A Novel Biomineralized Collagen Liquid Crystal Hydrogel Possessing Bone-like Nanostructures by Complete In Vitro Fabrication

The microstructure of bone consists of nano-hydroxyapatite (nano-HA) crystals aligned within the interspaces of collagen fibrils.To emulate this unique microstructure of bone, this work applied two biomimetic techniques to obtain bone-like microstructures in vitro, that is, combining the construction Flannels of collagen liquid crystal hydrogel (CL

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The cause of urinary symptoms among Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HLTV-I) infected patients: a cross sectional study

Abstract Background HTLV-I infected patients often complain of urinary symptomatology.Epidemiological studies have suggested that these individuals have a higher prevalence and incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) than seronegative controls.However, the diagnosis of UTI in these studies relied only on patient information and did not require c

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Tourism and climate conditions in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2000-2010

The general behavior of the tourism sector in Puerto Rico, with its marked seasonality, hints at a close relationship between tourism activities and climate conditions.Even if weather condition is only one of many variables considered by travelling tourists, climate conditions weigh heavily in the majority of the decisions.The effect of climate var

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