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Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers Measured by Capillary Blood Collection Versus Venous Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Blood biomarkers are increasingly critical for non‐invasive Alzheimer's Disease (AD) diagnostics and research but typically require on‐site processing. Remote point‐of‐care collection methods could enhance biomarker testing in clinical and research settings.
Sara Ho, Ziling Shen, Alexandria Lewis, Megha Patel, Anny Zheng, Gianna Proscino, Thaovy Ho, Jiangxia Wang, Marilyn Albert, Abhay Moghekar   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental heat transfer performance of a drainage-integrated fluoride salt-to-salt heat exchanger

Results in Engineering
This study experimentally investigates a novel shell-and-tube fluoride Salt-to-Salt Heat Exchanger (SSHX) with triangular drainage ports integrated into segmental baffles to enable complete passive drainage.
Qi-Ming Li, Yao Fu, Jian Tian, Chong Zhou, Yang Zou, Yuan Fu, Jie Hou, Xiao-Han Yu, Hong-Jie Xu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Removal of Uranium and Thorium from Aqueous Solutions Onto by-pass Cement Dust (BCD)

Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal, 2009
The adsorption behavior of uranium and thorium from aqueous solutions by By-pass cement dust (BCD) has been investigated by a batch technique. The uranium and thorium adsorption on BCD was studied as a function of initial concentration, weight of BCD ...
M. Ali Omnia, H. H. El-Kashif, S. A. Sayed, M. E.H. Shalabi   +3 more
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Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich, Alexis Ogdie, Alisa Stephens Shields, Peter A. Merkel, Shervin Assassi, Elana J. Bernstein, Andreea Bujor, Flavia V. Castelino, Lorinda Chung, Luke B. Evnin, Tracy M. Frech, Jessica K. Gordon, Melissa Griffith, Faye N. Hant, Monica L. Harding, Laura K. Hummers, Dinesh Khanna, Kimberly S. Lakin, Dorota J. Lebiedz‐Odrobina, Yiming Luo, Ashima Makol, Maureen D. Mayes, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Jerry Molitor, Duncan F. Moore, Julie Paik, Carrie Richardson, Brian Skaug, Ami A. Shah, Ankoor Shah, Virginia Steen, John M. VanBuren, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Carleigh Zahn, Nora Sandorfi, for the CONQUER Investigators   +35 more
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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local structure and early-stage aggregation behavior of Mo in LiF-BeF2-UF4-ZrF4 molten salts

Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Redox-dependent speciation and transport of molybdenum (Mo) in actinide-bearing fluoride melts strongly influence fission-product behavior in molten-salt reactors, yet their atomistic origins remain unclear.
Haiyang Gao, Linbing Jiang, Wenguan Liu, Rui Yan, Yang Zou, Guifeng Zhu   +5 more
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Impact of Thorium Capture Cross Section Uncertainty on the Thorium Utilized ADS Reactivity Calculation

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2014
Recently, the researches on fast neutron spectrum system utilized thorium fuel are widely conducted. However, the recent thorium cross section libraries are limited compared to uranium cross section libraries.
Thanh Mai Vu, Takanori Kitada
doaj   +1 more source

Anorectal Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Phenotypes and Functional Patterns

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to characterize specific physiologic defects in anorectal dysfunction in systemic sclerosis (SSc) using anorectal manometry (ARM), evaluate associations with gastrointestinal (GI) and extraintestinal clinical phenotypes, and explore potential serologic markers for risk stratification.
Timothy Kaniecki, Alireza Amindarolzarbi, Tsion Abdi, John Clarke, Michael Hughes, Ami A. Shah, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis of thorium tetrafluoride (ThF4) by ammonium hydrogen difluoride (NH4HF2)

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2019
The present study aims to investigate the fluorination of thorium oxide (ThO2) by ammonium hydrogen difluoride (NH4HF2). Fluorination was performed at room temperature by mixing ThO2 and NH4HF2 at different molar ratios, which was then left to react for ...
Che Nor Aniza Che Zainul Bahri, Aznan Fazli Ismail, Amran Ab. Majid   +2 more
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Determination of Uraniumand Thorium in Sandstone Uranium Deposits by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry with Microwave Digestion

Yankuang ceshi, 2022
BACKGROUND Sandstone-type uranium deposits are important strategic mineral resource. Rapid and accurate analysis of uranium and thorium content is of great significance to the evaluation and comprehensive utilization of this type of deposit.
ZHANG Lijuan, FANG Pengda, WANG Liqiang, WANG Jiasong   +3 more
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