The immune-related fatty acids are responsive to CO driven seawater acidification in a crustacean brine shrimp Artemia sinica.

The gradual increase of CO concentration in the atmosphere, absorbed by the ocean surface water through air to sea equilibration termed ocean acidification (OA), leads to the decline of pH in seawater. It is not clear so far how the composition of fatty acids, particular the immune-related, in marine crustacean and the subsequent energy supply in marine ecosystem are affected by OA. The brine shrimp Artemia sinica is an open and common feed that provide essential fatty acids for mariculture.

Comparison of NASCET and WASID criteria for the measurement of intracranial stenosis using digital subtraction and computed tomography angiography of the middle cerebral artery.

Background And Purpose: Intracranial large-artery atherosclerosis is considered a frequent cause of stroke worldwide, particularly in Asian populations. The current evidence suggests that symptomatic patients with severe stenosis may benefit from intracranial stents. There are two methods for calculating the degree of intracranial stenosis, Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) and North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET), but they have never been compared.