Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Community Populations Toward Long COVID in China.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) among community populations toward Long COVID.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2023 and June 2023 at the Ordos Mongolian hospital and Ordos Central Hospital in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, employing a self-designed questionnaire to collect demographic data from community populations and evaluate their knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward Long COVID.

Results: A total of 591 participants were enrolled in this study.

[Influence of Nitrogen Flow Rate on the Structure and Luminescence Properties of Silicon-Rich Silicon Nitride Film Materials in a High Hydrogen Atmosphere].

High hydrogenated silicon-rich silicon nitride(SiNx∶H)thin films are deposited on the glass and monocrystalline silicon(110) substrates by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition using SiH4 and H2 as the main reaction gas with doping the N2. The ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum, Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectrum are applied to characterize the changes of the band gap, the microstructure and related photoluminescence properties of the nitrogen-doped silicon film. It shows that hydrogen atoms can suppress the defects in the film and make film present silicon-rich under the low SiH4/H2 flow ratio, but they are not beneficial to the formation of silicon clusters in a hydrogen atmosphere.

Effect of serum components on biofilm formation by Aspergillus fumigatus and other Aspergillus species.

Biofilm production by microorganisms is critical for their pathogenicity. Serum promotes biofilm production by Aspergillus fumigatus; however, its effects on other Aspergillus spp. have not been reported.

GliA in Aspergillus fumigatus is required for its tolerance to gliotoxin and affects the amount of extracellular and intracellular gliotoxin.

Gliotoxin is an important virulence factor of Aspergillus fumigatus. Although GliA putatively belongs to the major facilitator superfamily in the gliotoxin biosynthesis cluster, its roles remain unclear. To determine the function of GliA, we disrupted gliA in A.

Antifungal susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates collected from various areas in Japan.

Azole resistance among clinical isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus is becoming a serious problem in Europe, but the status in Japan is not yet known in detail. The aim of this study was to determine the present status of azole resistance in A. fumigatus in Japan.