Evaluation of global and regional left ventricular myocardial work by echocardiography in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Objective: This study aimed to quantitatively evaluate the left ventricular myocardial work of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by echocardiographic pressure-strain loop (PSL) analysis.

Methods: Ninety-three patients with CKD and forty-two age- and sex-matched controls were included in the study. CKD patients were divided into group 1 (stages 2-4) and group 2 (stage 5).

Preparation of a AgCl/PbMoO Composite and Investigation of Its Photocatalytic Oxidative Desulfurization Performance.

PbMoO materials were synthesized by the glycerol and hydrothermal methods, and AgCl nanoparticles were loaded onto the surface of PbMoO by using the precipitation-deposition method. Finally, a AgCl/PbMoO photocatalyst was successfully prepared. X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis-DRS) were used to characterize the phase composition, morphology, and light absorption characteristics of the catalyst.