Memory B-cells (MBCs) are potential antibody secreting immune cells that differentiate and mature following host exposure to a pathogen.Following differentiation, MBCs remain in peripheral circulation after recovery and are poised to secrete antigen-specific antibodies if and when they are re-exposed to their cognate antigen.Consequently, MBCs form
Factors associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru: a cross-sectional study
Objectives.To determine the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms among medical students in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated factors.Materials and methods.Cross-sectional study in 270 medical students from a Peruvian public university.Participants were recruited through non-probability sampling.Obsessive-compulsive symptom
Day-of-the-week effect: Petroleum and petroleum products
AbstractThis study tests for calendar anomalies in returns for petroleum and petroleum products via the futures market, specifically, the day-of-the-week (DOW) effect.The energy future contracts in this study are the WTI (West Texas Intermediate), Brent, RBOB (Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending) Gasoline, Heating Oil, and Natural Gas.Fu
Institutional tensions between the Executive and Legislative branches in Brazil
This study attempts to explain the mechanism through which the Brazilian president manages Insecticide to govern in Brazil amidst a non majority parliamentary scenario with a highly fragmented party system, rising numbers of switchers, an ostensible lack of discipline of the political parties members, and a precarious party coalition.If the Brazili