Tooth loss is associated with reduced functional capacity, but so far, there is no relevant causal evidence reported. We investigated the causal effect of tooth loss on the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) among older adults in England.

Natural experiment study with instrumental variable analysis.

The English…[Read more]

Ni-NTNW electrodes and hydroxide-decorated variants showed excellent performance in glucose sensing. The highest activity was achieved for the catalyst augmented with NiCo-LDH nanosheets, which surpassed the modification with pure Ni(OH)2. Despite its low thickness of 20 µm, the optimized catalyst layer provided an outstanding sensitivity of 4.6…[Read more]

0003, Beta coefficient=0.842; p=0.0495, Beta coefficient=0.183; and p<0.001, Beta coefficient=0.635, respectively), with on-admission BNP (cut of point 507.13) predicting in-hospital mortality, with 95.5% sensitivity, 88% specificity.

There is a high diagnostic value of measuring the on-admission levels of BNP, MR-proADM, and cTnI…[Read more]

We reported an all-polarization-maintaining single-frequency ytterbium-doped bidirectional fiber laser for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. Single-frequency operation was achieved by a stable dynamic grating in the active fiber of a proper length owing to the bidirectional operation of the laser. The fiber laser possesses a linewidth…[Read more]