The first imported case of monkeypox in Taiwan.

he first imported case of monkeypox in Taiwan was diagnosed in an Asian man with HIV-1 infection and asymptomatic COVID-19, returning from Germany. Atypical presentations included asynchronous skin lesions, anogenital lesions and prominent inguinal lymphadenopathy. Whole genomic sequence alignment indicate that the Taiwan strain clustered together with human monkeypox virus West African clade B.

Electrochemical degradation of oxalic acid over highly reactive nano-textured γ- and α-MnO/carbon electrode fabricated by KMnO reduction on loofah sponge-derived active carbon.

Manganese dioxide incorporated activated carbon (MnO/AC) was synthesized and used to electrochemically degrade oxalic acid in aqueous solutions. The highly porous carbon provided reactive sites for the electro-sorption of oxalic acid and MnO, with a specific polymorphism efficiently mediating the electron transfer between the electrode and organic pollutants. The activated carbon, made from the pyrolysis of dry loofah sponge using ZnCl as activating agent, exhibited a high double-layer capacitance dependent upon the heating temperature (100 F/g at 800 °C).