Effect of exercise training in heart rate variability, anxiety, depression, and sleep quality in kidney recipients: A preliminary study.

The aim of this study was to compare the sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and autonomic function of a group of kidney-transplanted recipients who joined a combined exercise program (KTR) or remained sedentary (KTR). A total of 20 kidney-transplanted recipients, split into two groups (10 KTR and 10 KTR), joined the study. Heart rate variability, cardiorespiratory capacity, depression, and sleep questionnaires were evaluated.

Proof of the Structure of the Stemodia chilensis Tetracyclic Diterpenoid (+)-19-Acetoxystemodan-12-ol by Synthesis from (+)-Podocarpic Acid: X-ray Structure Determination of a Key Intermediate.

The first synthesis of (+)-19-acetoxystemodan-12-ol (1), a stemodane diterpenoid isolated from Stemodia chilensis, is described. The structure was supported by an X-ray crystallographic analysis of intermediate (+)-9a, which confirmed the proposed structure and excluded the structure of (-)-19-hydroxystemod-12-ene as a possible candidate for the Chilean Calceolaria diterpenoid to which the (-)-19-hydroxystemar-13-ene structure (9b) had been erroneously assigned.

Deep Inspiration Breath Hold [(18)F]FDG PET-CT on 4-rings scanners in evaluating lung lesions: evidences from a phantom and a clinical study.

Objective: To investigate the clinical feasibility of a Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) (18)F-FDG PET-CT acquisition in apnea and compare the results obtained between these acts of acquisition in apnea and in Free Breathing in the evaluation of lung lesions.

Material And Methods: A pre-clinical phantom study was performed to evaluate the shortest simulated DIBH time according to the minimum detectable lesion that can be detected by our ultrasound scanner. This study was conducted by changing acquisition time and sphere-to-background activity ratio values and by using radioactivity densities similar to those generally found in clinical examinations.

[Comparative evaluation of propofol and thiopentone for induction of general anesthesia in dentistry].

For dental and stomatologic operations of short duration the Authors can consider "propofol" as the best hypnotic, because it is gifted with hypnotic inducing properties, which have a remarkable speed of recuperation, characterised by the subject's sensation of well-being, and, with modest respiratory depression and maintenance of cardiovascular values.