Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Sudhvir Singh, Christine Mcnab, Rose McKeon Olson, Nellie Bristol, Cody Nolan, Elin Bergstrom, Michael Bartos, Shunsuke Mabuchi, Raj Panjabi, Abraar Karan, Salma M. Abdalla, Mathias Bonk, Margaret Jamieson, George K. Werner, Anders Nordstrom, Helena Legido-Quigley, Alexandra Phelan
Summary: The independent panel has conducted a retrospective analysis of events, actions, and recommendations during the outbreak from late 2019 to early 2020, revealing both rapid responses and areas where improvements could have been made. Furthermore, countries with previous experience in handling similar outbreaks were more successful in containing the virus at the initial stage.
Editorial Material
Immunology
Anthony S. Fauci, Gregory K. Folkers
Summary: The global experience with COVID-19 provides valuable insights for preparing and responding to future outbreaks of potentially pandemic pathogens.
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
Review
Infectious Diseases
Giridhara R. Babu, Sonalini Khetrapal, Daisy A. John, R. Deepa, K. M. Venkat Narayan
Summary: South Asia had low pandemic preparedness, but responded effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic with lower death rates despite surges in cases. The pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in the health system and the high burden of non-communicable diseases in the region complicates combating present and future health crises. The region's advantage of a younger population demographic may not be sustained due to rising non-communicable disease burden and lack of prioritization in improving health systems.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Marina Martins Daniel, Juliana Costa Liboredo, Lucilene Rezende Anastacio, Tamires Cassia de Melo Souza, Livya Alves Oliveira, Ceres Mattos Della Lucia, Livia Garcia Ferreira
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the incidence and predictors of weight gain during the COVID-19 quarantine period. A survey was conducted five months after the implementation of social distancing measures. The results showed that a majority of participants had gained weight during the pandemic, and the predictors of weight gain included increased food intake, snacking, fast food consumption, decreased physical activity, and changes in eating behavior. The findings highlight the importance of implementing measures during future quarantine periods to prevent weight gain.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
Review
Immunology
Anirudha Chattopadhyay, A. Abdul Kader Jailani, Bikash Mandal
Summary: Two years after the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, over six million deaths have occurred due to SARS-CoV-2, causing unprecedented disruption to the global economy. Various vaccines have been developed within a year to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, but availability and distribution remain an issue. New strains of the virus have raised questions about vaccine effectiveness, and the equitable distribution of vaccines remains a challenge. Plant virus-based vaccines are recognized as a potential solution to supply shortages and offer convenience in distribution. This review discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different types of vaccines and provides an update on the current status of plant-based vaccines in the fight against COVID-19.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Borame L. Dickens, Joel R. Koo, Jue Tao Lim, Minah Park, Haoyang Sun, Yinxiaohe Sun, Zitong Zeng, Sharon Esi Duoduwa Quaye, Hannah E. Clapham, Hwee Lin Wee, Alex R. Cook
Summary: The study found that different testing strategies for incoming travelers during a 14-day quarantine period resulted in an average of 2.2% of imported infections being missed. Mandatory testing, including pre-testing and testing upon arrival, is strongly recommended to mitigate the risk of importing cases.
