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The University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Education•Ningbo, Zhejiang, China•
About: The University of Nottingham Ningbo China is a education organization based out in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Computer science & China. The organization has 7491 authors who have published 7153 publications receiving 83555 citations.
Topics: Computer science, China, Population, Context (language use), Medicine
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TL;DR: In this article, a continuous-wave CO2 laser was used to produce passive-grinding structures on the diamond abrasive tool surfaces, where the non-metallic multi-material ablation threshold was analyzed and the experimental investigation of the effects of both the laser power and the beam feed rate on both the topographies and morphologies of the produced structures were studied.
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TL;DR: In this article, the influence of Cu substitution for Mn on martensitic transformation, superelasticity and associated elastocaloric effect in Ni44Mn45−n11Cux (x = 0-4) magnetic shape memory alloys has been investigated.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the joint effects of business and political ties, cognitive capital, and institutional support on product innovation performance in China and India and found that political ties increase institutional support in India and cognitive capital is significantly stronger in India than in China.
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TL;DR: It is shown that molecular imaging of the extracellular matrix protein elastin allows for noninvasive staging and longitudinal monitoring of renal fibrosis, and it enabled longitudinal Monitoring of therapeutic interventions, accurately capturing anti-fibrotic therapy effects.
Abstract: Fibrosis is the common endpoint and currently the best predictor of progression of chronic kidney diseases (CKDs). Despite several drawbacks, biopsies remain the only available means to specifically assess the extent of renal fibrosis. Here, we show that molecular imaging of the extracellular matrix protein elastin allows for noninvasive staging and longitudinal monitoring of renal fibrosis. Elastin was hardly expressed in healthy mouse, rat, and human kidneys, whereas it was highly up-regulated in cortical, medullar, and perivascular regions in progressive CKD. Compared to a clinically relevant control contrast agent, the elastin-specific magnetic resonance imaging agent ESMA specifically detected elastin expression in multiple mouse models of renal fibrosis and also in fibrotic human kidneys. Elastin imaging allowed for repetitive and reproducible assessment of renal fibrosis, and it enabled longitudinal monitoring of therapeutic interventions, accurately capturing anti-fibrotic therapy effects. Last, in a model of reversible renal injury, elastin imaging detected ensuing fibrosis not identifiable via routine assessment of kidney function. Elastin imaging thus has the potential to become a noninvasive, specific imaging method to assess renal fibrosis.
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TL;DR: It is found health literacy is associated with a reduction in the likelihood of having a comorbid condition, but this protective effect is only found among urban residents, suggesting health literacy might be a key factor explaining the rural-urban disparity in health outcomes.
Abstract: Improving health literacy is an important public health goal in many countries. Although many studies have suggested that low health literacy has adverse effects on an individual’s health outcomes, confounding factors are often not accounted. This paper examines the interplay between health literacy and chronic disease prevention. A population-based sample of 8194 participants aged 15–69 years old in Ningbo were used from China’s 2017 National Health Literacy Surveillance Data. We use multivariate regression analysis to disentangle the relationship between health literacy and chronic disease prevention. We find the association between health literacy and the occurrence of the first chronic condition is attenuated after we adjust the results for age and education. This might arise because having one or more chronic conditions is associated with better knowledge about chronic diseases, thus improve their health literacy. More importantly, we find health literacy is associated with a reduction in the likelihood of having a comorbid condition. However, this protective effect is only found among urban residents, suggesting health literacy might be a key factor explaining the rural-urban disparity in health outcomes. Our findings highlight the important role of health literacy in preventing comorbidities instead of preventing the first chronic condition. Moreover, family support could help improve health literacy and result in beneficial effects on health.
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Xin Li | 114 | 2778 | 71389 |
Jian Zhang | 107 | 3064 | 69715 |
Feng Wang | 107 | 1136 | 64644 |
Jun Wang | 106 | 1031 | 49206 |
Jing Wang | 97 | 1123 | 53714 |
Sailing He | 87 | 1362 | 34868 |
Yuping Wu | 85 | 410 | 23014 |
George Chen | 78 | 897 | 25363 |
Minghua Liu | 74 | 679 | 20727 |
Michael T. Wilson | 67 | 587 | 17689 |
Steve Benford | 67 | 425 | 16576 |
Xiaoling Zhang | 65 | 469 | 19458 |
Tao Chen | 65 | 588 | 16704 |
David Greenaway | 64 | 251 | 18268 |
Lei Xu | 64 | 333 | 16732 |