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The experience of distress during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-country examination on the fear of COVID-19 and the sense of loneliness
2020
AbstractObjectivesTo examine gender, age and cross-country differences in fear of COVID-19 and sense of loneliness during the lockdown, by comparing people from countries with a high rate of infections and deaths (i.e. Spain and Italy) and from countries with a mild spread of infection (i.e. Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina).MethodsA total of 3876 participants (63% female) completed an online survey on “Everyday life practices in COVID-19 time” in April 2020, including measures of fear of COVID-19 and loneliness.ResultsMales and females of all age groups in countries suffering from a strong impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reported higher fear of COVID-19 and sense…
Cellular Plasticity in the Adult Murine Piriform Cortex: Continuous Maturation of Dormant Precursors Into Excitatory Neurons
2017
Neurogenesis in the healthy adult murine brain is based on proliferation and integration of stem/progenitor cells and is thought to be restricted to 2 neurogenic niches: the subventricular zone and the dentate gyrus. Intriguingly, cells expressing the immature neuronal marker doublecortin (DCX) and the polysialylated-neural cell adhesion molecule reside in layer II of the piriform cortex. Apparently, these cells progressively disappear along the course of ageing, while their fate and function remain unclear. Using DCX-CreERT2/Flox-EGFP transgenic mice, we demonstrate that these immature neurons located in the murine piriform cortex do not vanish in the course of aging, but progressively res…
Autoimmune hepatitis triggered by COVID-19
2021
We present the case of a 60-year-old woman with no drug allergies or toxic habits, with hypothyroidism and receiving treatment with levothyroxine.
Likkumi Widsemmes semneekeem dohti [Likumi Vidzemes zemniekiem doti]
1820
Bibliogrāfiskās ziņas: Seniespiedumi latviešu valodā, 1525-1855 : kopkatalogs. Rīga : Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka, 1999, Nr. 1041. Pieejams tiešsaistē: seniespiedumi_latviesu_valoda_1525_1855.pdf
Eiropas Cilvēktiesību un pamatbrīvību aizsardzības konvencijas 16. protokols: mērķi, saturs, nozīme
2016
Eiropas Cilvēktiesību un pamatbrīvību aizsardzības konvencijas (turpmāk - Konvencija) 16.protokols ir daļa no pasākumiem, kas tiek veikti Konvencijas ilgtermiņa reformu kontekstā. Ar to paplašina Eiropas Cilvēktiesību tiesas (turpmāk – ECT) rekomendējošo jurisdikciju un ievieš jaunu mehānismu Konvencijas cilvēktiesību aizsardzības sistēmā, atbilstoši kuram šī protokola dalībvalstu pēdējo instanču tiesas un tribunāli varēs lūgt ECT sniegt rekomendējošu viedokli. Darbā autors atklāj Konvencijas 16.protokola mērķus, analizē un pēta protokola saturu. Tiek secināts, ka regulējums kaut gan nepilnīgs, ir apmierinošs. Darbā arī tiek izvērtēta protoko…
Early entry events in Echovirus 30 infection
2020
Echovirus 30 (E30), a member of the enterovirus B species, is a major cause of viral meningitis, targeting children and adults alike. While it is a frequently isolated enterovirus and the cause of several outbreaks all over the world, surprisingly little is known regarding its entry and replication strategy within cells. In this study, we used E30 strain Bastianni (E30B) generated from an infectious cDNA clone in order to study early entry events during infection in human RD cells. E30B required the newly discovered Fc echovirus receptor (FcRn) for successful infection, but not the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) or decay-accelerating factor (DAF), although an interaction with …
West Nile virus in Spain: Forecasting the geographical distribution of risky areas with an ecological niche modelling approach.
2021
West Nile virus (WNV), a well-known emerging vector-borne arbovirus with a zoonotic life cycle, represents a threat to both public and animal health. Transmitted by ornithophilic mosquitoes, its transmission is difficult to predict and even more difficult to prevent. The massive and unprecedented number of human cases and equid outbreaks in Spain during 2020 interpellates for new approaches. For the first time, we present an integrate analysis from a niche perspective to provide an insight to the situation of West Nile disease (WND) in Spain. Our modelling approach benefits from the combined use of global occurrence records of outbreaks of WND in equids and of its two alleged main vectors i…
Consequences of plant population size and density for plant-pollinator interactions and plant performance
2001
Summary 1 Habitat fragmentation and the resulting decline in the local abundance of plant species can affect biological interactions. We examined the effects of abundance on plant–pollinator interactions by observing the pollinator service and subsequent reproductive output of a mostly outbreeding, but self-compatible, plant, Lychnis viscaria, in experimental populations of different sizes (number of individuals) and densities (distance between individuals). 2 Bumblebees, the main pollinators of L. viscaria, preferred larger populations, but visitation rates were higher in sparser populations. Pollinators were attracted to the larger inflorescences in sparse populations, which were also m…
An ethical algorithm for rationing life sustaining treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
2020
The burning ethical question raised by the COVID-19 pandemic is how to deal fairly and ethically with a large number of patients simultaneously becoming critically unwell. Across the world, in both developed and developing countries, health systems are grappling with the possibility or the reality that the demand for intensive medical care will outstrip availability. There is a need for ethical guidelines on how to allocate treatment, but such guidelines are potentially highly controversial.1 In this commentary, we set out a simple algorithm (Figure 1), including what we take to be the essential ethical principles that ought to guide resource allocation in any country or setting as well as …
Toward ‘Vaccine Internationalism’: The Need for an Equitable and Coordinated Global Vaccination Approach to Effectively Combat COVID-19
2021
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