Renal Replacement Therapies generally associated to the Artificial Kidney (AK) are membrane-based treatments that assure the separation functions of the failing kidney in extracorporeal blood circulation.Their progress Drinks from conventional hemodialysis towards high-flux hemodialysis (HFHD) through the introduction of ultrafiltration membranes c
Abstract Background The role of altered joint mechanics on cartilage degeneration in in vivo models has not been studied successfully due to a lack of pre-injury information.We aimed 1) to develop an accurate in vivo canine model to measure the changes in joint loading and T2 star (T2*) relaxation time before and after unilateral supraspinatus tend
As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, urban governance has attracted more academic attention.There have been some review articles on the state of urban governance research, as they are in the form of selected themes by the authors, it is difficult to gain a systematic understanding of the field.This review article conducts bibliometrics and
The stress intensity factor can be applied as an evaluation parameter of crack growth under small-scale yielding conditions.Moreover, the stress intensity factor corrected by the plastic zone correction can potentially be used as an evaluation parameter of crack growth for small-scale yielding criteria or beyond these criteria.In the previous study