SCLEROSTIN IS INVOLVED IN OSTEOGENIC TRANSDIFFERENTIATION OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE-ASSOCIATED VASCULAR CALCIFICATION WITH NON-CANONICAL WNT SIGNALING

Vascular calcification is prominent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is a strong predictor of cardiovascular mortality in the CKD population.However, the mechanism underlying CKD-associated vascular calcification remains unclear.To identify potential therapeutic targets, a 5/6 nephrectomy rat model was established by feeding of a h

We report giant bulk rectification in the bulk trigonal superconductor PbTaSe_{2}.Nonreciprocal magnetotransport originating from a vortex ratchet motion was successfully observed, showing a significant enhancement during the superconducting transition, which is considered a model behavior for three-dimensional noncentrosymmetric superconductors wi

The location and sizing of air valves to ensure effective de-aeration of pipelines and to provide vacuum break capability was researched.Based on these findings, software was developed to evaluate gravity and pumping systems.A sound KNIT TOPSLONG SLVOTHER understanding of the factors affecting the hydraulic transportation of air in a pipeline is pa

This study suggests a model to include a solar power system or photovoltaic system (PV) in the control of frequency by taking into account a percentage of the PV power production for back-up reserve.This is done by investigating two scenarios: PV contribution in (1) initial primary frequency control and (2) entire primary frequency control.As expla

A burst-mode clock-and-data-recovery (CDR) system for a multi-channel vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)-based non-return-to-zero (NRZ) optical link’s quarter-rate receivers is presented, that utilizes proxy timing recovery for fast turn-on time.The proxy timing recovery scheme takes advantage of correlated data jitter over paral