Developing electrocatalysts with high catalytic performance and selectivity is crucial for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CRR). There are many catalyst studies of transition metal (TM) atom doping to sp2 carbon material, such as graphene or nanotubes. On the other hand, graphdiyne (GDY) has both sp hybridization stable pores, so we can tune its interaction TM. Following successful expe...

Background Complete renal response (CRR) defined by ACR/EULAR guidelines is a desirable clinical outcome associated with long-term preservation of kidney function in patients lupus nephritis (LN) as demonstrated trials when achieved after 1-2 years. Urinary CD163 (uCD163), biomarker that correlates LN histologic inflammation, has been observed to predict therapy [1] . Results previously reporte...

Rats that develop diet-induced obesity (DIO) on a 31% fat [high-energy (HE)] diet have defective sensing and responding to altered glucose levels compared with diet-resistant (DR) rats. Thus we postulated that they would also have defective counterregulatory responses (CRR) to insulin-induced hypoglycemia (IIH). Chow-fed selectively bred DIO and DR rats underwent three sequential 60-min bouts o...

The conventional, low flux (LF) dialyser allows the removal of small molecular solutes like urea and creatinine. The removal of middle molecules (molecular weight between 500D and 60,000 D, which is nearly the size of albumin) is relatively low. Cystatin C has attractive characteristics as a representative middle molecule. Objective: To determine per dialysis Cys C reduction ratio (RR) in low f...

Defective counterregulatory responses (CRRs) to hypoglycemia are associated with a marked increase in the risk of severe hypoglycemia. The mechanisms leading to the development of defective CRRs remain largely unknown, although they are associated with antecedent hypoglycemia. Activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) amplifies the counterregulator...

In HIV-positive patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), no benefit of adding rituximab to chemotherapy was seen in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). We performed a meta-analysis of prospective studies to ascertain outcomes in HIV-positive NHL patients treated with chemotherapy (chemo) versus rituximab and chemo (R-chemo). A literature search through September 2011 was performed using the k...

Real-time voice applications generate network traffic streams that require stringent perconnection performance guarantees in terms of throughput, delay, delay-jitter, and packet lossrate. To guarantee such performance requirements two levels of control are needed: connection admission control (CAC) at the connection level and service discipline at the packet level. These two levels of control c...

BACKGROUND Study results on the prognostic value of CD11b for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients are inconsistent. An up-to-date meta-analysis was conducted to assess the prognostic value of CD11b expression level for AML patients. METHODS Electronic databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Chinese BioMedical Literature Database (CBM) were searched to identi...

To analyze the value of facial nerve antidromic evoked potentials (FNAEPs) in predicting recovery from Bell palsy. Study Design. Retrospective study using electrodiagnostic data and medical chart review. Methods. A series of 46 patients with unilateral Bell palsy treated were included. According to taste test, 26 cases were associated with taste disorder (Group 1) and 20 cases were not (Group 2...