The recent evolution in immunosuppression therapy has led to significant improvement in short-term kidney allograft outcomes; however, this progress did not translate into similar improvement in long-term graft survival.The latter, at least in part, is read more likely to be attributed to immunosuppressant side effects.In this review, we focus on t
Leaching is necessary to maintain an acceptable salt balance in the root-zone of irrigated crops.This however contributes to point and non-point source water pollution externalities if not managed correctly.The read more use of a linear programming model, SALMOD (Salinity and Leaching Model for Optimal Irrigation Development) is demonstrated to det
Abstract Many types of adherent cells are known to reorient upon uniaxial cyclic stretching perpendicularly to the direction of stretching to facilitate such important events as wound healing, angiogenesis, and morphogenesis.While this phenomenon has been documented for decades, the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood.Using an on-stage s
Sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus intermedius) is an economically important mariculture species in Asia, and its gonads are the only edible part.The efficiency of genetic breeding in sea urchins is hampered due to the inability to distinguish gender by appearance.In this study, we first identified a sex-associated single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
BackgroundThe role of surgery in treating small cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains controversial.This meta-analysis aims to determine whether surgical-based treatment improves survival in comparison to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and chemoradiotherapy for stage I to III SCLC.MethodsPubMed, PubMed Central, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library w