Impact of empagliflozin on left atrial mechanical and conduction functions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: Empagliflozin, an oral anti-diabetic drug that inhibits the sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2), has pleiotropic effects on the myocardium. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of empagliflozin on atrial electromechanical delay (AEMD) and the left atrial (LA) mechanical functions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

Method: In total 62 patients (40.

Gain enhancement of BiCMOS on-chip sub-THz antennas by mean of meta-cells.

A MM-loaded sub-THz on-chip antenna with a narrow beamwidth, 9 dB gain and a simulated peak efficiency of 76% at the center frequency of 300 GHz is presented. By surrounding the antenna with a single MM-cell ring defined solely on the top metal of the back-end of line, an efficient suppression of the surface waves is obtained. The on-chip antenna has been designed using IHPs 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology with a 7-layer metallization stack, combined with the local backside etching process aimed to creating an air cavity which is then terminated by a reflective plane.

A Case of Intraparenchymal Hepatic Hemorrhage Due to Ticagrelor Loading Treatment in an Elderly Patient With Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Ticagrelor is a potent P2Y12 inhibitor that is increasingly used in acute coronary syndrome. Although drug-related intrahepatic hemorrhages have been reported with anticoagulant drugs, no case of intrahepatic hemorrhage due to ticagrelor has been encountered in the literature. With this case, we tried to explain that potent antiaggregant drugs may cause this rare bleeding complication.

Advanced numerical investigation of the heat flux in an array of microbolometers.

The investigation of the thermal properties of an array of microbolometers has been carried out by mean of two independent numerical analysis, respectively the Direct-Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) and the classic diffusive approach of the Fourier's equation. In particular, the thermal dissipation of a hot membrane placed in a low-pressure cavity has been studied for different values of the temperature of the hot body and for different values of the pressure of the environment. The results for the heat flux derived from the two approaches have then been compared and discussed.

Use of nanoclay as an environmentally friendly flame retardant synergist in polyamide-6.

Due to their very high levels of flame retardancy, chlorinated and brominated flame retardants had been the most widely used flame retardant additives in plastics industry. However, these flame retardants lead to formation of very toxic volatiles and by-products during fire. Therefore, the recent trend is to replace all of them with non-halogenated flame retardants.