Objective. To determine the association between crescents and renal outcomes, and the
implications on therapeutic choices. Methods. There were 231 patients with biopsy-proven …

Objective: The treatment of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) with moderate proteinuria
remains controversial. We retrospectively analyzed the efficacy of immune suppressants, with a …

Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis presents crescentic glomerulonephritis (CrGN)
pathologically. Immune complex (IC)-mediated CrGN is characterized by glomerular IC deposits, …

Background: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) influences both toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling
and leukocyte activation, which are speculated to play a role in the pathogenesis of IgA …

Background Paraquat poisoning is associated with very high mortality rate and extremely
difficult to manage due to lack of antidotes. The purpose of this study was to identify prognostic …

Abstract: This paper details the advances and technical category of UCG, and analyzes
comprehensively the UCG industry. Compared with the traditional coal mining, UCG possesses …

A strong and stable correlation in quantum information is of high quality for quantum information
processing. We define two quantities, selective average correlation and ripple coefficient…

In this paper, we investigate a type of anisotropic, acoustic complementary metamaterial (CMM)
and its application in restoring acoustic fields distorted by aberrating layers. The …

For the problem that prediction of coal ash fusion characteristics of blending coals for
gasification, using genetic algorithm (GA) to optimize BP neural network on two aspects. Firstly, …

In this letter, a class of honeycomb acoustic metamaterial possessing lightweight and yet
sound-proof properties is designed, theoretically proven, and then experimentally verified. It is …