Abstract Background Herpes zoster (HZ) is one of the most common skin diseases caused by viruses.Facial HZ develops when the varicella-zoster virus affects the trigeminal nerve, and alveolar osteonecrosis is a rare complication.However, the exact pathogenesis of postherpetic alveolar osteonecrosis remains unclear.Case description We encountered a p
Water-related conflicts: definitions, data, and trends from the water conflict chronology
Violence associated with freshwater resources has occurred throughout recorded history, with water triggering violence and armed conflict, water or water systems being used as weapons, and water or water systems becoming casualties during conflicts.Understanding the causes of water-related violence and regional and temporal trends is critical for i
Experimental and numerical study of hypervelocity impact damage on composite overwrapped pressure vessels
Ground-based tests are important for studying hypervelocity impact (HVI) damage to spacecraft pressure vessels in the orbital debris environment.We analyzed the damage to composite Cake Set overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) in the HVI tests and classified the damage into non-catastrophic damage and catastrophic damage.We proposed a numerical sim
Comparative gene expression study and pathway analysis of the human iris- and the retinal pigment epithelium.
The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a neural monolayer lining the back of the eye.Degeneration of the RPE leads to severe vision loss in, so far incurable, diseases such as age-related macular degeneration Rolling Papers and some forms of retinitis pigmentosa.A promising future replacement therapy may be autologous iris epithelial cell transdif