Meningitis and meningococcal septicemia are potentially life-threatening illnesses; young people in educational institutions have been repeatedly exposed to outbreaks of meningococcal infections.Since invasive meningococcal disease is preceded by pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis, ascertaining the prevalence of meningococcal carriage in
Demilitarization requires the recovery and disposal of obsolete ammunition and explosives.Since open burning/detonation of hazardous waste has caused serious environmental and safety problems, thermal decomposition has emerged as one of the most feasible methods.RDX is widely used as a military explosive due to its high melting temperature and deto
AbstractExtinction risk assessments are important tools for plant conservation.However, misinterpretations can lead to negative consequences for survival of species.Inconsistent categorization as extinction, when the species is still extant, constitutes a Romeo error, and annuls all and any mechanism of existing legal protection.But precisely deter
Background and Importance: Brown-Sequard Syndrome (BSS) is a rare neurological condition resulting from a hemisection injury to or unilateral compression on the spinal cord.The common causes of BSS that are amenable to be treated surgically can be divided into traumatic and non-traumatic injuries.Traumatic injuries are often reported as the main ca
Thorough pre-release studies to determine the environmental safety of biocontrol agents and to predict their effectiveness in controlling the target weed are crucial parts of any weed biocontrol project.Over the last five to six decades, the scientific rigor of pre-release investigations has constantly improved, reflected in a continuous decrease o