New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Research 2019

Measurement is an indispensable part of analytical chemistry. The result of measurement helps quantify a substance's physical property and compare it with the physical property of another substance. Each measurement comprises two components - a number indicating the magnitude and a unit of measurement as a standard for comparison. Further, the same quantity can be measured using different units of measurement, which leads to differences in magnitude.
A standard set of units has been defined...

The Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) illustrates the maximum combination of two goods or services an economy can produce given its available resources and level of technology. It serves as a visual representation of the trade-offs between different production options.
The PPF assumes that resources are fixed and fully employed and technology remains constant. Any point on the curve represents a combination of goods that fully utilizes available resources.
Points inside the curve indicate...

The Edgeworth Box illustrates all possible ways to allocate a fixed amount of labor and capital between two firms—one producing wheat and the other producing cotton. Each point within the box represents a specific allocation of these inputs between the two firms. Among these points, the contract curve highlights all Pareto-efficient allocations, where no reallocation of labor or capital can increase one firm’s output without reducing the other’s. This condition defines Pareto efficiency,...

The cardiovascular system is a vital transportation system in the body. It comprises the heart and blood vessels and facilitates the exchange of gases, nutrients, and waste products.
Heart
The heart is the central pump of the cardiovascular system that circulates blood throughout the body. It comprises two atria receiving the blood and two ventricles pumping blood out of the heart. Their rhythmic contractions, called heartbeats, ensure that blood flow remains continuous.
Blood Vessels
Blood...

The regulation of the cardiovascular system allows the body to adapt to various demands and maintain homeostasis.
The regulation of the cardiovascular system involves the autonomic nervous system (ANS), baroreceptors, and chemoreceptors, ensuring that heart rate and blood pressure are appropriately modulated in response to varying physiological demands.
The ANS comprises two main divisions: the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. The sympathetic nervous system enhances...

This protocol demonstrates the workflow of the SILICOFCM platform for automatically generating a parametric model of the left ventricle from patient-specific ultrasound images by applying a multi-scale electromechanical model of the heart. This platform enables in silico clinical trials intended to reduce real clinical trials and maximize positive therapeutic...