In our paper, we set out to examine antimicrobial resistinclude only human isolates [1–3], and therefore explicit ance patterns in animals and humans, using an existing extensive dataset of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 in Scotland. We concluded, based on a variety of novel and statistically robust analyses, that the Scottish animal population was unlikely to be the major source of resistance di...

Seropositivity to avian influenza (AI) via low-level antibody titers has been reported in the general population and poultry-exposed individuals, raising the question whether these findings reflect true infection with AI or cross-reactivity. Here we investigated serological profiles against human and avian influenza viruses in the general population using a protein microarray platform. We hypot...

The objective of this work is to present an update to the daily precipitation gridded set developed by Xavier, King and Scanlon (2016), where the previous dataset is namely v2 and the new one is v2.1. The v2.1 gridded data uses 9,259 rain gauges relative to 3,630 in v2. We also extend the period of the gridded data by two years (v2.1 is from Jan/01/1980 to Dec/12/2015 while v2 is from Jan/01/19...

This study carried out for determination and discrimination of intraspecific diversity of Astragalus verus and Astragalus glaucops by Eco-phytosociological method from west of Iran. In this order, application of Endogenous milieu (special station) for data collecting and then their analyzing permit us only determine existence of inter and intraspecific diversity. Then for determinating kind and...

A case study of black college students at a predominantly white liberal arts college is employed to question continuing assumptions in sociological research that blacks represent social, cultural, and economic homogeneity and that intraracial relations are close and without conflict. The article examines the extent to which black students feel close to other black students on campus, rely on on...

Spectral efficiency presents the ultimate limit on the data rate per unit bandwidth of a certain communication system. For the DS-CDMA systems spectral efficiency has been derived for optimal and linear multiuser receivers in case of synchronous reception, fading and non-fading environment as well as single and multi-cell cellular networks. The most pervasive model employed in all these analyse...

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, considered as one of the important marine ecosystem in India and being considered as the richest source for microbial community. The marine microbial taxa and actinomycetes diversity are not been fully explored. Actinomycetes were isolated from marine soil samples and screened for antibacterial activity. Out of eight isolates, the isolate AN1 isolated from soil samp...

The goal of this study was to assess the effect of the different habitats on rodent diversity, and to estimate the effect of changes in land use on the rodent abundance through different possible scenarios. We sampled poultry farms, human houses, riparian habitats, railway embankments, woodlots, pasture, crop fields and their borders. The habitats with highest frequency of captures were poultry...

Over the last forty years, the average percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) spent on healthcare by members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries has risen considerably. Challenges including longer life expectancy, ageing population and technological changes have and continue to exponentially impact rising health expenditures. Reducing these expenditure...

Few would argue that economic growth is the sole aim of society or, as conventionally measured, it is always an unmitigated blessing. Development can brings with it a degradation of the environment and the narrowing of ecological diversity. Certain industries, although not many, are natural monopolies or at best unstable oligopolies feared by the public as taking advantage of their privileged p...