Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease characterized by chorea, incoordination and psychiatric and behavioral symptoms. The leading cause of death in HD patients is aspiration pneumonia, ...

Background and objective: Patients with COPD can have impaired diaphragm mechanics. A new method of assessing the mobility of the diaphragm, using ultrasound, has recently been validated. This study evaluated the relationship ...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to depict the anatomic pathways along which transphrenic spread of diseases and entities can disseminate. CONCLUSION: The abdomen and thorax form a continuum on which the diaphragm ...

Diaphragm myopathy has been described in patients with heart failure (HF), with alterations in myosin heavy chains (MHC) expression. The pathways that regulate MHC expression during HF have not been described, and myogenic ...

Piezoelectric diaphragms are low-cost acoustic components commonly used in a wide variety of electronic devices, where the typical function is to generate an audible alarm. However, scientific study concerning the use of ...

The finite-element thermal analysis of the welding process of a titanium-alloy tank with an elastomeric diaphragm is described. The analysis takes into account the latent heat due to phase changes, the dependence of the ...