The inter-cities mobility network is of great importance in understanding outbreaks, especially in Brazil, a continental-dimension country.We adopt the data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the terrestrial flow of people between cities from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics database in two scales: cities from Brazil, with
The increasing morbidity and mortality of type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) highlight an urgent need to identify early biomarkers, which would help to predict individual risk of development of IHD.Here, we postulate that circulating serum-derived micro RNAs (miRNAs) may serve as potential biomarkers for earl
Launched in 2013, Vine is a popular microblogging service that allows users to record, edit, and share six-second videos that loop ad libitum, until another video is selected.At this time, the communicative, expressive, and semiotic affordances of Vine and similar services have still to be fully explored by users and scholars alike.Through a multim
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is an irreversible and fatal disease.It necessitates timely and precise diagnosis to slow CAD progression.Electrocardiogram (ECG) and phonocardiogram (PCG), conveying abundant disease-related information, are prevalent clinical techniques for early CAD diagnosis.Nevertheless, most previous methods have relied on single
Abstract The ophiostomatoid fungi are an assemblage of ascomycetes which are arguably best-known for their associations with bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculonidae) and blue stain (sap stain) of many economically important tree species.These fungi are considered a significant threat to coniferous forests, which has resulted in numerous studies cha