Dialysis - and this is a method to replace or augment the function of your kidneys, to remove waste products really from the blood, which is something the kidney does continuously.

透析技术,这种技术用来替代,或者增强肾脏功能,以去除血液中的各种废物,就像肾脏持续进行的那样

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And again, a related problem that people run into is side-effects. You call a function and it returns a value, but maybe it, on purpose or on accident, modifies one of the actual parameters.

另外，一个人们常碰到的相关问题,就是副作用，你调用一个函数它返回一个值,但是故意或者无意的,它可能会修改一个实参的值。

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In the other studies, there was no evidence of adverse effects on kidney and liver function, no reports of light-headedness or loss of consciousness, no evidence of fluid or electrolyte loss that might contribute to heat stroke.

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