BACKGROUND Molecular detection of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) using real-time reverse transcription (rRT)-PCR assays is the method of choice for diagnosis of MERS. We evaluated the performance of the PowerChek MERS (upE & ORF1a) real-time PCR Kit (PowerChek MERS assay; Kogene Biotech, Korea) a one-step rRT-PCR assay for the qualitative detection of MERS-CoV. METHOD...

There are many methods to screen for abnormal amounts of proteinuria to identify patients at risk for progression of renal disease, but which method best predicts renal risk is unknown. Here, we analyzed a subset of 701 patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy participating in the Reduction of Endpoints in Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus with the Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan ...

Background Renal aging is characterized by structural changes in the kidney, including fibrosis, which are often accompanied by reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and elevated urinary protein excretion (UPE) that likely contributes to increased risk of kidney failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality in the elderly. Importantly a recent study, using biopsy in healthy kidney donors acr...

1. MD, PhD, Anesthesiologist; Professor at the Medical School of Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR); Responsible for the Centro de Ensino e Treinamento (CET/MEC/SBA) at Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC); President of the Perioperatative Medicine Committee of SBA 2. MD, PhD, Anesthesiologist; Professor at the Anesthesiology Department of Faculdade de Med...

We present an unusual case of a patient presenting with both monocytic leukemia and plasma cell dyscrasia. Of interest, very high concentrations of monoclonal free light chain, Bence Jones protein (BJP), and lysozyme were found in the urine, and identification of lysozyme by immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) required modification of the usual methods. An 83-year-old man entered the Veteran A...

This research includes the preparation of polymeric composites by (Hand lay-up method) unsaturated polyester resin as a matrix material and (iron, copper) particles strengthening materials with different weight ratios (5%, 10%, 15%, 20%). The hardness impact strength properties are studied before after immersion in (NaOH) solution (HCl) at normality (0.3N) for period one (30 days). results show...

Abstract Urban political ecology (UPE) provides an appropriate framework to consider the ways in which natural elements and concepts of nature have been incorporated into built environments, because its emphasis on elaboration concept socio-natures focus how costs benefits these are apportioned between people different classes cities. This article considers reformers’ ideas about shaped kinds s...

This paper makes a call for an urban political ecology (UPE) which engages more extensively with Earth’s geological formations. As material at the centre of global urbanisation process, sand is offered as entry point. The presents analysis sand, or ways in brought into realm, grounding this reading Accra—a growing city on Ghana’s Atlantic coast. Drawing from 14 months ethnographic fieldwork, ch...