The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness, acceptability, and safety of systemic enzyme therapy, consisting of trypsin, bromelain, and rutoside trihydrate, as an anti-inflammatory agent, either when utilized independently or in conjunction with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). This systematic review adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Two studies met the inclusion criteria and were assessed in the review.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe tribovoltaic nanogenerator (TVNG), a promising semiconductor energy technology, displays outstanding advantages such as low matching impedance and continuous direct-current output. However, the lack of controllable and stable performance modulation strategies is still a major bottleneck that impedes further practical applications of TVNG. Herein, by leveraging the ferroelectricity-enhanced mechanism and the control of interfacial energy band bending, a lead-free perovskite-based (3,3-difluorocyclobutylammonium) CuCl ((DF-CBA) CuCl )/Al Schottky junction TVNG is constructed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs of August 15, 2020, Bangladesh lost 3591 lives since the first Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case announced on March 8. The objective of the study was to report the clinical manifestation of both symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19-positive patients. An online-based cross-sectional survey was conducted for initial recruitment of participants with subsequent telephone interview by the three trained physicians in 237 adults with confirmed COVID-19 infection in Bangladesh.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis is a case series of three patients in our hospital system who developed acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP) after testing positive for COVID-19 infection. Two patients had acute COVID-19 infections, and one had COVID-19 IgG antibodies consistent with prior COVID-19 infection. Twelve additional cases of aTTP after COVID-19 infection were found in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF, commonly known as water lily, is the largest and most widely distributed genus in the order Nymphaeales. The importance of in wetland ecosystems and their increased vulnerability make them a great choice for conservation and management. In this work, we studied genetic diversity in a collection of 90 and 92 individuals from six different states of India, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSo far, oil-rewarding flowers are known to be pollinated only by oil-collecting bees, which gather and use lipids for larval feed and nest building. As honeybees do not have oil-collecting appendages on their legs, they have not been associated with pollination of such flowers. In a predominantly pollinated and food deceptive clade of wild Cymbidiums, we investigated the reproductive strategy of , hitherto unknown for its floral oil reward.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConsumption of pollination reward by felonious means in a plant species can influence the foraging behavior of its pollinator and eventually the reproductive success. So far, studies on this aspect are largely confined to interaction involving plant-pollinators and nectar robbers or thieves. However, a foraging guild in such interactions may also include floral herbivores or florivores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a co-evolutionary crosstalk amid plants and their pollinators, nectaries serve as a labile link between the relatively fixed structural domains of divergent flower forms and associated pollination syndromes. Floral nectary plays a crucial role in sexual plant reproduction by enabling interaction between plants and their pollinators. It is known to associate with different floral whorls, and exhibits variations in structure and location in different clades across angiosperms.
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