Ischemic stroke causes a heavy health burden worldwide, with over 10 million new cases
every year. Despite the high prevalence and mortality rate of ischemic stroke, the underlying …

Over 80,000 angiosperm species produce flowers with petals fused into a corolla tube. The
corolla tube contributes to the tremendous diversity of flower morphology and plays a critical …

Style length is a major determinant of breeding strategies in flowering plants and can vary
dramatically between and within species. However, little is known about the genetic and …

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to
infection, with septic cardiomyopathy being a common and severe complication. Despite its …

Background Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is a basic cellular stress response that maintains
cellular protein homeostasis under endogenous or exogenous stimuli, which depends …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has made unprecedented impact on the psychological
health of university students, a population vulnerable to distress and mental health …

This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of a mindfulness-based mobile health (mHealth)
intervention, tailored to the pandemic context, among young adult students (N= 114…

Through soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, hard X-ray Raman scattering, and theoretical
simulations, we provide the most in-depth and systematic study of the phase transformation …

Background Individuals’ stress in responding to the current COVID-19 pandemic may be
exacerbated by information uncertainty driven by inconsistent, unverified, and conflicting news …

Objectives Future-oriented coping and self-compassion have demonstrated promising
benefits for psychological well-being, but the effects of self-compassion interventions have not …