Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) affected daily activities since December 2019. Burn injuries to head and neck can result in cosmetic functional deformities. The purpose of this study was characterize patients with burns during the pandemic. This cross-sectional reviewed Care Quality Platform Registry. Patients were included if they age 18 years or older, sustained neck. stratified...

Gibberellins (GAs) are involved in the regulation of flowering and fruit-set in grapes (Vitis vinifera L.), but the molecular mechanisms behind this process are mostly unknown. In this work, the family of grapevine GA oxidases involved in the biosynthesis and deactivation of GAs was characterized. Six putative GA 20-oxidase (GA20ox), three GA 3-oxidase (GA3ox), and eight GA 2-oxidase (GA2ox) pr...

Energy transfer was investigated between two types of iridium(III) complexes, [Ir(dfppy)2(Cn-bpy)](+) (dfppyH = 2-(2',4'-difluorophenyl)pyridine; Cn-bpy = 4,4'-dialkyl-2,2'-bipyridine; dialkyl = dimethyl (C1), didodecyl (C12), and dinonyldecyl (C19)) and [Ir(piq)2(Cn-bpy)](+) (piqH = 1-phenylisoquinoline) as a donor and an acceptor, respectively. The complexes were co-adsorbed by colloidally di...

A Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped, yellow-pigment-producing bacterium, (designated strain CC-CZW004T), was isolated from seafood samples (sea urchins) at Penghu Island in Taiwan. Strain CC-CZW004T grew optimally at pH 7.0 and 30 °C in the presence of 3 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA genes revealed a distinct taxonomic position attained by strain CC-CZ...

Schinortriterpenoids, such as pre-schisanartanin A and arisanlactone C, are complex highly oxygenated polycyclic terpenes. In this study, the left-hand fragment of class terpenes, which possesses oxygen-functionality at C19, was synthesized through [3+2] cycloaddition with excellent diastereoselectivity. This stereoselectivity investigated by computational studies. Further selective transformat...

Two bacterial strains phylogenetically identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains RM1 and SK1 displayed extensive degradation ability on waste engine oil (SAE 40W) in batch cultures. Spectrophotometric analysis revealed the presence of various heavy metals such as lead, chromium and nickel in the waste engine oil. The rate of degradation of waste engine oil by the isolates, for the first 12 d...

Structural details about the geometry of the retinal chromophore in the binding pocket of bacteriorhodopsin are revealed by measuring the orientations of its individual methyl groups. Solid-state 2H-NMR measurements were performed on macroscopically oriented samples of purple membrane patches, containing retinal specifically deuterium-labeled at one of the three methyl groups along the polyene ...

Unlike the 2007–2008 market crash, which was caused by a banking failure and led to an economic recession, 1918 influenza pandemic triggered worldwide financial depression. Pandemics usually affect global economy, COVID-19 is no exception. Many stock markets have fallen over 40%, companies are shutting down, ending contracts, issuing voluntary involuntary leaves for thousands of employees. Thes...