The procedures and results of experimental and/or theoretical studies of four transient molecules, GeO, WO, BeH, and MgH are reported in the thesis. Two of them, GeO and WO, are diatomic molecules composed of relatively heavy atoms, and the other two are diatomic molecules with hydrogen as one of their component atoms. The GeO species was generated using a high temperature furnace. The rovibrational spectrum of five isotopomers were detected in emission using a Bruker IFS 120 HR Fourier transform spectrometer. Combined-isotopomer Dunham-type molecular constants have been derived for GeO using the DSParFit computer program. Analysis shows that the Born-Oppenheimer approximation is valid, as expected, for a molecule containing heavy atoms. The WO molecule was generated using a microwave discharge cell, and the spectra of electronic transitions of various systems were detected in emission using both the Bruker IFS 120 HR Fourier transform spectrometer at Waterloo and the McMath Pierce One-Meter Fourier transform spectrometer at the National Solar Observatory in Arizona. The ground electronic state has been confirmed to be X??Σ^- based on the analysis of seven 0-0 bands. BeH and MgH are typical molecules with hydrogen as one of their component atoms, and the effects of Born-Oppenheimer breakdown were expected. Both of these molecules have rotational perturbations in their excited electronic states. A 'new' method of data processing was used, i. e. , treating the electronic data as if they were from fluorescence series. Thus the harmful influence of the perturbed upper electronic states on the ground electronic state molecular constants is eliminated. By using the DSParFit computer program, accurate sets of combined-isotopomer Dunham-type molecular constants have been derived for the ground electronic states of the two molecules, and Born-Oppenheimer breakdown correction terms have been obtained.

Title: Evaluation of the effect of exercise according to the Propriofoot concept and the methodology of Sensorimotor Training by Janda and Vávrová on foot pressure distribution Objectives: In this thesis the following three goals were set: First, to find out if and how does the percentual foot pressure distribution between the left and right foot in standing change after a four-week long exercise according to either the methodology of Sensorimotor training by Janda and Vávrová or the Propriofoot concept. Second, if and how will the segmental foot load change. Third, if the prospective changes of foot load will agree or differ between the two groups. Methods: A pilot study for quantitative research using experimental scientific method was conducted, with two groups consisting of ten members each, aged thirty to fifty and diagnosed with flat foot. At the beginning, all probands underwent diagnostic measurement using the "Plantograf V10" device. Then they attended a four-week long individual therapy with an exercise plan created according to one of the two methods in consideration. At the end the probands were again measured by the same device. Entrance and control measurements obtained for each participant and both groups were evaluated, compared and statistically analyzed. Results: Analysis of the...

Les maladies artérielles périphériques athéromateuses sont graves : l'atteinte des troncs supra-aortiques est à risque d'accident vasculaire cérébral et l'atteinte des artères des membres inférieurs est à risque d'amputation et de décès cardiovasculaire. Le développement de stratégies innovantes capables d'optimiser le diagnostic précoce et le traitement de ces maladies est un enjeu considérable.Nous montrons une corrélation entre deux biomarqueurs inflammatoires, les microparticules leucocytaires (MPL) et la lipoprotéine phospholipase A2, et l'instabilité de la plaque carotidienne définie histologiquement, dans une population de patients porteurs d'une sténose carotidienne serrée. Les MPL sont élevées de façon significative et indépendante y compris chez les patients asymptomatiques porteurs d'une sténose carotidienne serrée instable. Ainsi, le taux circulant de MPL aider à sélectionner les meilleurs candidats à une chirurgie carotidienne préventive parmi les patients ayant une sténose carotidienne serrée asymptomatique. Deuxièmement, nous montrons que l'administration ex vivo d'érythropoïétine (EPO) améliore les capacités proangiogéniques des progéniteurs endothéliaux circulants tardifs in vitro et in vivo sur un modèle d'ischémie de patte de souris nude. Ces effets semblent médiés par la sous-unité CD131 du récepteur à l'EPO. Si ces résultats se confirment chez l'homme, l'EPO pourrait être utilisée pour améliorer les capacités de revascularisation