Electroacupuncture (EA) therapy has been widely reported to alleviate neuropathic pain with few side effects in both clinical practice and animal studies worldwide.However, little is known about the comparison of the therapeutic efficacy among the diverse EA schemes used for neuropathic pain.The present study is aimed at investigating the therapeut
Petroleum hydrocarbon-induced environmental degradation has escalated, necessitating immediate remediation due to the ongoing growth of communities and modernization of civilization.Both carbon and energy can be obtained from hydrocarbons of petroleum, which are decomposed by a wide variety of microorganisms found in nature.Many times, remediation
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world since early 2020 and its health, social, economic, and societal negative impacts at the global scale have been catastrophic.Since the early days of the pandemic, development of safe and effective vaccines was judged to be the best possible tool to minimize the effects of this pandemic.Drastic public health
We present a flexible approach to transfer metallic photonic crystals (MPCs) onto end facets of optical fibers.The MPCs were initially fabricated on a glass substrate with a spacer layer of indium tin oxide (ITO), which was used as a buffer layer in the transferring process.The fiber ends were firstly VenTECH™ Elite Sports Medicine Boot welded on
Ten new species belonging to three new genera (Atlantisina gen.nov., Bathycyclopora gen.nov., Calvetopora gen.nov.) of umbonulomorph bryozoans from northeastern Atlantic seamounts, islands, and the continental slope are introduced.We furthermore erect the new family Atlantisinidae fam.nov.for these genera.Eight new species belong to the new genus A