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Check out two songs from female singer/songwriter White Hinterland released in anticipation of their album Kairos. The two tracks, “No Logic” and “Icarus,” both show electronic beep and hisses added to the unusual whimsical songwriting that helps make the group so compelling. Sounding like a post Meriwether Post Pavilion Animal Collective fronted by Joni Mitchel, White Hinterland is succeeding at creating an interesting and arresting sound that should do well to get her some very positive attention.
White Hinterland will be in town tonight opening for night three of Dosh’s three night homestand at various venues in Minneapolis. Tonights show is at the Bedlam Theatre on the West Bank of the U of M campus.
White Hinterland- \”No Logic\”
White Hinterland- Icarus
-Josh Keller
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Research from University of London in cardiology provides new insights.(Report)
Heart Disease Weekly August 31, 2008 “In normal subjects, systolic longitudinal regional velocity profiles (SVP) (measured both based on pulsed or tissue Doppler) have a non-uniform pattern. SVP from the right ventricle (RV), the septal (Sep) and the inferior wall are similar in shape and tend to be monophasic,” scientists writing in the journal Heart report (see also Cardiology).
“Their shape differs markedly from the lateral wall (LW), the posterior wall and the anterior wall, which are biphasic. We studied the hypothesis that the double-peaked SVP in the left ventricular free walls are caused by interventricular interaction. This might have additional implication in understanding the measurements of the timing of SVP maxima in pathology as, for example, used to determine intraventricular dyssynchrony in heart failure. 38 healthy individuals underwent a standard echo examination and a tissue Doppler study. SVP from the RV, Sep and LW basal segments were acquired in an apical four-chamber view. The amplitude and timing of the peak velocities were measured. If a double peak was present, the amplitude and timing of the dip was calculated. RV and Sep had a single systolic velocity peak, while the LW had two peaks with a clear dip between both peaks. The first peak in the LW was the earliest event in the cycle (119 (19) ms) followed by the peak Sep (123 (20) ms; p = 0.34). Peak RV velocity occurred at the same time as the dip in the LW (200 (30) vs 203 (30) ms, respectively; p = 0.53). Our study suggests that the biphasic SVP in the free walls is probably caused by interventricular interaction,” wrote M. Marciniak and colleagues, University of London. in our site university of london website university of london
The researchers concluded: “Therefore the timing of maxima on SVP should be used with great caution when looking for intraventricular dyssynchrony as the peaks are influenced by RV function.” Marciniak and colleagues published their study in Heart (Interventricular interaction as a possible mechanism for the presence of a biphasic systolic velocity profile in normal left ventricular free walls. Heart, 2008;94(8):1058-1064).
Additional information can be obtained by contacting G.R. Sutherland, University of London, University of London St. George’s Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, Blackshaw Rd., London SW17 0QT, UK.
The publisher of the journal Heart can be contacted at: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Association House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, England.
