Marie Ng, Tom Fleming, Margaret S. Robinson, Blake Thomson et al.
Background In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3.4 million deaths, 3.9% of years of life lost, and 3.8% of DALYs globally. The rise in obesity has led to widespread calls for regular monitoring of changes in overweight and obesity prevalence in all populations. Comparative, up-to...
Shiv Kumar Sarin, Manoj Kumar, George Lau, Zaigham Abbas et al.
Worldwide, some 240 million people have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), with the highest rates of infection in Africa and Asia. Our understanding of the natural history of HBV infection and the potential for therapy of the resultant disease is continuously improving. New data have become available ...
Xiaohu You, Cheng‐Xiang Wang, Jie Huang, Xiqi Gao et al.
Abstract The fifth generation (5G) wireless communication networks are being deployed worldwide from 2020 and more capabilities are in the process of being standardized, such as mass connectivity, ultra-reliability, and guaranteed low latency. However, 5G will not meet all requirements of the future...
Wankai Tang, Ming Zheng Chen, Xiangyu Chen, Jun Yan Dai et al.
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) comprised of tunable unit cells have recently drawn significant attention due to their superior capability in manipulating electromagnetic waves. In particular, RIS-assisted wireless communications have the great potential to achieve significant performance...
Fatimah S. Dawood, A. Danielle Iuliano, Carrie Reed, Martin I. Meltzer et al.
Background 18,500 laboratory-confirmed deaths caused by the 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 were reported worldwide for the period April, 2009, to August, 2010. This number is likely to be only a fraction of the true number of the deaths associated with 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1. We aimed to est...
Lianlin Li, Tie Jun Cui, Wei Ji, Shuo Liu et al.
Metasurfaces have enabled a plethora of emerging functions within an ultrathin dimension, paving way towards flat and highly integrated photonic devices. Despite the rapid progress in this area, simultaneous realization of reconfigurability, high efficiency, and full control over the phase and ampli...
Yeru Liang, Chen‐Zi Zhao, Hong Yuan, Yuan Chen et al.
Abstract Portable electronic devices (PEDs) are promising information‐exchange platforms for real‐time responses. Their performance is becoming more and more sensitive to energy consumption. Rechargeable batteries are the primary energy source of PEDs and hold the key to guarantee their desired perf...
Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Xiaohe Zhang, Sumathi Swaminathan et al.
Background The relationship between macronutrients and cardiovascular disease and mortality is controversial. Most available data are from European and North American populations where nutrition excess is more likely, so their applicability to other populations is unclear. Methods The Prospective Ur...
Sergei Põlme, Kessy Abarenkov, R. Henrik Nilsson, Björn D. Lindahl et al.
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Mingzheng Ge, Chunyan Cao, Jianying Huang, Shuhui Li et al.
State-of-the-art development of fabrication methods and surface engineering strategies of 1D TiO<sub>2</sub>nanostructures is reviewed, and an overview given of their potential applications including pollutant degradation/CO<sub>2</sub>photoreduction photocatalysts, water splitting, solar cells, lit...
Wei Zheng, Dale McLerran, Betsy Rolland, Xianglan Zhang et al.
BACKGROUND: Most studies that have evaluated the association between the body-mass index (BMI) and the risks of death from any cause and from specific causes have been conducted in populations of European origin. METHODS: We performed pooled analyses to evaluate the association between BMI and the r...
Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashok Choudhury, Manoj K. Sharma, Rakhi Maiwall et al.
The first consensus report of the working party of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) set up in 2004 on acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) was published in 2009. With international groups volunteering to join, the “APASL ACLF Research Consortium (AARC)” was formed in...
Andrew Mente, Martin O’Donnell, Sumathy Rangarajan, Matthew McQueen et al.
BACKGROUND: Higher levels of sodium intake are reported to be associated with higher blood pressure. Whether this relationship varies according to levels of sodium or potassium intake and in different populations is unknown. METHODS: We studied 102,216 adults from 18 countries. Estimates of 24-hour ...
Taotao Li, Wei Guo, Liang Ma, Weisheng Li et al.
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, in particular transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), have attracted great interest in extending Moore's law beyond silicon 1-3 . However, despite extensive efforts 4-25 , the growth of wafer-scale TMDC single crystals on scalable and industry-compatible substr...
Maria Argos, Tara Kalra, Paul J. Rathouz, Yu Chen et al.
Background Millions of people worldwide are chronically exposed to arsenic through drinking water, including 35–77 million people in Bangladesh. The association between arsenic exposure and mortality rate has not been prospectively investigated by use of individual-level data. We therefore prospecti...