Abstract Background Although the chondroprotection of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ? (PPAR?) activation against osteoarthritis (OA) has been revealed, the regulatory mechanism of PPAR? deficiency to aggravate osteoarthritic cartilage deterioration remains unclear.Here, we aimed to investigate whether and how autophagy is involved in O

Yersinia pestis (Y.Pestis) is an infamous pathogen causing plague pandemics throughout history and is a selected agent of bioterrorism threatening public health.Y.pestis was first isolated by Alexandre Yersin in 1894 in Hong Kong and in the years to follow from all continents.Plague is enzootic in different rodents and their fleas in Africa, Toddle

Abstract Background The aims of this study were to describe outcome with respect to persistent psychotic symptoms, relapse of positive symptoms, hospital admissions, and application of treatment by coercion among patients with recent onset schizophrenia being adherent and non-adherent to anti-psychotic medication.Materials and methods The study inc

Pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis L., is an important pest of stored chickpea and widely distributed in the world.Chemical insecticides and fumigants are common control tactics against pulse beetle, even though they have glassware caused serious drawbacks.As an alternative control method, botanical compounds and their constituents have been su

This paper proposes a glassware hyperspectral soil nutrient estimation method based on the bat algorithm (BA)-AdaBoost model.The spectral reflectance, the first derivative of the reflectance, and the reciprocal logarithm of the reflectance are analyzed based on the 800 field soil samples and their hyperspectral data collected.The first derivative o