Endemic (Balkan) nephropathy (EN), a devastating renal disease affecting men and women
living in rural areas of Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia, is characterized by …

Objective: To determine the use of plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations, body
temperature (BT) and white blood cell count (WBC) in the detection of sepsis in critically ill …

Cancer development is highly associated to the physiological state of the tumor microenvironment
(TME). Despite the existing heterogeneity of tumors from the same or from different …

Bayesian networks (BNs), also known as Bayesian belief networks or Bayes nets, are a kind
of probabilistic graphical model that has become very popular to practitioners mainly due to …

Background Vascular complications are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among
patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. These vascular abnormalities result of a …

The structure of cellulose microfibrils in wood is not known in detail, despite the abundance
of cellulose in woody biomass and its importance for biology, energy, and engineering. The …

The aim of the present work was to evaluate the morphologic and chemical characteristics
of Isabel grape (Vitis labrusca×Vitis vinifera) bagasse and to describe the adsorption of …

The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in the aquatic environment has raised concern
about their potential impacts on and risks to the biota. While the presence of microplastics in a …

From around 2750 to 2500 bc, Bell Beaker pottery became widespread across western and
central Europe, before it disappeared between 2200 and 1800 bc. The forces that propelled …

Background COVID-19 is associated with a prothrombotic state leading to adverse clinical
outcomes. Whether therapeutic anticoagulation improves outcomes in patients hospitalised …