des progéniteurs endothéliaux circulants tardifs circulants humains avant réinjection autologue comme produit de thérapie cellulaire chez des patients atteints d'ischémie critique des membres inférieurs. / Atherosclerotic peripheral arterial diseases are frequent and severe. They undertake the functional and vital prognosis of patients: lesions of supra-aortic trunks are at risk of stroke and lesions of lower limb arteries are at risk of amputation and cardiovascular death. The development of innovative strategies that optimize early diagnosis and therapeutic management of these diseases is thus a considerable challenge.In this work, we show a correlation between inflammatory biomarkers, leukocyte microparticles and lipoprotein phospholipase A2, and carotid plaque instability defined histologically, in a population of patients with tight carotid stenosis with or without neurological symptoms. Leukocyte microparticles are elevated significantly and independently including asymptomatic patients with tight unstable carotid stenosis. Thus, the circulating levels of leukocyte microparticles could be a tool in the future to select the best candidates for carotid surgery among patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis tight.Second, we show that ex vivo administration of erythropoietin improves the proangiogenic capacity of late circulating endothelial progenitor in vitro and in vivo in a mouse model of hindlimb ischemia. These effects appear mediated by CD131 subunit of the receptor for erythropoietin. If these results are confirmed in humans, erythropoietin could be used to improve the revascularization capacity of late circulating endothelial progenitor before reinjection as autologous cell therapy product in patients with critical ischemia of the lower limbs.

Le grand projet à l’origine de la réalisation de cette thèse est de proposer une nouvelle manière de comprendre la nature instable et décloisonnée du pop art, ce courant pictural presque sorti de l’histoire de l’art pour s’ériger en signe diffus de la culture populaire.Les enjeux plus conceptuels, qu’il dissimule derrière une imagerie devenue familière, sont pourtant d’une importance capitale pour la reconfiguration de la définition contemporaine de l’œuvre d’art. Toujours entre surface et profondeur, l’image pop se développe insidieusement.Le concept de « coïncidence des opposés », hérité d’une tradition théologico-philosophique dont Nicolas De Cues est le dépositaire le plus illustre, nous servira d’outil opératoire pour tenter de comprendre les implications sémantiques liées à la nature glissante de cet espace artistique aux contours flous. L’instabilité de ses frontières s’exprime d’abord par la proximité entre « art » et « non-art ». Elle s’illustre ensuite et surtout par le développement d’une multitude de microstructures internes reproduisant le même schéma conceptuel de « coïncidence des opposés ». Nous utiliserons alors, pour faciliter notre approche philosophique le concept d’ « ambivalences instables ».Trois grands moments jalonneront notre enquête. Ils seront synthétisés par les trois notions suivantes : « le paradoxe de la destruction créatrice », « la littéralité anti-littérale », et « la désacralisation hyper-sacralisée ». / The aim of this PhD project is to propose a new way of understanding the profoundly unstable and essentially decompartmentalized nature of pop art, this pictorial stream which is almost going beyond the scope of art history to elevate itself to be a vague symbol of popular culture.However, its familiar image hides more conceptual matters of dispute which are of crucial importance when it comes to reconfiguring the contemporary definition of a work of art. Always between surface and depth, pop imagery is developing insidiously.The “coincidence of opposites” concept, inherited from a theological-philosophical tradition, with Nicolas De Cues as its most famous depositary, will be used as an operating tool in our attempt to understand the semantic implications bound to the changing nature of this artistic space, the limits of which are still clearly blurry. This fuzziness of its frontiers appears first and foremost through the proximity between “art” and “non-art”, and then, most of all, through the development of a multitude of internal microstructures mimicking the pattern of the “coincidence of opposites” concept. In order to facilitate the philosophical flexibility of our approach, we will therefore use the concept of “unstable ambivalences”. Three milestones mark our investigation. They are summarized by the three following notions: “the creative destruction paradox”,”anti-literal literalism” and ”hyper-sacralized desecration”.

