Muscle ultrasound to identify prednisone-induced muscle damage in adults with nephrotic syndrome.

Steroid myopathy is a non-inflammatory toxic myopathy that primarily affects the proximal muscles of the lower limbs. Due to its non-specific symptoms, it is often overshadowed by patients' underlying conditions. Prolonged or high-dosage use of glucocorticoids leads to a gradual decline in muscle mass.

Effect of sacubitril/valsartan on lipid metabolism in patients with chronic kidney disease combined with chronic heart failure: a retrospective study.

Background And Objective: Dyslipidemia is significantly more common in those with concurrent chronic kidney disease (CKD) and chronic heart failure (CHF). Sacubitril/valsartan has showcased its influence on both cardiac and renal functions, extending its influence to the modulation of lipid metabolism pathways. This study aimed to examine how sacubitril/valsartan affects lipid metabolism within the context of CKD and CHF.

Metal-Organic Framework-Based Materials for Advanced Sodium Storage: Development and Anticipation.

As a pioneering battery technology, even though sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are safe, non-flammable, and capable of exhibiting better temperature endurance performance than lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), because of lower energy density and larger ionic size, they are not amicable for large-scale applications. Generally, the electrochemical storage performance of a secondary battery can be improved by monitoring the composition and morphology of electrode materials. Because more is the intricacy of a nanostructured composite electrode material, more electrochemical storage applications would be expected.

Insight into molecular diagnosis for antimalarial drug resistance of Plasmodium falciparum parasites: A review.

Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito and poses a severe threat to human health. At present, antimalarial drugs are the primary treatment for malaria. The widespread use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) has dramatically reduced the number of malaria-related deaths; however, the emergence of resistance has the potential to reverse this progress.

Graphene oxide exposure suppresses nitrate uptake by roots of wheat seedlings.

Despite the large number of studies reporting the phytotoxicity of graphene-based materials, the effects of these materials on nutrient uptake in plants remain unclear. The present study showed that nitrate concentrations were significantly decreased in the roots of wheat plants treated with graphene oxide (GO) at 200-800 mg L. Non-invasive microelectrode measurement demonstrated that GO could significantly inhibit the net NO influx in the meristematic, elongation, and mature zones of wheat roots.

Highly sensitive strain sensors based on hollow packaged silver nanoparticle-decorated three-dimensional graphene foams for wearable electronics.

Flexible strain sensors possess a great potential for applications in wearable electronic devices for human motion detection, health monitoring, implantable medical devices and so on. However, the development of highly sensitive strain sensors remains a challenge in the field of wearable electronics. Herein, we prepared a highly sensitive strain sensor, which was composed of a three-dimensional reduced graphene oxide foam decorated with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) to enhance the conductivity.