The aim of the present study is to share the experience of chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) at King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan, and to highlight the complications of this procedure. This is a retrospective chart review study for all the children from day 1 of life to 14 years, who underwent chronic PD for end-stage renal disease (ESRD)…[Read more]

Sixteen lanostane-type triterpene glycosides including eight new ones, named lyonicarposides A-H (1-8), were isolated from the flowers of Lyonia ovalifolia var. hebecarpa (Franch. ex F.B. Forbes & Hemsl.) Chun (Ericaceae). The chemical structures of the new compounds were elucidated by the comprehensive spectroscopic techniques and chemical…[Read more]

The impact of doping is preserved when the trap levels associated with the dopants lie in the bandgap of the bilayer. On the other hand, the pristine neutral layer can get doped to an extent depending on how its electrons can fill the trap levels associated with the other component. Altogether, the present theoretical work demonstrates that the…[Read more]

In addition, ultraweak photon emission (UPE) intensity was measured at dazhui point in each subject. RESULTS According to the orthogonal partial least-squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) results and biochemistry databases searching, 15 potential biomarkers were identified to be involved in Spleen-Qi deficiency syndrome and ginseng influenced…[Read more]

Objective Number of reflux episodes, an adjunctive metric on pH-impedance monitoring, is incompletely studied. We aimed to determine if number of reflux episodes associates with therapeutic outcome in regurgitation predominant gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Design We performed post hoc analysis of postintervention pH-impedance data from…[Read more]

Several mitochondrial DNA mutations leading to defective mitophagy have been identified. The regulatory role of mitophagy in the immune response has been shown in recent studies. We suggest that defective mitophagy promoted by mutations in mitochondrial DNA can cause innate immunity disorders leading to chronification of inflammation.Land cover…[Read more]

Glutamine metabolism, described as major energy and building blocks supply to cell growth, has gained great attention. Alanine-Serine-Cysteine Transporter (ASCT2), which belongs to solute carried (SLC) family transporters and is encoded by the SLC1A5 gene serves as a significant role for glutamine transport. Indeed, ASCT2 is often overexpressed in…[Read more]

The analysis and utilization of clinical scientific research data is an effective means to promote the progress of diagnosis and treatment, and a key step in the development of medical sciences. During the epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19), how to transform the limited diagnostic data into clinical research resources has attracted…[Read more]

Results In our study samples, nearly 55.8% of the older adults were found to be suffering from DS. We found a significant association between DS and being female (aOR 1.25, 95% CI 0.89-2.09), Buddhism (aOR 1.95, 95% CI 1.58-2.42), Dalits (aOR 2.60, 95% CI 1.19-5.65), unemployed, low family income (aOR 1.77, 95% CI 1.07-2.92), smokers (aOR 1.49,…[Read more]