Cette thèse puise sa motivation dans l'industrie pétrolière, et plus particulièrement dans la phase de cimentation primaire des puits pétroliers. Le travail consiste en une étude expérimentale des écoulements biphasiques, stables et instables, des fluides utilisés durant cette opération. Dans les cas instables, l'instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor, qui est susceptible de se développer quand un fluide lourd repose sur un fluide léger sous le champs gravitaire par exemple, est l'une des instabilités responsables des phénomènes de mélange observés entre les fluides déplacés, notamment la boue et le ciment. Elle est étudiée dans ce travail dans le cas de fluides modèles, à seuil, reprenant le même comportement rhéologique que les fluides pétroliers, à la fois d'un point de vue qualitatif et quantitatif. Dans les cas stables où les fluides pétroliers laissent des dépôt sur les parois du puits, une étude expérimentale, se basant sur des fluides à seuil modèles, permet de relier l'épaisseur du dépôt aux paramètres importants du problème, à savoir les paramètres rhéologiques du fluide à seuil et les propriétés de l'écoulement / This thesis draws its motivation from the petroleum industry, and more particularly from the phase of primary cementation of the oil wells. The work consists of an experimental study of the biphasic, stable and unstable flows, fluids were used during this operation. In the unstable cases, the instability of Rayleigh-Taylor, which may develop when a heavy fluid rests on a light fluid under fields’ gravitaire for example, is one of the instabilities responsible for phenomena of mixture observed between the uncalled-for fluids, in particular the mud and the cement. It is studied in this work in the case of model fluids, in threshold, resuming the same rheologic behavior as the oil fluids, at the same time from a qualitative and quantitative point of view

Introdução: O tratamento da Síndrome Coronária Aguda (SCA) sem supradesnivelamento do segmento ST (SSST) sofreu grandes avanços nos últimos 20 anos, com a introdução de novos medicamentos e intervenções invasivas, que reduziram significativamente os eventos clínicos graves como morte e re(infarto), em curto, médio e longo prazos, a despeito dessa entidade ainda representar uma alta taxa de mortalidade no mundo ocidental. Entre os medicamentos, os inibidores da enzima conversora da angiotensina (IECA) tiveram um papel fundamental, demonstrando redução desses eventos em pacientes com alto risco cardiovascular. Nesse período, as troponinas cardíacas consolidaram-se como os biomarcadores de necrose miocárdica de escolha para o diagnóstico e avaliação prognóstica nesses pacientes, devido às suas altas sensibilidade e especificidade. Objetivo: Determinar o efeito do uso prévio de IECA na mensuração da troponina I cardíaca em pacientes com SCASSST, e avaliar os desfechos clínicos em até 180 dias. Casuística e métodos: Estudo prospectivo, observacional, em um único centro de cardiologia, realizado entre 8 de setembro de 2009 e 10 de outubro de 2010, com 457 pacientes, consecutivamente internados no Pronto-Socorro com SCASSST. Os pacientes deveriam apresentar sintomas isquêmicos agudos, nas últimas 48 horas. Foram excluídos os que apresentassem elevação do segmento ST, ou qualquer alteração confundidora ao ECG, como ritmo de marcapasso, bloqueio de ramo esquerdo ou fibrilação atrial. Foram selecionados para análise exploratória, dados de história clínica, exame físico, eletrocardiográficos e laboratoriais, com ênfase à troponina I cardíaca. As variáveis com nível de significância menor que 10% nesta análise, foram submetidas a um modelo de regressão logística múltipla. Resultados: Na população estudada, observou-se que a idade média era de 62,1 anos (DP=11,04) e 291 pacientes (63,7%) do gênero masculino. Fatores de risco como hipertensão arterial sistêmica (85,3%) e dislipidemia (75,9%) foram os mais prevalentes, além da presença de SCA prévia em 275 (60,2%) pacientes; com 49,5% dos pacientes já submetidos a alguma revascularização prévia (Intervenção Coronária Percutânea(ICP) ou Revascularização do Miocárdio (RM), além de 35,0% de diabéticos. Na avaliação de eventos em 180 dias, ocorreram 28 óbitos (6,1%): 11 por choque cardiogênico, 8 por infarto agudo do miocárdio, 3 por choque séptico, além de outras causas. Foi elaborado um modelo de