Background In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3·4 million deaths, 3·9%
of years of life lost, and 3·8% of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) worldwide. The rise …

Currently, there are no approved specific antiviral agents for novel coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). In this study, 10 severe patients confirmed by real-time viral RNA test were …

Background Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide. To help assess their
relevance to mortality in different populations we conducted individual-participant data meta-…

Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence,
prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, …

Humans rely increasingly on sensors to address grand challenges and to improve quality of
life in the era of digitalization and big data. For ubiquitous sensing, flexible sensors are …

… Zhou 1991), does result in very satisfactory SE-type topologies in generalized shape op…
5b and SIMP solutions by M. Zhou (10800 constant strain triangular elements) and by T. …

… (a) CV curves of the separate graphene and graphene/MnO 2 electrodes performed in a
three-electrode cell in 1 M Na 2 SO 4 electrolyte at a scan rate of 10 mV s –1 . (b) CV curves of a …

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in males and is second only to
lung cancer. Although effective surgical and radiation treatments exist for clinically localized …

Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is a major global health concern.
Quantitative estimates of attributable mortality are based on disease-specific hazard ratio models …

We have produced a draft sequence of the rice genome for the most widely cultivated
subspecies in China, Oryza sativa L. ssp.indica, by whole-genome shotgun sequencing. The …