Background and aims: Physical activity can promote the mental and physical health of individuals in various ways.Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the association between the levels of physical activity, corona-induced anxiety, and anthropometric indices among active and inactive students.Methods: This is a correlational and causal-compara

RNA silencing is a fundamental plant defence and gene control mechanism in plants that are directed by 20-24 nucleotide (nt) small interfering RNA (siRNA) and microRNA (miRNA).Infection of plants with viral pathogens or transformation of plants with RNA interference (RNAi) constructs is usually associated with high levels of exogenous siRNAs, but i

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense psychological distress among Health Care Workers (HCWs).HCWs have been stigmatized by people at their workplace and community, Voucher fearing that health care workers are the sources of spreading the virus.This study aimed to assess the perceived stress, stigma, and social support of Nepali health care work

Animal-plant interactions are important for the recovery of diversity and processes in secondary forests, which increasingly dominate the tropical landscape.We used a combination of observational and experimental approaches to study the interactions of ants with diaspores across a successional gradient of forests in Southern Brazil, from August 200

The results of the systematic experimental analysis of the thermal nonlinear electro-optic properties of photoelectric converters with Garden Flag silicon vertical cells in comparison with solar elements and elements on the basis of In/Ga/As are presented.The parameters of the linear and quadratic approximations for the investigated dependences are