Wong Bengtson

Positron binding energies (PBEs) of 41 polyatomic molecules were calculated using the positron-electron correlation-polarization potential (CPP) approach and compared with experimentally measured values. In this approach, the short-range positron-electron potential is modeled using the density-functional expression, whereas the long-range…[Read more]

We also highlighted several experimental tools that further elucidate the role of astrocytes. Instead of focusing on schizophrenia as a neuron-specific disorder, an additional astrocytic perspective provides novel and promising insight into its causal mechanisms and treatment. The involvement of astrocytes in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and…[Read more]

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease, caused byparasite known as Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato complex, leading to substantial economic losses in rural areas with public health problems. This study was carried out to understand the haplotypic profiles of the partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (mt-CO1) gene of cattle lung…[Read more]

We hypothesized that arterial function and N-terminal natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels as a marker of volume overload, relate differently to E/e’ as an index of diastolic function in dialysis compared with non-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease. We further examined whether cardiovascular risk factors attenuated these…[Read more]

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a class of covalently closed single-stranded RNA molecules that are emerging as essential regulators of various biological processes. The circRNA circHipk2 originates from exon 2 of the Hipk2 gene in mice and was reported to be involved in acute promyelocytic leukemia and myocardial injury. However, the functions…[Read more]

The role of triglycerides (TG) in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is controversial. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between TG levels and prognosis in COVID-19 patients and investigate the factors that affect TG. COVID-19 patients were divided into normal or high TG level groups. Their demographic data, medical history,…[Read more]

n schools, testing regimes and study protocols that will allow us to better understand the role of children in this pandemic are critical.Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) is endemic worldwide, causing varicella in children and zoster upon reactivation in adults. This study concerned a metagenomic analysis of a throat swab sample collected in China, on…[Read more]

Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common preventable iatrogenic infection following surgery with an approximated overall occurrence of 2-4%. Despite numerous studies, controversies still exist regarding the efficacy, safety, and cost effectiveness of strategies to decrease SSI. The World Health Organization issued recommendations for the…[Read more]

Fall accidents can cause severe impacts on the physical health and the quality of life of those who suffer limb diseases or injuries, the elderly, and their caregivers. Moreover, the later the accident is discovered, the lower the chance of recovery of the injured one. In order to detect accidents earlier, we propose a data-driven human fall…[Read more]

As clinical trials end, little is understood about how participants exiting from clinical trials approach decisions related to the removal or post-trial use of investigational brain implants, such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices. This empirical bioethics study examines how research participants experience the process of exit from research…[Read more]

Immunotoxins, as a class of antitumor agents, consist of tumor-selective ligands linked to highly toxic protein molecules. This type of modified antibody has been designed for the therapy of cancers and a few viral infections. In this study, we designed immunotoxin consisting of mouse programmed cell death protein-1 (PD1), which genetically fused…[Read more]

In the vein, 1 and 7 metabolites were detected as differential metabolites between AH and CS, and between AH and RS, respectively. By comparing AH and RS, we found that metabolic pathways of phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan biosynthesis and phenylalanine metabolism were enriched by integrative artery and vein analysis. Furthermore, AH and…[Read more]

The ability of light beams to rotate nano-objects has important applications in optical micromachines and biotechnology. However, due to the diffraction limit, it is challenging to rotate nanoparticles at subwavelength scale. Here, we propose a method to obtain controlled fast orbital rotation (i.e., circumgyration) at deep subwavelength scale,…[Read more]

Before activation, the CD11bbright population consisted of 5.4% (CI95% = 3.8, 13.4) of total eosinophils. After activation, this population of CD11bbright cells comprised nearly half the population (42.21%, CI95% = 35.9, 54.1). Eosinophils in COVID-19 had a similar percentage of CD11bbright cells before activation (7.6%, CI95% = 4.5, 13.6), but…[Read more]

The experiments demonstrate the state-of-the-art results obtaining a relative gain of up to 114% on Pascal-VOC 2012 and 8.5% on the more challenging ADE20K compared to previous state-of-the-art methods.Neural architecture search (NAS) has attracted much attention in recent years. It automates the neural network construction for different tasks,…[Read more]

Implications for the safe implementation of socially valid treatments for problem behavior are discussed.This study evaluated the effectiveness of the AIM curriculum when implemented in a public-school setting by schoolteachers and direct care staff. Three hundred eighteen students took part in this quasiexperimental design where all received the…[Read more]

This study used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (GBD 2019) to determine the differences in the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer (PCa) between China and the USA from 1990 to 2019.

The age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) and age-standardized death rates (ASDRs) in China and the USA from 1990 to 2019 were…[Read more]

Phenolic compounds are effective means of promoting the release of fishy odor compounds, thereby significantly decreasing the fishy odor of fish products. In this study, the mechanisms underlying the promotion of fishy odor release by three phenolic compounds, rosmarinic acid (RA), carnosic acid (CA), and carnosol (CS), through interactions with…[Read more]

, those who experienced more frequent racial discrimination in the present study) may experience a systematic disadvantage in cancer communication. A more careful consideration of cultural, racial, and ethnic differences in metaphor use may be a crucial step towards reducing cancer disparities.Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely perceived as…[Read more]

87%) and specificity (76.43%). Overall, the T5P is a simple, rapid and sensible test of the hippocampal memory that is recommended in clinical practice to screen persons with subjective/probable amnesic difficulties and to discriminate between patients with AD or MCI and CTRL.The doubly labeled water method is a gold-standard method for the…[Read more]