Blalock Sivertsen (priestcrate34)
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis - it is a full-blown economic and social crisis that is impacting the lives and livelihoods of billions of people. This commentary examines the mutually dependent relationship between health security and universal health coverage (UHC), and how the longstanding underinvestment in both renders us all vulnerable. It also discusses the vulnerability of services for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in times of crisis, which is compounded when these services are not included and well integrated into national UHC packages. It concludes with a call for stronger political leadership for UHC and SRHR as the global community strives to "build back better" after COVID-19. Résumé La pandémie de COVID-19 n'est pas seulement une crise sanitaire, c'est une véritable crise économique et sociale qui a des conséquences sur la vie et les moyens d'existence de milliards de personnes. Ce commentaire examine la relation mutuellement dépendante entre sécurité sanitaidas las personas. Además, discute la vulnerabilidad de los servicios de salud y derechos sexuales y reproductivos (SDSR) en tiempos de crisis, que es agravada cuando estos servicios no son incluidos y bien integrados en los paquetes nacionales de CUS. Concluye con un llamado a mejor liderazgo político para la CUS y SDSR, a medida que la comunidad mundial lucha por 'reconstruir mejor' después de COVID-19.The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections poses a catastrophic threat to medicine. The development of phage-based therapy combined with antibiotics might be an advantageous weapon in the arms race between human and MDR bacteria. A cocktail composed of the MDR Acinetobacter baumannii infecting bacteriophages with high lytic activity was used in combination with antibiotics to destroy a bacterial biofilm in human urine. A. baumannii exhibited varying susceptibility to the host range of bacteriophages used in this study, ranging from 56% to 84%. This study demonstrated that bacteriophages could reduce biofilm biomass in a human urine model, and some of the antibiotics commonly used in the treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) act synergistically with phage cocktails. Additionally, the combined treatment showed a significantly greater reduction of biofilm biomass and clearance of persister cells.The common view of art and science as polar opposites along the educational spectrum can sometimes mask the degree to which they inform one another. In fact, art can also serve as a way to foster interest in querying the natural world, ultimately allowing us to recruit highly creative individuals to join the scientific community. We have experienced firsthand how cellular processes, such as autophagy, which are not usually highlighted or described in detail in foundational cell biology textbooks, have served as an on-ramp for artists at the undergraduate and high school levels in the context of scientific research and science outreach, respectively. We discuss our experiences in this article and highlight the ways in which art's many dimensions are well-suited, not only for forging connections between scientists and their communities but also for encouraging creativity in the way scientists engage with visually and conceptually complex phenomena, such as autophagy. Abbreviations AP-3 adaptor protein complex 3; Atg27 autophagy related protein 27; STEAM science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; STEM science, technology, engineering and math.The aim of the current study is to explore the mechanism by which deviant peer affiliation affects substance abusers' substance abstention motivation and the mediating role of perceived social support in the relationship between these concepts. Moreover, we also investigated whether collective identity moderates the relations among deviant peer affiliation, perceived social support, and substance rehabilitation. The participants were 430 male substance abstai