análise estatística, onde foram analisadas as variáveis que interferiam com a liberação de troponina. Por esse modelo, observou-se que cada 1mg/dL a mais na glicemia de admissão, aumentava a chance da troponina ser maior que 0,5 ng/mL em 0,8% (p=0,0034);o uso de IECA previamente à internação reduzia a chance da troponina ser maior que 0,5 ng/mL em 40,6% (p=0,0482) e a presença de infradesnivelamento do segmento ST igual ou maior a 0,5 mm, em uma ou mais derivações, aumentava a chance da troponina ser maior que 0,5 ng/mL em 2,6 vezes (p=0,0016). A estatística C para este modelo foi de 0,77. Conclusão: Os dados apresentados nesta pesquisa em um centro terciário de cardiologia, mostraram uma correlação inequívoca entre o uso de IECA e a redução do marcador de necrose miocárdica troponina I cardíaca, utilizado como medida qualitativa.Porém, ainda não há dados disponíveis para se afirmar que esta redução poderia levar a um número menor de eventos clínicos graves como morte e re(infarto), no período de 180 dias. / Introduction: The last 20 years have seen great advances in the management of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). The introduction of novel drugs and invasive interventions significantly reduced major clinical events such as death and (re)infarction in the short, medium and long term. Yet, mortality rates remain high in the Western world. Among these drugs, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have played a critical role in reducing these events in patients at high cardiovascular risk. In the meantime, cardiac troponins became firmly established as the myocardial necrosis biomarkers of choice to make the diagnosis and prognosis of these patients, due to their high sensitivity and specificity. Objective: To determine the effect of prior use of ECA inhibitors in serum levels of cardiac troponin I in patients with NSTE-ACS and to assess the clinical outcomes up to 180 days. Patients and methods: This was a prospective, observational study conducted at a single tertiary cardiology center from September 8, 2009 to October 10, 2010 with 457 consecutive patients admitted to the emergency department for NSTE-ACS. Only patients with acute ischemic symptoms within the past 48 hours were included in the study. Those with ST-segment elevation or any confounding ECG factor, such as pacemaker rhythm, left bundle branch block, or atrial fibrillation, were excluded. Study population underwent exploratory analysis, clinical history, physical examination, ECG, and laboratory tests, particularly for cardiac troponin I. Variables with a significance level less then 10% were entered into a multiple logistic regression model. Results: The mean age of the study population was 62.1 years (SD = 11.04), and 291 patients (63.7%) were male. Risk factors such as hypertension (85.3%) and dyslipidemia (75.9%) were the most prevalent, followed by previous ACS in 275 (60.2%) patients; 49.5% of the patients had already undergone previous revascularization procedures (either percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] or coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]). Diabetes was present in 35% of the patients. At the 180-day assessment, 28 patients (6.1%) had died: 11 as a result of cardiogenic shock, 8 of acute myocardial infarction, and 3 of septic shock, among other causes. In this study, a statistical model was developed to determine which variables affected troponin release. This model showed that each 1mg/dL increase in admission blood glucose increased the likelihood of troponin being higher than 0.5 ng/mL by 0.8% (p=0.0034); the use of ACE inhibitors prior to admission reduced the likelihood of troponin being higher than 0.5 ng/mL by 40.6% (p=0.0482), and the presence of ST-segment depression >= 0.5 mm in one or more ECG leads increased 2.6 times the likelihood of troponin being higher than 0.5 ng/mL (p=0.0016). The C-statistic for this model was 0.77. Conclusion: The data from this study conducted at a tertiary cardiology center show an unequivocal relationship between the use of ACE inhibitors and decreased levels of cardiac troponin I, a biomarker of myocardial necrosis used as a qualitative measure. However, there is no available data to determine whether or not this decrease would result in a lower number of major clinical events, such as death and re(infarction) within 180 days.

