On May 11, 2011, 13 mem- bers of the Council of Europe signed a legally binding international in-strument, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, as ...On May 11, 2011, 13 mem- bers of the Council of Europe signed a legally binding international in-strument, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, as part of a program to protect and aid women. The Convention aims to increase aware- ness and understanding among the general public of the different mani- festations of all forms of violence and their consequences on children,展开更多
The Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique approved a law on the prevention of early marriages on July 15. The head of the Commission of Human Rights, Constitutional Affairs and Legality Edson Macuacua told the parlia...The Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique approved a law on the prevention of early marriages on July 15. The head of the Commission of Human Rights, Constitutional Affairs and Legality Edson Macuacua told the parliamentary members that with the law, there will be fewer girls dropping out of school and fewer girls forced to marry at an early age.展开更多
Neuroinflammation and a-synuclein (a-syn) aggregation are both neuropathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Microglia are crucial participants in eliciting neuroinflammatory responses themselves, as well ...Neuroinflammation and a-synuclein (a-syn) aggregation are both neuropathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Microglia are crucial participants in eliciting neuroinflammatory responses themselves, as well as modulating neurotoxic activity in astrocytes, therefore forming a pathway to neurodegeneration induced by both central and peripheral insults [1, 2].展开更多
The survival and development of human society highly depends on the water availability. Driven by the growth of population and economy, global water demand has increased more than eightfold since the 1900s. Meanwhile,...The survival and development of human society highly depends on the water availability. Driven by the growth of population and economy, global water demand has increased more than eightfold since the 1900s. Meanwhile, the commonly deteriorated freshwater quality cause a large proportion of available water resources unsuitable for human uses. This inter-coupled challenge of insufficient water quantity and inadequate water quality has rendered water scarcity a widespread problem in many parts of the world.展开更多
This is a story about a Chinese herbalist Ing“Doc”Hay who combated the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic in the America West.As an immigrant,he came to the States as a laborer,but he had knowledge of Chinese herbal medi...This is a story about a Chinese herbalist Ing“Doc”Hay who combated the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic in the America West.As an immigrant,he came to the States as a laborer,but he had knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine due to his family heritage.This made it possible for him to start practicing in the Chinese community in John Day,Oregon,until 1948 when he retired.During the time of the pandemic running wild in the 1910s,he prescribed formulas aimed at flu and boiled herbal decoction,personally delivering it to a working site for those Chinese laborers as well as non‑Chinese patients.None of the laborer patients treated by him died during this deadly pandemic.Due to his success and fame,his practice was booming even after the Chinese community disappeared in John Day in later years.Doc Hay is always remembered in the history of earlier development in eastern Oregon,so that the site of his practicing,Kam Wah Chung and Co.Building,is now a national historic landmark.And more importantly,he has also been remembered by Chinese herbal medicine practitioners in the United States.展开更多
Upper-lower computer mode is the main architecture design of the amphibious combat simulation system(ACSS)at present.Through continuous improvement of real-time performance,software and hardware infrastructure,the exp...Upper-lower computer mode is the main architecture design of the amphibious combat simulation system(ACSS)at present.Through continuous improvement of real-time performance,software and hardware infrastructure,the exponential growth of operational network data scale is realized,but the availability performance of ACSS declines.The reliability of the working host as the key node has become the bottleneck of the overall availability of network nodes in the ACSS.To optimize the network node architecture of ACSS,this paper presents an effective optimization solution by designing the dual redundancy warm-standby module of the mission computer and I/O port,the algorithm of selecting output path of the mission computer in network nodes,the decision-making algorithm upon the on-duty host and output,and the video output decision-making algorithm upon the upper host.Lastly,the complete process of operational data from the input to output and the opposite is implemented well to guarantee the overall availability of network nodes in the ACSS.It has great advantages of wide applicability,strong reliability and high real-time switching speed.展开更多
