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Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3b or 4 experienced slower decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate 20 months after enrollment in a value-based kidney care program. Objectives ...

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Abstract: Due to the inherent $\pi $ -phase constraint in phase unwrapping algorithms, the dynamic strain range of phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry ($\Phi $ -OTDR) is significantly ...

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Abstract: The harmonics and interharmonics in the power system is a critical issue of power quality, which not only undermine the economic efficiency of system operation but also pose a potential ...

Introduction: The Yuanjiang dry–hot valley area of China serves as a vital ecological functional zone and a typical ecologically fragile area, where drought constitutes a significant factor affecting ...

1 School of Second Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China 2 College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, ...