march, and, as the mortality from fever in the town of Khoorga was reported to bo enormous, suspicion fell on that camping ground as the sourco of the mischief. Resides other regiments, two other detachments of the 85th Regiment have since marched by the same route. The first of theso detachments, 261 strong, left Meerut on the lltli November, and reached Futtyghur on the 1st December. In this ...

Scrub typus, or Tsutsugamushi disease is a vector transmitted infectious and febrile illness caused by "Orientia tsutsugamushi" bacteria. It is transmitted to humans through larvae bites of different species of trombiculid mites. The habitat of mites is located in low trees and bushes. However this vector can live in many different areas even in sandy and mountain desert [1]. In 1985, infected ...

We extend the analytical theory of propagating concentration polarization (CP) to describe and compare the effects of constant-voltage versus constant-current conditions on the transient development of CP enrichment and depletion zones. We support our analysis with computational and experimental results. We find that at constant voltage, enrichment and depletion regions spread as t(1/2) as oppo...

OBJECTIVE To assess the health conditions of families from the Landless Rural Workers' Movement and temporary rural workers. METHODS The research involved a comparative study of three populations: a settlement and a camp linked to the Rural Workers' Movement, and the families of temporary rural workers in a city of Southeast Brazil, in 2005. Information relating to sociodemographic characteri...

OBJECTIVE To describe injury patterns at overnight summer camps in 2006, and identify risk factors for more significant injury. DESIGN Surveillance data obtained from Healthy Camp Study from 2006 were analyzed from 71 overnight camps, representing 437,541 camper-days and 206,031 staff-days. RESULTS Injuries were reported in 218 campers and 81 staff. 51.8% of injured campers were male versus...

Culture remains a divisive issue in liberal democracies, and this article argues Nietzsche offers a principled middle ground between the conservative and progressive camps of recent and ongoing ‘culture wars’. Hence, this article challenges the ‘aristocratic’ versus ‘democratic’ Nietzsche debate by making the case that Nietzsche defended two opposed notions of culture in his early period work: ...