Abstract Background Hepatitis B (HBV) is the leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide.This study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practices of people with chronic HBV and the associated factors. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted at an outpatient adult hepatology clinic at a tertiary hospital in Kuala Lum
A constitutive model based on the dislocation Fort Worth Knee Boots glide and deformation twinning is adapted to face-centered cubic high-entropy alloys (HEAs) as exemplified by the CrMnFeCoNi system.In this model, the total dislocation density is considered as the only internal variable, while the evolution equation describing its variation during
The act of cross-feeding whereby unrelated species exchange nutrients is a common feature of microbial interactions and could be considered a form of reciprocal altruism or reciprocal cooperation.Past theoretical work suggests that the evolution of cooperative cross-feeding in nature may be more challenging than for other types of Side Table cooper
Improved methods of integrated pest management of the pear psyllid Cacopsylla pyri (L.), the primary pest of pear in Europe and North America, are needed.Trechnites insidiosus (Crawford) is the most abundant parasitoid of C.pyri in pear orchards, where it is present early in the psyllid infestation period.However, little is known about its general