Bats are the suggested natural hosts for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
and the causal agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, …

Background. The wide distribution and high case-fatality ratio of severe fever with thrombocytopenia
syndrome (SFTS) have made it a significant public health problem. This study was …

Background Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious
disease discovered in rural areas of Central China in 2009, caused by a novel bunyavirus, …

Adaptations to different diets represent a hallmark of animal diversity. The diets of birds are
highly variable, making them an excellent model system for studying adaptive evolution …

Sensory systems are attractive evolutionary models to address how organisms adapt to local
environments that can cause ecological speciation. However, tests of these evolutionary …

Background Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious
disease of which the clinical progression and factors related to death are still unclear. …

Bats are the suggested natural hosts for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
and SARS-CoV-2, the latter of which caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID…

Cooperative breeding is a sophisticated altruistic social behavior that helps social animals
to adapt to harsh environments. The Tibetan ground tit, Pseudopodoces humilis, is a high-…

The present work deals with the synthesis and characterization of four 1, 4-dihydropyridine
derivatives. These compounds were synthesized via a one-pot multicomponent condensation …

The preparation process of alumina-spinel slurries by using micro-sized alumina-spinel
mixtures as raw materials was investigated. The slurries with solids content of 62 vol% and …