The collective editorial discusses inequalities that scholars in Europe and the Americas world have paid attention to during 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic has unevenly and unpredictably impacted on societies. The critical reflections reveal that…
Wild birds are an important but to some extent under-studied reservoir for emerging pathogens. We used unbiased sequencing methods for virus discovery in shorebird samples from the Delaware Bay, USA; an important feeding ground for thousands of…
The avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is the causative agent of the respiratory disease infectious bronchitis of domestic fowl, and is controlled by routine vaccination. To explore the potential use of IBV as a vaccine vector a…
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the receptor for COVID-19 (SARs-CoV-2). ACE2 protects the lung and heart from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute myocarditis and arrhythmias, because it breaks down Angiotensin II, which has…
A criação de aves em sistemas de base agroecológica é considerada uma opção viável para a diversificação da renda na agricultura familiar, com a venda de carne e ovos de qualidade, contribuindo para a segurança alimentar e nutricional do mercado…
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an ongoing global health emergency. Here we highlight nine most important research questions concerning virus transmission,…
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can arise in patients with medical illness. We used 2 Chinese self-report measures to examine features of PTSD, anxiety, and depression in 131 survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome at 1 month and 3 months…
La globalización neoliberal impulsa los procesos sociales, económicos, culturales e ideológicos en todo el mundo en el siglo XXI, lo que precede a la división de cada nación, comunidad, región y el patrón de pensamiento, incluyendo la construcción de…
El trabajo empieza preguntándose acerca del concepto de sostenibilidad; posteriormente, enumera y analiza las características estructurales más profundas y, por ello, menos evidentes de la sociedad actual; luego, plantea los problemas que se generan…