This is a story about a Chinese herbalist Ing"Doc"Hay who combated the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the America West.As an immigrant,he came to the States as a laborer,but he had knowledge of Chinese herb...This is a story about a Chinese herbalist Ing"Doc"Hay who combated the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the America West.As an immigrant,he came to the States as a laborer,but he had knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine due to his family heritage.This made it possible for him to start practicing in the Chinese community in John Day,Oregon,until 1948 when he retired.During the time of the pandemic miming wild in the 1910s,he prescribed formulas aimed at flu and boiled herbal decoction,personally delivering it to a working site for those Chinese laborers as well as non-Chinese patients.None of the laborer patients treated by him died during this deadly pandemic.Due to his success and fame,his practice was booming even after the Chinese community disappeared in John Day in later years.Doc Hay is always remembered in the history of earlier development in eastern Oregon,so that the site of his practicing,Kam Wah Chung and Co.Building,is now a national historic landmark.And more importantly,he has also been remembered by Chinese herbal medicine practitioners in the United States.展开更多
Tuft cells are a type of intestinal epithelial cells that play a critical role in the immune system.These cells are found in epithelial barriers and are important for protecting the body against infection by parasites...Tuft cells are a type of intestinal epithelial cells that play a critical role in the immune system.These cells are found in epithelial barriers and are important for protecting the body against infection by parasites.However,until now it was not clear whether Tuft cellsalso play a role in combating bacterial infections.展开更多
Lying in her makeshift hospital bed,Joyce Tembo thanked medical personnel for evacuating her to the designated national cholera treatment centre,6 km north of Zambia’s capital Lusaka.She was recently diagnosed with d...Lying in her makeshift hospital bed,Joyce Tembo thanked medical personnel for evacuating her to the designated national cholera treatment centre,6 km north of Zambia’s capital Lusaka.She was recently diagnosed with diarrhoeal disease.Tembo,43,commended the medical sta!stationed at the treatment centre for their great service to thousands of patients,especially women and children seeking urgent treatment.“I am very grateful to the Chinese doctors who attended to me as soon as the ambulance rushed me to the clinic where I received urgent treatment;they have really saved my life,”Tembo told ChinAfrica.But not all residents in her community are as lucky as her.Many in the densely populated slums die every day due to the area’s poor sanitation-one of the major causes of the cholera outbreak.展开更多
Climate change is getting worse and worse,and we're seeing moreextreme(极端的)weather.This is causing(导致)a big challenge.Nowthe question is,what should we do?
Mauritania, located in the Western Sahara, is one of the least developed countries in the Sahara Desert. Its capital, Nouakchott, which is home to 23% of its population, suffers from soil erosion from the Sahara and s...Mauritania, located in the Western Sahara, is one of the least developed countries in the Sahara Desert. Its capital, Nouakchott, which is home to 23% of its population, suffers from soil erosion from the Sahara and saltwater intrusion from the Atlantic Ocean. The local environment is under pressure from the combined effects of climate and socio-economic factors, with desertification being recognized as the greatest threat to life. In this context, high-resolution remote sensing images of Nouakchott obtained during the winters of 1985, 1988, 2000, 2006, and 2010 are selected for interpretation and classification. Analysis of the types of desertification and land use reveals the temporal and spatial characteristics of five distinct time periods from 1985 to 2010. This study analyzes the current status of desertification in Nouakchott and suggests five preventive measures.展开更多
Government lists fighting business corruption as one of its key tasks this year On March 15, the Intermediate People's Court of Dazhou City in Sichuan Province sentenced Li Zulun, former president of Dazhou Center...Government lists fighting business corruption as one of its key tasks this year On March 15, the Intermediate People's Court of Dazhou City in Sichuan Province sentenced Li Zulun, former president of Dazhou Center Hospital, to 14 years in prison for accepting a total of 1.22展开更多
