6G-Enabling the New Smart City: A Survey.

Smart cities and 6G are technological areas that have the potential to transform the way we live and work in the years to come. Until this transformation comes into place, there is the need, underlined by research and market studies, for a critical reassessment of the entire wireless communication sector for smart cities, which should include the IoT infrastructure, economic factors that could improve their adoption rate, and strategies that enable smart city operations. Therefore, from a technical point of view, a series of stringent issues, such as interoperability, data privacy, security, the digital divide, and implementation issues have to be addressed.

Advancements in Forest Fire Prevention: A Comprehensive Survey.

Nowadays, the challenges related to technological and environmental development are becoming increasingly complex. Among the environmentally significant issues, wildfires pose a serious threat to the global ecosystem. The damages inflicted upon forests are manifold, leading not only to the destruction of terrestrial ecosystems but also to climate changes.

How to convert from traditional cyclosporine to the microemulsion formulation in stable renal transplant patients?

How to convert from traditional cyclosporine (CsA) to the microemulsion formulation in stable renal transplant patients is still a matter of debate. The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of changeover from traditional Sandimmune to Neoral formulation at two dose-ratio conversions on CsA pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability particularly in terms of renal function. Thirty outpatients regularly followed at our Clinical Research Center were randomized to 1:1 or 1:0.

Prediction of cyclosporine area under the curve using a three-point sampling strategy after Neoral administration.

Accurate monitoring of cyclosporine (CsA) dosage is still a problem, because measurement of the area under the curve (AUC)--the most appropriate indicator of exposure to CsA--requires a number of blood samples to be taken over 12 h, which makes monitoring difficult in day-to-day clinical practice. This study investigated whether a limited sampling strategy in human kidney transplantation reflected the actual AUC better in patients given Neoral than in those being treated with Sandimmune. Stepwise multiple regression analysis of CsA blood levels recorded after Neoral administration to 20 renal transplant patients showed the best results in AUC prediction with three sampling points (1.