BackgroundDengue is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that constitutes a growing global threat with the habitat expansion of its vectors Aedes aegyti and A.albopictus and increasing urbanization.With no effective treatment and limited success of vector control, dengue vaccines constitute the best control measure for the foreseeable future.With fo

Abstract Background In 2015, workers dismantling a fluorescent lamp factory in Korea were affected by mercury poisoning from exposure to mercury vapor.Case presentation Eighteen out of the 21 workers who participated in the demolition project presented with symptoms of poisoning and, of these, 10 had persistent symptoms even at 18 months after the

The mp-quantales LIQUID MAGNESIUM were introduced in a previous paper as an abstraction of the lattices of ideals in mp-rings and the lattices of ideals in conormal lattices.Several properties of m-rings and conormal lattices were generalized to mp-quantales.In this paper we shall prove new characterization theorems for mp-quantales and for semipri

Wound management is an important issue that places enormous pressure on the physical and mental health of patients, especially in cases of infection, where the increased inflammatory response could lead to severe hypertrophic scars (HSs).In this study, a hydrogel dressing was developed by combining the high strength and toughness, swelling resistan

Glioblastomas are aggressive primary brain tumors known for their inter- and intratumor heterogeneity.This disease is uniformly fatal, with intratumor heterogeneity the major reason for treatment failure and recurrence.Just like the nature vs nurture debate, heterogeneity can arise from intrinsic or environmental influences.Whilst it is impossible