We report a multiresistant Enterobacter cloacae outbreak in an intensive care unit, associated with mattresses and with antibacterial-treated and vapour-permeable polyurethane synthetic mattress covers of therapeutic beds.

In the past few decades, enormous advances have been achieved in the field of particle technology and the trend has been shifted from macro to micro and recently to the nanoscale. Integration of nanotechnology and biotechnology has paved the way to the development of biological nanoparticles, derived from biomolecules, and biomolecule-nanoparticle conjugates for numerous applications. This revi...

Ethnomedicines are widely used across India. Scientific knowledge of these uses varies with some regions, such as the North Eastern India region, being less well known. Plants being used are increasingly threatened by a variety of pressures and are being categories for conservation management purposes. Mizoram state in North East India has served as the location of our studies of ethnomedicines...

severity, HDM-specific IgE, and CD30 are significantly decreased with occlusive bed covers, however, there was not a statistically significant difference between the study populations. Additionally, HDM allergen in this study was not common and may not be an important factor in the disease process of this population. Future studies should include participants with both sensitization and signifi...

Considering the drastic changes in primate habitats, we must search for management strategies to maintain primate populations in the wild. In the present study, a group of howler monkeys Alouatta palliata was followed after being translocated to a 90 ha tropical forest used for understory palm Chamaedorea elegans cultivation. The group’s behavior was recorded in the new environment. There was n...

Relaxation is a phenomenon which appears in a wide variety of physical situations. In gas dynamics, it occurs when the gas isn’t in thermodynamic equilibrium. In elasticity, it is usually referred to as a fading memory mechanism. Hyperbolic conservation laws with relaxation are also served as discrete kinetic models. Relaxation approximations to scalar conservation laws can be considered for pu...

Soil conservation is the only known way to protect the productive land. In country like Ethiopia, where droughts and floods cause food scarcity problem, soil and water conservation not only increases crop yield, but also prevents further deterioration of land. Soil and water conservation preserve soil moisture and drain water sustainably to avoid soil erosion and depletion of soil nutrients. So...