Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney, Mohamed A. Osman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the global capacity (availability, accessibility, quality, and affordability) to deliver kidney replacement therapy (dialysis and transplantation) and conservative kidney management. DESIGN: International cross sectional survey. SETTING: International Society of Nephrology (I...
Yeoungjee Cho, Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney et al.
Rationale & Objective Approximately 11% of people with kidney failure worldwide are treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study examined PD use and practice patterns across the globe. Study Design A cross-sectional survey. Setting & Participants Stakeholders including clinicians, policy makers...
Li Ping Wong, Haridah Alias, Mahmoud Danaee, Jamil Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: The availability of various types of COVID-19 vaccines and diverse characteristics of the vaccines present a dilemma in vaccination choices, which may result in individuals refusing a particular COVID-19 vaccine offered, hence presenting a threat to immunisation coverage and reaching her...
Yasong Zhao, Jiawei Wan, Chongyi Ling, Yanlei Wang et al.
Developing highly active and durable electrocatalysts for cost-effective proton-exchange membrane fuel cells is challenging 1-3 . Fe/N-C catalysts are among the most promising alternatives to the platinum group metal catalysts, but their activity and durability still cannot meet the performance crit...
Chenyue Guo, Huajie Tang, Pengfei Wang, Qihao Xu et al.
Abstract Harvesting electricity from ubiquitous water vapor represents a promising route to alleviate the energy crisis. However, existing studies rarely comprehensively consider the impact of natural environmental fluctuations on electrical output. Here, we demonstrate a bilayer polymer enabling se...
Jingfeng Yuan, Wei Li, Jiyue Guo, Xianbo Zhao et al.
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have become increasingly important in improving the sustainability of society in China, with transportation being the largest investment area. However, the Social Risk Factors (SRFs) of transportation PPPs in China, which serve as a useful tool for distinguishing s...
Eirini Karamariti, Chungang Zhai, Baoqi Yu, Lei Qiao et al.
Objective— DKK3 (dickkopf 3), a 36-kD secreted glycoprotein, has been shown to be involved in the differentiation of partially reprogrammed cells and embryonic stem cells to smooth muscle cells (SMCs), but little is known about its involvement in vascular disease. This study aims to assess the effec...
Md. Mizanur Rahman, Ming Zhao, Mohammad S. Islam, Kejun Dong et al.
Understanding the transportation and deposition (TD) of inhaled aerosol particles in human lung airways is important for health risk assessment and therapeutic efficiency of targeted drug delivery. The particle TD into a human lung depends on lung anatomy, breathing pattern, as well as particle prop...
Tangming Mo, Zhenxiang Wang, Liang Zeng, Ming Chen et al.
Porous graphdiynes are a new class of porous 2D materials with tunable electronic structures and various pore structures. They have potential applications as well-defined nanostructured electrodes and can provide platforms for understanding energy storage mechanisms underlying supercapacitors. Herei...
Ping Li, Jing Li, Zhe Zhao, Zhengsong Fang et al.
Herein, a general strategy is proposed to boost the energy storage capability of pseudocapacitive materials (i.e., MnO 2 ) to their theoretical limits in unconventional 1D fiber configuration by rationally designing bicontinuous porous Ni skeleton@metal wire “sheath–core” metallic scaffold as a vers...
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Enrico Bernard, Francisco William da Cruz Júnior, Luís B. Piló et al.
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Emily K. Yeung, Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney et al.
OBJECTIVES: The Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) is a multinational, cross-sectional survey designed to assess the current capacity for kidney care across all world regions. The 2017 GKHA involved 125 countries and identified significant gaps in oversight, funding and infrastructure to support care...
Hui Huang, Liangmin Wei, Xin Chen, Ruyang Zhang et al.
Maternal exposure to some individual rare earth elements and trace elements is associated with preterm birth, but few elements have been studied and little is known about the potential effect of simultaneous exposure to multiple elements. We examined individual and mixture effects of elements on pre...
Yuliang Zhao, Hongyu Zhang, Yang Li, Xiaodong Yu et al.
Multi-component detection of insulin and glucose in serum is of great importance and urgently needed in clinical diagnosis and treatment due to its economy and practicability. However, insulin and glucose can hardly be determined by traditional electrochemical detection methods. Their mixed oxidatio...
Md M Rahman, Ming Zhao, Mohammad S. Islam, Kejun Dong et al.
Understanding nano-particle inhalation in human lung airways helps targeted drug delivery for treating lung diseases. A wide range of numerical models have been developed to analyse nano-particle transport and deposition (TD) in different parts of airways. However, a precise understanding of nano-pa...