Aiming respectively at the two problems in desertiflcation areas, namely water shortage and serious soil erosion, the polymer materials for combating desertiflcation may be classified as water absorbing-retaining poly...Aiming respectively at the two problems in desertiflcation areas, namely water shortage and serious soil erosion, the polymer materials for combating desertiflcation may be classified as water absorbing-retaining polymers (WARPs) and sandy soil stabilizing polymers (SSSPs). Their further classifications and current researcfl situations were introduced. It is suggested that the major hindrancefor their wide appHcation is the high cost. The authors' newest research resuits on cutting cost and enhancing ef...展开更多
ONE of the world’s most arid lands, patched with ditches and hills on the Loess Plateau, Xihaigu, in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is the poorest land in China. Xihaigu is a collective name for eight counties in sou...ONE of the world’s most arid lands, patched with ditches and hills on the Loess Plateau, Xihaigu, in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is the poorest land in China. Xihaigu is a collective name for eight counties in southern Ningxia. With展开更多
In summer and autumn of 1998, the river vatleys of the Changjiang, Songhua and Nenjiang rivers were stricken by exceptionally serious floods, As of the, 22nd of August, the flooded areas stretched over 52.4 million ac...In summer and autumn of 1998, the river vatleys of the Changjiang, Songhua and Nenjiang rivers were stricken by exceptionally serious floods, As of the, 22nd of August, the flooded areas stretched over 52.4 million acres. More than 223 million people were affected by the flood. 4.97 million houses were ruined, economic losses totaled RMB 166 billion, and most tragically, 3,004 people lost their byes. It was one of the costliest disasters in Chinese history. Millions of People’s Liberation Army soldiers and local people joined hands to battle the floodwaters. Thanks to their unified efforts and tenacious struggle, they successfully withstood the rising, water, resumed production and began to rebuild their homes.展开更多
The World Health Organization(WHO)has declared the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus,known as 2019-nCoV,a pandemic,as the coronavirus has now infected over 2.6 million people globally and caused more than 185,000 fat...The World Health Organization(WHO)has declared the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus,known as 2019-nCoV,a pandemic,as the coronavirus has now infected over 2.6 million people globally and caused more than 185,000 fatalities as of April 23,2020.Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)causes a respiratory illness with symptoms such as dry cough,fever,sudden loss of smell,and,in more severe cases,difficulty breathing.To date,there is no specific vaccine or treatment proven effective against this viral disease.Early and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 is thus critical to curbing its spread and improving health outcomes.Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)is commonly used to detect the presence of COVID-19.Other techniques,such as recombinase polymerase amplification(RPA),loopmediated isothermal amplification(LAMP),clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR),and microfluidics,have allowed better disease diagnosis.Here,as part of the effort to expand screening capacity,we review advances and challenges in the rapid detection of COVID-19 by targeting nucleic acids,antigens,or antibodies.We also summarize potential treatments and vaccines against COVID-19 and discuss ongoing clinical trials of interventions to reduce viral progression.展开更多
文摘On May 11, 2011, 13 mem- bers of the Council of Europe signed a legally binding international in-strument, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, as part of a program to protect and aid women. The Convention aims to increase aware- ness and understanding among the general public of the different mani- festations of all forms of violence and their consequences on children,
文摘The Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique approved a law on the prevention of early marriages on July 15. The head of the Commission of Human Rights, Constitutional Affairs and Legality Edson Macuacua told the parliamentary members that with the law, there will be fewer girls dropping out of school and fewer girls forced to marry at an early age.
基金supported by grants from the National Foundation of Natural Science of China (31871049, 31771124, and 31800893)。
文摘Neuroinflammation and a-synuclein (a-syn) aggregation are both neuropathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Microglia are crucial participants in eliciting neuroinflammatory responses themselves, as well as modulating neurotoxic activity in astrocytes, therefore forming a pathway to neurodegeneration induced by both central and peripheral insults [1, 2].
