Over the past two decades, laboratory tests have suggested that fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) bars can replace steel bars as internal reinforcement in concrete structures, especially those are subjected to aggressive environments.FRP bars has potential for replacing steel bars as these material are corrosion-resistant and have high tensile strengt
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) represents an important diabetes (DM) complication associated with significant impacts on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life.Recent evidence from cardiovascular and kidney outcome trials has dramatically impacted the standard of care for patients with DKD.While agents from the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) rec
Abstract Anomalous perceptual experiences are relatively common in the general population.Evidence indicates that the key to distinguishing individuals with persistent psychotic experiences (PEs) with a need for care from those without is how they appraise their anomalous experiences.Here, we aimed to characterise the neural circuits underlying emt
Background: In recent years, Massachusetts (MA) and Rhode Island (RI) joined a growing list of states allowing residents to easily change the gender marker and name on government-identification (ID) documents.This was an important change for transgender and gender diverse (trans) residents, who face frequent mistreatment and thus for whom legal gen