The performance of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) and the Cockcroft-Gault
(CG) equations as compared with measured 125 I-iothalamate GFR (iGFR) was analyzed …

Whilst largely considered an inert material, biochar has been documented to contain a small
yet significant fraction of microbially available labile organic carbon (C). Biochar addition to …

To assess the utility and precision of GFR measurements in multicenter trials, the test
performance and variability of GFR were analyzed in 2,250 patients enrolled in 44 clinical centers …

Background: Estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in severely ill inpatients is clinically
important for therapeutic interventions and prognosis, but notoriously difficult to do accurately. …

The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study is a multicenter, randomized,
controlled trial to determine acceptance, safety, and efficacy of low protein and phosphorus diets …

Factors that promote stone formation include low daily urine volumes; saturation of the urine
with calcium, oxalate, calcium phosphate, uric acid, or cystine; acidic urine; and bacterial …

This paper responds to concerns about the suitability and appropriateness of theories of
decision-making behavior in organizations by addressing conceptual and methodological …

To the Editor: Culleton and colleagues’ carefully performed and valuable observational study
from the Framingham Heart Study reports that the positive association between a single …

This article clarifies two sources of ambiguity surrounding the relation between extraversion
and positive affect. First, positive affect is defined differently across major models of the …

Cellulolytic proteins form a complex of enzymes that work together to depolymerize cellulose
to the soluble products cellobiose and glucose. Fundamental studies on their molecular …