Towards .the end of 1892, a daughter of the then Civil Surgeon contracted kala-azar and died after many months of suffering in Darjeeling. In February, 1893, the Forest Officer developed the disease and died a few months later in Calcutta. Towards the end of that year the District Superintendent of Police and his little boy aged seven years were attacked, and they both died the following year i...

The study was conducted in response to a request by the Western Interstate Energy Board (an arm of the Western Governors Association), who are interested in supporting coordination of regional electric infrastructure, including assessing factors that could significantly affect the region's future generation mix, demand-side resources, and transmission system infrastructure needs. The authors wo...

By Surgeon J. Berry "White, F.R.C.S., 42nd Assam Light Infantry. On the 23rd of July the Steamer Rajmehal arrived at Dehing Mookh with 36 Bengalee coolies embarked at Goalundo for the Dehing Tea Company. They were, I am informed, the onlycoolies on board, so there was no overcrowding, and no sickness of any kind, not a single case of cholera having occurred on the passage up ; and the coolies a...

BACKGROUND Melioidosis is a common community-acquired infectious disease in northeast Thailand associated with overall mortality of approximately 40% in hospitalized patients, and over 70% in severe cases. Ceftazidime is recommended for parenteral treatment in patients with suspected melioidosis. Meropenem is increasingly used but evidence to support this is lacking. METHODS A decision tree w...

Mutually beneficial interactions between two species-mutualisms-are ancient, diverse, and of fundamental ecological importance. Nonetheless, factors that prevent one partner from reaping the benefits of the interaction without paying the cost are still poorly understood. Fig trees and their unique pollinators, fig wasps, present a powerful model system for studying mutualism stability. Both par...

Tea is an important dietary source of flavanols and flavonols. In vitro and animal studies provide strong evidence that tea polyphenols may possess the bioactivity to affect the pathogenesis of several chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, the results from epidemiological and clinical studies of the relationship between tea and health are mixed. International ...

Two new alcoholic aroma precursors, cis- and trans-linalool, 3,7-oxides 6-O-beta-D-apiofuranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranosides (1 and 2), as well as two already known compounds, (Z)-3-hexenyl beta-D-glucopyranoside (3) and methyl salicylate 6-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (beta-primeveroside: 4), and another new monoterpendiol glycoside, 8-hydroxygeranyl beta-primeveroside (5) have re...

Tea cream is the precipitate formed as tea cools. Its formation has been studied by X-ray scattering, and it is shown that a higher tea concentration leads to earlier onset of creaming and larger particles and that addition of theaflavin and calcium promotes creaming. Association constants between the major components of black tea have been obtained using NMR and show that calcium and glucose e...

1. The consumption of tea worldwide is second only to water. Thus, any physiological effects of tea could have a significant impact on population health. 2. Tea is the major contributor to total flavonoid intake in many populations. Flavonoids in tea have been shown to have a range of activities and effects that could contribute to improved health. Tea intake and the intake of flavonoids found ...

BACKGROUND The Tea Party, which gained prominence in the USA in 2009, advocates limited government and low taxes. Tea Party organisations, particularly Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks, oppose smoke-free laws and tobacco taxes. METHODS We used the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, the Wayback Machine, Google, LexisNexis, the Center for Media and Democracy and the Center for Responsiv...