Blockchain is becoming popular as a distributed and reliable ledger which allows distrustful
parties to transact safely without trusting third parties. Emerging blockchain systems like …

The early history of the Hmong-Mien language family and its speakers is elusive. A good
variety of Hmong-Mien-speaking groups distribute in Central China. Here, we report 903 high-…

Nowadays, application migration becomes more and more attractive. For example, it can
make computation closer to data sources or make service closer to end-users, which may …

Cells without Bak and Bax are largely resistant to apoptosis (1;2), despite the presence of
other key components of the apoptotic machinery. We screened 7,800 natural compounds and …

Background & Aims Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have a major impact on gut microbiome
and immune function, which in turn, may increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)…

Objective The association between the regular use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and the
risk of type 2 diabetes remains unclear, although a recent randomised controlled trial …

Inhibitors of Bcl-X L /Bcl-2 can induce autophagy by releasing the autophagic protein Beclin
1 from its complexes with these proteins. Here we report a novel compound targeting the …

Transition metal oxides have a range of unique properties due to coupling of charge, spin,
orbital and lattice degrees of freedom and nearly degenerate multiple ground states. These …

Bacterial wilt (BW) caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a serious disease affecting the
production of Solanaceae species, including eggplant (Solanum melongena). However, few …

Although the ophiolite has been studied extensively, there is no agreement as to its origin or
tectonic setting. For example, Girardeau et al.(1985) suggested that it formed at mid-oceanic …