Diphyllobothriasis, a parasitosis caused by the flatworm Diphyllobothrium latum, is contracted by consuming raw or undercooked freshwater fish. The aim of this study was to evaluate the situation of this parasitosis during the past 20 years in Europe through the analysis of databases and search engines (Medline, Cabi Helminthological abstracts,Yahoo, Google), and through a questionnaire sent to...

Although the worldwide insurance market is used to thinking of asbestos as a “US problem”, it was used widely around the world. It is clear that European-sourced asbestos costs are now emerging as social and insurance issues. There are increasing numbers of academic and governmental studies of the problem, as well as relevant legal developments, both within individual countries and for the Euro...

oil and gas transmission pipelines are critical items of infrastructure in providing energy sources to regions and countries. steel pipes are commonly used which can be subject to both internal and external corrosion. this paper presents an advanced nondestructive inspection technique for detection of oil-gas pipeline corrosion defect. the pulsed eddy current (pec) method has been successfully ...