Abstract Objective This study evaluates the utility of urinary pro-thrombotic molecules such as tissue factor (TF), anti-thrombotic molecules such as tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), and fibrinolytic molecules such as plasmin and d-dimer as biomarkers of lupus nephritis (LN).Methods Urine samples from 113 biopsy-proven LN patients (89 active
Abstract Background Inequities in the utilization of maternal health services impede progress towards the MDG 5 target of reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015.In Namibia, despite increasing investments in the health sector, the maternal mortality ratio has increased from 271 per 100,000 live births in the p
As road tunnel accidents can result in numerous fatalities and injuries, attention must be paid to accident prevention and management.To address this issue, use of integrated tunnel model for system evaluation and training of road tunnel operators on computer simulator is presented.A unified tunnel model, including traffic, meteorological condition
Phytate is the major storage form of organic phosphorus in soils and plant seeds, and phosphorus (P) in this form is unavailable to plants or monogastric animals.In the present study, the phytase genes phyA and appA were introduced into Brassica napus cv Westar with a signal peptide sequence and CaMV 35S promoter, respectively.Three independent tra
We study in this work the two-dimensional dynamics of an experimental system of pitkin and mother gaston disk-shaped rotors, fluidized by turbulent upflow.Contrary to previous knowledge, our experiments show the same particle chiral geometry can produce flows with different chiralities.In particular, we unveil a conspicuous complex chiral flow whic