… , excluding other psychological interventions such as yoga, meditation, and mixed interventions
(eg, tai chi with music therapy or tai chi with acupuncture). Figure 1 shows the process …

We would like to highlight the application of natural products to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
We will focus on the natural products known as flavonoids, which target this disease at …

Background . Indoxyl sulphate (IS) and p-cresyl sulphate (PCS) are uraemic toxins that have
similar protein binding, dialytic clearance and proinflammatory features. However, only a …

The Visual Object Tracking challenge VOT2020 is the eighth annual tracker benchmarking
activity organized by the VOT initiative. Results of 58 trackers are presented; many are state-of…

Background Depression and suicide are well established as prevalent mental health
problems for patients on hemodialysis. Objective The authors examined the demographic and …

Background. Observational studies have demonstrated that multidisciplinary predialysis
education (MPE) improves the post-dialysis outcomes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. …

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance between claims records in
the National Health Insurance Research Database and patient self-reports on clinical …

To enable high-speed underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) in tap-water and
seawater environments over long distances, a 450-nm blue GaN laser diode (LD) directly …

Sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are the current focus on the
indication for the management of hyperglycemia in diabetes. Here, a novel series of C-linked …

Purpose: To investigate the effects of single and fractionated doses of radiation on tumors
and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), and to elucidate the potential of TAMs to …