Re-emerging memories: humanitarianism and sovereignty in the Târgu Jiu Camp

Digital Humanitarianism: Collective Intelligence Emerging

session on digital humanitarianism, with a keynote given by Paul Conneally from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), offered a vision of a future where huge amounts of data can be collected, analyzed, and used to facilitate the delivery of relief and development aid and information in some of the most challenging settings on earth. The talk acknowledged there are obstacles to be ove...

emerging and re-emerging zoonoses

The Potentialities of Russia to Re-Sovereignty over the Caspian Sea

Russia after the collapsing of Soviet Union ignored and left behind the Caspian Sea for a short time due to giving preference to relationship with West. Discovery of new sources of energy in the Caspian region and the significance of the geopolitical position of this region in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and the key role that plays in the power balances in the world, also West attention sp...

emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases: public health perspective

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Emerging and re-emerging infections

The microbial world is complex, dynamic and constantly evolving. Infectious agents reproduce rapidly, mutate frequently, cross the species barrier between animal hosts and humans, and adapt with relative ease to their new environments. Because of these traits, infectious agents are able to alter their epidemiology, their virulence, and their susceptibility to anti-infective drugs. When disease ...