Background. Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are highly prevalent in haemodialysis (HD)
patients and have been recently associated with vascular calcifications. The objective of …

An experimental study was carried out to investigate gasification of densified biofuels using
highly preheated air and steam as a gasifying agent. Preheat of air and steam is realised by …

The need to increase energy security and promote development, especially in rural areas
has forced many developing countries in southern Africa, like Mozambique to take several …

Gasification of biomass using high-temperature agents (air/steam) has been proven to have
many features superior to those of conventional gasification using low-temperature agents. …

Background. Vascular calcifications are highly prevalent in dialysis patients and are
associated with arterial stiffness and mortality. The use of simple and inexpensive methods to …

Marine litter is a global problem. Education has been acclaimed as a potential tool to tackle
this issue, yet, integrative, student-centered, and over weeks studies to raise awareness on …

In 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Mexican Secretariat of Health,
and border health officials began the development of the Border Infectious Disease …

Background Experiences from the first wave of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
pandemic can aid in the development of future preventive strategies. To date, risk prediction …

Background Dialysis patients are at risk for lower SARS-CoV-2-vaccine immunogenicity
than the normal population. We assessed immunogenicity to a first mRNA- or vector-based …

In Mexico, measles occurred in a cyclical endemic-epidemic pattern until the early 1970s.
Beginning in 1973, routine vaccination augmented by mass vaccination campaigns led to a …