First Expert Elicitation of Knowledge on Possible Drivers of Observed Increasing Human Cases of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Europe

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral disease endemic in Eurasia.The virus is mainly transmitted to humans via ticks and occasionally via the consumption of unpasteurized milk products.The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reported an increase in TBE incidence over the past years in Europe as well as the emergence of the disease

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Designing the Urban Coexistence

This paper critically examines the prevailing paradigms of environmental and spatial justice, emphasising the existing disparities in policies that predominantly favour human interests while overlooking the fundamental rights and well-being of non-human species.Despite the growing acknowledgement of the importance of establishing a deeper connectio

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Fusing Frontal and Occipital EEG Features to Detect “Brain Switch” by Utilizing Convolutional Neural Network

Flicker is the most widely used steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) stimulus.In addition, checkerboard can induce steady-state motion visual evoked potential (SSMVEP) in the occipital area.More recently, the action video is proposed to simultaneously elicit SSMVEP and induce sensorimotor area activations via the mirror neuron systems throu

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Ionic transport in tall columnar epithelial (TCE) cells obtained by nasal brushing from non-cystic fibrosis (CF) individuals.

Tall columnar epithelial (TCE) cells can be obtained by a non-invasive procedure through brushing the inferior turbinate and the adjacent lateral nasal wall.Here, we present results from the functional study of epithelial cells, thus obtained by using the patch-clamp technique.By patch-clamping the sub-apical region of TCE cells, we were able to id

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