Eosinopenia as a prognostic factor of mortality for COVID-19 in end-stage kidney disease patients.

Background: The unique role of eosinophil in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients has been shown in several studies, but its role in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients who contracted COVID-19 is less reported. This study investigated eosinopenia's predictive value as a mortality marker in ESKD patients with COVID-19.

Methods: It is a retrospective study of ESKD patients who contracted COVID-19 between May 2020 and October 2021 in West Nusa Tenggara General Hospital, Indonesia.

Mutant Selection Short-stem of M2 Generation Mentik Wangi Rice Resulted from Irradiation with Gamma-ray.

Background And Objective: Mentik Wangi is local rice variety from Magelang, Central Java. This rice has superior properties, which is tender texture, has fragrant, but also has a long harvesting age and tall stems so that it easily collapses during heavy wind. The purpose of this study was to determine the performance of M2 mutants resulting from 150, 200 and 250 Gy gamma irradiation and to find out the plants to obtain short-stemmed, short-lived mutant plants with high productivity.