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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Procedural Notices of the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition: Leniency, Settlement, and Alternative Problem Resolution [PDF]

open access: yesYearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2015
In connection with the 2012 amendment of the Czech Act on the Protection of Competition (hereafter, APC), reported in YARS last year1, the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition (hereafter, Office) issued three new procedural noticesin November ...
Petra Joanna Pipková, Ivo Šimeček
doaj  

Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metaphors of 'Worldly Life' and 'Hereafter' in the Holy Quran: A Conceptual Approach

open access: yesمجلة اداب ذي قار
          Conceptual Metaphor is a theory that is associated with cognitive semantics, in which metaphor is seen as a process of understanding one conceptual domain in terms of another.
Aziz Khalaf Abid Saleh   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

VOL. 2012, 5(6)The EMPiK and Merlin concentration prohibition: Would the European Commission reach a similar verdict?Case comment to the decision of the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection of 3 February 2011 – Merlin.pl S.A. and NFI EMPiK Media & Fashion S.A (DKK-12/2011) [PDF]

open access: yesYearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2012
On 3 February 2011, the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (the Polish national competition agency, hereafter referred to as the UOKiK, after the Polish acronym), pursuant to Article 20(1) of the Act of 16 February 2007 on ...
Mateusz Radomyski
doaj  

Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competing Preferent Community Prospecting Rights: A Nonchalant Custodian?

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2017
Traditional communities that were precluded from the benefits and financial rewards of exploitation of the mineral resources of South Africa are afforded the opportunity to lodge an application with the Department of Mineral Resources (hereafter the ...
Nic Olivier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of DFPP on Ferroptosis in Peripheral Blood CD14+ Monocytes of Hyperlipidemic Patients Involving the ACSL4/LPCAT3/ALOX5 Pathway

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Hyperlipidemia is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Although statins are the cornerstone of lipid‐lowering therapy, their use may be limited in some patients by adverse effects. This study evaluated the possible impact of non‐drug treatment using double‐filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) on CD14+
Yun Cheng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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