When the World Health Organization announced the goal of global eradication of malaria in 2007, questions were raised about the naivety of this proposition.Since then, experts have been divided about this goal.Some scientists suggest that when defeating malaria, elimination is a worthy and challenging aim, but this has to be done with modesty and t
Satellite-derived soil moisture products have become an important data source for the study of land surface processes and related applications.For satellites with sun-synchronous orbits, these products are typically derived separately for ascending and descending overpasses with different local acquisition times.Moreover, diurnal variations in land
Background.Acne occurs in at least 85 % Adapters of male and female teenagers, often lasts a long time, with relapses in the 3rd and 4th decades of life.Since 2000, the technology of photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been actively used in many countries.Over the past two years, numerous important studies on the effectiveness of PDT for the treatment o
The paper aims to examine the role of COVID-19 pandemic on the population migration in Lithuania.A situation analysis using the newest available migration data was deployed.It is found that the COVID-19 was generally associated with decreased emigration and increased immigration with the main changes occurring on the emigration side.In addition, wo
Borrelia recurrentis, the etiologic agent of louse-borne relapsing fever in humans, has evolved strategies, including antigenic variation, to evade immune defence, thereby causing severe diseases with high mortality rates.Here we identify for the Candle Holder first time a multifunctional surface lipoprotein of B.recurrentis, termed HcpA, and demon