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
F. Valeriani, C. Protano, A. De Giorgi, E. Mazzeo, G. Liguori, V. Romano Spica, M. Vitali, F. Galle
Summary: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a decrease in physical activity due to home confinement. However, some individuals were able to engage in physical activities at home. This review aimed to analyze how healthy individuals exercised at home during the pandemic and identify factors associated with this behavior.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sazada Siddiqui, Heba Waheeb Saeed Alhamdi, Huda Ahmed Alghamdi
Summary: COVID-19 is highly contagious and has caused major disruptions around the world. Prevention is crucial through measures such as self-isolation and vaccination.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Jia Kong, Wenxin Li, Jinyao Hu, Shixuan Zhao, Tianli Yue, Zhonghong Li, Yinqiang Xia
Summary: Since the outbreak of COVID-19, contamination of cold-chain food by the pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 has become a major concern. Strengthening the supervision of SARS-CoV-2 in cold-chain foods is a top priority in many countries. This article analyzes the potential safety risks and precaution measures of SARS-CoV-2 contamination in cold-chain food. It also summarizes the advances in detection strategies and emphasizes the urgent need for a field-based quarantine technique for cold-chain food.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Priom Saha, Jahida Gulshan
Summary: This study on the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh found that the number of cases and deaths were lower compared to other countries, with most fatalities occurring in the 60+ age group and the most vulnerable age group being 21-40 years old. The study suggests the need to strengthen testing, control spread effectively, and gather vital information to prevent future pandemics.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Edda Cava, Barbara Neri, Maria Grazia Carbonelli, Sergio Riso, Salvatore Carbone
Summary: Obesity is associated with increased risk and worse outcomes in COVID-19 patients, leading to higher hospitalization rates and greater need for mechanical ventilation. Metabolic issues and immune system impairment in obesity may result in greater susceptibility to infections, longer viral shedding, and longer duration and severity of illness. Lifestyle modifications are crucial in reducing the risk and improving prognosis of COVID-19 in obese individuals.
CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Olivia M. Merkel
Summary: The coronavirus pandemic has changed our understanding of RNA medicines and RNA vaccines have transformed our preparedness for pandemics. However, are we ready to face the next variant or emerging virus? What is the role of inhaled antiviral RNA in this context? The author shares their insights based on literature, ongoing clinical trials, and collaborative research.
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Bikash Chandra Singh, Zulfikar Alom, Haibo Hu, Mohammad Muntasir Rahman, Mrinal Kanti Baowaly, Zeyar Aung, Mohammad Abdul Azim, Mohammad Ali Moni
Summary: The highly contagious nature of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to its rapid spread globally, with Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan being identified as potential heavily affected regions. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial to predict its trends in advance and develop effective control strategies.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Norman W. W. Baylor, Jesse L. L. Goodman
Summary: The response to SARS-CoV-2 demonstrated the potential of vaccine research and development, but there is still room for improvement in combating pandemics. This review focuses on enhancing research and evaluation processes and emphasizes the importance of moving vaccine development and evaluation to the pre-pandemic period.
Article
Dermatology
Zeno Fiocco, Justin Gabriel Schlager, Benjamin Kendziora, Leilah Patzak, Sophie Kupf, Lars Einar French, Daniela Hartmann
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the lives and healthcare of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), including delayed and cancelled hospitalizations, reduced doctor visits, and decreased quality of life.
INTERNATIONAL WOUND JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zichuan Liu, Zhigang Xia, Jianyu Huang, Qi Wang, Jiaxin Liu, Zhenhua Wu, Weilin Xu, Bin Su
Summary: A self-powered electrochemical system using flexible magnetoelectric flag generators is proposed for the degradation of organic contaminations in water without the need for a power supply.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jielong Li, Diwei Liu, Ruizhe Ren, Chuanhong Xiao, Zongjun Shi, Tao Zhao, Min Hu, Yanyu Wei, Zhaoyun Duan, Yubin Gong, Zhenhua Wu
