Point-of-care (POC) or near patient testing for infectious diseases is a rapidly expanding space that is part of an ongoing effort to bring care closer to the patient. Traditional POC tests were known for their limited utility, but advances in technology have seen significant improvements in performance of these assays. The increasing promise of…[Read more]

Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus- 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has posed a great public health threat to the global community as a pandemic. The origin of the virus has been linked to animals, through a yet-to-be-identified intermediate host. The disease is transmitted to humans…[Read more]

Silencing of Nrp-1 or anti-Nrp-1 treatment abrogated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation with or without an rSema3A-mediated effect. Sepsis simulation increased the DNA-binding activity of NF-κB, as well as the ratios of phosphorylated IKKβ (p-IKKβ) to IKKβ and p-P65 to P65 in vitro and vivo Silencing of IKKβ expression or PDTC treatment supp…[Read more]

Effectiveness of developing independent daytime/nighttime models for NO2 to improve performance was limited. Surfaces based on the daytime/nighttime models revealed variations in concentrations and spatial distribution. In conclusion, the independent development of daytime/nighttime LUR models for PM2.5/PM10 has the potential to replace full-day…[Read more]

Effectiveness of developing independent daytime/nighttime models for NO2 to improve performance was limited. Surfaces based on the daytime/nighttime models revealed variations in concentrations and spatial distribution. In conclusion, the independent development of daytime/nighttime LUR models for PM2.5/PM10 has the potential to replace full-day…[Read more]

This article illustrates the growth and development of the profession of child life within the last 25 years through a literature review of child life services in ambulatory settings. We reviewed all literature chronicling child life services in ambulatory settings published between January 1993 and December 2018 in three major databases,…[Read more]

Background The off-label use of drugs to treat children is a global practice attributed to the traditional exclusion of children from clinical trials mainly due to practical and ethical reasons. Off-label drug use carries both benefits and risks, but data regarding this use pattern are scanty in sub-Saharan Africa. Objective To determine the…[Read more]

Despite gender being central to any given social issue and the profession of social work’s commitment to social justice, gender and gender inequality remain tangential to mainstream social work goals as partially indicated by the Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative led by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. Feminist…[Read more]

Ka/Ks analysis indicated the highest synonymous substitution rate in the nad6 gene. Evolutionary analysis revealed the conserved nature of all the protein-coding genes across Leiothrichidae family mitogenomes. Our limited phylogeny results placed T. affinis in a separate group, a sister group of Garrulax. Overall, our results provide a useful…[Read more]