BACKGROUND Pediatric sepsis has high morbidity in children, may lead to acute kidney injury (AKI), and further aggravate the disease. Baicalin is a kind of flavonoid in Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and has been reported to protect against several diseases, but its roles in septic AKI remain unclear. This study aimed to uncover the effects of baicalin in AKI during pediatric sepsis. MATERIAL A...

We have spectroscopically determined breath ammonia levels in seven patients with end-stage renal disease while they were undergoing hemodialysis at the University of California, Los Angeles, dialysis center. We correlated these measurements against simultaneously taken blood samples that were analyzed for blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine, which are the accepted standards indicating the...

Psoriasis may bring damage to kidney damage. We conducted a seven-year retrospective study focusing on blood examination of renal function of psoriatic patients. Only those first-time hospitalizations with psoriasis were included. We mainly evaluated the renal function indexes on the first day of hospitalization, including Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN), Serum Creatinine (Scr) and Blood Uric Acid (B...

Let k be an algebraically closed field, let X be a algebraic curve over k (always assumed to be smooth and complete), and let G be a smooth affine group scheme over X. We let Bun G (X) denote the moduli stack of G-bundles on X (denoted by Bun G in the previous lecture), and let denote a prime number which is invertible in k. Our main goal in this course is to give a convenient description of th...

This study contributes to the debate on tourism and local development through evaluating an ambivalent case of traditional festival revival and tourism development in Hong Kong: Bun Festival tourism in Cheung Chau Island. The significance of this case is that it will put into relief the significance of ‘cultural sustainability’— an evaluative factor that is very insufficiently emphasized and th...

A Drosophila melanogaster sequence homologous to the mammalian growth factor-stimulated TSC-22 gene was isolated in an enhancer trap screen for genes expressed in anterodorsal follicle cells during oogenesis. This sequence includes a 225 aa residue open reading frame that encompasses a leucine zipper motif immediately preceded by a highly conserved region (TSC box), similarly located but distin...

Steamed cake is a type of that enjoyed by all ages, both children and adults. This usually made from wheat flour. Wheat flour causes dough to rise due the gluten content. The use excessive can be harmful health. One alternative effort replace combine green bean sprout Ambon banana peel study aims determine antioxidant level, protein, fat, water, ash, carbohydrate levels in steamed cakes researc...

BACKGROUND This study was to observe the non-heme iron absorption and biological utilization from typical whole Chinese diets in young Chinese healthy urban men, and to observe if the iron absorption and utilization could be affected by the staple food patterns of Southern and Northern China. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-two young urban men aged 18-24 years were recruited and randomly assigne...