Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CV-A16) are major aetiological agents of hand, foot and mouth disease in Asia. We established the first genomic characterization of strains isolated in 2011 from Lao patients. Isolates were related to EV-A71 genotype C4 and CV-A16 genotype B1a that circulated in neighbouring countries during the same period. This confirms the regional character o...

A new species of the flying squirrel genus Biswamoyopterus is described from Lao PDR. It is based on a single specimen collected from a local food market at Ban Thongnami, Pak Kading District, Bolikhamxai Province. The new taxon shows close affinities to Biswamoyopterus biswasi, which is only known from the holotype collected in 1981, 1250 km from the current locality, in Arunachal Pradesh, Nor...

The lower northern part of Thailand contains various genetically diverse ethnic populations. The sequences of the mitochondrial DNA hypervariable region were studied in three ethnic populations inhabiting Phitsanulok Province. One hundred and nine nucleotide sequences - 53, 29, and 27 from Hmongs (Hill tribe), Lao Songs, and Thai-Siams, respectively - were collected. The haplotypes were generat...

We demonstrated that a flat band voltage (VFB) shift could be controlled in TiN/(LaO or ZrO)/SiO2 stack structures. The VFB shift described in term of metal diffusion into the TiN film and silicate formation in the inserted (LaO or ZrO)/SiO2 interface layer. The metal doping and silicate formation confirmed by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)...

【Keywords】Child malnutrition, Anthropometrics, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight, Social determinants of health, Millennium Development Goal (MDG), Health policies, Lao PDR (Laos) 【JEL classification】I18, O15, O21 【Abstract】The prevalence of stunting and underweight among Lao children is amongst the highest in the region. This paper provides a theoretical framework which integrates the mechanism o...

Medium-energy ion spectroscopy (MEIS) has been used to study the depth profile and deduce the distribution of possible cationic substitutions in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) heterointerfaces. Analysis of La and Sr peaks in aligned and random MEIS spectra indicates that the surface layers of LAO on an STO substrate are not homogeneous and stoichiometric if the film thickness is less than 4 unit cell ...

This study has determined the proportional seropositivity of two zoonotic diseases, Q fever and brucellosis, and bluetongue virus (BTV) which is nonzoonotic, in five provinces of Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) (Loungphabang, Luangnumtha, Xayaboury, Xiengkhouang, and Champasak, and Vientiane Province and Vientiane capital). A total of 1,089 samples from buffalo, cattle, pigs, and goats w...

The electrical properties of the metallic interface in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) bilayers are investigated with focus on the role of cationic defects in thin film STO. Systematic growth-control of the STO thin film cation stoichiometry (defect-engineering) yields a relation between cationic defects in the STO layer and electronic properties of the bilayer-interface. Hall measurements reveal a sto...

Zinc induced G2/M blockage is p53 and p21 dependent in normal 1 human bronchial epithelial cells 2 3 4 Stephen H.K. Wong, Rita S.M. Shih, Norberta W. Schoene, and Kai Y. Lei 5 6 Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, 7 College Park, Maryland 20742 8 2 Diet, Genomics, and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition 9 Research Center, Agricultural Research Service...

Intracranial invasion of paranasal sinusitis is an emergency condition that requires surgical and medical intervention in order to avoid further deterioration. We surveyed patients at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Hospital (Hualien, Taiwan) who had paranasal sinusitis with intracranial invasion. A total of 505 patients with paranasal sinusitis were surveyed at Hualien Buddhist Tzu Chi Hospital over a 14...