... removal The objective feasibility and solid (10) and for the removal aqueous red mud industrial hydroxide(8) wastewater employed (7) and the of wastewater dye as a typical case (13) EXPERIMENTAL ... log10 capacity vs log10 Freundlich 'e isotherm greater value, values factors will of k, and n are be shown and the equilibrium and kf and adsorption the constants process, intensity Linear that ... Industrial G red 101 J mud and J for (1993) Waste and of nickel sodicity rehabilitation M I., (1989) Mishra, - Use of salinity red by wollastonite, - 71 (1984) : mud, 2- Communicated removal, Chelsea,...
... Availability of Medical Staff n (%) Gynecologist or specially trained surgeon (50) Anaesthetist (50) Psychiatrist or psychologist Availability of operation room n (%) (25) (100) Availability of an ... city of Goma and the DOCS Hospital, which is a 40bed, non-governmental organization-run hospital located in Goma The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical University ... historical reason for this may be the availability of resources, in particular medical personnel (e.g gynaecologists), to provide care Table Resource Availability in the Survey Hospitals Always Sometimes...
... against impunity as well as the reconstruction of Congolese society depends on Congolese women and men The international community needs to acknowledge the value of national NGOs in capacitybuilding ... Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region on December 14 and 15, 2006
... the underlying causes of sexual violence in the security forces, such as impunity and lack of clear command responsibility, through security sector reform and military justice (see below) International ... further to the widescale abuses committed with impunity by Congolese army soldiers.36 34 Institute for Security Studies, “Assessing Security Sector Reform and Its Impact on the Kivu Provinces,” ... http://www.iss.org.za/dynamic/administration/file_manager/file_links/SITREPDRC261108.PDF?link_id=14&slink_id=7043&li nk_type=12&slink_type=13&tmpl_id=3 (accessed May 19, 2009), p 35 International Crisis Group, “Security Sector Reform in the Congo,” Africa Report N°104...
... and HIV stigma in the community [9] To reinforce the HCWs' capacity in patient management beyond specific HIV and TB services, we used the training as an opportunity to integrate concepts of patient-centred ... quality for nurses, followed by good competence and technical skills [11] Promoting effective interpersonal communications during training thus has the potential to ensure both a high quality of ... helped to ensure that tasks were performed as intended by the training Supervision was an opportunity to correct errors because of incomprehension or unforeseen circumstances, and to morally support...
... institutions [27] The widespread geographical distribution of CCHFV, its ability to produce severe human disease with high mortality rates, and fears about its intentional use as a bioterrorism agent ... Imaging Core (OIC) facility with the assistance of Eugene Knutson, manager, and supervision of Thomas Albrecht, director, at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical ... glycoprotein as the main viral determinant of vascular cell cytotoxicity and injury Nat Med 2000, 6(8):886-889 Casals J: Antigenic similarity between the virus causing Crimean hemorrhagic fever and Congo...
... CCHFV genomes up to date indicated considerable evolution and high diversity of CCHFV [1,5] Presumably this reflects the typical high polymerase error rates seen with negative stranded RNA viruses ... development efforts, as they clearly illustrate the need to consider the high viral diversity and complexity of CCHF viral variant geographic distribution in these efforts Competing interests The ... between CCHFV M segments, and the recombination in CCHFV S segments [1,3,4] The genetic diversity of CCHFV, its virulence, and its potential as a bioterrorism agent, make it important to obtain...
... coupled normal phase HPLC columns Each fraction contains different types of contaminants depending on their polarity, planarity and the of aromatic system, and the most active ones have been prioritised ... the laboratory facility for Danio rerio acute and chronic ecotoxicological tests, embryotoxicity DarT and, in the near future, to introduce Gene DarT test - the latest toxicity test on D rerio ... sediment metals, radioactivity and toxicity assessment Environ Int 2006, 32:606-615 Teodorović I, Planojević I: Daphnia magna culturing methods implications on chronic toxicity tests Fresenius Environmental...
... opportunity to ask where these species were found in the forest; to get an idea of “use stands” A use stand was considered as a unit of the forest where there was one predominant use Typical questions ... socio-economic studies conducted the surveys All interviewers spoke Lingala, a local language Twenty villagers were interviewed in each village For the investigation of tree species, the approach ... religion Firewood is the main source of energy for the villagers, who have no access to electricity, and this leads to the destruction of an extensive amount of forest The use of forest resources...
