Daily Archives: November 2, 2016
Aorta tertiary lymphoid organs: Powerhouses of B cell immunity in atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Yet, our understanding of how the immune system impacts CVD is very limited and immune system-based therapeutic approaches are not in sight. Lymphocytes are major cellular constituents
Long cycle-life shape memory polyimide with energy-storage capacity at high temperature
Shape memory materials such as shape memory polymers (SMP) and shape memory alloys (SMA) have been used in many fields. SMP possesses advantages such as easy process, large recoverable strains and light weight over SMA, but long
Nurses’ thoughts on fall prevention actions and programs
Falls are the most commonly reported patient safety incidents in hospitals (Haines et al., 2013). Fall prevention actions that are customized to reduce patient-specific fall risk factors are essential to reduce falls and fall injuries. Evidence-based (EB)
Hair fibres may turn into micro-tubes
The proteins fulfil their functions over certain ranges of pH, pressure, temperature. Focusing on the temperature, the permitted window is not very large; most of proteins become inactive (denature, therefore lose their function) below 100 °C and
