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Risk of Retinopathy Associated with Long‐Term Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to estimate the prevalence and cumulative incidence of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy (HCQ‐R) and its risk factors among patients receiving long‐term HCQ with rheumatic diseases through a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies that used spectral‐domain optical coherence tomography (SD‐OCT) for screening ...
Narsis Daftarian, Chloe Yue, Steve D Levasseur, Hui Xie, J. Antonio Avina‐Zubieta   +4 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

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
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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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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Associations of Lifestyle‐Related Factors and Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity: The Dutch South West Psoriatic Arthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to investigate lifestyle‐related factors in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and their association with disease activity measurements. Methods This multicenter cohort included 938 patients who were newly diagnosed with PsA between 2013 and 2023.
Batoul Hojeij, Ilja Tchetverikov, Marc R. Kok, Marijn Vis, Yvonne Goekoop‐Ruiterman, Jessica Bijsterbosch, Paul Baudoin, Reinhard Bos, Jos H. van der Kaap, Petra Kok, Lindy‐Anne Korswagen, Jolanda J. Luime   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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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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

Preliminary Study of Development of the Organization of Rare-Earth Exportation Countries (OREEC)

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2013
The largest two sectors emitting CO2 in the world are electricity generation and land-transportation. Therefore, nuclear power plays an important role in generating electricity with low CO2 emission.
Takashi Kamei
doaj   +1 more source