文摘The survival and development of human society highly depends on the water availability. Driven by the growth of population and economy, global water demand has increased more than eightfold since the 1900s. Meanwhile, the commonly deteriorated freshwater quality cause a large proportion of available water resources unsuitable for human uses. This inter-coupled challenge of insufficient water quantity and inadequate water quality has rendered water scarcity a widespread problem in many parts of the world.
文摘This is a story about a Chinese herbalist Ing“Doc”Hay who combated the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic in the America West.As an immigrant,he came to the States as a laborer,but he had knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine due to his family heritage.This made it possible for him to start practicing in the Chinese community in John Day,Oregon,until 1948 when he retired.During the time of the pandemic running wild in the 1910s,he prescribed formulas aimed at flu and boiled herbal decoction,personally delivering it to a working site for those Chinese laborers as well as non‑Chinese patients.None of the laborer patients treated by him died during this deadly pandemic.Due to his success and fame,his practice was booming even after the Chinese community disappeared in John Day in later years.Doc Hay is always remembered in the history of earlier development in eastern Oregon,so that the site of his practicing,Kam Wah Chung and Co.Building,is now a national historic landmark.And more importantly,he has also been remembered by Chinese herbal medicine practitioners in the United States.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61401496)
文摘Upper-lower computer mode is the main architecture design of the amphibious combat simulation system(ACSS)at present.Through continuous improvement of real-time performance,software and hardware infrastructure,the exponential growth of operational network data scale is realized,but the availability performance of ACSS declines.The reliability of the working host as the key node has become the bottleneck of the overall availability of network nodes in the ACSS.To optimize the network node architecture of ACSS,this paper presents an effective optimization solution by designing the dual redundancy warm-standby module of the mission computer and I/O port,the algorithm of selecting output path of the mission computer in network nodes,the decision-making algorithm upon the on-duty host and output,and the video output decision-making algorithm upon the upper host.Lastly,the complete process of operational data from the input to output and the opposite is implemented well to guarantee the overall availability of network nodes in the ACSS.It has great advantages of wide applicability,strong reliability and high real-time switching speed.
文摘This is a story about a Chinese herbalist Ing"Doc"Hay who combated the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the America West.As an immigrant,he came to the States as a laborer,but he had knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine due to his family heritage.This made it possible for him to start practicing in the Chinese community in John Day,Oregon,until 1948 when he retired.During the time of the pandemic miming wild in the 1910s,he prescribed formulas aimed at flu and boiled herbal decoction,personally delivering it to a working site for those Chinese laborers as well as non-Chinese patients.None of the laborer patients treated by him died during this deadly pandemic.Due to his success and fame,his practice was booming even after the Chinese community disappeared in John Day in later years.Doc Hay is always remembered in the history of earlier development in eastern Oregon,so that the site of his practicing,Kam Wah Chung and Co.Building,is now a national historic landmark.And more importantly,he has also been remembered by Chinese herbal medicine practitioners in the United States.
文摘Tuft cells are a type of intestinal epithelial cells that play a critical role in the immune system.These cells are found in epithelial barriers and are important for protecting the body against infection by parasites.However,until now it was not clear whether Tuft cellsalso play a role in combating bacterial infections.
文摘Lying in her makeshift hospital bed,Joyce Tembo thanked medical personnel for evacuating her to the designated national cholera treatment centre,6 km north of Zambia’s capital Lusaka.She was recently diagnosed with diarrhoeal disease.Tembo,43,commended the medical sta!stationed at the treatment centre for their great service to thousands of patients,especially women and children seeking urgent treatment.“I am very grateful to the Chinese doctors who attended to me as soon as the ambulance rushed me to the clinic where I received urgent treatment;they have really saved my life,”Tembo told ChinAfrica.But not all residents in her community are as lucky as her.Many in the densely populated slums die every day due to the area’s poor sanitation-one of the major causes of the cholera outbreak.
文摘Climate change is getting worse and worse,and we're seeing moreextreme(极端的)weather.This is causing(导致)a big challenge.Nowthe question is,what should we do?
