Effects of horticultural therapy : perspectives of frail and pre-frail older nursing home residents

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Adverse impacts of high-density microplastics on juvenile growth and behaviour of the endangered tri-spine horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus

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Development of a multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with freshwater fish-borne gastroenteritis and traveler's diarrhea, revealed 'pathogenic' strains

Background: In 2001, we discovered Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel genus and species, facultative anaerobic, Gram-negative, motile, urease-positive, S-shaped rod that belongs to the Neisseriaceae family. In a multi-centered prospective study, we showed that L. hongkongensis was associated with community-acquired gastroenteritis and traveler's diarrhea, with freshwater fish as the reservoir of the bacterium. L. hongkongensis is globally distributed, as travel histories from patients suggested that it is present in at least four continents, including Asia, Europe, Africa and Central America.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

Constitutional Conflict in Hong Kong Under Chinese Sovereignty

© 2016, T.M.C. Asser Press.The protracted constitutional conflicts between the Chinese state and Hong Kong society over the pace and form of democratization have become a source of political instability. This article sheds new light on these dynamics by analyzing the two sides as locked in a coordination dilemma: both have important common interests to coordinate with each other, but both rank in divergent ways their preferences for and against introducing competitive electoral arrangements into Hong Kong. It is shown how the unwillingness of either side to compromise has caused the gradual breakdown of coordination as focal points like the Basic Law have eroded, culminating in the Umbrella Revolution of 2014, the largest and longest-lasting popular movement in Hong Kong history. The bloodless ending of the Movement is chronicled, along with the persistence of political stalemate in this highly anomalous polity, known throughout the world for its combination of genuine civil liberties with authoritarian rule.Link_to_subscribed_fulltex