A stressful event increases the risk of developing depression later in life, but the possible predisposing factors remain unknown. Our study aims to characterize latent vulnerability traits underlying the development of depressive disorders in adult animals. Four weeks after a priming stressful event, serum corticosterone concentration returned to control values in all animals, whereas the othe...

Nature's way of dealing with unhealthy conditions is unfortunately not one that compels us to conduct a solvent hygiene on a cash basis. 1919, George Bernard Shaw The Global Unified Meta-model of the BiOsphere (GUMBO) was used to simulate how the socioeconomic conditions specified in the Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) influenc...

The characteristics of vadose zone vulnerability dominating factors (VDFs) are closely related to the migration and transformation mechanisms of contaminants in the vadose zone, which directly affect the state of the contaminants percolating to the groundwater. This study analyzes the hydrogeological profile of the pore water regions in the vadose zone, and conceptualizes the vadose zone as sin...

Any organisation connected to the Internet that is serious about security cannot be without an intrusion detection system (IDS) these days. Is one IDS sufficient to cover all possible vulnerabilities in a network? In a sea of security products available today, which IDS tool(s) will be sufficient for your organisation’s needs? The only way to find out is to compare various IDS tools with each o...

Proactive Vulnerability Assessments with Nessus The goal of this paper is to illustrate the benefits of deploying Nessus as a low-cost vulnerability scanner as a supplement to an existing security model. I'll discuss vulnerability scanning in general, what Nessus is all about, how to begin scanning your network, and finally why a vulnerability scanner is an essential component of an effective s...

BACKGROUND Patients with type 2 diabetes are at a high risk for acute cardiovascular events, which usually arise from the rupture of a vulnerable coronary lesion characterized by specific morphological plaque features. Thus, the identification of vulnerable plaques is of utmost clinical importance in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, there is currently no scoring system available to ident...

This paper describes some methodological aspects of the development of the Disaster Risk Index (DRI), a central component of the Reducing Disaster Risk report from the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP/BCPR 2004). The DRI aims to improve understanding of the relationship between development and disaster risk at the global level. The major assumption behind the index is that differences ...

Abstract The seismic vulnerability of public buildings must be estimated using structural or non-structural parameters. Scientists ought to investigate these factors for the estimation and analysis lifelines such as wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Although efforts have been made in past, serious operational parameters are not enough defined. This study considers amount shortening supposed ...