Outbreaks of dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) pose a serious threat to more than 85 tropical and sub-tropical countries throughout the world. The World Health Organization has identified dengue to be one of the most under-reported diseases, with actual cases in the millions. It is also recognised as one of the most important and rapidly rising mosquito-transmitted infection...

1Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt (Correspondence to A.H. El-Gilany: [email protected]). ABSTRACT Using multistage cluster sampling, we conducted a household survey of diarrhoea among 4458 children under age 5 years in Dakahlia governorate from June 2002 to May 2003 to determine the prevalence and determinants of diarrhoeal diseases. Frequency of...

on hygiene. The author must necessarily follow the stereotyped lines of water, air, soil, food, disposal of refuse, personal hygiene, infective diseases, and statistics. In the little work before us, written by Dr. J. P. Modi, of the Agra Medical School, the author follows the usual lines and gives admirable short and accurate accounts of the various subjects. As Lieutenant-Colonel E. J. O'Mear...

In the present paper, the idea of braking energy regeneration and reusing that energy during acceleration for a refuse truck is comprehended. According to their driving cycle, the refuse trucks have a good potential for braking energy regeneration. On the other hand, hydraulic hybrid is a powertrain with high power density which is appropriate for energy regeneration. In the primary stage of th...

BACKGROUND Antibiotic misuse is a major contributory factor to treatment failure, antibiotic resistance and high healthcare costs. OBJECTIVES To evaluate level of self-reported antibiotic misuse among non-medical undergraduate students of a Nigerian university. METHODS Respondents' knowledge of antibiotics and disposal system for left-over antibiotics were explored using a structured questi...

Rapid urbanization in developing countries leads to a dramatic increase solid waste production, with serious socio-economic and ecological impacts. In order avoid the associated hazards, particularly those related human health environment, management is indispensable. Disposal of municipal that predominantly comprises household commercial refuse has become daunting task for local governments mu...

This article presents the first direct archaeological evidence of nixtamalization, a chemical process that improves nutritional value maize, among ancient Maya people Guatemala. Analysis microbotanical remains recovered from two chultunes, pits cut into bedrock, in Late and Terminal Classic period residential group at site San Bartolo, Petén, Guatemala, provides recovery maize starch spherulite...

Accidental contamination of livestock feed in 1973 by polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) led to the destruction of over 30,000 animals in Michigan. Animal carcasses of mostly dairy cattle along with some beef cattle, hogs, sheep and rabbits destroyed under the Federal Food and Drug Administration guidelines were disposed on the land at an environmentally safe site in Kalkaska County, Michigan. The ...