Objectives: Serum levels of uric acid (S-UA) are influenced by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors; detailed studies of hyperuricemia in children are rare. This retrospective study aimed to analyze the causes, risk factors, and therapeutic approaches associated with the development of hyperuricemia in childhood.
Methods: In a single-center study, serum uric acid levels were analyzed in 33,900 samples from 13,890 children and adolescents<19 years (6760 girls and 7130 boys) obtained between 2013 and 2023.
A new synthetic method for the fabrication of a sensing layer is presented. PANI films as an ion-to-electron transducer were prepared acid-assisted polymerization in concentrated formic acid (HCOOH) in the presence of ethanol and ammonium persulfate (APS, as the initiator). The ratio of monomer to ammonium persulfate was 1 : 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA combined study of one of the simplest aromatic hydrocarbons, i.e., methylbenzene (toluene) (TOL), via the annihilation of an ortho-positronium (o-Ps) probe via positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) and the rotation dynamics of nitroxide spin probe 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinyl-1-oxy (TEMPO) using electron spin resonance (ESR) over a wide temperature range, 10-300 K, is reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA study of the rotation dynamics of the spin probe TEMPO by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy in a series of six short- and medium-sized n-alkanes is presented. In addition to the usual crossover effects connected with solid-liquid phase transitions at temperature Tm and the solid-solid transition at Tss, we find a strong correlation between the change in reorientation at the characteristic ESR temperature TfastX1 < Tss and/or Tm with the ratio TfastX1/Tm = 0.76 ± 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA joint study of the rotational dynamics and free volume in amorphous 1-propanol (1-PrOH) as a prototypical monohydroxy alcohol by electron spin resonance (ESR) or positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), respectively, is reported. The dynamic parameters of the molecular spin probe 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy (TEMPO) and the annihilation ones of the atomic ortho-positronium (o-Ps) probe as a function of temperature are compared. A number of coincidences between various effects in the ESR and PALS responses at the corresponding characteristic ESR and PALS temperatures were found suggesting a common origin of the underlying dynamic processes that were identified using viscosity (VISC) in terms of the two-order parameter (TOP) model and broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) data.
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