Neste trabalho estudamos problemas de reação difusão em domínios unidimensionais que surgem de materiais compostos e obtemos resultados comparando os fluxos do problema original e do problema limite quando a difusão fica muito grande em partes do domínio. Provamos que os autovalores e autofunções do operador linear ilimitado associado à equação limite têm a propriedade de Sturm Liouville e provamos que as soluções do problema de reação difusão têm a propriedade do decrescimento do número de zeros ao longo do tempo. Estes resultados são usados para provar que as variedades instável e estável de pontos de equilíbrios são genericamente transversais e que o fluxo no atrator para o problema de reação difusão é genericamente estruturalmente estável. Estes fatos permitem obter a equivalência topológica dos fluxos restritos aos atratores dos problemas original e seu problema limite. / In this work we study some reaction-difusion problems in one dimensional domains that arise from composite materials. We obtain some results comparing the flux of the original problem and the flux of the limit problem when the difusion becomes large on parts of the physical domain. We prove that the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the linear unbounded operator associated with the equation have the Sturm Liouville property and also that the solutions of the reaction difusion equation have the property that the zeros do not increase with time. These results are used to obtain that the stable and unstable manifolds of equilibrium points are generically transversal and that the flux on the attractor for the reaction difusion problem is generically structurally stable. Using this we are able to prove the topological equivalence of the fluxs restricted to the attractors of the original and the limit problem.

INTRODUÇÃO: A proteína C-reativa de alta sensibilidade (PCR-as) é comumente utilizada na prática clínica para avaliar o risco cardiovascular. O seio coronário (SC) é considerado o local ideal para estudos de marcadores inflamatórios e circulação coronária, até o momento. A correlação entre os níveis séricos de PCR-as (valores absolutos) periférico versus (vs.) central ainda não foi feita. Avaliou-se a correlação entre os níveis séricos de PCR-as (mg/L) em veia periférica do antebraço esquerdo (VPAE) vs. SC, em pacientes portadores de doença arterial coronária (DAC) aterosclerótica com diagnóstico de angina estável (AE) ou angina instável (AI). Avaliou-se, também, se os níveis de PCR-as na VPAE e no SC diferem na AE e AI. MÉTODOS e RESULTADOS: 40 pacientes com DAC e estenose >= 70 % do diâmetro da luz vascular em uma das principais artérias coronárias foram incluídos no estudo e classificados em AE (n = 20) e, AI (n = 20). Coletaram-se amostras de sangue simultaneamente na VPAE e no SC, antes da angiografia coronária. A média dos níveis séricos absolutos de PCR-as na VPAE nos pacientes com AE foi de 2,97 ± 2,66, log 0,53 ± 1,24 e, com AI foi de 3,04 ± 3,29, log 0,67 ± 0,94, p = 0,689; e no SC, na AE foi de 2,71 ± 2,46, log 0,46 ± 1,18 e na AI, foi de 2,65 ± 3,08, log 0,41 ± 0,97, p = 0,898 e, portanto, não foram observadas diferenças significativas. A análise de correlação entre os níveis séricos de PCR-as em VPAE vs. SC mostrou uma forte correlação linear tanto para AE (r = 0,993, p < 0,001), para AI (r = 0,976, p < 0,001) e em toda amostra (r = 0,985, p < 0,001). CONCLUSÃO: Os nossos dados sugeriram uma forte correlação linear entre os níveis séricos de PCR-as na VPAE vs. SC na AE e AI; e esses níveis na VPAE e no SC na AE e AI foram semelhantes e não revelaram diferentes influências biológicas / BACKGROUND: The high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is commonly used in clinical practice to assess cardiovascular risk. The coronary sinus (CS) is considered the ideal location for studies of inflammatory markers and coronary circulation, until the moment. The correlation between peripheral versus (vs.) central serum levels of hs-CRP (absolute values) has not been done. We evaluated the correlation between