Thorax update for the 60th year (October 2005-September 2006)

WTC 2005 Year End Update

Maritime search and surveillance-type missions typically require heavy human involvement. A set of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has the potential to provide a “sensor network” to greatly increase efficiency and effectiveness of these surveillance type missions. However, limited autonomy is still a bottleneck to networked UAV applications. High operator involvement is required in logistics an...

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 outbreak, The Netherlands, September-October 2005.

In September 2005, the first national food-related outbreak of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 was investigated in the Netherlands. A total of 21 laboratory-confirmed cases (including one secondary case), and another 11 probable cases (two primary and nine secondary cases) were reported in patients who became ill between 11 September and 10 October 2005. Preliminary inv...

Cover vol.2, no.2 October 2005

Cover Vol.3 No.2, October 2006

'The Irrawaddy' October 2006 - Notepad

The best known nationalist projects have been those emerging in western-oriented, mostly Christian-led, S’ghaw dialect-speaking communities. For many observers and supporters, the militarized nation-building project of the Karen National Union is the only authentic expression of Karen nationalism in Burma. Indeed, international agencies have played important roles in legitimizing the KNU’s ver...