A geopolymer membrane for application in a structural mechanics and energy storage difunctional supercapacitor.

A structural mechanics and energy storage difunctional supercapacitor based on a geopolymer membrane injected with a 0.5 M NaSO electrolyte and a pseudocapacitive electrode MnO is designed and assembled. The geopolymer membrane is prepared as a structural electrolyte with metakaolin and alkaline activator solution.

The Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease after Parathyroidectomy in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease.

Purpose: The changes of the risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in patients with end-stage renal disease after parathyroidectomy are scant.

Methods: We used a nationwide health insurance claims database to select all dialysis-dependent patients with end-stage renal disease aged 18 years and older for the study population in 2000 to 2006. Of the patients with end-stage renal disease, we selected 947 patients who had undergone parathyroidectomy as the parathyroidectomy group and frequency matched 3746 patients with end-stage renal disease by sex, age, years since the disease diagnosis, and the year of index date as the non-parathyroidectomy group.