Association between visceral adiposity index and cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aim: The visceral adiposity index (VAI) is a novel marker for evaluating visceral fat accumulation. Some studies have confirmed the association between visceral fat accumulation and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This meta-analysis aimed to explore the association between VAI and multiple cardiovascular outcomes.

Investigation of Potential Targets for Bupleuri Radix in the Treatment of Subacute Thyroiditis.

This study aimed to reveal the underlying mechanism of Radix Bupleuri in the treatment of subacute thyroiditis (SAT). Radix Bupleuri, a key herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for over two millennia, is widely used to treat exterior syndromes, dissipate heat, harmonize liver Qi, and invigorate Yang-Qi. It is also commonly prescribed for SAT.

Design, rationale, and characterization of the mobile health based occupational cardiovascular risk intervention study (mHealth-OPEN study).

Background: The substantial workforce and suboptimal cardiovascular health highlights the urgent need for workplace interventions. This ongoing cluster-randomized trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of a mobile health (mHealth) based comprehensive intervention program to improve cardiovascular health among employees.

Methods And Results: We conducted a 1-year, 2-arm, parallel-group, cluster-randomized controlled multicenter trial involving 10,000 participants (aged 18-65, including 1,600 participants with high cardiovascular risk) across 20 workplaces.

Comparison of clinical outcomes of bilateral and unilateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.

The risks and benefits associated with simultaneous bilateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) continue to engender contentious debate. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of simultaneous bilateral and unilateral UKA. A retrospective review was performed between 2019 and 2022 on 280 patients (130 simultaneous bilateral vs.

An adaptive predefined time sliding mode control for uncertain nonlinear cyber-physical servo system under cyber attacks.

Malicious attacks are often inevitable in cyber-physical systems (CPS). Accuracy in Cyber physical system for position tracking of servos is the major concern now a days. In high precision industrial automation, it is very hard to achieve accuracy in tracking especially under malicious cyber-attacks, control saturations, parametric perturbations and external disturbances.