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Petaled parts of plants that are often fragrant and vibrantly colored; occasionally games task players with collecting flowers.
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Mostly used in laboratories to conduct experiments.
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Wood from trees that is cut and prepared for use as building material.
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Novak Djokovic's impressive year; Davis Cup drama — The Friday Five
By Maud Watson
No. 1 and Done
Novak Djokovic may have come into London with the No. 1 ranking all sewn up, but he proved he was truly deserving of the honor when he capped off his 2012 season by defeating Roger Federer in the championship match of the ATP World Tour Finals. It was both a workman-like and spectacular week for the Serb. He didn't always play his best, frequently finding himself down early against the likes of Murray, del Potro, and Federer, but on each of those occasions, he lived up to his seeding, showing great grit and determination to find a way to secure the win and ultimately go undefeated in the British capital. Furthermore, with his victory in London, Djokovic has arguably presented the best case for being named the ATP's Player of the Year. In addition to the ATP World Tour Finals, he claimed the Aussie Open, three Masters shields, and reached the finals of an additional two majors and three Masters. He was by far the most consistent performer beginning to end, so while his 2012 wasn't near the knock-out punch of 2011, it's quite impressive in its own right.
Goin' Nowhere
Roger Federer may have come up short at the ATP World Tour Finals, but his performance there should still be seen as a positive. In the semifinals, he managed to turn the tables and claim victory against Murray in a match where the Scott clearly outclassed him straight out of the gates. Unfortunately for the Swiss, he wasn't quite able to pull off the upset against Djokovic, but it's worth noting that it was Federer who got up the early break in both sets. The stats from that match also reveal that it was only a handful of points that determined the outcome. All in all, it was a good week for Federer, as was his 2012 season as a whole. What we saw in London, as we did throughout the course of the season, is that Federer is going to now have more peaks and valleys over the course of a match. He's going to feel the pressure to red line his game more than he once did against this younger crop of rivals. But he also proved last week that he's more than capable of holding his own. He's still firmly rooted in the Big 4, and there's no reason to think he can't still win majors.
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What a week for the duo of Marc Lopez and Marcel Granollers, who became the first Spanish pair to ever win the season-ending championships. It was wonderful to finally see them have their moment to shine. Lopez has historically been better known as the hitting partner and sometimes-double partner of Rafael Nadal, while Granollers, who has continued to make strides in singles, was perhaps better known for partnering his more accomplished countryman Tommy Robredo. In the injury absences of both Nadal and Robredo, however, Lopez and Granollers began to partner up with greater frequency, and their partnership has paid dividends. They got a big win over the Bryans in round robin play in what was one of the best matches of the tournament, and they were equally as impressive against the Indian team of Bhupathi and Bopanna in the title match. Their accomplishments in London have earned them the chance to add 2012 Davis Cup champions to their résumé, as Captain Alex Correjta has opted to use the pair for doubles duty in Davis Cup this weekend. It's an opportunity well deserved, and here's to hoping they continue to ride the wave of momentum.
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He's self-deprecating, as shown by his comments that the semifinals consisted of "three big names and one big guy," but his performance in London backs up the notion that Juan Martin del Potro is most certainly looking like he's back. Just like he did in the championship match in Basel, Delpo handed Federer another three-set defeat in Round Robin play to earn a spot in the semis. Even if one entertains the possibility that Federer, who was already assured of a spot in the WTF semifinals, didn't go all out in his match against del Potro, you need look no further than the Argentine's performance against Djokovic to suggest that he's essentially ready to challenge for majors once again. The big man was up a set and a break on Djokovic, and though he lost it in three, his willingness to mix it up and recognize that he could mix it up and hang with the game's elite are a positive sign of things to come. He's without a doubt the guy most likely to break up the Big 4, which is why even though the odds are still stacked against him, it shouldn't come as a shock either if he should win a major in 2013.
Davis Cup Drama
As Davis Cup is set to get underway, already one Spaniard is not a happy camper. Feliciano Lopez made known that while he respects Captain Corretja's decision, he was upset at being left off the Spanish Davis Cup Team that's taking on the Czech Republic in the Czech's home country this weekend. Feli Lopez found himself odd man out when Correjta opted to field the doubles duo of M. Lopez/Granollers and Alamgro as the second singles player alongside Ferrer. It's understandable his frustration, especially since he historically plays best on faster courts and possesses the better record against Czech No. 1 Tomas Berdych. That said, with M. Lopez and Granollers having the momentum, it would have been wrong to cut them, and at No. 11 vs. F. Lopez's No. 40 ranking, you have to feel that Almagro has also earned his spot as well. Hopefully the drama won't impact the team, as they will have their hands full enough taking on an inspired Czech squad.
