Silver is a known disinfectant from ancient times, and it has been widely used for various purposes: for food and water disinfection, Baby Powder curing of wounds and as a universal antibiotic for a wide spectrum of diseases - until the Second World War and the discovery of penicillin.Until recently, it was assumed that silver, being a heavy metal,
Abstract Background Associations between animal species require that at least one of the species recognizes its partner.Parabioses are associations of two ant species which co-inhabit the same nest.Ants usually possess an elaborate nestmate recognition system, which is based on cuticular hydrocarbons and allows them to distinguish nestmates from no
Abstract Objective Physiological blood pressure changes in pregnancy are insufficiently defined.This paper describes the blood pressure changes across healthy pregnancies in a Southern Chinese population to present gestational - Swivel Chair (set of 2) age - specific blood pressure ranges with smoothed centiles (3rd, 10th, 50th, 90th, and 97th).Met
Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) Bags is a serious complication of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, which leads to the aggravation of myocardial fibrosis, disorders involving systolic and diastolic functions, and increased mortality of patients with diabetes through mechanisms such as glycolipid toxicity, inflammatory response, and oxidative stress.Ferropt