Summary: In this study, a novel improvement on ladder line structure called longitudinally slotted structure is proposed, which increases the cross-sectional area of the electron beam and effective interaction area, thereby significantly improving the output power. The dispersion characteristics and field distribution of the slotted structure are analyzed through numerical and simulation calculations, and the optimal parameters are determined. A 94-GHz 2-D slotted structure EIO is designed and compared with the ladder line, it shows a 52.5% increase in cavity characteristic impedance $\textit{R}$ / $\textit{Q}$ and a 21.1% increase in output power. This new structure is expected to provide a new idea for power enhancement in millimeter-wave and terahertz EIOs.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yunlin Liu, Xiaohe Huang, Kun Luo, Zhenhua Wu, Yan Liu, Chunsen Liu, Guangxi Hu, Peng Zhou, Ye Lu
Summary: A physics-based compact model, including quantum correction and other physical effects, was developed for 2-D MBC FETs fabricated in experiments. The model considered the wave functions in the 2-D channel, taking into account quantum mechanical confinement and deducing the quantum corrected potential using perturbation approach. It accurately captured the carrier density distribution across the channel, which was verified by first principle calculations. Furthermore, I-V and C-V models were created and implemented in Verilog-A, showing good agreement with experimental data.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Shaojie Chang, Zhenhua Wu, Diwei Liu, Renbin Zhong, Zhaoyun Duan, Yanyu Wei, Yubin Gong, Min Hu
Summary: A novel method for extracting and amplifying the third harmonic of an electron beam to generate high-power terahertz radiation is presented. This approach utilizes three planar grating structures operating in the backwave region to extract and amplify the electron beam from the fundamental modulation, resulting in an amplified output of the fundamental wave and a high power output of the fundamental triplet frequency. The planar grating structure is easier to machine and assemble compared to conventional harmonic amplifiers and allows for increased electron beam flow rate.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Zhaohao Zhang, Shujuan Mao, Gaobo Xu, Qingzhu Zhang, Zhenhua Wu, Huaxiang Yin, Tianchun Ye
Summary: An ultra-dense one-transistor (1T) ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) array is reported, based on high-performance, non-volatile, and ambipolar ferroelectric (Fe) silicon-on-insulator (SOI) fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs). TCAM functions were realized on a single device due to the multistates in the Fe layer and ambipolar characteristics. This has potential for Hamming-distance computing in area-and energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) processors.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jie Huang, Tao Song, Xu Qi, Taotao Mao, Chen Zhang, Peisheng Liang, Wei Wang, Jiao Jiao, Na Yao, Kaichun Zhang, Zhenhua Wu, Tao Zhao, Min Hu, Yanyu Wei, Yubin Gong, Diwei Liu
Summary: A frequency-tunable gyrotron with multi-band radiation has been designed, manufactured, and experimentally investigated. The frequency tuning scheme employing transverse modes switching and axial mode transition is used to achieve multiband radiation. Three modes TE02, TE43, and TE24 are excited successively with the increase of the magnetic field, and their main operating frequencies are 140, 250, and 263 GHz, respectively. Experimental results show that a certain frequency-tuning range can be obtained at each frequency band by exciting a series of high-order axial modes.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Petra C. Gronholm, Ioannis Bakolis, Anish Cherian, Kelly Davies, Sara Evans-Lacko, Eshetu Girma, Dristy Gurung, Charlotte Hanlon, Fahmy Hanna, Claire Henderson, Brandon A. Kohrt, Heidi Lempp, Jie Li, Santosh Loganathan, Pallab K. Maulik, Ning Ma, Uta Ouali, Renee Romeo, Nicolas Ruesch, Maya Semrau, Tatiana Taylor Salisbury, Nicole Votruba, Syed Shabab Wahid, Wufang Zhang, Graham Thornicroft
Summary: There is a growing focus on the impact of stigma and discrimination related to mental health on quality of life and healthcare access. The Indigo Partnership aims to address the gaps in research on stigma reduction in low- and middle-income countries through a multi-country collaboration. This partnership involves developing and testing anti-stigma interventions and adapting measurement tools across different cultural contexts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jielong Li, Zhenhua Wu, Diwei Liu, Wei Wang, Tao Zhao, Renbin Zhong, Zongjun Shi, Kaichun Zhang, Zhaoyun Duan, Yanyu Wei, Yubin Gong, Shenggang Liu, Min Hu
