Publications by authors named "M Pieters"
Role of the Coreactant on the Dual-Source Behavior of Lithium Hexamethyldisilazide for ALD Li-Containing Films.
J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces
November 2024
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Li-containing thin films is deemed as highly relevant for the development of next-generation Li-ion batteries. Lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS), as Li-containing precursor, is preferred over the widely used lithium -butoxide because of its lower melting point of 70 °C. However, the presence of silyl groups in the LiHMDS chemical structure can result in the undesired incorporation of Si in the film.
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- - The study aimed to create a model to understand how Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae causes respiratory disease in pigs, focusing on its effects on infection, immune response, and disease progression.
- - Four groups of pigs were exposed to different aerosol doses of the bacteria, with secretions collected and analyzed at various time points to assess infection and immune response.
- - Findings indicated that all pigs became infected regardless of the dose, but only high-dose exposures led to severe clinical symptoms and lung damage, demonstrating the model's potential for testing treatments and prevention strategies.
Numerous demands on the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine training program have the potential to reduce the amount of time allocated to food animal species in general, including swine medicine, despite it being a key component of veterinary education. The objective of this study was to describe swine medicine training opportunities at North American and Caribbean veterinary education institutions. A 21-question survey was developed and distributed to veterinary colleges across North America and the Caribbean.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The use of non-invasive risk scores to detect undiagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D) ensures the restriction of invasive and costly blood tests to those most likely to be diagnosed with the disease. This study assessed and compared the performance of the African Diabetes Risk Score (ADRS) with three other diabetes risk prediction models for identifying screen-detected diabetes based on fasting plasma glucose (FPG) or glycated haemoglobin (HBA1c).
Methods: Age, sex, waist circumference, body mass index, blood pressure, history of diabetes and physical activity levels from the SA-NW-PURE study were used to externally validate the ADRS and other established risk prediction models.
Background: Case-control, intervention and laboratory studies have demonstrated a link between apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins and clot structure and thrombosis. There is, however, limited evidence on population level.
Objectives: We determined the cross-sectional relationship between lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and apolipoprotein B (ApoB) with fibrinogen and plasma clot properties in 1 462 Black South Africans, a population with higher fibrinogen and Lp(a) levels compared with individuals of European descent.