serum levels of hs-CRP (mg/L) in the left forearm peripheral vein (LFPV) vs. CS in patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) and diagnosis of stable angina (SA) or unstable angina (UA). We also evaluated whether the hs-CRP levels in LFPV and CS differ in SA and UA. METHODS and RESULTS: 40 patients with CAD and >= 70 % stenosis of the diameter of the vascular lumen in one of the main coronary arteries were included in the study and, classified into SA (n = 20) and, UA (n = 20). Blood samples from in the LFPV and CS were simultaneously collected before coronary angiography. The mean serum levels of hs-CRP in LFPV in the patients with SA was 2.97 ± 2.66, log 0.53 ± 1.24 and, in the UA was 3.04 ± 3.29, log 0.67 ± 0.94, p = 0.689. In CS in SA, it was 2.71 ± 2.46, log 0.46 ± 1.18 and in UA it was 2.65 ± 3.08, log 0.41 ± 0.97, p = 0.898; therefore, no significant differences were observed. The correlation analysis between the serum levels of hs-CRP in LFPV vs. CS showed a strong linear correlation in both for SA (r = 0.993, p < 0.001), for UA (r = 0.976, p < 0.001) and in the whole sample (r = 0.985, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggested that in SA as well as in UA there was a strong linear correlation between the serum levels of hs-CRP in LFPV vs. CS and, these levels in VPAE and SC in AE and AI were similar and did not reveal different biological influences

Introdução: Poucos estudos avaliaram marcadores inflamatórios associados à nitração da placa aterosclerótica no prognóstico da doença arterial coronariana (DAC). Assim, o objetivo deste estudo é analisar a influência dos níveis de atividade da mieloperoxidase (MPO) e nitrotirosina (NT) na sobrevida em curto e longo prazo, em uma coorte prospectiva de síndrome coronariana aguda (SCA), Estratégia de Registro de Síndrome Coronariana Aguda (estudo ERICO). Métodos: Avaliou-se a influência da atividade da MPO e dos níveis de NT, ambos dosados até 10 dias após a síndrome coronariana aguda (SCA), em relação à mortalidade em até 4 anos de seguimento. A atividade da MPO e os níveis de NT, coletados durante a fase aguda e subaguda do início dos sintomas da síndrome coronariana aguda (SCA) (infarto do miocárdio (IAM) com supra e sem supra do segmento ST e angina instável), foram avaliados em 342 pacientes. Em 180 dias, 1 ano, 2 anos e 4 anos foram calculadas as taxas de letalidade geral, assim como as curvas de sobrevivência de Kaplan-Meier e os modelos de regressão logística de Cox com respectivas razões de risco (RR) cumulativas (intervalo de confiança de 95%; IC 95%), de acordo os tercis de atividade da MPO e de NT para mortalidade (geral, cardiovascular e por IAM fatal). As RR cumulativas para atividade da MPO e NT foram calculadas sem ajuste, ajustadas por idade e sexo e com ajuste adicional para tabagismo, diabetes, hipertensão e níveis de colesterol LDL e HDL. Resultados: No geral, o valor mediano para a atividade da MPO foi de 29,6 mU / ml (variação: 1,8 a 282,1 mU / ml) e NT foi de 208,33 nmol / L (variação: 3,09 a 1.500,00 nmol / L), independentemente do subtipo de SCA. Durante o seguimento de 4 anos, observamos 55 (16,1%) óbitos. A taxa de sobrevida global foi de 287 (83,9%) (tempo mediano de sobrevida foi 1.517, IIQ: 1.1391.904 dias). A atividade de MPO e os níveis de NT não se associaram com as taxas de letalidade e nem de sobrevivência (mortalidade geral, cardiovascular e por IAM fatal) pelas RR de 180 dias até 4 anos de seguimento. Conclusões: A atividade da MPO, assim como, os níveis de NT não foram preditores de morte após SCA em curto e longo prazo no estudo ERICO / Introduction: Few studies have evaluated inflammatory markers associated with atherosclerotic plaque nitration in the prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Thus, the objective of this study is to analyze the influence of levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and nitrotyrosine (NT) on short- and long-term survival in a prospective cohort of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), Coronary Syndrome Registry