Racism shapes the distribution of the social determinants of health (SDoH) along racial lines.Racism determines the environments in which people live, the quality of housing, and access to healthcare.Extensive research shows racism in its various forms negatively impacts health status, yet few studies and interventions seriously interrogate the rol
Abstract Ticks are vectors of a wide variety of pathogens that are implicated in mild to severe Mystery Shirt disease in humans and other animals.Nonetheless, the full range of tick-borne pathogens is unknown.Viruses, in particular, have been neglected in discovery efforts targeting tick-borne agents.High throughput sequencing was used to character
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, a new subgroup of inflammatory myopathies, usually begins with subacute onset of symmetrical proximal muscle weakness.A 35-year-old male presented with severe asymmetric iliopsoas atrophy and low back pain with a previous history of left lower extremity weakness.Although his first left lower extremity weakness
A composite film was developed using pea protein (PP) as the film-forming substrate, chitosan (CS) as the film-modifying material, chlorogenic acid (CA) as the functional component, tyrosinase (Tyr) as the crosslinking agent, and glycerol as the plasticizer.The physical parameters and microstructure of the PP-CA-CS film were determined.The aim was
Lin Luo,1– 3 Wen Wen,4 Chun-yi Wang,4 Mengyun Zhou,5 Jie Ni,6 Jingjie Jiang,4 Juan Chen,4 Ming-wei Wang,4 Zhanhui Feng,6 Yong-Ran Cheng7 1Hangzhou Ruolin Hospital Management Co.Ltd, Hangzhou, 310007, People’s Republic of China; 2Hangzhou Kaihong Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310059, People’s Republic of China; 3Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Natu