Modeling of Integrated Hollow-Fiber Solar-Powered VMD Modules for Desalination for a Better Understanding and Management of Heat Flows.

The direct integration of membrane distillation and solar energy collection in a single module is a promising technology for autonomous seawater desalination in remote regions; however, the modeling and design of such modules are challenging because of the coupling of the radial and longitudinal heat and mass transfers. In a previous study, we provided as a first modeling approach a hollow fiber solar collector vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) module, considering a constant temperature at the shell side and a pure water feed. Here, a full model is developed to describe the coupled effects of the solar collector and a hollow fiber VMD module operating in an outside/in mode with saline water.

[Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): normative data for Rosario metropolitan area population, Argentina].

Introduction: Population aging is a global phenomenon linked to increased life expectancy. In Argentina, it is expected that by 2025 those over 60 will represent 17.3% of the population, while by 2050 it will rise to 25.

Setting thresholds is not enough: Beach litter as indicator of poor environmental status in the southern Adriatic Sea.

This study deals with the issue of beach litter pollution in the context of the Descriptor 10 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Good Environmental Status of EU waters and Ecological objective 10, Common indicator 22 of IMAP. Analyses of the amount, distribution and categorization of beach litter were conducted on nine beaches during 108 surveys covering the area of 206.620 m in Albania, Italy and Montenegro.

Prognostic assessment for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia in the context of the World Health Organization 2016 proposal: a multicenter study of 280 patients.

Knowledge on chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) patients from Argentina and Brazil is limited. Our series of 280 patients depicted an older age at diagnosis (median 72 years old), 26% of aberrant karyotypes, and a prevalence of myelodysplastic (60%) and CMML-0 subtypes (56%). The median overall survival (OS) was 48.

Management of Persistent Hypotony after Supraciliary CyPass Implantation Using Argon Laser.

Purpose: To report a case and management of persistent hypotony with hypotony-induced maculopathy after CyPass device implant.

Background: The CyPass was the first supraciliary device approved by FDA and commercially available. Efficacy studies showed adequate intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering results in combination with phacoemulsification.