Strategy Acute (ERICO study). Methods: The influence of MPO activity and NT levels, both dosed up to 10 days after acute coronary syndrome (ACS), was evaluated in relation to mortality up to 4 years of follow-up. The MPO activity and NT levels, collected during the acute and subacute phase of the onset of ACS symptoms (myocardial infarction (MI) with supra and non-ST-segment elevation and unstable angina), were evaluated in 342 patients. Overall, case-fatality rates, as well as, Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox logistic regression models with cumulative hazard ratios (HR) were calculated for 180 days, 1 year, 2 years and 4 years (range (95% confidence interval, 95% CI), according to tertiles of MPO and NT activity for mortality (overall, cardiovascular and fatal MI). Cumulative RRs for MPO and NT activity were calculated as crude, age and sex-adjusted, and with additional adjustment for smoking, diabetes, hypertension, and LDL and HDLcholesterol levels. Results: Overall, the median value for MPO activity was 29.6 mU / ml (range: 1.8 to 282.1 mU / ml) and NT of 208.33 nmol / L (range: 3, 09 to 1,500.00 nmol / L), regardless of the subtype of ACS. During the 4-year follow-up, we observed 55 (16.1%) deaths. The overall survival rate was 287 (83.9%) (median survival time was 1,517, IQR: 1,139-1,904 days). MPO activity and NT levels were nor associated with case-fatality neither survival rates (overall, cardiovascular and fatal MI mortality ) by HRs from 180 days to 4 years of follow-up. Conclusions: MPO activity, as well as, NT levels were not predictors of short- and long-term mortality after ACS in the ERICO study

"The present work is a study of the low inertia spreading dynamics of initially spherical viscous droplets on a planar interface. The droplets are affected by gravity, surface tension and viscous forces and are modeled as two-dimensional axisymmetric bodies. The main focus of this study is the examination of the dependence of droplet stability, equilibrium shape and fluid motion within the drop on the relative magnitude of these forces. The dynamics are modeled using the unsteady, non-linear Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible fluid. The spreading of a droplet on a solid surface is modeled with both a no-slip and a partial-slip boundary condition. In addition, the spreading of a droplet on another identical drop (two-drop problem) is modeled to study the problem without the contact point singularity. The governing equations are solved numerically using the Mixed Galerkin Finite Element formulation, augmented by the use of the Newton-Raphson iteration scheme to effectively treat the non-linearities of the problem. The Generalized Eulerian Lagrangian formulation is adopted for the treatment of the moving free surface of the droplet. Computations are performed for capillary numbers ranging from 0.01 to 100 and for Reynolds numbers from 0.005 to 50, where the velocity scale is based on the droplet radius and the gravitational acceleration. For the droplet spreading on a solid surface, three distinct behaviors are observed~: for low Reynolds numbers and sufficiently high capillary numbers, droplets deform to a stable, equilibrium shape; for higher Reynolds numbers, an oscillatory droplet behavior occurs; at still higher Reynolds numbers, the droplets shatter. Very often, a recirculation is induced near the contact point just before the droplet shatters, which is also observed for the case of stable oscillating droplets. When a partial-slip boundary condition is applied, it is observed that the stability of the droplet and the rate at which the droplet attains the static contact angle depend strongly on the velocity of slip of the droplet with respect to the solid surface at the contact point. For the two-drop problem, only two distinct behaviors are observed: for low Reynolds numbers and high capillary numbers, the droplet retains a near-spherical shape and remains stable; while for higher Reynolds numbers, the droplet deforms to a high extent and becomes unstable."