Background: In middle-income countries, costs limit widespred use of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as a strategy for end-stage heart failure.We aim to describe the experience of a LVAD program in a middle-income country in a hub-and-spoke model.Methods: Patients fulfilling strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were referred from different
Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is the most commonly used supplement in studies involving cell-culture experiments.However, FBS contains large numbers of bovine extracellular vesicles (EVs), which 3701129802670 hamper the analyses of secreted EVs from the cell type of preference and, thus, also the downstream analyses.Therefore, a prior elimination of EVs
Solving environmental and social challenges such as climate change requires a shift from our current non-renewable manufacturing model to a sustainable bioeconomy.To lower carbon emissions in the production of fuels and chemicals, plant biomass feedstocks can replace petroleum using microorganisms as biocatalysts.The anaerobic thermophile Clostridi
To improve the stability and accuracy of temperature control in pellet grill, this article proposes a method that applies a Fuzzy PID controller optimized with Improved Particle Swarm Optimization (IPSO).Techniques such as Circle mapping are introduced to enhance the convergence speed and efficacy of the particle swarm algorithm (PSO).The optimized
Knowledge on the water content of a certain soil profile and its temporal changes due to rainfall and plant water uptake is a key issue for irrigation management.In this regard, sensors can be utilized to monitor soil water content (SWC).Due to the characteristic spatial variability of SWC, a key question is whether the measurements are representat