Currently, the Direct-Current (DC) microgrid has been gaining popularity because most electronics devices require a DC power input.A DC microgrid can significantly reduce the AC to DC energy conversion loss.However, a power grid may experience a line fault situation that may damage important household devices and cause a blackout in the power syste
Predictors of maternal HIV acquisition during pregnancy and lactation in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.
ObjectivesTo eliminate vertical transmission of HIV, global institutions recommend using a risk-guided approach for HIV prevention services in antenatal and postnatal settings.Identifying predictors of maternal HIV acquisition can inform the development of risk-guided approaches, but individual studies of predictors can have limited power and gener
Dynamic 3D Simulation of Flood Risk Based on the Integration of Spatio-Temporal GIS and Hydrodynamic Models
Dynamic visual simulation of flood risk is crucial for scientific and intelligent emergency management of flood disasters, in which data quality, availability, visualization, and interoperability are important.Here, a seamless integration of a spatio-temporal Geographic Information System (GIS) with one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) hyd
Contemporary considerations in solid organ transplantation utilizing DCD donors
Introduction: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) has been leading the way to help bridge the growing gap between availability of donors and recipients on waitlist.With advances in technology and our understanding of DCD donation the safety profile is growing.It is becoming an increasing viable option even in marginal settings.Discussion: The ethos
5-Aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy for oral cancers and precancers
Previous studies have used both systemic and topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) to treat oral precancers including oral leukoplakia (OL), oral erythroleukoplakia (OEL), and oral verrucous hyperplasia (OVH) as well as oral cancers including oral verrucous carcinoma (OVC) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).Sy