Аннотация В последние годы по всему миру отмечается тенденция к росту
заболеваемости мочекаменной болезнью, а также к увеличению числа рецидивов …

Collaboration is a twenty-first century trend in academia, especially as research questions
are larger and more intricate, requiring the efforts of more people and investigators from a …

Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is an effective and commonly applied clinical treatment for
human kidney stones. Yet the success of SWL is counterbalanced by the risk of retained …

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis, driven by innate immune responses against
monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in joints and periarticular structures. Gout is more …

Nephrolithiasis will affect one-in-eleven people, and more than half of those individuals will
have stone recurrence within a decade of their first episode. Despite decades of biomedical …

Abstract Background Calcium oxalate (CaOx) stones are considered to be highly resistant to
chemolysis. While significant organic matter has been identified within these stones, which …

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a common worldwide clinical treatment for
human kidney stones. Yet its 60% success rate is counterbalanced by recurrence rates of …

In 1991, Norman Zinner and co-authors published a paper entitled “Forecast of change in
urology.” 1 In this article they reviewed the results of a survey conducted by the Society of …

This paper represents the first result of an active collaboration between the University of
Sannio and the San Pio Hospital (Benevento, Italy), started in the 2018, that aims to a …

The assembly of long-chain polymers into an ordered state is a process that has puzzled
polymer scientists for several decades. A process that is largely controlled by the strength of …