BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Pre-operative kidney volume is an independent predictor of glomerular filtration rate in renal cell carcinoma patients.Compensatory renal growth (CRG) can ensue prior to nephrectomy in parallel to tumor growth and benign parenchyma loss.We aimed to test whether renal metabolite abundances significantly associate with CRG,
One of the most fundamental laws of physics is the principle of least action.Motivated by its predictive power, we introduce a neuronal least-action principle for cortical processing of the gel bottle audrey sensory streams to produce appropriate behavioral outputs in real time.The principle postulates that the voltage dynamics of cortical pyramida
Abstract The cosmic electron energy spectrum recently observed by the DAMPE experiment exhibits two interesting features, including a break around 0.9 TeV and a sharp resonance near 1.4 TeV.In this analysis, we propose a dark matter explanation to both exotic features seen by DAMPE.In our model, dark matter annihilates in the galaxy via two differe
BackgroundThis study aimed to determine the molecular characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates in a hospital in western Chongqing, southwestern China.MethodsA total of 127 unique CRKP isolates were collected from the Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, identified using a VITEK-2 compact system, a
We present a severe case of progressive autoimmune pneumonitis requiring surgical intervention in a patient with the monogenic syndrome, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED).APECED is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the autoimmune regulator koip share price (AIRE) gene, which lead to impaired central immun