Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This risk is magnified by certain antiretrovirals, particularly the protease inhibitor ritonavir, but the pathophysiology of this connection is unknown. We postulated that a major mechanism for antiretroviral-associated cardiac disease is pathologic fibrosis linked to platelet activation with ...

Metal-Oxide Cathodes In article number 2203188, Hong Li, Jieshan Qiu, Weidong Zhou and co-workers develop a pulse high temperature sintering strategy for the preparation of single crystal nickel NCM(LiNixCoyMn1−x−yO2), without using fluxing agent or changing current production line. With help NCM, tap density is increased by third internal micro-cracks are effectively suppressed, improving cycl...

In article number 2009131, Gang Liu and co-workers conduct high-pressure isotope research to discover a significantly suppressed lattice disorder realized by H/D substitution in hybrid halide perovskites, which reveals large emission enhancement strong structural robustness isotope-functionalized perovskite materials. The CD3ND3PbI3-based device also exhibits slower degradation of photovoltaic ...

On page 737, Fahlén et al. show that colitis-inducing effector T cells that cannot respond to the suppressive cytokine TGFrefuse to be controlled by regulatory T (T reg) cells. Naturally occurring T reg cells suppress the activity of effector CD4 T cells and are essential for the prevention of autoimmune disease and chronic inflammation. TGFappears to be required for T reg cell activity, but de...

The preferential oxidation of CO (CO-PrOx) to CO2 is an effective catalytic process for purifying the H2 utilized in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells power generation. Our current work reports on synthesis, characterization and CO-PrOx performance evaluation unsubstituted magnesium-substituted iron- cobalt-based oxide catalysts (i.e., Fe3O4, Co3O4, MgFe2O4 MgCo2O4). More specifically, abilit...

One of the most elusive challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia is the reliable identification of silent aspiration (aspiration in the absence of cough). The citric acid inhalation cough challenge offers potential for aiding in identification of silent aspiration; however clinical application of this technique is currently problematic due to an absence of normative data. Therefor...

We propose a set of measurements at a charm factory to determine the D– D 0 mixing parameters ∆M and ∆Γ and the strong phase difference δ between doubly-Cabibbo-suppressed (DCS) and Cabibbo-favored (CF) neutral D decays into Kπ. The method can also be used to measure strong phase differences between other corresponding DCS and CF amplitudes. These phase differences are important for studies of ...

(Abstract) Counting the number of paths in a graph, for example the number of nonintersecting (or self-avoiding) rook paths joining opposite corners of an n × n grid, is not an easy problem since no mathematical formula is found and the number becomes too large to enumerate one by one except for small graphs. We have implemented software based on the ZDD technique in Knuth's " The Art of Comput...