Microplastics, as a new type of pollutant, have attracted wide attention due to their direct or
potential effects on the environment and ecosystem. The input of inland rivers is an important …

Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV)
and is a major global health problem. HBV is the most common serious viral infection and …

Background Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the major reasons chemotherapy-based
treatments fail. Hypoxia is generally associated with tumor chemoresistance. However, the …

A within-host viral infection model with both virus-to-cell and cell-to-cell transmissions and
three distributed delays is investigated, in which the first distributed delay describes the …

Considerable interest has been attracted in xanthone and its derivatives because of their
large variety of pharmacological activities. In this project, a series of hydroxylxanthones and …

Maintaining humidification and inhibiting nitrogen losses during vermicomposting process
have emerged to be key factors for high-quality productions. Previous data have showed …

A novel piezoelectric biosensor using lead titanate zirconate (PZT) ceramic resonator as
transducer was developed for label-free, cost-effective, and direct detection of cancer …

Black pepper extracts reportedly inhibit food spoilage and food pathogenic bacteria. This
study explored the antimicrobial activity of black pepper chloroform extract (BPCE) against …

Surgical removal remains the predominant treatment strategy for triple-negative breast cancer
(TNBC). However, risks that include high locoregional recurrence and remote metastasis …

A graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheet and its nanocomposites have recently
attracted increasing interest due to their massive potentials in applications ranging from …