In the report “Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2016–June 2017,” on page 1328, the last sentence of the third paragraph should have read “The 14 Dracunculus specimens came from four baboons and nine dogs from Ethiopia and one dog from Chad.” On page 1331, under “Discussion,” the first sentence of the second paragraph should have read “Additional interventions, inclu...

In Brazil, more than 99% of malaria cases are reported in the Amazon, and the State of Amazonas accounts for 40% of this total. However, the accumulated experience and challenges in controlling malaria in this region in recent decades have not been reported. Throughout the fi rst economic cycle during the rubber boom (1879 to 1912), malaria was recorded in the entire state, with the highest inc...

bacteria and of bacterial DNA in bladders of asymptomatic adult women, the viability of these bacteria remains unclear. Unfortunately, both methods would be insufficient to differentiate between two distinct previously hypothesized scenarios: (1) that diverse populations of bacteria can colonize the adult female bladder and influence urinary tract health (Maskell; Fairley: Others) and (2) that ...

The characterisation of the risk of (new) chemicals to species/communities, when both the exposure/environmental concentration and effects (species sensitivity) are variable and uncertain, is the central issue in Probabilistic Environmental Risk Assessment. The spatial variability is one of the largest components of the total variability. This paper tries to explicitly account for this spatial ...

6 TRACE has been simulated with a variety of input equations with negligible difference in results. Activity in Cognitive Elements 47 sequence (and likewise for the relationship between the phase sequence and the phase cycle). Since Hebb considered the cell assembly to be the smallest unit of conscious thought, our simulation, which is oriented to perception, cognition, and memory for objects, ...

more than 10 million people worldwide are living with parkinson’s disease (pd). the ages of people who have parkinson are variable, usually between 50 and 80 years, the average of them is 55 years old. the symptoms of pd are progressive, and within 10 to 20. it happens when dopaminergic neurons were being degenerate. peripheral and central inflammatory and oxidative stress pathways play a compl...

a 48-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with the complaints of epigastric pain and melena for the past 3 days. the pain was started suddenly and has progressed and after a while, he passed melena stool. he also mentioned some episodes of vomiting that was not bloody. the pain score was about 8/10 (based on verbal quantitative scale) and slightly radiated to back. he loo...

UNLABELLED Sex chromosome tetrasomy and pentasomy conditions occur in 1:18,000-1:100,000 male births. While often compared with 47,XXY/Klinefelter syndrome because of shared features including tall stature and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, 48,XXYY, 48,XXXY and 49,XXXXY syndromes are associated with additional physical findings, congenital malformations, medical problems and psychological feat...