Noah C. Peeri, Nistha Shrestha, Md. Siddikur Rahman, Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki et al.
OBJECTIVES: To provide an overview of the three major deadly coronaviruses and identify areas for improvement of future preparedness plans, as well as provide a critical assessment of the risk factors and actionable items for stopping their spread, utilizing lessons learned from the first two deadly...
Global Burden of Disease Long COVID Collaborators, Sarah Wulf Hanson, Cristiana Abbafati, Joachim G.J.V. Aerts et al.
Importance: Some individuals experience persistent symptoms after initial symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection (often referred to as Long COVID). Objective: To estimate the proportion of males and females with COVID-19, younger or older than 20 years of age, who had Long COVID symptoms in 2020 and 2021 ...
Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu, Matthieu Lengaigne, Tim Li et al.
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which originates in the Pacific, is the strongest and most well-known mode of tropical climate variability. Its reach is global, and it can force climate variations of the tropical Atlantic and Indian Oceans by perturbing the global atmospheric circulation. L...
Weiyin Gao, Chenxin Ran, Jun Xi, Bo Jiao et al.
Abstract All‐inorganic double‐metal perovskite materials have recently gained much attention due to their three dimensionality (3D) and non‐toxic nature to replace lead‐based perovskite materials. Among all those double perovskite materials, theoretical works have demonstrated that Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 sho...
Charlotte Lomax, Wenju Liu, Liyou Wu, Kai Xue et al.
• Inorganic arsenic (iAs) is a ubiquitous human carcinogen, and rice (Oryza sativa) is the main contributor to iAs in the diet. Methylated pentavalent As species are less toxic and are routinely found in plants; however, it is currently unknown whether plants are able to methylate As. • Rice, tomato...
Md. Arshad Ali, Temoor Ahmed, Wenge Wu, Afsana Hossain et al.
A large number of metallic nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by using different plant extracts and microbes including bacteria, fungi viruses and microalgae. Some of these metallic nanoparticles showed strong antimicrobial activities against phytopathogens. Here, we summarized these g...
Guozhi Liu, Chao Chang, Zhi Qiao, Kaijie Wu et al.
Abstract The myelin sheath enables dramatic speed enhancement for signal propagation in nerves. In this work, myelinated nerve structure is experimentally and theoretically studied using synchrotron‐radiation‐based Fourier‐transform infrared microspectroscopy. It is found that, with a certain mid‐in...
Cindy Q. Tang, Tetsuya Matsui, Haruka Ohashi, Yi-Fei Dong et al.
Today East Asia harbors many "relict" plant species whose ranges were much larger during the Paleogene-Neogene and earlier. The ecological and climatic conditions suitable for these relict species have not been identified. Here, we map the abundance and distribution patterns of relict species, showi...
Warish Ahmed, Stuart L. Simpson, Paul M. Bertsch, Kyle Bibby et al.
Wastewater surveillance for pathogens using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is an effective and resource-efficient tool for gathering community-level public health information, including the incidence of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Surveillance of Severe Acute Respira...
Hakan Erdem, Daniel R. Lucey
•Healthcare workers (HCW) are part of the frontline in the struggle against the pandemic.•Many HCWs have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and have ldied worldwide during the pandemic.•We performed an international survey and requested the total numbers of HCW deaths and infections.•Data were obtained f...
Md. Abdul Mazid, Carl Ward, Zhiwei Luo, Chuanyu Liu et al.
After fertilization, the quiescent zygote experiences a burst of genome activation that initiates a short-lived totipotent state. Understanding the process of totipotency in human cells would have broad applications. However, in contrast to in mice 1,2 , demonstration of the time of zygotic genome a...
Davy Tsz Kit Ng, Wenjie Wu, Jac Ka Lok Leung, Thomas K. F. Chiu et al.
Artificial intelligence (AI) literacy is at the top of the agenda for education today in developing learners' AI knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in the 21st century. However, there are few validated research instruments for educators to examine how secondary students develop and perceive the...
Ezzeldin Ibrahim, Muchen Zhang, Yang Zhang, Afsana Hossain et al.
Nanoparticles are expected to play a vital role in the management of future plant diseases, and they are expected to provide an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional synthetic fungicides. In the present study, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were green synthesized through the mediation by...
Ziqi Tan, Kun Ni, Guanxiong Chen, Wencong Zeng et al.
Nitrogen-doped porous carbon is obtained by KOH activation of C60 in an ammonia atmosphere. As an anode for Li-ion batteries, it shows a reversible capacity of up to ≈1900 mA h g−1 at 100 mA g−1. Simulations suggest that the superior Li-ion storage may be related to the curvature of the graphenes an...
Fang‐Jie Zhao, Eleanor Harris, Yan Jia, Jincai Ma et al.
Methylation of arsenic in soil influences its environmental behavior and accumulation by plants, but little is known about the factors affecting As methylation. As speciation was determined in the pore waters of six soils from diverse geographical locations over 54 days of incubation under flooded c...
Zhi Wang, Daozhan Yu, Mengqiao Wang, Qilong Wang et al.
Elabela (ELA) or Toddler is a recently discovered hormone which is required for normal development of heart and vasculature through activation of apelin receptor (APJ), a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), in zebrafish. The present study explores whether the ELA-APJ signaling pathway is functional i...
Yifei Shi, Wen Wu, Hua Dong, Guangru Li et al.
Abstract All present designs of perovskite light‐emitting diodes (PeLEDs) stem from polymer light‐emitting diodes (PLEDs) or perovskite solar cells. The optimal structure of PeLEDs can be predicted to differ from PLEDs due to the different fluorescence dynamics and crystallization between perovskite...
Hao Lu, Wenlong Liu, Guangliu Ran, Zezhou Liang et al.
In this work, inspired by the principles of a pressure cooker, we utilized a high-pressure method to address the processing challenges associated with high molecular weight polymers. Through this approach, we successfully dissolved high molecular weight D18 in chloroform at 100 °C within a pressure-...
Jae Jeong Yang, Danxia Yu, Wanqing Wen, Eiko Saito et al.
Importance: Asia is home to the largest diabetic populations in the world. However, limited studies have quantified the association of diabetes with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Asian populations. Objectives: To evaluate the association of diabetes with all-cause and cause-specific mort...
Shi Wu Wen, Xi-Kuan Chen, Marc Rodger, Ruth Rennicks White et al.
Objective The objective of the study was to evaluate the association between folic acid supplementation in early second trimester and the risk of developing preeclampsia. Study design We carried out a prospective cohort study between October 2002-December 2005. We recruited women who had their prena...