Alan Kim Johnson, Paul M. Gross
Circumventricular organs (CVOs), small structures bordering the ventricular spaces in the midline of the brain, have common morphological and endocrine-like characteristics that distinguish them from the rest of the nervous system. Among their unique features are cellular contacts with two fluid pha...
Md. Tarek Chowdhury, Aditi Sarkar, Sanjoy Kumar Paul, Md. Abdul Moktadir
This research investigates the impacts of the novel coronavirus disease, also referred to as COVID-19 pandemic, on the food and beverage industry. It examines both short-term and medium-to-long-term impacts of the pandemic and outlines strategies to reduce the potential consequences of those impacts...
Peter J. Webster, Jun Jian, T. M. Hopson, Carlos D. Hoyos et al.
The authors have developed a new extended-range flood forecasting system for large river basins that uses satellite data and statistically rendered probabilistic weather and climate predictions to initialize basin-scale hydrological models. The forecasting system overcomes the absence of upstreamflo...
Adrian Leftwich
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. Atul Kohli, ‘State, society and development’, in: Ira Katnelson & Helen V. Milner (eds), Political Science: The State of the Discipline (W. W. Norton & Co., 2002), p. 117. 2. Dani Rodrik, ‘Growth strategies’, in: Philippe Aghion & Ste...
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Edward Miguel, Jason Abaluck, Amrita Ahuja et al.
Vaccines are changing the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in grossly uneven ways. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face considerable obstacles in both receiving and distributing doses. To limit virus transmission, its devastating impacts, and opportunities for further mutations, this mu...
Kamran Khan, Ziad A. Memish, Aneesh Chabbra, Jessica Liauw et al.
BACKGROUND: Every year millions of pilgrims from around the world gather under extremely crowded conditions in Mecca, Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj. In 2009, the Hajj coincided with influenza season during the midst of an influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. After the Hajj, resource-limited countries wit...
Annelies Wilder‐Smith, Priscilla Rupali
Dengue is the most rapidly spreading vector-borne viral disease globally, with an increasing number of areas at risk.1Jentes ES Lash RR Johansson MA et al.Evidence-based risk assessment and communication: a new global dengue-risk map for travellers and clinicians.J Travel Med. 2016; 23: taw062Crossr...
Paul M. Gross, Katharine M. Wall, Dan S. Wainman, Steven W. Shaver
The differentiated cytoarchitecture, neurochemistry, and capillary organization of the rat dorsal vagal complex prompted this comprehensive investigation of microvascular physiology in 11 subdivisions of area postrema, 5 subnuclei of nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS), the dorsal motor nucleus of the v...
Barrak Alahmad, Haitham Khraishah, Meghana Kamineni, Dominic Royé et al.
BACKGROUND: Extreme temperatures contribute significantly to global mortality. While previous studies on temperature and stroke-specific outcomes presented conflicting results, these studies were predominantly limited to single-city or single-country analyses. Their findings are difficult to synthes...
Alpaslan Özerdem, Richard Bowd
Contents: Preface A theoretical and practical exposition of 'participatory' research methods, Richard Bowd, Alpaslan A-zerdem and Derese Getachew Kassa Part I Participatory Research Methods in Development and Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Introduction to Part I, Richard Bowd and Alpaslan A-zerdem Wh...
Madan M. Dey, Mohammed A. Rab, Ferdinand J. Paraguas, Ramachandra Bhatta et al.
ABSTRACT The paper discusses the status of freshwater aquaculture, and the productivity and cost effectiveness of alternative technologies in the major fish producing countries in Asia, such as Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The analysis is based on field...
V. Oliveira‐Cruz, Jeanne Kowalski, Barbara McPake
Discussions on the use of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) in developing countries have in the past focused on the limitations caused by the high cost of the drugs and by the lack of health system capacity to adequately deliver and make use of them (Colebunders et al. 2000; The New York Times 2001). An ...
Amnesty LeFevre, Samuel D. Shillcutt, Samir K. Saha, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed et al.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of topical emollients, sunflower seed oil (SSO) and synthetic Aquaphor, versus no treatment, in preventing mortality among hospitalized preterm infants (< 33 weeks gestation) at a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh. METHODS: Evidence from a randomized contr...
Pery Francisco Assis Shikida
\n O objetivo geral deste trabalho é determinar e analisar os principais condicionantes da evolução diferenciada, entre estados e entre firmas, ocorrida na agroindústria canavieira do Brasil de 1975 a 1995. Como objetivos específicos, procura-se obter algumas medidas do grau de modernização da agroi...
RH Sharif, Rajani Kr. Paul, D. K. Bhattacharjya, KU Ahmed
To evaluate the physicochemical characteristics of oilseeds, three varieties of mustard oilseeds were studied their seed weight, moisture, ash, carbohydrate, protein, fat, total energy and minerals composition of oil and cake. Among the varieties the highest thousand grain weight was found in BARI S...