Background: The efficacy of cuttlebone for treating hyperphosphatemia in patients with end-stage renal disease and its safety remained unclear. Methods: Randomized controlled trials comparing the conventional interventions were retrieved from MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Airiti other major Chinese databases until 1 February 2023. primary outcome was circulating phosphate concentration, wh...

Metals used in biomedical applications are frequently coated to prevent oxidation and metallic ion release, both of which can be harmful due toxic effects. To these adverse effects metals, researchers have focused their efforts on developing various coating techniques, facilitating surface coating, or obtaining functional surfaces. (WEDM) is now considered a difficult method surfaces for medica...

results the present study revealed that the sobt and sop extracts showed in vitro bactericidal activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. furthermore, administration of sobt and sop increased the rats’ survival rates by 66.7% and 83.33%, respectively, as compared to the untreated clp-septic rats. treatment of the clp-septic rats with sobt and sop significantly alleviated alterat...

Multimodal communication is ubiquitous in nature. Plants lure pollinators with colour and fragrance, animals combine sounds visual displays during courtship humans gesture while talking (Fröhlich & van Schaik, 2018; Halfwerk et al., 2019; Higham Hebets, 2013; Munoz Blumstein, 2020; Partan Marler, 1999; Ullrich 2016). These multimodal presumably evolved to increase signal salience, aid species r...

-1. The effects of insulin, glucagon and prolactin on lipid synthesis were investigated in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). 2. The incorporation of glucose-U-C 14 and acetate-l-C 14 into abdominal fat pad lipid was measured in in vitro and in vivo experiments. 3. None of these hormones accelerated lipid synthesis, even though lipog...