Normal cardiac function requires that intracellular Ca2+ concentration be reduced to low
levels in diastole so that the ventricle can relax and refill with blood. Heart failure is often …

Techniques used to assist phase matching of second‐order nonlinearities in semiconductor
waveguides are reviewed. The salient points of each method are highlighted, with their …

Objective Experimental evidence has shown potential cardioprotective actions of
phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors (PDE5is). We investigated whether PDE5i use in …

The first experimental TE-mode silicon-on-insulator (SOI) isolators using Faraday Rotation
are here realized to fill the 'missing link'in source-integrated near infrared photonic circuits …

Simulations demonstrate that undoped yttrium iron garnet (YIG) seedlayers cause reduced
Faraday rotation in silicon-on-insulator waveguides with Ce-doped YIG claddings. Undoped …

Background Cigarette smoking (CS) is the main risk factor for the development of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and most COPD exacerbations are caused by …

Heart failure (HF) is characterized by poor survival, a loss of catecholamine reserve and
cellular structural remodeling in the form of disorganization and loss of the transverse tubule …

Ventricular arrhythmias can cause death in heart failure (HF). A trigger is the occurrence of
Ca2+ waves which activate a Na+‐Ca2+ exchange (NCX) current, leading to delayed after …

A toolset of waveguide elements is examined, which can be combined to produce
polarization functional devices in a single contiguous waveguide. In particular, waveguide …

Rationale: PDE5 (phosphodiesterase 5) inhibition reduces the occurrence of ventricular
arrhythmias following myocardial ischemia. However, the mechanisms of the antiarrhythmic …