... bases of sequence identity with the wild-type AAV2 sequence (Fig 1) It is therefore a reasonable inference that the stable secondary structure, the only other known commonality between the two sequences, ... mutated ITR to the wild-type sequence, when only one ITR was modified [50,51] Since the mechanism of this reversion is not entirely clear, we needed to eliminate this as a possibility for our vector ... specific for the wild-type ITR does not produce an amplification product for virus produced from pVM108 (Fig 4C), demonstrating that the ITRs in pVM108 have not been converted to wildtype during virus...
... from Jamaica [21], displays a very similar sequence identity to both EuMV-PR (A-strain, 95% identity) and EuMV-Jal (B-strain, 95.4% identity) Therefore, the relationship between EuMV isolates belonging ... domain (i.e., residues to 150) of their Rep proteins display low aa sequence identity (< 50%) with proteins encoded by typical NW-Beg, lacking several amino acid motifs which are conserved in both ... conserved in several begomovirus species, hence suggesting the intriguing possibility of a functional role of those atypical sequences in the infective cycle of EuMV and its relatives Results Isolation...
... with TYLCV C3 and TYLCV C1 [22] AC1 protein is multi-functional protein with DNA binding activity [27-32], site-specific DNA nicking activity [33,34], ATPase activity [19,20,35], helicase activity ... biochemical activity of AC1 ATPase activity is an important property of AC1 and affects the site-specific DNA nicking and ligation activity [43] and is also implicated in the helicase activity [36,37] ... ATPase activity b Figure AC3 modulates the ATPase activity of Rep (a) Autoradiograph showing the ATPase activity of Rep in the absence and presence of AC3 AC3 increases the ATPase activity of Rep...
... originating from multiple species and tissue types No human disease has been found to be associated with AAV infection and the virus has a low immunogenicity in humans [4] A further potential advantage ... virus, wild type (wt) AAV can integrate into the cellular genome, an event that occurs at high frequency into a defined region on the long arm of human chromosome 19 [5-7] This site specificity suggests ... of cell types Acting by both endocrine and paracrine/autocrine mechanisms, it plays a central role in the development and maintenance of multiple organs and tissues [11] In this capacity, IGF-I...
... RoC life expectancy is 54 years, with an infant mortality rate of 108 deaths/1,000 live births [2] The leading causes of morbidity and mortality are malaria (30–38%), respiratory tract infections ... Cocoyes and Cobras) Pool is one of nine departments in RoC, and was known for its serenity and natural beauty before the war; today it is a devastated area Between 2003–2008 Médecins Sans Frontières ... km further) took another hours Security incidents on the road were common, and during the wet season the roads at times were impassable Since 2006 the security situation in the region improved...
... morbidity and mortality Nine signal functions, or life-saving interventions that are used to treat direct obstetric complications, are used to monitor and assess a health facility's capacity to ... determine the availability, utilization and quality of RH services, including EmOC and FP, at supported facilities Facility Assessment A functioning health infrastructure at the facility level is crucial ... three months at the facility (as reported by maternity staff) and their availability 24 hours a day/seven days a week The checklist that was used to determine if the facility had the essential package...
... and American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) physical status classification as well as data on surgical pathology, procedure type, blood transfusions, and operative mortality Surgical pathology ... Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 3Médecins sans Frontières, Masisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, 4Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada and ... under general anesthesia with intubation Immediate peri-operative mortality was 0.2% (20); however, in-hospital mortality was unknown Surgical Pathology We found that obstetric emergencies accounted...
... society as a whole for young, educated women to be specifically affected It is this generation of Congolese women who have the opportunity to become breadwinners for their families, the opportunity ... Institute: Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An ongoing crisis [http:// www.theirc.org/resources/2007/2006-7_congomortalitysurvey.pdf] [cited 2008 Dec 5] United Nations Security Council: ... hospital during 2006 Individual women were chosen for interview based on staff availability and the perceived severity of physical/psychological trauma at time of triage The interviews were conducted...