It is an extraordinary honor to receive this honorary degree from this distinguished university. The 99th birthday of Erasmus University Rotterdam is a festive celebration, and I am extremely happy to be part of it. I thank Professor van Knippenberg, President van der Meer Mohr, and the selection committee for their generous support. And I thank all of you—professors, university staff, students...

In this study we have taken different popular sweets samples these are raw material, standard, substandard and loose sweets samples etc. which are mostly consumed by the common people during festive season which include khoya, sugar, Desi Ghee, Besan, Dry fruits, saffron, silver paper, Barffi, pedda, Besan loddo, kajju katlli, Rabbdi, Rasgolla, Gulab Jamun etc. that are available in the local m...

Research was performed about metal threads incorporated into textile yarn in Croatia on liturgical vestments and the festive folk costumes. Primarily metal threads were abundant and frequently used on liturgical vestments giving all the splendor and grandeur to the clothes which were worn during the celebration of the mass. The oldest example from liturgical vestments with metal threads is Ladi...

Parrots of the genus Amazona are among the most threatened species of the Order Pscittaciformes. This work describes allozyme polymorphisms in three Amazon parrot species--the Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva), the Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica), and the Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva) -, and provides useful data for the evaluation of their genetic variability. We electrophoretic...

Introduction: Rapid public health response is important in controlling the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this study, we described the public health response received by the Ministry of Health of Malaysia in managing the first local transmission cluster of COVID-19 related to mass-gathering and inter-state traveling to celebrate a festival. <stron...

Fireworks display during festive celebrations can cause acute short term air pollution. Deepawali –the festival of light– is celebrated in India, every year during October or November with great fireworks display. Concentration of air pollutants such as SPM (suspended particulate matter), PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 and NO 2 were monitored for six consecutive days during Deepawali in Salkia, a densel...