The extremely rapid assembly of the earliest galaxies during the first billion years of cosmic history is a major challenge for our understanding of galaxy formation physics. The advent of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has exacerbated this issue by confirming the existence of galaxies in substantial numbers as early as the first few hundred million years. Perhaps even more surprisingly, in some galaxies, this initial highly efficient star formation rapidly shuts down, or quenches, giving rise to massive quiescent galaxies as little as 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present an unusual case of an anomalous left coronary artery arising from the contralateral sinus of Valsalva: a 63-year-old male patient who consulted to our emergency department with 1-week history of progressive dyspnea on exertion with clinical signs of heart failure, associated with lung congestion on the chest X ray and elevated NT-proBNP levels (2000 pg/ml; normal value <150). Doppler echocardiography showed severe dilation of both left atrium and left ventricle, with severe deterioration of LV systolic function (Ejection fraction of 26%), global hypokinesia and a moderate mitral regurgitation with central jet. A cardiac catheterization was performed, which evidenced an anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus with a proximal lesion of nearly 50%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPower distribution grids are typically installed outdoors and are exposed to environmental conditions. When contamination accumulates in the structures of the network, there may be shutdowns caused by electrical arcs. To improve the reliability of the network, visual inspections of the electrical power system can be carried out; these inspections can be automated using computer vision techniques based on deep neural networks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe transitional period, defined as the first 72 h after preterm birth, is often characterized by a significant hemodynamic instability, which represents an important risk factor for such neurological complications of prematurity as intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). The impairment of cerebral autoregulation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of IVH, whose incidence is highest during the transitional period. This pilot study aimed to evaluate whether patterns of cerebral autoregulation and oxygenation differ in relation to IVH development in very preterm infants during the transitional period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKey Points: Non-invasive simultaneous multiparametric monitoring allows the in vivo evaluation of cerebral and cardiovascular haemodynamic responses to different types of recurrent episodes of intermittent hypoxia and/or bradycardia, also defined as cardio-respiratory events (CRE), in preterm neonates during postnatal transition. By decreasing left cardiac output, bradycardia further contributes to cerebral hypoxia during CRE. The presence of a haemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus results in a deeper impairment of cerebral oxygen status in response to CRE, whereas the brain-sparing remodelling of the fetal circulation resulting from placental insufficiency is associated with more favourable haemodynamic responses to intermittent hypoxia.
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