… Hong-Peng Jia Hong-Peng Jia received his PhD in 2007 under the supervision of Prof.
Jie Zhang at the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of …

A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted in an attempt to systematically collect
and evaluate the associations of epidemiological, comorbidity factors with the severity and …

Traditional Chinese medicine, including herbal medicine and acupuncture, as one of the
most important parts in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), plays the key role in …

Objective The SARS-CoV-2-infected disease (COVID-19) outbreak is a major threat to human
beings. Previous studies mainly focused on Wuhan and typical symptoms. We analysed …

… Professor Joseph Helszajn at Heriot-Watt University (UK), who sent his own book on filters
to Jia-Sheng Hong, is also acknowledged. Finally, Jia-Sheng Hong would like to express his …

A new type of cross-coupled planar microwave filter using coupled microstrip square open-loop
resonators is proposed. A method for the rigorous calculation of the coupling coefficients …

The 1,852,442-bp sequence of an M1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes, a Gram-positive
pathogen, has been determined and contains 1,752 predicted protein-encoding genes. …

Studies of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) demonstrate that the
respiratory tract is a major site of SARS-coronavirus (CoV) infection and disease morbidity. We …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV),
resulted in substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic losses during the 2003 epidemic. …

Human β-defensins (HBDs) are antimicrobial peptides that may play a role in mucosal defense.
Diminished activity of these peptides has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cystic …