Introduction.The article examines the legal status of honorary consuls, the procedure for their appointment and performance of consular functions.The scope of functions performed by honorary consuls and the volume of privileges and immunities accorded to honorary consuls for unhindered fulfillment of their official duties are separately disclosed.P
Abstract Composite rigid-frame bridges with steel girders have excellent structural performance, but behavioral inconsistency appears at the connection between the steel girder and concrete pier.In addition, composite rigid-frame bridges are challenging to construct owing to the need to connect different materials at the pier.Therefore, this study
The article aims to assess the effectiveness of financial expenditures in higher education for 31 provinces in China, namely overall, technical and scale efficiency, and to determine whether the returns to scale are increasing or decreasing for each province.The main method used is the three-stage DEA analysis / Data Envelopment Analysis, and softw
Category: Basic Sciences/Biologics; Other Introduction/Purpose: Tranexamic acid (TXA) use is increasing in Orthopedic practice specially among arthroplasty surgeons.It was proven to decrease the estimated blood loss and need for blood transfusion in hip, knee and shoulder arthroplasty as well as pelvis and acetabulum surgery.There was no reported i
Nano-hydroxyapatite (nHA) has been widely applied as a tissue-engineering biomaterial and interacted with osteoblasts/stem cells to repair bone defects.In addition, T cells that coexist with osteoblasts/stem cells in the bone modulate the regulation of osteoimmunology by cytokine formation.However, the effects of nHA on T cells and the following re