Excessive inflammation and tumour-necrosis factor (TNF) synthesis cause morbidity and
mortality in diverse human diseases including endotoxaemia, sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis and …

In distributed optimization of multi-agent systems, agents cooperate to minimize a global
function which is a sum of local objective functions. Motivated by applications including power …

The “metabolic syndrome” (MetS) is a clustering of components that reflect overnutrition,
sedentary lifestyles, and resultant excess adiposity. The MetS includes the clustering of …

We report an asymptomatic child who was positive for a coronavirus by reverse transcription
PCR in a stool specimen 17 days after the last virus exposure. The child was virus positive …

Physiological anti-inflammatory mechanisms can potentially be exploited for the treatment
of inflammatory disorders. Here we report that the neurotransmitter acetylcholine inhibits …

Liver disease is a major cause of illness and death worldwide. In China alone, liver diseases,
primarily viral hepatitis (predominantly hepatitis B virus [HBV]), nonalcoholic fatty liver …

A green fluorescent protein (GFP)–Raf-1 fusion protein was used to show that Bcl-2 can
target this kinase to mitochondria. Active Raf-1 fused with targeting sequences from an outer …

Directional cell locomotion is critical in many physiological processes, including morphogenesis,
the immune response, and wound healing. It is well known that in these processes cell …

Background Periconceptional use of multivitamins containing folic acid can reduce a
woman's risk of having a baby with a neural-tube defect. Methods As part of a public health …

Objective: We explored whether medical health workers had more psychosocial problems
than nonmedical health workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: An online survey …