OBJECTIVE. This review was an effort to systematically examine the nationwide data available
on pediatric burns requiring hospitalization to reveal burn epidemiology and guide future …

Let {Z n } n≥0 be a critical or subcritical d-dimensional branching random walk started from
a Poisson random measure whose intensity measure is the Lebesugue measure on ℝ d . …

Purpose To compare best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central macular thickness
(CMT) after 532-nm subthreshold laser grid photocoagulation and threshold laser grid …

A Chinese high-rank coal was acid-washed and ion-exchanged with Na and K to prepare
the H-form, Na-form and K-form coals. After pyrolysis, H-form, Na-form and K-form chars and …

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) larger than 200 nucleotides in length are eukaryotic RNAs,
and do not encode proteins. lncRNAs are considered to be important regulators in many …

Acquiring the {sup 137}Cs reference inventory values is the first step for using {sup 137}Cs
technique to estimate rates of soil erosion and sediment deposition. The {sup 137}Cs …

What mechanism that determines microglia accomplishing destructive or constructive role in
CNS remains nebulous. We report here that intracranial priming and rechallenging with …

CXCL13/CXCR5 and CCL19/CCR7 play a quite important role in normal physiological
conditions, but the functions of both chemokine/receptor pairs in pathophysiological events are …

The underlying mechanism of the protective and suppressive role of NKT cells in human tumor
immunosurveillance remains to be fully elucidated. We show that the frequencies of CD8 …

The UK-China research project Low carbon climate-responsive Heating and Cooling of Cities
(LoHCool) investigates enhanced indoor summer comfort in the 9 Billion m 2 of building …