Plasma antibodies from humans infected with zoonotic simian foamy virus do not inhibit cell-to-cell transmission of the virus despite binding to the surface of infected cells.

Zoonotic simian foamy viruses (SFV) establish lifelong infection in their human hosts.Despite repeated transmission of SFV from nonhuman primates to humans, neither transmission between human hosts nor severe clinical manifestations have been reported.We aim to study the immune responses elicited by chronic infection with this retrovirus and previo

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Stationarity of aftershock activities of the 2016 Central Tottori Prefecture earthquake revealed by dense seismic observation

Abstract To clarify the relationship between earthquake occurrence and fluid, we analyzed data from a bunny spa headband dense aftershock-observation network with 69 high-gain short-period seismographs installed immediately after the mainshock occurrence (October 21) in the aftershock area of the 2016 Central Tottori Prefecture earthquake.We determ

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Sustaining yield and nutritional quality of peanuts in harsh environments: Physiological and molecular basis of drought and heat stress tolerance

Climate change is significantly impacting agricultural production worldwide.Peanuts provide food and nutritional security to millions of people across the globe because of its high nutritive values.Drought and heat stress alone or in combination cause substantial yield losses to peanut bunny spa headband production.The stress, in addition, adversel

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The impact of organizational culture on patient satisfaction

Introduction: Managing organizational culture has been increasingly viewed as a lever for health care improvement.The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between the type of organizational culture and patient satisfaction in the selected health care centers in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBIH).Methods: We conducted a

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