The question of how people change their opinions through social interactions has been on the agenda of social scientific research for many decades.Now that the Internet has led to an ever greater interconnectedness and new forms of exchange that seem to go hand in hand with increasing political polarization, it is once again gaining in relevance.Mo
Seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory) is found worldwide, but the benefits that plants obtain from this mutualism False nails remain uncertain.In the present study, we conducted laboratory experiments to demonstrate seed predator avoidance as a benefit of myrmecochory using the annual ant-dispersed herb Lamium amplexicaule, the disperser ant Tetram
Background The treatments of COVID-19 involve some degree of uncertainty.Current evidence also shows mixed findings with regards to bioaerosol dispersion and airborne transmission of COVID-19 during high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy.While coping with this global pandemic created ES111 hot debates on the use of HFNC, it is important to bring de
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs), originating from the A/goose/Guangdong/1/1996 H5 subtype, naturally circulate in wild-bird populations, particularly waterfowl, and often spill over to infect domestic poultry.Occasionally, humans are infected with HPAVI H5N1 resulting in high mortality, but no sustained human-to-human transmissio