Background Diagnoses and treatments based on movement system impairment syndromes
were developed to guide physical therapy treatment. Objectives This masterclass aims to …

Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of kidney disease in patients starting renal
replacement therapy and affects ∼40% of type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients. It increases the risk …

The increasing incidence of obesity and the metabolic syndrome is disturbing. The activation
of inflammatory pathways, used normally as host defence, reminds the seriousness of this …

The classic guide to mixtures, completely updated with new models, theories, examples, and
data. Efficient separation operations and many other chemical processes depend upon a …

Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to
infection (1). Sepsis and septic shock are major healthcare problems, impacting millions of …

Bacillus subtilis is the best-characterized member of the Gram-positive bacteria. Its genome
of 4,214,810 base pairs comprises 4,100 protein-coding genes. Of these protein-coding …

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder with a lifetime risk of about 1%, characterized by
hallucinations, delusions and cognitive deficits, with heritability estimated at up to 80% 1 , 2 . …

Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated
with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate …

The human brain is often considered to be the most cognitively capable among mammalian
brains and to be much larger than expected for a mammal of our body size. Although the …

Importance Effective therapies for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are
needed, and clinical trial data have demonstrated that low-dose dexamethasone reduced …