Innovative Bidirectional Isolated High-Power Density On-Board Charge for Vehicle-to-Grid.

This paper deals with developing and implementing a bidirectional galvanically isolated on-board charger of a high-power density. The power density of the new charger was 4 kW/kg and 2.46 kW/dm, and the maximum efficiency was 96.

Impact of processing method on donated human breast milk microRNA content.

Pasteurization of donated human milk preserves it for storage and makes it safe for feeding, but at the expense of its composition, nutritional values and functions. Here, we aimed to investigate the impact of Holder Pasteurization (HoP) and High Pressure Processing (HPP) methods on miRNA in human milk and to evaluate impact of these changes on miRNA functions. Milk samples obtained from women in 50th day of lactation (n = 3) were subjected either to HoP, HPP or remained unpasteurized as a control.

The Role of Adipokines in the Development of Arterial Stiffness and Hypertension.

The study aimed to assess the role and the relationship of adipokines as well as parameters of arterial stiffness in newly diagnosed hypertension. Forty-nine newly diagnosed hypertensive cases (median age 47 ± 6 years) and 48 normotensive patients (median age 47 ± 6 years) were enrolled to this study. Patients underwent echocardiography, noninvasive assessment of hemodynamic parameters using SphygmoCor tonometer (Atcor Med).

Association of Empirical Dietary Atherogenic Indices with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in a Multi-Ethnic Adult Population of the United States.

Serum uric acid (SUA) and apolipoprotein B (apoB) are markers of the risk of morbidity and mortality. However, no study has investigated their role, simultaneously with nutritional factors, on the risk of mortality. We calculated the dietary uricaemia score (DUS) and the dietary atherogenic score (DAS) and evaluated their associations with the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality.

Associations between the lipid profile and the development of hypertension in young individuals - the preliminary study.

Introduction: Hypertension is the leading direct cause of death in the world and one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Elevated blood pressure (BP) often coexists with lipid disorders and is an additional factor that increases CV risk. Nowadays, we are able to distinguish low density lipoproteins (LDL) and high density lipoproteins (HDL) subfractions.