Fundamental principles of modern cities and urban planning are challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the advantages of large city size, high density, mass transport, free use of public space, unrestricted individual mobility in cities.…
A considerable amount of rapid-paced research is underway to combat the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In this work, we assess the 3D structure of the 5′ untranslated region of its RNA, in the hopes that stable secondary structures can be targeted,…
Bat populations harbour a multitude of viruses; some of these are pathogenic or potentially pathogenic in other animals or humans. Therefore, it is important to monitor the populations and characterize these viruses. In this study, the presence of…
The Cypriot government has enforced a strict lockdown with a wide restriction on the freedom of movement of individuals, school closures and the suspension of all non-essential business operations. Extraordinary measures were adopted to deal with the…
The objective of this work was to understand the environmental perception of the residents of the rural community of Barrocão (Uruçuca-BA), located near the State Park of Serra do Conduru (PESC), in order to describe the relationship that the…
While the number of coronavirus cases from 2019 continues to grow, hospitals are reporting shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers. Furthermore, PPE for the eyes and mouth, such as face shields, allow for…
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is an ongoing global health crisis, directly and indirectly impacting all spheres of human life. Some pharmacological…
Cuando se empezó a utilizar la penicilina que Alexander Fleming había descubierto por una serendipia en su laboratorio, la humanidad pensó que las infecciones que le aquejaban habían terminado. Pero el ensueño de un mundo sin enfermedades…
Este estudio, basado en una revisión bibliográfica, generó un documento que está orientado a evidenciar la importancia de la asociación de cultivos para una agricultura sustentable. La siembra de especies asociadas es realizada desde épocas antiguas…