos autores presentan el concepto de dispositivo, de ahí que es un visibilizar algunos puntos de convergencia y aproximación a este concepto. …”
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INTERNET Y CONTROL SOCIAL. ENTRE RIZOMA Y GRAN HERMANO by Massimo Ragnedda

“…En la red estamos continuamente monitorizados: se recogen y catalogan datos e información como si se tratase de un cyberpanopticón: de ahí la metáfora del gran hermano electrónico. La red siente la necesidad de imponer un control cuyo objetivo es uniformar el comportamiento de los usuarios. …”
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