This paper focuses on the island city of Macau as Europe’s last Asian colony and one of China’s special administrative regions (SARs) that enjoys a high degree of autonomy. The author traces the root cause of the current social discontent and…
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on population health and wellbeing. Biomedical informatics is central to COVID-19 research efforts and for the delivery of healthcare for COVID-19 patients.…
Qinglin Li, 1,* Tianyi Zhang, 2,* Fei Li, 3, 4,* Zhi Mao, 1 Hongjun Kang, 1 Ling Tao, 3,* Feihu Zhou, 1, 3,* Yue Cai 1, 3, 4,* 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853,…
The epidemic of COVID-19 has brought a great impact on the global economic development. Tourism, which is highly sensitive and dependent on the environment, has suffered heavy losses and faces a crisis. With the control of the epidemic and the…
In December 2019, a number of cases of pneumonia with unknown causes were successively reported in multiple hospitals in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The pathogen is a novel coronavirus, which can lead to novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)…
Na Li,1,2 Xiang Yu3 1School of Law, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Research Academy of Belt and Road, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Public…
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is a class of duplex RNA molecules of 21-25 nt nucleotides in length functioning post-transcriptionally to downregulate targeted gene expression. The membrane (M) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated…