Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection is a commonly used method for species identification of meat products.However, this method is not suitable for the analysis of meat products containing multiple mixtures.This study aimed to test whether next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology could be used as a method for the certification of mixed meat

Background Evidence is limited on the non-medical factors influencing hospital length of stay (LOS) among paediatric inpatients with diabetes, notably potential social and policy correlates.This study aimed to characterize the associations of socioeconomic status and health policy environment with diabetes-attributable LOS to help inform accountabi

Urban constructed water quality treatment (WQT) wetlands are often applied to be integrated with ecological engineered landscaping (EEL) measures for wastewater treatments.This study aims to identify the interrelationships between the hydrological factors and pollutant removal contributions of typical WQT wetlands at each WQT stage, i.e., subsurfac

A 45-year-old man with reactivation of previously existing and subsiding cutaneous leishmaniasis on his wrist and lower leg (shin) after renal transplantation was admitted to our dermatology service on March 2008.He presented to us with two huge tumoral and cauliflower-like lesions.Skin smear and histopathology of skin showed leishman bodies and co

A portion of apolipoprotein E (apoE) internalized by hepatocytes is spared degradation and is recycled.To investigate the intracellular routing of recycling apoE, primary hepatocyte cultures from LDL receptor-deficient mice and mice deficient in receptor-associated protein [a model of depressed expression of LDL receptor-related protein (LRP)] were