The New Look Nephron

Renal Fanconi syndrome: taking a proximal look at the nephron.

Renal Fanconi syndrome (RFS) refers to the generalized dysfunction of the proximal tubule (PT) (Kleta R. Fanconi or not Fanconi? Lowe syndrome revisited. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 3: 1244-1245). In its isolated form, RFS only affects the PT, but not the other nephron segments. The study of isolated RFS can thus provide specific insights into the function of the PT. In a recent paper, Klootwij...

The New Look

Mental Health is always welcomed here, whether with the old or "new look". A great many of its discussions and news and publications' reports are of interest and value to us. Except for the fact that the new format is surely more aggressive than the old, I have only two small, non-violent comments: I thought I knew the NAMH address by heart, but checked to be sure and found it finally on page 2...

A New Look into the Construct Validity of the IELTS Speaking Module

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of linguistic and intelligence factors in the Iranian IELTS candidates’ speaking performance. Linguistic factors include depth and breadth of vocabulary knowledge as well as grammar knowledge. Narrative and verbal intelligences represent the non-linguistic factors. The participants included 329 learners who took 5 validated tests and also partic...

Lexivisual Interfaces - The New Look

Human-computer interaction is primarily based on communication with visuals, i.e text and pictures. On the display screen, both infoI1nation from the system to the user and feedback in respond to the users actions, are presented. Thus, good visuals are important for effective conummication. This fact has also been recognized in design of modern software, for instance operating systems, programm...

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