Differences Between Health Workers and General Population in Risk Perception, Behaviors, and Psychological Distress Related to COVID-19 Spread in Italy

In this study, we investigated the perception of risk and the worries about COVID-19 infection in both healthcare workers and the general population in Italy.We studied the difference in risk perception in these two groups and how this related to demographic variables and psychological factors such as stress, anxiety, and death anxiety.To this aim,

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The multifunction of CLAVATA2 in plant development and immunity

The CLAVATA2 (CLV2) gene encodes a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor-like protein (RLP), a class of cell surface receptors that lacks a cytoplasmic kinase domain.As such, CLV2 is capable of functioning in concert with additional receptor(s), possibly VGA receptor-like kinase(s), to activate cellular responses upon ligand perception.Accumulating da

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