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Carl Edwards jumped out quickly on a lap 460 restart as he saw fellow Ford drivers Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Aric Almirola battle side-by-side behind him. It allowed Edwards to pull out to a big lead and cruise to victory in the Food City 500.Comments
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Recently my radio/cd died, but there are still lights on most of the knobs and dials. It just doesn't turn on when you hit the Power knob. I pulled, inspected and re-seated all the fuses in the inside fuse box. There were no bad fuses, although I only visually inspected them. There is no fuse layout diagram as with most vehicles. Is there a separate fuse inside the radio? Thanks. - barrylay
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CML HealthCare Inc. Launches New Website06:00 EDT Tuesday, October 09, 2012MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 9, 2012) -CML HealthCare Inc. (TSX:CLC) (the "Company" or "CML") announced today the release of its new website at www.cmlhealthcare.com. The new website has been redesigned with a fresh new look and improved functionality for easier navigation so customers can quickly retrieve the quality information they seek. In addition to educational videos for patients on what to expect during upcoming lab and imaging procedures, the new website is unique in being the first among Canadian medical diagnostic companies to offer mobile capabilities. The new mobile website will load automatically when CML's website is accessed by a mobile device. By using the mobile devices' native GPS functionality, the mobile website will automatically show patients the five closest CML clinics based on modalities and hours of operation requested. The mobile website will also provide directions to CML clinics at the click of a button."Through analysis of traffic flow and customer behavior on our previous website, we have made significant changes that will enhance the customer experience and improve navigation to our centres," said Jason Crowe, Director of Marketing at CML. "With a growing population taking advantage of mobile devices including smart phones and tablets, our mobile site addresses the needs of this rapidly growing group of customers.""Optimizing CML's website is in line with our strategy of leveraging technology to continue to improve our service offerings," commented Thomas Wellner, President and CEO of CML HealthCare. "We will continue to strive to deliver rapid, high quality services and information to guide critical healthcare decisions of the customers we serve." About CML HealthCare Inc.Based in Mississauga, Ontario, CML HealthCare Inc. is Canada's leading community-based, medical diagnostic services provider operating 140 laboratory patient service centres in Ontario, 103 imaging patient service centres in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, and a reference laboratory located in Ontario specialized in coagulation testing for customers world-wide. CML is publicly-traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CLC" and has approximately 89.8 million common shares outstanding. For more information, please visit www.cmlhealthcare.com and follow us on Twitter @cmlhealthcare.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Alice DunningCML HealthCare Inc.Director, Corporate Communications(905) 565-0043 ext. email@example.com WeberCML HealthCare Inc.Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer(905) 565-0043 ext. 3204(905) 565-2844 (FAX)www.cmlhealthcare.com or Twitter: @cmlhealthcare


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Experts suspect that hackers who broke into a web security firm and issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy agency websites and internet giants had ties to the Iranian government.
In a statement on Monday, the Dutch government released findings that greatly expand the scope of a hacking attack on securities firm DigiNotar. External IT experts reviewing DigiNotar's computer systems said the hack may have begun in June, not July as DigiNotar had previously asserted.
The experts said it had affected access not only to Google, but included 531 fake certificates for about 344 domains including sites operated by Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, Skype, AOL, Mozilla, TorProject, and WordPress, as well as spy agencies including the CIA, Israel's Mossad and Britain's MI6.
DigiNotar is one of many companies that sell the "SSL" security certificates widely used to authenticate websites and guarantee that communications between a user's browser and a website are secure.
In theory, a fraudulent certificate can be used to trick a user into visiting a fake version of a website, or used to monitor communications with the real sites without users noticing.
But in order to actually pass off a fake certificate, a hacker must be able to steer his target's internet traffic through a server he controls.
That is something that only an internet service provider can easily do - or a government that commands one.
Ties to Iran
Information technology experts said on Monday that they suspect the hackers were probably co-operating with the Iranian government.
The external review by Fox-IT, A Dutch company, found that one fake certificate for Google was used 300,000 times between its activation on August 4 and when it was revoked on August 29. Almost all usage came from Iran.
"The list of domains and the fact that 99 per cent of the users are in Iran suggest that the objective of the hackers is to intercept private communications in Iran," it concluded.
Roel Schouwenberg of internet security firm Kaspersky said, "a government operation is the most plausible scenario."
The hack of DigiNotar closely resembles one in March of the US security certificate issuer Comodo, which was also attributed to an Iranian hacker. The Fox-IT report said that the hackers erased some evidence of their break-in but purposefully left behind at least one message in one script: "My signature as always, Janam Fadaye Rabhar," which means "I will sacrifice my soul for my leader" in the Farsi language spoken by Iranians.
The same signature line was used by the Comodo hacker, apparently in reference to Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
'Massive' attack
In a blog posting, US security firm Trend Micro described the attack as "massive," writing that according to its data "internet users in more than 40 different networks of ISPs and universities in Iran were confronted with rogue SSL certificates issued by DigiNotar."
Gervase Markham, a Mozilla developer who has been involved in the response to the DigiNotar failure, warned Iranian internet users to update their browsers, "log out of and back into every email and social media service you have" and change all passwords.
