Background There is a lack of consensus about whether the initial imaging method for patients
with suspected nephrolithiasis should be computed tomography (CT) or ultrasonography. …

… , Jessica Wang demonstrates the stifling effects of anticommunist ideology on the politics
of science. She exposes the deep divisions over the Cold War within the scientific community …

Recurrent hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a leading cause of readmission despite standard
of care (SOC) associated with microbial dysbiosis. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) …

Combining biography with philosophy, this book explores John Dewey's two-year trip to China
(1919–1921) and its legacy for him as a teacher and a learner. Jessica Ching-Sze Wang …

Background: Each of the cardiomyopathies, classically categorized as hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and arrhythmogenic right ventricular …

Micronutrient deficiency and depression are major global health problems. Here, we first
review recent empirical evidence of the association between several micronutrients—zinc, …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that play a wide variety of critical roles in
different biological processes by post-transcriptionally regulating gene expression. They …

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating form of stroke. In this study, we examined
the efficacy of deferoxamine (DFX), an iron chelator, after collagenase-induced ICH in 12-…

Video analysis of human dynamics is an important area of research devoted to detecting
people and understanding their dynamic physical behavior in a complex environment that can …

Failure to utilize valving and automation techniques has restricted the complexity of fluidic
operations that can be performed in paper microfluidic devices. We developed a toolkit of …