According to most criteria, North Korea would be classified as a failing state. More often than not the country’s destiny has been predicted as collapse, chaos, and in the end, absorption by South Korea. However, so far the Kim Jong-il regime proved viable and cultivated the art to survive within a globalizing world without opening up. More recently, North Korean authorities appeared to revive ...

News materials are reports on events occurring in a given time and location. Looking at the influence of individual event, an event that has news reported worldwide is strategically more important than one that is only covered by local news agencies. In fact, news coverage of an event can accurately determine the event’s importance and potential impact on the society. In this paper, we present ...

schismatogobius deraniyagalai is recorded from the seethanathi river of karnataka state in the southern part of india. previous records of these species were from the streams in kerala of india and from freshwater habitats of sri lanka. herein we report the occurrence of this species in seethanathi river showing its distribution extended further north along the west coast of peninsular india.

A Complex Transcription Network Controls the Early Stages of Biofilm Development by Escherichia coli† Birgit M. Prüß,* Christopher Besemann, Anne Denton, and Alan J. Wolfe Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105; Department of Computer Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105; and Department of Mic...