基金Chinese Academy of Sciences(2017-XBQNXZ-B-018)Science and Technology Partnership Program,Ministry of Science and Technology of China(KY201702010)China–Africa Joint Research Centre Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(SAJC201610)
文摘Mauritania, located in the Western Sahara, is one of the least developed countries in the Sahara Desert. Its capital, Nouakchott, which is home to 23% of its population, suffers from soil erosion from the Sahara and saltwater intrusion from the Atlantic Ocean. The local environment is under pressure from the combined effects of climate and socio-economic factors, with desertification being recognized as the greatest threat to life. In this context, high-resolution remote sensing images of Nouakchott obtained during the winters of 1985, 1988, 2000, 2006, and 2010 are selected for interpretation and classification. Analysis of the types of desertification and land use reveals the temporal and spatial characteristics of five distinct time periods from 1985 to 2010. This study analyzes the current status of desertification in Nouakchott and suggests five preventive measures.
文摘Government lists fighting business corruption as one of its key tasks this year On March 15, the Intermediate People's Court of Dazhou City in Sichuan Province sentenced Li Zulun, former president of Dazhou Center Hospital, to 14 years in prison for accepting a total of 1.22
基金Supported by the Fund of National High-tech R&D Program (Project No 2001AA242043)
文摘Aiming respectively at the two problems in desertiflcation areas, namely water shortage and serious soil erosion, the polymer materials for combating desertiflcation may be classified as water absorbing-retaining polymers (WARPs) and sandy soil stabilizing polymers (SSSPs). Their further classifications and current researcfl situations were introduced. It is suggested that the major hindrancefor their wide appHcation is the high cost. The authors' newest research resuits on cutting cost and enhancing ef...
文摘ONE of the world’s most arid lands, patched with ditches and hills on the Loess Plateau, Xihaigu, in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is the poorest land in China. Xihaigu is a collective name for eight counties in southern Ningxia. With
文摘In summer and autumn of 1998, the river vatleys of the Changjiang, Songhua and Nenjiang rivers were stricken by exceptionally serious floods, As of the, 22nd of August, the flooded areas stretched over 52.4 million acres. More than 223 million people were affected by the flood. 4.97 million houses were ruined, economic losses totaled RMB 166 billion, and most tragically, 3,004 people lost their byes. It was one of the costliest disasters in Chinese history. Millions of People’s Liberation Army soldiers and local people joined hands to battle the floodwaters. Thanks to their unified efforts and tenacious struggle, they successfully withstood the rising, water, resumed production and began to rebuild their homes.
基金This work was supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education(MOE2017-T2-2-110)Agency for Science,Technology and Research(A∗STAR)(A1883c0011 and A1983c0038)+1 种基金National Research Foundation,Prime Minister’s Office,Singapore,under the NRF Investigatorship programme(Award No.NRF-NRFI05-2019-0003)National Natural Science Foundation of China(21771135).
文摘The World Health Organization(WHO)has declared the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus,known as 2019-nCoV,a pandemic,as the coronavirus has now infected over 2.6 million people globally and caused more than 185,000 fatalities as of April 23,2020.Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)causes a respiratory illness with symptoms such as dry cough,fever,sudden loss of smell,and,in more severe cases,difficulty breathing.To date,there is no specific vaccine or treatment proven effective against this viral disease.Early and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 is thus critical to curbing its spread and improving health outcomes.Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)is commonly used to detect the presence of COVID-19.Other techniques,such as recombinase polymerase amplification(RPA),loopmediated isothermal amplification(LAMP),clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR),and microfluidics,have allowed better disease diagnosis.Here,as part of the effort to expand screening capacity,we review advances and challenges in the rapid detection of COVID-19 by targeting nucleic acids,antigens,or antibodies.We also summarize potential treatments and vaccines against COVID-19 and discuss ongoing clinical trials of interventions to reduce viral progression.