The latest versions of browsers such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox are now rejecting certificates issued by DigiNotar.
Ot van Daalen of Dutch online civil liberties group Bits of Freedom said he believed the DigiNotar incident would ultimately lead to a reform of authentication technology.
Although no users in the Netherlands are known to have been victimised directly by the hack, it has caused a major headache for the Dutch government, which relied on DigiNotar for authentication of many of its websites.
Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner announced in the early hours of Saturday morning that the safety of websites including the country's social security agency, police and tax authorities could no longer be guaranteed.
The Dutch government took over management of DigiNotar, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Vasco, but kept the websites operating as it scrambles to find replacement security providers.
Donner said on Monday he had reached a deal with Microsoft under which the government will not block some of the web certificates in the Netherlands for the next week in order to prevent a widespread disruption of government services, which might prove worse than any potential hacking.
"The entire internet is not a phenomenon that lends itself well to government rules," Donner said at a press conference.
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Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) imaging of atherosclerosis has been used to quantify plaque inflammation and to measure the effect of plaque stabilizing drugs. Here we explore how atherosclerotic plaque inflammation varies across arterial territories and how it relates to arterial calcification. We also test the hypotheses that the degree of local arterial inflammation measured by PET is correlated with the extent of systemic inflammation and presence of risk factors for vascular disease.
Forty-one subjects underwent vascular PET/CT imaging with FDG. All had either vascular disease or multiple risk factors for it. Forty subjects underwent carotid imaging, twenty-seven underwent aortic, twenty-four iliac and thirteen femoral imaging. Thirty-three subjects had a panel of biomarkers analyzed.
We found strong associations between FDG uptake in neighboring arteries (left vs. right carotid r=0.91, p<0.001, ascending aorta vs. aortic arch r=0.88, p<0.001). Calcification and inflammation rarely overlapped within arteries – carotid artery FDG uptake vs. calcium score r=−0.42, p=0.03). Carotid artery FDG uptake was greater in those with a history of coronary artery disease (target to background ratio (TBR) 1.83 vs. 1.61, p<0.01), and in males vs. females (TBR 1.83 vs. 1.63, p<0.05). Similar findings were also noted in the aorta and iliac arteries. Subjects with the highest levels of FDG uptake also had the greatest concentrations of inflammatory biomarkers: descending aorta TBR vs. matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP 3): r=0.53, p=0.01 and carotid TBR vs. MMP 9: r=0.50, p=0.01. Non-significant positive trends were seen between FDG uptake and levels of interleukin 18, fibrinogen and C-reactive protein. Finally, we found that the atheroprotective biomarker adiponectin was negatively correlated with the degree of arterial inflammation in the descending aorta: r=−0.49, p=0.03).
This study shows that FDG PET imaging can increase our knowledge of how atherosclerotic plaque inflammation relates to calcification, serum biomarkers and vascular risk factors. Plaque inflammation and calcification rarely overlap, supporting the theory that calcification represents a late, burnt-out stage of atherosclerosis. Inflammation in one arterial territory is associated with inflammation elsewhere, and the degree of local arterial inflammation is reflected in the blood levels of several circulating biomarkers. We suggest that FDG PET imaging could be used as a surrogate marker of both atherosclerotic disease activity and drug effectiveness. Prospective, event driven studies are now underway to determine the role of this technique in clinical risk prediction.
The complications of atherosclerosis are the commonest cause of death worldwide and an increasing burden to healthcare systems. Over the last two decades, however, several effective drugs have improved risk factor control and reduced mortality1. In parallel, non-invasive techniques for imaging atherosclerosis have become more widely available. They can help to illuminate the underlying pathology of the disease and may improve the prediction of future clinical events. Additionally, imaging can identify treatment-related changes in plaque structure and function that can serve as surrogate markers of drug efficacy2.
Clinical events related to atherosclerosis are driven by inflammation within the plaque3. FDG PET imaging has emerged as a non-invasive modality that can quantify this inflammation. The degree of FDG uptake within an atherosclerotic plaque is strongly correlated with its macrophage content4, 5, a key contributor to plaque inflammation. FDG PET can identify symptomatic lesions in the carotid6 and vertebral artery7 territories and can track the effect of anti-inflammatory plaque therapies in both human8,9 and animal10 models of disease.
This study employs FDG PET imaging of atherosclerotic arteries to address several questions relating to the pathology of the disease. We investigated the extent to which the degree of arterial inflammation within the carotid arteries, aorta and peripheral vasculature were correlated. Second, we examined the relationship between arterial inflammation and calcification. Third, we explored whether the presence of cardiovascular risk factors increased arterial inflammation, and finally we assessed the relationship between the level of several circulating inflammatory biomarkers and the degree of local arterial FDG uptake. We used a prospective study design and a vascular-specific PET imaging protocol that is highly reproducible11, 12.
