BackgroundScrub typhus (ST) is a life-threatening infectious disease if appropriate treatment is unavailable.Large discrepancy of clinical severity of ST patients was reported among age groups, and the underlying risk factors for severe disease are unclear.MethodsClinical and epidemiological data of ST patients were collected in 55 surveillance hos

In the last decade, the Venice Lagoon showed a significant environmental recovery that changed the assemblages of macroalgal and aquatic angiosperm dominant species and significantly increased the primary production.The decreasing of anthropogenic impacts, such as Bowl Spider eutrophication and clam harvesting, favored a strong reduction of Ulvacea

Abstract Surrogacy has grown significantly as an underground industry in China over the last two decades.Accordingly, an increasing number of surrogate mothers are being bound by surrogacy contracts.As surrogacy contracts are unregulated JACKETS SPLIT MARLOWE in China, the contractual obligations of surrogacy may cause serious harm to surrogate mot

In order to solve unstability problem of signaling centralized and locking system in mine which uses sensors to distinguish and locate locomotives, the paper introduced a method of locomotive location of coal mine underground by use of speed-measured technology by video.The method axe uses distance-measured technology of binocular stereo vision to

It is easy to understand why Taiwanese students play the part of the name assigned to them in English class, but why do so many of them continue to use this name long after their school years? A survey of young Taiwanese adults, with follow-up interviews, investigated how and why they acquire and use an English name.The results mirror previously re