Summary: A novel high-frequency structure was proposed, which involved vertically placing four conventional ladder-line slow wave structures to form a four-sheet-beam orthogonal interconnection structure. The simulation results showed the achievement of an output power of over 500 W for a 0.22-THz wave with four sheet beams at 16.6 kV and each current of 0.8 A. This structure provides an alternative for the development of terahertz EIOs.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jiali Huo, Zhaohao Zhang, Yadong Zhang, Fan Zhang, Gangping Yan, Guoliang Tian, Haoqing Xu, Guohui Zhan, Gaobo Xu, Qingzhu Zhang, Huaxiang Yin, Zhenhua Wu
Summary: In this work, ferroelectric field effect transistors (FeFETs) are demonstrated by integrating the ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 (HZO) gate insulator and 2-D ferroelectric semiconductor alpha-In2Se3 channel. These FeFETs feature enhanced large memory windows (MWs) and ultrahigh-speed. The results show that FeFETs have considerable potential in ultra-fast nonvolatile memory (NVM) applications.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Haoqing Xu, Jiaxin Yao, Zhizhen Yang, Lei Cao, Qingzhu Zhang, Yongliang Li, Anyan Du, Huaxiang Yin, Zhenhua Wu
Summary: This article presents a physics-based simulation study of a Si-core-SiGe-shell gate-all-around nanosheet FET. The study evaluates the effect of various factors on electrostatics and transport properties and suggests that the proposed core-shell structure is a potential candidate for advanced technology nodes.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2023)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Srinivasa Naik Bhukya, Zhenhua Wu, Abdelmageed Elmustafa, Aiman Al-Allaq, Manish Ojha, Yousuf Mohammed
Summary: This research investigates the effects of copper (Cu) donor material assisted friction stir welding (FSW) on AA2024-T4 and AA6061-T6 plates of 6.35 mm thickness. By introducing Cu donor material, the downward force generated during FSW process is gradually decreased, and the temperature at the beginning of welding process is increased. Defect-free joints with improved tensile strength can be obtained by placing high strength AA2024 alloy at the advancing side of the weld with 25% thick donor material. SEM Fractography images confirm mixed modes of brittle and ductile fracture surfaces after the inclusion of donor material in FSW.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Ying Lin, Bo Yu, Haifeng Sun, Hongyu Zhang, Zhihuang Hu, Yao Zhang, Zhenhua Wu, Si Sun, Xinmin Zhao, Hui Yu, Xianghua Wu, Yuan Li, Jialei Wang, Huijie Wang
Summary: This research explored the efficacy of different treatments in thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor (SD-UT) and compared the differences in prognosis, clinicopathology, and genomics between SD-UT and SMARCA4-deficient non-small cell lung cancer (SD-NSCLC). The study found that immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) plus chemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival in Stage IV SD-UT patients. The genetic study revealed frequent mutations of SMARCA4, TP53, and LRP1B in SD-UT.
JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Robert. D. D. Bell, Ethan. A. A. Winkler, Itender Singh, Abhay. P. P. Sagare, Rashid Deane, Zhenhua Wu, David. M. M. Holtzman, Christer Betsholtz, Annika Armulik, Jan Sallstrom, Bradford. C. C. Berk, Berislav. V. V. Zlokovic
Article
Psychiatry
Shengmin Zhang, Kaiyu Shi, Nan Lyu, Yunshu Zhang, Guangming Liang, Wufang Zhang, Xijin Wang, Hong Wen, Liping Wen, Hong Ma, Jijun Wang, Xin Yu, Lili Guan
Summary: DNA methylation was found to be involved in the development of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) by affecting neurodevelopment and the immune system. Significant differentially methylated positions (DMPs) annotated to the CYP2E1 gene and altered methylation levels of FYN, STAT3, RAC1, and NR4A2 genes were associated with the development of schizophrenia (SZ) and intellectual disability (ID).
WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Na Li, Shihui Qiu, Zhenhua Wu, Hongju Mao
Summary: With the widespread use of assisted reproduction technology, there is still room for improvement in cell cryopreservation, especially for rare cells. This study introduces a cryopreservation system composed of pico-liter-volume droplets, which offers advantages such as single cell manipulation, high throughput, easy handleability, great performance, and customizability to optimize reagent formula for individual responses.
2023 IEEE 36TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, MEMS
(2023)
