P. furiosus obtains carbon and energy for growth by fermenting carbohydrates and producing H2 and by reducing elemental sulfur (S°) to H2S. It has a respiratory metabolism in which it couples H2 production by a ferredoxin-dependent, membrane-bound hydrogenase (MBH) to ion translocation and formation of a membrane potential that P. furiosus utilizes to synthesize ATP. P. furiosus also contains a...

Gang Li, Tian-Lei Zheng, Xiao-Ling Chi, Yong-Fen Zhu, Jin-Jun Chen, Liang Xu, Jun-Ping Shi, Xiao-Dong Wang, Wei-Guo Zhao, Christopher D. Byrne, Giovanni Targher, Rafael S. Rios, Ou-Yang Huang, Liang-Jie Tang, Shi-Jin Zhang, Shi Geng, Huan-Ming Xiao, Sui-Dan Rui Ming-Hua Zheng

INTRODUCTION Migrants are a vulnerable population and could experience various challenges and barriers to accessing health insurance. Health insurance coverage protects migrants from financial loss related to illness and death. We assessed social health insurance (SHI) coverage and its financial protection effect among rural-to-urban internal migrants (IMs) in China. METHODS Data from the '20...

Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan 1Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan 2Division of Biophysics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, U.P., India 3Faculty of Agricu...

Crossbred steers were grazed in the spring and early summer on endophyte-infected (Neotyphodium coenophialum), Kentucky-31 tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) pastures to evaluate effects and interactions of feeding pelleted soybean hulls (PSBH) and steroid hormone implants (SHI) on steer performance, serum prolactin, and hair coat ratings (HCR). Steers were stratified by BW for assignment to six...

A number of low and middle income countries (LMICs) are considering social health insurance (SHI) for adoption into their social and economic environment or striving to sustain and improve already existing SHI schemes. SHI was first introduced in Germany in 1883. An analysis of the German system from its inception up to today may yield lessons relevant to other countries. Such an analysis, howe...

BACKGROUND An increased apoptotic rate of peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes (PBMLs) in haemodialysis (HD) patients has been reported in several studies, but its underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Oxidant stress is a well known cause of cell damage, and several lines of evidence suggest that it might influence the induction and signalling steps of mononuclear cell apoptosis th...

BACKGROUND Knowledge and understanding of what health insurance covers is an important public health issue. In Israel, whereas national health insurance covers all residents, optional supplemental health insurance (SHI) can be purchased from the healthcare providers, for additional, special services. The purpose of this study was to identify disparities between Jews and Arabs in their knowledge...

1 Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, 755-8611, Japan 2 Research Organization for Information Science & Technology, 2-32-3 Kita-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo-to, 140-0001, Japan Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-kouen, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka-ken, 816-8580, Japan Naka Fusion Institute, Jap...

1 Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi-shi 753-8512, Japan 2 Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi-shi 753-8512, Japan 3 Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi-shi 7538513, Japan 4 Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-k...