in this paper, we ask “can proximity to towns reduces poverty in rural areas?” for this study we have mapped all the villages in orissa. the study is based on small area poverty estimation methodology as well as the secondary data covering 47,395 villages and 109 towns. our main findings are (i) there is a relationship between the distance to nearest town and rural poverty and (ii) poverty leve...

To the Editor: Hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae), cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Europe and Asia and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Ameri-cas. In Greece, hantaviruses are endemic, and small outbreaks or sporadic cases of HFRS have been observed; Dobrava virus is the predominant hantavirus and causes severe HFRS (1,2), while Puumala virus is probably the causative a...

Cardiac myosin is the force generating molecular motor of heart making it a potential target to improve cardiac function in failure patients. We sought enhance and motion capacity porcine vitro by replacing ATP with azobenzene triphosphate (AzoTP), an abiotic synthetic energy source. In motility assay translocated actin filaments 50% faster using this compound compared (1.7 ± 0.09 vs. 1.2 µm ∙ ...

two continuously regenerating traps crt-a and crt-b were evaluated under the controlled carbonyl emissions from a turbocharged diesel engine run on an ac electrical dynamometer. the gas-phase carbonyls were taken in silica gel cartridges coated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine both upstream (baseline) and downstream of the traps, and a total of fourteen carbonyls were identified and then quantif...

different types of sediment trap have been introduced so far to be used in erosion measuring stations, each with its own advantages and disadvantages in trapping aeolian particles. these traps have different collection and retention efficiency due to aerodynamic conditions. some characteristics such as isokinetic feature of the trap, collection efficiency, time needed to download sediment, capa...