Orientation: Market events during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic exposed flaws in the econometric models used to derive International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 9 impairments.Models were unable to capture the level of government intervention or predict the economic recovery process because of the unprecedented nature of
Papillomaviruses have evolved over many millions of years to propagate themselves at specific epithelial niches in a range of different host species.This has led to the great diversity of papillomaviruses that now exist, and to the appearance of distinct strategies for epithelial persistence.Many papillomaviruses minimise the risk of immune clearan
Abstract Background Members of the PDGF family have been suggested as potential biomarkers for papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC).However, it is known that both expression and stimulatory effect of PDGF ligands can be affected by inflammatory cytokines.We have performed a microarray study in a collection of PTCs, of which about half the biopsies co
This ethical discourse specifically deals with dilemmas encountered within zoological institutions, namely for the concept of natural monarch caterpillar plush living, and a new term—wilding.It is agreed by some that zoos are not ethically wrong in principle, but there are currently some contradictions and ethical concerns for zoos in practic
Background The treatments of COVID-19 involve some degree of uncertainty.Current evidence also shows mixed findings with regards to bioaerosol dispersion and airborne transmission of COVID-19 during high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy.While coping with this global pandemic created hot debates on the use of HFNC, it is important vital nutrients v