Preventing emergence of new zoonotic viruses depends on understanding determinants for human risk. Nipah virus (NiV) is a lethal zoonotic pathogen that has spilled over from bats into human populations, with limited person-to-person transmission. We examined ecologic and human behavioral drivers of geographic variation for risk of NiV infection in Bangladesh. We visited 60 villages during 2011-...

Some of the major challenges twenty-first century include continued increase in energy consumption and environmental pollution. One approach to overcoming these is use waste materials environmentally friendly manufacturing methods. The high building sector contributes significantly global climatic changes. Here, by using date palm surface fibers, a high-performance green insulation material was...