Reverse Race and Ethnic Disparities in Survival Increase with Severity of Chronic Kidney Disease: What Does This Mean? Neil R. Powe* *Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Departments of Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins ...

Khairy Sayed 1,2 and Hossam A. Gabbar 1,3,* 1 Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4, Canada; [email protected] 2 Faculty of Engineering, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt 3 Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4, Canada * Correspondence: hossa...

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1Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Genética e Evolução. Rodovia Washington Luís (SP 310) Km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil. 2Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Rua Universitária 2069, 85819-110 Cascavel, PR, Brazil. [email protected] 3Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da ...

www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 323 13 FEBRUARY 2009 843 COVER An image of Mare Moscoviense on the lunar farside, taken by the Terrain Camera aboard the SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft on 17 January 2008. Crater frequency distributions derived from such images yield ages of about 2.5 billion years for several volcanic deposits in this mare, indicating that volcanism on the lunar farside lasted about ...

Methods: From a population of 905 individuals aged 35 years and over, 388 were randomly selected. Selection of subjects was done with official records of the Baskil Health Care Center. Although repeated invitations were made, 32 individuals (29 men and 3 women) did not participate. Thus, 356 subjects were enrolled. Blood cholesterol and blood pressure levels, body height and weight were measure...

Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas – ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luiz, Km 235, CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil Departamento de Hidráulica e Transportes, Cen...