Elucidating the water surplus and loss of different vegetation landscapes in cold regions is important for the conservation and management of water resources in alpine inland rivers.As such, this study is to systematically reveal the water variation in different vegetation landscape zones of the alpine inland river basin, delineate its water resour
BACKGROUND: Uganda has one of the highest total fertility rates (TFR) worldwide.We compared the effects of antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) to that of existing family planning (FP) use and estimated the burden of pediatric HIV disease due to unwanted fertility.METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FIND
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that respond to stress and the circadian rhythm.Pharmacological GCs are widely used to treat autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases despite their adverse effects on bone after long-term therapy.GCs regulate bone homeostasis in a cell-type specific manner, affecting osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteo
Megan C Riddle,1,* Jiahui Lin,3,* Jonathan B Steinman,2 Joshua D Salvi,2 Margaret M Reynolds,3 Anne S Kastor,3,† Christina Harris,4 Carla Boutin-Foster3 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 2Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program, 3Department of Internal Medici
Background: Paediatric cardiac surgery is highly challenging, especially in resource-limited economy like ours.The burden of heart diseases in children is huge and increasing thus, the need to audit the bold step resumed by our center in the last 5 years.OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern and outcome of Paediatric open heart surgeries done in a te