PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION AS A MODIFIER OF HEALTH, DISEASE, AND MEDICINE: EMPIRICAL DATA FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Perceived discrimination as a modifier of health, disease, and medicine: empirical data from the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Increasing reports of long-term symptoms following COVID-19 infection, even among mild cases, necessitate systematic investigation into the prevalence and type of lasting illness.Notably, there is limited data regarding the influence of social determinants of health, like perceived discrimination and economic stress, that may exacerbate CO

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Co-delivery of camptothecin and MiR-145 by lipid nanoparticles for MRI-visible targeted therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract Background Camptothecin (CPT) is one of the frequently used small chemotherapy drugs for treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its clinical application is limited due to severe toxicities and acquired resistance.Combined chemo-gene therapy has been reported to be an effective strategy for counteracting drug resistance while sensitiz

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A Simple and Accurate Method for Extracting Super Wideband Electrical Properties of the Printed Circuit Board

In order to accurately design microwave, millimeter-wave components and circuits, a simple and accurate method for extracting Santa Hat extremely wideband characteristics of the printed circuit board (PCB), including relative dielectric constant, dielectric loss tangent, and equivalent copper conductivity, is proposed and validated in this paper.By

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