We prospectively recruited, at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, a heterogeneous group of 41 patients with either vascular disease (defined as previous myocardial infarction, stroke or peripheral vascular disease) or at least three cardiovascular risk factors. Patients were identified in the catheter lab and in vascular outpatient clinics. All gave written informed consent and the study protocols were approved by the local institutional review board.
Baseline risk factor data were documented including: age, gender, ethnicity, history of coronary artery disease (defined as angina, previous myocardial infarction or coronary artery disease at angiography), history of cerebrovascular disease (defined as transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke), history of cigarette smoking, diagnosed or treated hypertension, ethnicity, history of diabetes, family history of heart disease, body mass index (BMI) and medication use.
Of the 41 patients, 40 underwent carotid imaging, 27 aortic imaging, 24 iliac imaging and 13 femoral imaging. All studies were performed after at least 6 hours of fasting with a GE Lightspeed PET/CT scanner (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) after injection of 370 MBq FDG. Subjects with pre-scan blood glucose of >200mg/dl were excluded. Body scanning (encompassing the aorta±iliac±femoral arteries) was performed first, 90 minutes after FDG injection in 2D mode, with 10 minute acquisitions at each bed position.
Carotid artery imaging was undertaken approximately two hours after FDG injection, immediately after body imaging. The head and neck were placed into a soft head holder and a single bed position PET scan was acquired in 3D mode for 15 minutes. The external auditory meatus was the upper limit of the scan. CT was used for attenuation correction, anatomical co-registration and quantification of arterial calcification. No CT contrast agent was administered.
The 2D PET data were reconstructed using the ordered subset expectation maximization algorithm13 with a final voxel size of 4.25mm. The 3D PET data had the same corrections applied, and were reconstructed using a 3D reprojection algorithm14 yielding the same voxel size.
PET/CT image analysis was performed on a dedicated workstation (Xeleris 2.0, GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Using the CT images, the aorta was divided into ascending, arch, descending thoracic and abdominal aorta. Similarly, below the aortic bifurcation, the arteries of the pelvis and thigh were separated into iliac and femoral arteries. Data from the common and external iliac arteries were labelled together as 'iliac artery'; similarly, the common femoral and superficial femoral arteries were combined under the label of 'femoral artery'. The transition point between iliac and femoral arteries was the inguinal ligament. Carotid artery PET studies were quantified after identifying the artery on the CT images.
Arterial FDG uptake (as a measure of arterial inflammation) was measured by drawing regions of interest (ROI's) around the artery on each slice of the transaxial co-registered PET/CT images. The maximum standard uptake value (SUV) of FDG within the ROI was calculated from the maximum pixel activity. The SUV is the decay-corrected tissue concentration of FDG, corrected for injected FDG dose and body weight15. It is a widely accepted method for quantification of FDG PET data16.
SUV values for all artery slices in each territory were averaged over the whole artery. Finally, the SUV's were normalized to blood FDG activity by dividing by a blood ROI (at least 8 venous ROI measurements) from the inferior vena cava (body studies) or the jugular vein (carotid studies). This resulted in a blood-normalized, whole artery SUV, known as the arterial target-to-background ratio (TBR)4. In this paper, the TBR measure is used throughout as a surrogate measure of arterial inflammation.
Calcium scores were calculated for the ascending aorta, aortic arch, descending aorta and both carotid arteries. Arterial calcification was measured from the CT images using the GE AW workstation (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) using Smart Score software. The Agatston method was used with a threshold for calcium ≥ 130 Hounsfield units17.
Thirty-three patients had blood drawn for biomarker analysis. The remaining eight patients had already undergone imaging before the facility to analyze the samples became available. Biomarkers were chosen to cover different aspects of the atherothrombotic process (inflammatory, thrombotic and atheroprotective). The following biomarkers were measured: matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) 1, 3 and 9, interleukins (IL) 6, 10 and 18, tumour necrosis factor α, adiponectin, plasminogen activator inhibitor – 1 (PAI-1), C-reactive protein (CRP) and a full lipid panel.
Venous blood samples were collected on the day of imaging, prior to FDG injection. The samples were centrifuged to obtain plasma and serum aliquots (3000 rpm for 20 minutes at 4C for plasma and 3000 rpm for 10 minutes at 20C for serum). The aliquots were stored at −80C until the completion of the study. All biomarker analyses were carried out at the Molecular and Hemostasis Lab at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Fluorokine-MA1P MultiAnalyte Profiling Human Base kits were used with the BioRad BioPlex™ Luminex xMAP (Austin, Tx) platform for biomarker quantification. Plasma samples were diluted in the appropriate calibrator dilutent and incubated with the diluted microparticle analyte-multiplex according to the manufacturer's protocol. Analyte-specific antibodies were pre-coated onto color-coded microparticles. Microparticles, standards, samples and appropriate controls were added to the wells. After washing, a biotinylated antibody cocktail specific to the analytes of interest was added to each well. Following another wash to remove any unbound biotinylated antibody, streptavidin-phycoerythrin conjugate (Streptavidin-PE) was added to each well. After a final wash, the microparticles were resuspended in buffer and read using the Luminex analyzer.
