Background/Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of homocysteine and C-reactive protein (CRP) as potential markers for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults in Taiwan, and to identify associations between these factors and CKD, stratifying by gender.Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed multi-center data retrospectively.Data
The paper studies the evolution of the image of Chelyabinsk in the 20th century British media discourse.The research proves relevant as it involves both linguistic and historical analyses; it aims at retrospective study of the evolution of the image of the foreign Drive Motor Brush Kit city in British media discourse over a large time span.A wide r
The indoor climate of Music Box industrial buildings is a function of production technology and requirements for the creation of an optimal artificial material environment.Currently, we consider daylight not only as a source of illumination, but also as an aesthetic element of a building or a way of reducing energy consumption.Light in a closed spa
This paper presents the analysis, design and manufacture of a low cost, low maintenance and long-range prototype of RFID transponder with continuous operability.A prototype of semi-active RFID transponder is produced with a range that can be extended via a DC input to allow all of the readers signal power to be reflected via backscatter modulation.