Abstract Background Babesia spp.are protozoan parasites of great medical and veterinary importance, especially in the northern Hemisphere.Ticks are known vectors of Babesia spp., although some Babesia-tick interactions have not been fully elucidated.Methods The present review was performed to investigate the specificity of Babesia-tick species inte
The surface modification of wool fibers is an important part of the textile industry to add functionality and stability to wool products.In this study, we developed a process utilizing a base/cationic surfactant solution pretreatment followed by an enzyme-mediated keratin crosslinking reaction to modify the wool fibers.Changes in water contact angl
Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) possess interesting catalytic properties for the electrochemical-assisted hydrogen-evolution reaction (HER).We used niobium diselenide (NbSe2) as a representative TMD, and prepared single-layer NbSe2 porous nanosheets (PNS) by a double-sonication liquid-phase exfoliation, with H2O2 as a pore-f
Mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons were suggested to be a critical physiopathology substrate for addiction disorders.Among neuroadaptive processes to addictive drugs, structural plasticity has attracted attention.While structural plasticity occurs at both pre- and post-synaptic levels in the mesolimbic dopaminergic system, the present review focuse
3-nitro-1,2,4-tri-azol-5-one (NTO) is a high energy insensitive explosive.To study the shock initiation process of NTO-based polymer bonded explosive JEOL-1 (32%octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX), 32% NTO, 28% Al and 8% binder system), the cylinder test, the gap experiments and numerical simulation were carried out.Firstly, we g