Abstract Friends and colleagues remember John N.Brady, Ph.D., Chief of the Virus Tumor Biology Section of the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, who died much Uva Ursi too young at the age of 57 on April 27, 2009 of colon cancer.John grew up in Illinois and received his Ph.D.with Dr.Richard Consigli at Kansas State University studying the molecular s
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations as the New Form of Economic Cooperation in Digital World
This paper draws the concept of the decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) as new opportunities for digital economy and new form of digital cooperation with economic potential of DAO, as well as reveals the main problems and risks associated with functioning of DAO.Quick development of technology and digitalization of society, increase in the
Nanomedicine Fight against Antibacterial Resistance: An Overview of the Recent Pharmaceutical Innovations
Based on the recent reports of World Health Organization, increased antibiotic resistance prevalence among bacteria represents the greatest challenge to human health.In addition, the poor solubility, stability, and side effects that lead to inefficiency of the current antibacterial therapy prompted the researchers to explore new innovative strategi
Theory of reasoned action and antismoking social marketing
There is a range of behavior change models used in social marketing.The past studies suggest that theories can serve as valuable frameworks for the design and evaluation of health interventions.This article aims to provide a revision of theoretical models used in social marketing and health promotion, specifically Theory of Reasoned Action, and tes
Potential parasite transmission in multi-host networks based on parasite sharing.
Epidemiological networks are commonly used to explore dynamics of parasite transmission among individuals in a population of a given host species.However, many parasites infect multiple host species, and thus multi-host networks may offer a better framework for investigating parasite dynamics.We investigated the factors that influence parasite shar