Understanding whether dissipation in an open quantum system is truly quantum is a
question of both fundamental and practical interest. We consider n qubits subject to …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease characterized by hyperglycemia,
insulin resistance, and pancreatic B cell dysfunction. Hyperglycemia can cause several …

Aim: Vascular endothelial function and atherosclerosis are known to be important risk factors
for cardiovascular disease. However, it remains unknown whether remnant cholesterol (RC) …

Hypertension is a key contributor to the high global burden of cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality, due to its increasing prevalence worldwide. In clinical practice, dyslipidemia and …

Introduction An easily accessible and cost-free machine learning model based on prior
probabilities of vascular aging enables an application to pinpoint high-risk populations …

Short telomeres are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). We aimed to investigate,
if genetically determined telomere-length effects CVD-risk in the Heinz-Nixdorf-Recall study …

Background and aims Dyslipidemia is known to contribute to arterial stiffness, while the
inverse association remains unknown. This study aimed to explore the association of …

Objective Whether coal mine dust exposure increases cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) risk
was rarely explored. Our objective was to examine the association between coal mine dust …

Background Arterial stiffness is closely associated with the occurrence of many
cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, the risk factors and mechanisms …

Background The android-to-gynoid fat ratio (A/G ratio), an emerging indicator of obesity
independent of body mass index (BMI), has yet to be conclusively associated with arterial …