Article
Energy & Fuels
Jacob Coburn, Katherine Klink
Summary: Synoptic weather patterns can provide information about rotor-area characteristics in addition to hub-height wind speed. The study finds that wind speed, turbulence intensity, and wind speed shear across the rotor are the most important variables for predicting monthly wind energy output from the Eolos turbine. Incorporating wind profile measurements with synoptic-scale drivers can enhance seasonal energy projections.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Catherine E. Finkenbiner, Stephen P. Good, J. Renee Brooks, Scott T. Allen, Salini Sasidharan
Summary: Soil physics simulations indicate that water isotope ratios can differ among different storage types due to transport processes, but these effects are smaller than field data suggests, indicating the presence of unrepresented processes in ecohydrologic separation. Field measurements show varying levels of geochemical separation in subsurface pore waters. Conventional soil physics alone cannot explain the isotopic differences between preferential flow and tightly-bound water. Further research is needed to understand and explain these separations.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Steve W. Blake
Summary: The objective of this study was to investigate the dose effects on the 50% isoeffect endpoint using a dose convolution algorithm. The results showed that the dose convolution modeling approach was consistent with the bath and shower experiments, and the effect of time interval and biological effectiveness confirmed the presence of a signaling factor diffusion mechanism.
PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Javier Anta
Summary: This paper defends the incapacity of the informational frameworks in thermal physics to robustly explain the approach of certain gaseous systems to their state of thermal equilibrium. It argues that these informational proposals need to 'epistemically parasitize' the theoretical resources of Boltzmann's and Gibbs' statistical mechanics. In conclusion, a constructive skepticism is adopted regarding the explanatory value of the main informationalist trends in statistical thermophysics.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Giliard Lago Garcia, Luiz Guilherme Grossi Porto, Carlos Janssen Gomes da Cruz, Guilherme Eckhardt Molina
Summary: This study compared the heart rate and parasympathetic responses in young, physically active men with different resting heart rates (RHR) during rest, exercise testing, and recovery. The results showed that individuals with lower RHR had lower heart rate during rest, higher parasympathetic activity, and faster recovery after exercise.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Sompob Saralamba, Julie A. Simpson, Noppon Choosri, Lisa White, Wirichada Pan-Ngum, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas J. White
Summary: A new pharmacodynamic model of antimalarial drugs is proposed, which includes reversible parasite injury and temporary drug refractoriness, to explain the failure of frequent dosing to improve therapeutic efficacy in malaria. The model predicts and supports observed therapeutic responses.
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Shan Kothari, Rebecca Montgomery, Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Summary: The positive and negative species interactions in the experiment can largely be explained by the photosynthetic responses of trees to the light environment created by their neighbors. The study shows that photosynthetic physiology can help explain the species interactions that underlie biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel J. Wieczynski, Pranav Singla, Adrian Doan, Alexandra Singleton, Ze-Yi Han, Samantha Votzke, Andrea Yammine, Jean P. Gibert
Summary: The study combines protist microcosm experiments and mathematical models to demonstrate that key traits-cell size, shape, and contents-each explain different aspects of species' demographic responses to changes in temperature. These differences in species' temperature responses have complex cascading effects across levels of organization, causing nonlinear shifts in total community respiration rates across temperatures via coordinated changes in community composition, equilibrium densities, and community-mean species mass in experimental protist communities that closely match theoretical predictions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Jean-Baptiste Woillard, Caroline Monchaud, Franck Saint-Marcoux, Marc Labriffe, Pierre Marquet
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the intraindividual variability of the AUC/C0 ratio in renal transplant recipients and compare it with the variability of AUC, C0, AUC/dose, and C0/dose. The results showed that the AUC/C0 ratio had the lowest relative variation and could be used to calculate individualized C0 targets.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Maria A. Perez-Navarro, Olivier Broennimann, Miguel Angel Esteve, Guillem Bagaria, Antoine Guisan, Francisco Lloret
Summary: This study investigated the decline of plant communities after an extreme drought event using species distribution models (SDMs) and niche distances. The results showed that both SDMs and niche distances can effectively predict population performance, with niche distances being more accurate in predicting mortality and remaining green canopy responses. However, climatic suitability failed to predict performance under extreme climate conditions.