Continuous variables are summarized by their mean and standard deviation (SD), whereas dichotomous measures are given as percentages. To investigate the relationship between atherosclerotic risk factors and FDG uptake, the average of the left and right TBR values for carotid, iliac and femoral arteries was used. The same method was used when comparing arterial FDG uptake with circulating biomarker levels, and for the analysis of associations between FDG uptake in different arterial regions. However, left and right arteries were treated independently when links between calcification and TBR within individual arteries were assessed.
The association between arterial FDG uptake in different vascular beds was explored using Pearson's correlation coefficient after first ascertaining approximate normality. Associations between FDG uptake and circulating biomarkers were evaluated using the Spearman rank correlation test because several biomarkers had non-normal distributions. Simple linear regression analysis was performed to explore the associations between FDG variables (outcome variables) and biomarkers (explanatory variables). This analysis was restricted to only the 33 subjects for whom biomarker and FDG data were available. Student's t tests were used to compare TBR measurements across risk factor groups.
Statistical significance was set at the 5% level and analysis was performed using SPSS version 16. We did not apply a statistical correction for multiple testing, as we felt that standard corrections such as Bonferroni might be too conservative because of the large number of tests. Instead, we have indicated the exact level of significance at either 5%, 1% or 0.1%, and we offer caution in interpretation of p values at the 5% level.
The authors had full access to and take full responsibility for the integrity of the data. All authors have read and agree to the manuscript as written.
Patient characteristics and risk factor data from all 41 patients are shown in Table 1. Thirty-five patients had a history of previous vascular disease - coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease or peripheral vascular disease whilst six patients had at least three risk factors for atherosclerosis. Typical examples of arterial FDG uptake are shown in Figures 1 and and22.
The average TBR value in each of the arterial territories is shown in Figure 3. It is clear that there are regional variations in inflammation, with the carotid and all regions of the aorta being more inflamed than the peripheral arteries. Associations between FDG uptake in each territory are shown in Table 2. We noted associations in the degree of FDG uptake across different arterial territories, more strongly between adjacent territories (neighboring aortic regions, carotid artery and aorta) than between more distant regions (for example carotid versus femoral arteries). When analyzed individually, anatomic artery pairs had particularly strong correlations between their measured degrees of inflammation, for example left and right carotid r=0.91, p<0.001, left and right femoral r=0.96, p<0.001.
In those arteries in which both calcium scoring and FDG imaging was performed, there were negative correlations noted between inflammation and calcification. This was demonstrated in the carotid arteries (left carotid calcium vs. left carotid FDG r=−0.42, p=0.03 and right carotid calcium vs. right carotid FDG r=−0.42, p=0.03). A similar finding was noted in the ascending aorta but this did not reach statistical significance (calcium vs. FDG r=−0.30, p=0.13).
In the 40 subjects that underwent carotid imaging, FDG uptake was significantly greater in males (mean TBR in males 1.83 vs. 1.63 in females, p<0.05). Arterial FDG uptake was also more marked in patients with a prior history of coronary artery disease (CAD) versus no history of CAD (mean TBR 1.83 vs. 1.61, p<0.01) – Figure 4.
Aortic FDG uptake (n=27) was also associated with male gender (mean TBR 1.81 vs. 1.55, p<0.01) and a trend towards higher FDG uptake in those with a history of CAD (mean TBR 1.80 vs. 1.64, p=0.06, Figure 5).
FDG uptake in the iliac arteries (n=24) was similarly associated with male gender (mean TBR 1.55 vs. 1.33, p<0.05) and a prior history of CAD (mean TBR 1.54 vs. 1.29, p<0.01) but also was higher in those with a history of cigarette smoking (mean TBR 1.59 vs. 1.40, p<0.05, Figure 6).
Neither increased age, the presence of diabetes or hypertension, the use of statin medication nor ethnicity had a significant impact on FDG uptake in any arterial region.
Thirty-three patients from the cohort of forty-one underwent both PET/CT imaging and biomarker analysis. The mean age of the biomarker sub-group (33 patients) was 64 years, with 73% males and 36% diabetic, similar to the overall patient group (41 patients).
There were significant correlations between MMP 3 levels and inflammation in three regions of the aorta: MMP 3 versus ascending aorta FDG uptake (r=0.49, p=0.02), arch (r=0.44, p=0.05), descending (r=0.53, p=0.01) and borderline significant in the abdominal aortic region (r=0.41, p=0.07). MMP 9 was significantly positively associated with both carotid FDG uptake (r=0.50, p=0.01), and descending and abdominal aortic FDG uptake (descending aorta r=0.44, p=0.05, abdominal aorta r=0.44, p=0.05) – see Figure 7.
A strong positive trend was seen between levels of interleukin 18 and FDG uptake in the descending and abdominal aorta (descending (r=0.41, p=0.06), abdominal (r=0.40, p=0.07)). In addition, non-significant trends were observed between serum fibrinogen levels and FDG uptake in the descending aorta (r=0.41, p=0.06), and between serum CRP levels and FDG uptake in the same territory (r=0.43, p=0.06).
We saw no relationships between arterial inflammation as assessed by FDG PET/CT and the other biomarkers measured, including serum lipid levels.
Serum levels of adiponectin were inversely related to inflammation in the descending aorta (r=−0.49, p=0.03), and PAI-1 to inflammation in the carotid arteries (r=−0.39, p=0.03).
We prospectively evaluated 41 subjects with either risk factors for, or established atherosclerosis using FDG PET/CT as a surrogate marker of vascular inflammation. Previous studies have established that the degree of arterial uptake of FDG correlates strongly with macrophage infiltration in two different animal models of disease5, 18 and in patients with symptomatic carotid atherosclerosis4, 6. Tahara and colleagues highlighted the ability of FDG PET to track atherosclerotic inflammation reduction resulting from a modest dose of simvastatin8, and similar results were noted in an animal model of atherosclerosis10. Most recently, it has been shown that arterial FDG PET imaging is capable of reporting on the reduction of vascular inflammation resulting from cardiovascular risk factor modification over a one year period9. These intervention studies have set the stage for the use of FDG PET imaging as a potential surrogate marker for evaluating drug efficacy, analogous to its use in cancer therapy trials16.
The current study shows how FDG PET imaging can extend our insight into the disease process of atherosclerosis. Here we have shown that the presence of inflammation in one arterial territory is highly predictive of inflammation in others. This finding suggests a form of systemic arterial activation. There seems to be some degree of regionality however, because inflammation across neighboring territories is more correlated than inflammation across arterial areas more anatomically remote from each other.
Supporting this theory of systemic activation, we also noted that the degree of arterial FDG uptake was associated with blood levels of several systemic inflammatory biomarkers, including those from the matrix metalloproteinase family, and strong trends amongst both the interleukin group and CRP. A previous study demonstrated a link between carotid FDG uptake and level of MMP 1 in a group of patients with carotid disease awaiting surgery19. We found no association in our population with this particular MMP, but did observe moderately strong correlations between FDG uptake and levels of both MMP 3 and MMP 9, which, along with MMP 1, have been implicated in plaque rupture20–22. Over-expression of MMP 9 in ApoE knockout mice leads to rapid plaque destabilization23, highlighting the key role of these macrophage-secreted enzymes. One particular advantage of FDG PET atheroma imaging over measurement of circulating biomarkers is the ability to pinpoint a particular arterial segment as being inflamed, allowing it to be targeted for treatment. Wu et al demonstrated that arteries that were most highly inflamed on FDG PET prior to carotid intervention had the greatest release of harmful MMP 1 during the procedure19.
We noted a modest relationship between arterial FDG uptake and serum CRP levels. Some previous publications have demonstrated positive correlations between FDG uptake and CRP, whilst others have not demonstrated any sort of relationship4, 8, 19, 24. Therefore, although this biomarker can help to refine the risk of future cardiovascular events at a population level25, its role in individual subjects is not yet certain.
The lack of a relationship between arterial inflammation and serum LDL levels, and the inverse relationships between arterial inflammation and the biomarkers adiponectin and PAI-1 are interesting. Adiponectin is known to act as a brake on inflammation in both healthy individuals and those with vascular disease26, 27, so it is intriguing that in those with the highest levels of this hormone, there were the lowest degrees of FDG arterial uptake. Serpins such as PAI-1 have pro- or anti-inflammatory actions, depending on the degree of vascular activation28. Other groups have previously noted no relationship between FDG uptake and LDL level8, 9, 29, and it may be that oxidised LDL levels are more important in determining the amount of artery inflammation than LDL.
In this study inflammation and calcification within arteries rarely overlapped. This has been previously suggested30; but in a retrospective study of cancer patients where the degree of inflammation was not numerically quantified. Our finding supports the view that plaques of different age might coexist in arteries, with episodes of inflammation leading to rupture events and having an end stage of calcification.
The observation that males have greater arterial FDG uptake than females suggests that atherosclerotic plaques in males may be more highly inflamed, perhaps providing a pathological link for their higher rate of cardiovascular events. Higher FDG uptake in the carotid and iliac arteries of patients with a prior history of CAD reinforces the global nature of atherosclerotic disease, whereas in patients with a history of cigarette smoking, FDG uptake was only increased in the iliac arteries. It is well known that iliac artery disease is common amongst smokers31, and this result suggests a site-specific nature of the response to certain risk factors.
The fact that the small number of diabetic subjects in our study did not have higher FDG uptake than non-diabetics may be due to effective medical therapy in our study group, or to the competitive effect of hyperglycemia on FDG uptake. Some diabetic medications, such as glitazones, have been shown to have anti-inflammatory actions32 while metformin has been associated with a decreased risk of future cardiovascular events in obese type 2 diabetic patients33. It is therefore plausible that taking these medications could reduce the degree of arterial inflammation detected by PET imaging. Since we excluded patients with high blood glucose from the study, it is unlikely that significant competition between FDG and glucose would explain the lack of difference. Furthermore, it seems that FDG uptake into inflammatory lesions may be less sensitive to elevated serum glucose levels than tumour cells34.
Our study did not show an association of statin use and FDG uptake, in contrast to other work8. This is most likely due to the small sample size in our non-statin subgroup (as shown in table 2, 88.8% of the subjects were taking statins).
Our results are in broad agreement with the study published by Tahara et al in 200729. That study demonstrated higher FDG uptake in the arteries of males compared to females, and an association between FDG uptake and several components of the metabolic syndrome. However, their study was retrospective and limited to patients with cancer, was performed on a standalone PET scanner and did not include many patients with known cardiovascular disease. Our study specifically imaged patients with known vascular disease including a high proportion with CAD. We also used a vascular-tailored imaging protocol, and for the first time obtained data on risk factors, biomarkers, calcification and FDG uptake at multiple sites within the same patient. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that arterial FDG PET imaging can provide new insights into the pathobiology of atherosclerosis. We suggest future studies might test an arterial inflammation score derived from FDG PET and circulating biomarkers as a means of predicting clinical events in high-risk individuals. However, large, prospective event-driven studies of non-invasive inflammation imaging techniques are the best way to determine the place of these modalities in future clinical practice. Such studies are already underway (see http://www.hrpinitiative.com) and are due to report in 2011.
Atherosclerotic plaque inflammation is thought to be central to plaque rupture and, by extension, clinical events such as acute coronary syndrome, stroke and transient ischaemic attack. By identifying such plaques before symptoms become apparent, preventive therapies such as statins might be initiated or intensified. FDG PET/CT is already established for cancer diagnosis, staging and the prediction of tumour response to therapy. Our study applied this non-invasive imaging technology to atherosclerosis of the carotid, femoral, iliac arteries and aorta. We explored the links between plaque inflammation, arterial calcification, circulating biomarkers and atherogenic risk factors. We found that there was strong symmetry in the distribution of arterial inflammation, and that calcification was inversely linked with inflammation. We also confirmed previous work by demonstrating that arterial inflammation was greater in male patients and in those with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Clinical applications of this work may include the use of imaging for prediction of plaque rupture, insights into the pathobiology of atherosclerosis and monitoring of anti-atherosclerosis therapies. Underpinning these applications, studies are already underway that will link imaging findings with clinical events. Additionally, FDG PET/CT atherosclerosis imaging is already being used as a surrogate marker of anti-atherosclerotic drug efficacy by several pharmaceutical companies seeking to exploit its uniquely high sensitivity and reproducibility.
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Dr Rudd was funded by a British Heart Foundation International Fellowship. Dr Myers was funded by a Doris Duke Fellowship. Partial funding was provided by NIH/NHLBI ROI HL71021 (ZAF). The study was supported in part by the National Institute of Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
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MONTREAL — Canada's largest convenience store is launching its long-anticipated overseas expansion with a US$2.8-billion friendly deal to buy the retail operations of Norway's state oil company.
Alimentation Couche-Tard's shares briefly hit an all-time high in morning trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange after the deal was announced Wednesday. Shares were up nearly 15 per cent, or $5.14, at C$39.44 in later morning trading.
"We have been looking in Europe for over five years to find the right opportunity and even though we have had discussion with multiple companies, eventually Statoil Fuel & Retail was the right one," CEO Alain Bouchard said at a webcasted news conference in Oslo.
Bouchard said the acquisition positions the Quebec-based retailer to further expand its geographic footprint by going after opportunities with other major oil companies that are expected to divest their retail networks.
The acquisition comes after months of studying Statoil's operations and top management visiting more than 200 stores in several Scandinavian cities.
Statoil chairman Birger Magnus said the deal has the potential to be "a very positive milestone for the organization."
The company's board favours the transaction because the offer price fairly reflects its value and the buyer has a good track record of acquiring and developing companies through a decentralized business model.
"The way they present how they're going to develop this company further is very promising. They believe that Statoil Fuel & Retail could be an important step stone for future expansion in Europe," he told reporters.
Bouchard said some food items offered in Europe could be exported to North America.
Most of Statoil Fuel & Retail's earnings come from the three Scandinavian countries — Norway, Sweden and Denmark — which have relatively healthy economies compared with other parts of Europe, Couche-Tard's chief financial officer Raymond Pare said in a separate call with analysts.
"This is one of the factors that we took into consideration when we did our analysis of this potential acquisition," Pare said.
The per-person gross domestic product in Scandinavia is even higher than in the United States and Canada. Statoil's retail operations have also expanded into Central Europe, particularly Poland, providing a growth opportunity, he said.
"What was the most important thing was to find a real strong management team that we have to have in order to start to develop in the northern part of Europe. And with this acquisition, we feel that we have found the people that will help us establish our base there," Pare said.
Couche-Tard plans to run Statoil Fuel & Retail will be run as a stand-alone business unit and retain existing management.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. of Laval, Que. currently has 5,817 stores in North America operating under the Mac's, Couche-Tard and Circle K banners. The transaction will increase the size of its retail network by about 50 per cent.
Statoil ASA has agreed to tender its 54 per cent interest in the 2,300-location Scandinavian gas bar and convenience store chain to Couche-Tard's offer, which is 52.5 per cent above the closing price on Tuesday.
Couche-Tard's cash offer values Statoil Fuel's equity at 15.9 billion Norwegian krone or 53 NOK per share. On the Oslo stock exchange, Statoil Fuel's publicly traded shares jumped nearly 51 per cent to 52.45 NOK after the announcement.
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New Colchester United signing Dominic Smith has been challenged to emulate the likes of Macauley Bonne and Sammie Szmodics and strive for a first-team place next season.
The powerful young striker has signed a one-year professional contract with the U's, following his release by their League One rivals Crewe Alexandra.
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Any thoughts out there? For the prospective buyer, is this a time to wait for new lows or to buy now?
What role does this stimulus package (or lack of) from the Japanese gov't that is coming out on Monday (supposedly) play?
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Georges Bernanos (1888-1948), French novelist, political writer. Madame la Comtesse, in The Diary of a Country Priest, ch. 5 (1936).
Traders said it was hard to say what sent the market lower Monday, adding that the drop may have been caused by speculative selling. Some of the selling may have been related to disappointment that the government evidently has not injected the promised 1.0 trillion yen from the postal savings and insurance system into the stock market before the March 31 end of the fiscal year, traders said.
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This link gives Sonys financials. Check out the breakdown by geographic area. With over 50% of the revs coming from the US and Europe, Sony is benefitting strongly from the current low yen. Although the problems in Japan may cloud the picture, I still feel this company offers the best up side potential through the summer of 98 that I can find. I will continue to accumulate and expect to be rewarded. Tony
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The Government in Japan realy doesn't seem to have a clue. Spending $ on public works pork and no clear policy going forward. Even strong companies like Sony may be distracted and burdened by the gang of fools. Fighting over the driver seat while going down a freeway is not a good idea. Also picking up a bunch of freeloading hitchikers when you have someplace to go is not a good idea. What is going to happen after next tuesday? Tony
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Prices are usually weighed down by the technical ex-dividend factor as Thursday is the first session for trades to be settled in the next fiscal year beginning April 1. But bullish market sentiment has more than covered the technical downside pressure.
Nikkei futures prices finished its Wednesday Chicago trading at 16785, up 325 points from its Wednesday close in Osaka.
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Sony is down a couple hundred yen mid morning 24th in Japan. Article says Wed, tomorrow is the last day corporations can sell to record profit from Sony onto this years balance sheet.
This is an interesting article about Godzilla soundtrack. Bring the big ape on. Yahoooooo.
I know it is not much but Sony just announced an additional dividend of .079 on top of the .193/4 they usually pay; I love Sony's products. I know that the stock will rise, I have owned Sony for quite a while and originally paid $20.00 per share.
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Traders in Japan apparently expect tomorrows trading to be volitile. Some will be buying expecting bail out package to surprise, some will be selling expecting package to disappoint.
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deficits in the US to lower the price of the dollar. The BOJ, and other entities in Japan hold huge amounts of treasuries. I feel
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is low only becouse that is what they want in Japan. Sne makes $ in Marks, Dollars and just about all currencies. Expect them
to do just fine and expect I am getting a very good price. No hurry, just buying. Tony
WSJ did a nice article today on Sony and its Columbia Records section. If you are a Dylan fan you will like this site. Has his box sets + lyrics, etc. One can listen but only to a small piece of each song (drats).
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Frequent updates are one plus. Take Sony's Bobdylan.com site, which was picked by Yahoo and USA Today as a "hot site" and "pick of the week," respectively, after its December 1997 launch. The site contains many nifty features: Fans can search the songwriter's vast catalog by keyword, for example. But, to keep visitors coming back, the site makes available a new, previously unreleased Bob Dylan song almost every week.


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Dodge hasn't ruled out returning to NASCAR, possibly in the second-tier Nationwide Series or maybe even in the Cup Series.
There has been speculation that Richard Childress Racing might be in the market for another engine builder. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing decided to lease motors from Hendrick Motorsports starting next season. The move was surprising considering Earnhardt-Childress Racing was formed as a joint engine-building effort between Earnhardt Ganassi and Richard Childress.
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