Publications by authors named "B R Haimowitz"

Article Synopsis
  • Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal (ECCOR) systems help patients with severe respiratory failure, but their effectiveness is limited due to size and patient metabolic changes.
  • A new prototype of a wearable ECCOR is presented that can adjust automatically to a patient's metabolic needs using exhaust gas CO levels as an indicator.
  • Initial tests show this system can quickly adapt to changing conditions, paving the way for devices that support physical therapy and offer more independence to patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: The determination of the changes in the incidence and stressfulness of daily hassles as well as in the mood states: alert, tense, irritable, annoyed, depressed, and tired and in the quality of sleep in the 2 days before a migraine headache.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Private headache practice.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II is a major effector of the Ca2+ signaling pathway. It has a wide tissue distribution and phosphorylates multiple substrates. Villus enterocytes from rat ileum contain a Ca2+/CaM-dependent kinase activity that phosphorylates the exogenous neural substrate synapsin I.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF