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2024

Leukocyte Telomere Length and Cardiac Structure and Function: A Mendelian Randomization Study

2024-02
Journal of the American Heart Association (Issue : 3) (Volume : 13)
BACKGROUNDExisting research demonstrates the association of shorter leukocyte telomere length with increased risk of age‐related health outcomes including cardiovascular diseases. However, the direct causality of these relationships has not been definitively established. Cardiovascular aging at an organ level may be captured using image‐derived phenotypes of cardiac anatomy and function. METHODS AND RESULTSIn the current study, we use 2‐sample Mendelian randomization to assess the causal link between leukocyte telomere length and 54 cardiac magnetic resonance imaging measures representing structure and function across the 4 cardiac chambers. Genetically predicted shorter leukocyte telomere length was causally linked to smaller ventricular cavity sizes including left ventricular end‐systolic volume, left ventricular end‐diastolic volume, lower left ventricular mass, and pulmonary artery. The association with left ventricular mass (β =0.217, Pfalse discovery rate=0.016) remained significant after multiple testing adjustment, whereas other associations were attenuated. CONCLUSIONSOur findings support a causal role for shorter leukocyte telomere length and faster cardiac aging, with the most prominent relationship with left ventricular mass.
2018

A New Message Encryption Method based on Amino Acid Sequences and Genetic Codes

2018-08
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (Issue : 8) (Volume : 9)
As the use of technology is increasing rapidly, the amount of shared, sent, and received information is also increas-ing in the same way. As a result, this necessitates the need for finding techniques that can save and secure the information over the net. There are many methods that have been used to protect the information such as hiding information and encryption. In this study, we propose a new encryption method making use of amino acid and DNA sequences. In addition, several criteria including data size, key size and the probability of cracking are used to evaluate the proposed method. The results show that the performance of the proposed method is better than many common encryption methods, such as RSA in terms of evaluation criteria.
2016

Comparing Common Programming Languages to Parse Big XML File in Terms of Executing Time, Memory Usage, CPU Consumption and Line Number on Two Platforms

2016-09
European Scientific Journal, ESJ (Issue : 27) (Volume : 12)
XML files are used widely to save the information especially in the field of bioinformatics about the whole genome. There are many programming languages and modules used to parse XML files in different platforms such as Linux, Macintosh and Windows. The aim of this report is to reveal and determine which common programming language to use and on which platform is better to parse XML files in terms of memory usage, CPU time consumption and executing time.

Graphical User Interface Features In Building Attractive And Successful Websites

2016-05
European Scientific Journal, ESJ (Issue : 15) (Volume : 12)
The process involve in building a successful website goes beyond knowing web developing languages such as HTML and CSS. The success or failure of any website depends heavily on the use of some aspects of Graphical User Interface. These aspects are usually reserved for client’s wishes and desires. The content features of the GUI are used to stay in touch with visitors. Therefore, this article will highlight some important GUI features used in building an attractive and a successful website.

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