A novel framework for vegetation change characterization from time series landsat images.

Understanding terrestrial ecosystem dynamics requires a comprehensive examination of vegetation changes. Remote sensing technology has been established as an effective approach to reconstructing vegetation change history, investigating change properties, and evaluating the ecological effects. However, current remote sensing techniques are primarily focused on break detection but ignore long-term trend analysis.

Comparison between the 'pull technique' and open surgery for peritoneal catheter removal in Chinese patients on peritoneal dialysis.

Background: The removal techniques for peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters are open surgical dissection (OD) and the 'pull technique' (PT). The latter is limitedly used because of uncertainty about its feasibility and safety. This study aimed to compare the outcomes and complications between the two techniques.

Active Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor Help Prevent High Glucose Induced Oxidative Stress of Renal Tubular Cells via AKT/UCP2 Signaling Pathway.

Background: It has been documented that vitamin D supplementation showed an improvement of symptoms of diabetic nephropathy; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We here tested the hypothesis that active vitamin D is able to up-regulate AKT/UCP2 signaling to alleviate oxidative stress of renal tubular cell line HK2.

Methods: There are eight groups in the present study: normal glucose, osmotic control (5.