Ambulatory blood pressure and Doppler echocardiographic indexes of borderline hypertensive men presenting an exaggerated blood pressure response during dynamic exercise

Borderline hypertension (BH) has been associated with an exaggerated blood pressure (BP) response during laboratory stressors. However, the incidence of target organ damage in this condition and its relation to BP hyperreactivity is an unsettled issue. Thus, we assessed the Doppler echocardiographic profile of a group of BH men (N = 36) according to office BP measurements with exaggerated BP in the cycloergometric test. A group of normotensive men (NT, N = 36) with a normal BP response during the cycloergometric test was used as control. To assess vascular function and reactivity, all subjects were submitted to the cold pressor test. Before Doppler echocardiography, the BP profile of all subjects was evaluated by 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring. All subjects from the NT group presented normal monitored levels of BP. In contrast, 19 subjects from the original BH group presented normal monitored BP levels and 17 presented elevated monitored BP levels. In the NT group all Doppler echocardiographic indexes were normal. All subjects from the original BH group presented normal left ventricular mass and geometrical pattern. However, in the subjects with elevated monitored BP levels, fractional shortening was greater, isovolumetric relaxation time longer, and early to late flow velocity ratio was reduced in relation to subjects from the original BH group with normal monitored BP levels (P<0.05). These subjects also presented an exaggerated BP response during the cold pressor test. These results support the notion of an integrated pattern of cardiac and vascular adaptation during the development of hypertension.

Roteamento sensível ao contexto em redes de sensores sem fio : uma abordagem baseada em regras de aplicação para o Protocolo RPL

Este trabalho apresenta um serviço de reconfiguração dinâmica para Redes de Sensores sem Fio. O trabalho inclui o projeto e a definição de uma arquitetura conceitual que suporta a coleta de uma variedade de informações contextuais e provê uma abstração alto nível para especificação de roteamento sensível ao contexto através de reconfiguração de métricas de roteamento e parâmetros de comunicação. O objetivo da infraestrutura proposta é possibilitar a criação de regras que adaptem o comportamento da rede em tempo de execução, em função dessas informações contextuais. Uma implementação da arquitetura para o protocolo RPL e o sistema operacional Contiki foi realizada, mostrando a viabilidade da abordagem proposta.