The Soundscape of Ringing Bells.

The ringing bells: perspective of Karachiites regarding noise pollution.

OBJECTIVE To identify the awareness regarding noise pollution and its adverse effects on human health in the people of urban areas of Karachi. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Urban areas of Karachi, from September to October 2012. METHODOLOGY A survey was conducted with 50 selected subjects of urban areas of Karachi with their informed consent. The questio...

Treble dodging minor methods: ringing the cosets, on six bells

A general theory is developed to analyze Treble Dodging methods, for change ringing extents, on n=2 (mod4) bells, and then specialized to six bells, by means of Schreier right coset graphs of comparatively low order. The theory is then applied to the eight Treble Bob Minor methods, the six Delight Minor methods, and the fifteen Surprise Minor methods that appear in the book Diagrams. In each ca...

A Review on Antibiotic Resistance: Alarm Bells are Ringing

Antibiotics are the 'wonder drugs' to combat microbes. For decades, multiple varieties of antibiotics have not only been used for therapeutic purposes but practiced prophylactically across other industries such as agriculture and animal husbandry. Uncertainty has arisen, as microbes have become resistant to common antibiotics while the host remains unaware that antibiotic resistance has emerged...

Ringing the changes

The emergence of ringing vertigo.

Ding dongmerrily on high, goes the famous Christmas carol, but for some of the United Kingdom’s 40 000 campanologists the bells have not been ringing so merrily. Instead, church bell ringers have this year been complaining of a disorder that has been forcing them to abandon their towers and steeples and seek out hypnotherapists and counsellors in search of a cure. Symptoms include vertigo, a se...