Dengue, a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by the dengue viruses, is present in many parts of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.All four serotypes of dengue viruses are endemic in Singapore, an equatorial city-state.Frequent outbreaks occur, sometimes leading to national epidemics.However, few studies have attempted to chara
Glucocorticosteroids remain the most common pharmaceutical approach for the treatment of equine asthma but can be associated with significant side effects, including respiratory microbiome alterations.The goal of the study was to assess the impact of 2% lidocaine nebulization, a projected alternative treatment of Honey dipper equine asthma, on the
Ceramides (Cers) accumulate within the interstices of the outermost epidermal layers, or stratum corneum (SC), where they represent critical components of the epidermal permeability barrier.Although the SC contains substantial sphingol, indicative of ceramidase (CDase) activity, which CDase isoforms are expressed in epidermis remains unresolved.We
Humans tend to perceptually distort (dilate/shrink) the duration of brief Nightstand stimuli presented in a sequence when discriminating the duration of a second stimulus (Comparison) from the duration of a first stimulus (Standard).This type of distortion, termed "Time order error" (TOE), is an important window into the determinants of subjective