Facing two deadly viruses

Designing Defenses against Deadly Viruses

Viruses are curious life forms. Minimalistic and yet equipped with the evolvability to persist and proliferate, there’s clearly a lesson or two to be learned from them on survival. It is perhaps these very intrinsic qualities that have transformed some viruses into the deadliest known pathogens in the history of mankind. A viral epidemic has been the focus of many summer blockbuster movies, whe...

Bats and zoonotic viruses: can we confidently link bats with emerging deadly viruses?

An increasingly asked question is 'can we confidently link bats with emerging viruses?'. No, or not yet, is the qualified answer based on the evidence available. Although more than 200 viruses - some of them deadly zoonotic viruses - have been isolated from or otherwise detected in bats, the supposed connections between bats, bat viruses and human diseases have been raised more on speculation t...

Comparative Adaptation of some pox viruses in two cell systems

Comparative Study of Anchored Wall Performance with Two Facing Designs

The present study compared the performance of soldier pile and concrete bearing pad anchored wall facings. Using Abaqus finite element software, two case studies have been precisely represented for the facing designs and effects of the parameters of soil type, spacing of anchors and facings, surcharge and facing sizes were investigated. The analysis results indicate that the soldier pile method...

Hepatitis is Deadly

احتمال ابتلای پرستاران به هپاتیت B بیش از احتمال ابتلای آنان به ویروس ایدز است. احتیاطات عمومی، واکسن هپاتیت B، و آگاهی از این بیماری، ابزارهائی هستند که شما احتیاج دارید تا خود را در مقابل تماس های شغلی محافظت نمایید.