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Gabrielle H. Buono, Jeffery Crukley, Benjamin W. Y. Hornsby, Erin M. Picou
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of stimulus modality and filtering on emotional responses to non-speech stimuli, finding that combining auditory and visual modalities resulted in more extreme ratings, while low-and high-pass filtering reduced the extremity of emotional responses to sound.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rebecca L. Kordas, Samraat Pawar, Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos, Guy Woodward, Eoin J. O'Gorman
Summary: Organisms' ability to adjust their physiological response to warming varies with body size, and chronic exposure to higher temperatures increases their sensitivity to acute heat. A mathematical model suggests that metabolic plasticity could amplify energy flux through ecosystems in response to warming, highlighting the importance of considering this factor in predicting global warming impacts on ecosystems.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Dehuan Li, Wei Sun, Fan Xia, Yixuan Yang, Yujing Xie
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between habitat quality index (HQI) and bird diversity in New Jiangwan Town, Shanghai, China. The results suggested that connectivity may play an important role in explaining the diversity of certain species at a local scale. The newly developed habitat quality and connectivity index (HQCI) showed significant improvements in associations with the diversity indices.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Laura W. Alexander, Rotem Ben-Shachar, Leah C. Katzelnick, Guillermina Kuan, Angel Balmaseda, Eva Harris, Mike Boots
Summary: Research suggests that frequent boosting of antibodies in dengue-endemic areas can protect the immune response against symptomatic dengue virus infection, explaining the fluctuations in the ratio of asymptomatic to symptomatic infections. These findings highlight the importance of strengthening dengue control efforts.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Charlotte Poeydebat, Bastien Castagneyrol, Inge van Halder, Herve Jactel
Summary: Tree species diversity and drought conditions can significantly influence the resistance of forests to pest attacks. Birch trees play a positive role in defending against attacks by pine stem borers and pine processionary moths, possibly due to their effects on disrupting non-host volatiles and reducing the available host pine resources for pests. Drought conditions modulate the effects of birch trees on the resistance of maritime pine forests to pine stem borer attacks.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jorgen Hegbrant, Amparo Bernat, Domingo Del Castillo, Jose Luis Pizarro, Sonia Caparros, Mariano Gaspar, Carlos Jarava, Giovanni F. M. Strippoli, John T. Daugirdas
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between residual renal clearance and urine output in hemodialysis and hemodiafiltration patients. The results showed that the residual renal phosphate clearance was approximately 23% higher than residual renal urea clearance in these patients. Furthermore, urine volume was a moderately accurate surrogate for estimating residual renal phosphate clearance, but only when urine volume was above 300 mL/day.
JOURNAL OF RENAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
John T. Daugirdas
Summary: Predictions of phosphate removal using a 2-pool kinetic model were compared with measured values, and the results showed similarity between the two. This is important for conventional 4-hour dialysis treatments.
SEMINARS IN DIALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Transplantation
Phil McEwan, Rebecca Boyce, Juan Jose Garcia Sanchez, C. David Sjostrom, Bergur Stefansson, Stephen Nolan, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Peter Rossing, Glenn M. Chertow, John J. McMurray, David C. Wheeler, Hiddo J. L. Heerspink
Summary: The DAPA-CKD trial demonstrated that dapagliflozin has significant benefits in patients with chronic kidney disease and albuminuria. Using a Markov model, it was predicted that dapagliflozin treatment would lead to longer time in lower CKD stages, reduced mortality, and fewer complications such as heart failure and kidney function decline.
NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
(2023)
Article
Transplantation
Erik Nilsson, Peter Stenvinkel, Sai Liu, Margaret R. Stedman, Glenn M. Chertow, Juergen Floege
Summary: Lower free testosterone and higher SHBG in serum are associated with higher risk of death or cardiovascular event in men undergoing chronic hemodialysis.
NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jelle M. Beernink, Frederik Persson, Niels Jongs, Gozewijn D. Laverman, Glenn M. Chertow, John J. V. McMurray, Anna Maria Langkilde, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Peter Rossing, C. David Sjostrom, Robert D. Toto, David C. Wheeler, Hiddo J. L. Heerspink
Summary: This study aimed to determine whether the benefits of dapagliflozin varied by background glucose-lowering therapy (GLT) in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The results demonstrated consistent effects of dapagliflozin on both primary and secondary endpoints across different baseline GLT classes or combinations. Therefore, dapagliflozin has significant clinical implications in reducing kidney and cardiovascular events.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Carolyn D. Seib, Calyani Ganesan, Adam Furst, Alan C. Pao, Glenn M. Chertow, John T. Leppert, Insoo Suh, Maria E. Montez-Rath, Alex H. S. Harris, Amber W. Trickey, Electron Kebebew, Manjula Kurella Tamura
Summary: The effect of parathyroidectomy on long-term kidney function in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and reduced eGFR was investigated. The study found that parathyroidectomy did not have a significant impact on long-term kidney function in older adults with PHPT.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Marika M. Cusick, Rebecca L. Tisdale, Glenn M. Chertow, Douglas K. Owens, Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert
Summary: Adding SGLT2 inhibitors to CKD screening can be cost-effective, with a one-time screening at age 55 having an ICER of $86,300 per QALY gained, reducing the incidence of kidney failure. Screening every 10 years from age 35 to 75 costs less than $100,000 per QALY gained.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Simon John Christoph Soerensen, Maria E. Montez-Rath, Iona Cheng, Scarlett Lin Gomez, Debora L. Oh, Christian Jackson, Jinhui Li, David Rehkopf, Glenn M. Chertow, Marvin E. Langston, Calyani Ganesan, Alan C. Pao, Benjamin I. Chung, John T. Leppert
Summary: This study evaluated the association between groundwater exposures and kidney cancer incidence and identified several groundwater constituents associated with kidney cancer. Public health efforts to reduce the burden of kidney cancer should consider groundwater constituents as environmental exposures that may be associated with the incidence of kidney cancer.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Matthew B. Kaufmann, Jane C. Tan, Glenn M. Chertow, Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert
Summary: Under the current US kidney allocation system, older candidates receive a disproportionately small share of deceased donor kidneys. By developing a microsimulation model, we found that older candidates may derive substantial benefits from transplantation with lower quality kidneys.
MEDICAL DECISION MAKING
(2023)
Article
Transplantation
Mark J. Sarnak, Rajiv Agarwal, Neil Boudville, Pradip C. P. Chowdhury, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Carlos R. Gonzalez, Laura A. Kooienga, Mark J. Koury, Kwabena A. Ntoso, Wenli Luo, Patrick S. Parfrey, Dennis L. Vargo, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Zhiqun Zhang, Glenn M. Chertow
Summary: This study is a post hoc analysis of two global, randomized, sponsor-blind, noninferiority trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of vadadustat compared to darbepoetin alfa in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis. The results demonstrate that vadadustat has comparable cardiovascular safety and hematological efficacy to darbepoetin alfa in this patient population.
NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ogo Egbuna, Brandon Zimmerman, George Manos, Anne Fortier, Madalina C. Chirieac, Leslie A. Dakin, David J. Friedman, Kate Bramham, Kirk Campbell, Bertrand Knebelmann, Laura Barisoni, Ronald J. Falk, Debbie S. Gipson, Michael S. Lipkowitz, Akinlolu Ojo, Mark E. Bunnage, Martin R. Pollak, David Altshuler, Glenn M. Chertow
Summary: “This study found that targeted inhibition of APOL1 channel function with inaxaplin can reduce proteinuria in individuals with APOL1 variants and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. This provides a new option for treating kidney diseases associated with APOL1 variants.”
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Glenn M. Chertow, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Priya Vart, Niels Jongs, John J. V. McMurray, Peter Rossing, Anna Maria Langkilde, C. David Sjostrom, Robert D. Toto, David C. Wheeler, Hiddo J. L. Heerspink
Summary: In the DAPA-CKD trial, dapagliflozin was found to reduce the risk of kidney and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease and albuminuria. The treatment effect of dapagliflozin was consistent regardless of baseline cardiovascular medication use.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Meir Schechter, Glenn M. Chertow, Hiddo J. L. Heerspink
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Anshul Bhatnagar, Vishnupriyadevi Parvathareddy, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Glenn M. Chertow, Kevin F. Erickson
Summary: Whether market competition influences health care provider responses to national reimbursement reforms is unknown. This study aimed to explore the association between market competition and changes in anemia management after the expansion of Medicare's dialysis payment bundle. The results showed that after the reimbursement reform, patients in less competitive areas had slightly more pronounced declines in erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) dose and less pronounced declines in intravenous iron dose compared to areas with more competition. The likelihoods of hemoglobin <9 g/dL, hospitalization, and mortality did not vary with market competition. Serum ferritin concentrations were higher in less competitive areas.
Meeting Abstract
Transplantation
Hiddo Lambers Heerspink, David C. Wheeler, Niels Jong, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Peter Rossing, Ronald Gansevoort, John Mcmurray, Anna Maria Langkilde, Robert Toto, Glenn Chertow
NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
(2023)