INTRODUCTION West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus widely distributed in Africa, Middle East, Asia, Southern Europe and in 1999 was first identified in the United States as a cause of disease in New York City. It mainly circulates among birds, but can infect many species of mammals. Epidemics can occur in rural as well as urban areas. METHODS 1,280 sera were collected dur...

A 46-year-old with a history of mild hypertension was working outside when a viper bit him on his right hand. The patient arrived at the nearest medical facility about 30 minutes after and received polyvalent antivenom serum, bite site care. He was taken to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance. At ED of our center, 2 hours after bite, the patient was unconscious, his blood pressure was in...

Abstract Hunting and gathering, which date back to the Middle Pleistocene, are oldest sources of sustenance. Practically, these hunting gathering societies have gradually expanded their settlements culture across country. The present paper attempts a qualitative ethnographical study on ongoing life Nir Sikaris is one fowling tribes in Tungabhadra Plains Andhra Pradesh. Primarily it focuses sett...

in this paper, a photonic crystal waveguide with point defects and lattice constant perturbations of +5%, -5% are being investigated. firstly waveguide structures with constant and specific parameters are being studied and photonic band gap diagrams for te/tm modes are depicted; then pulse propagation in the frequencies available in the band gap are shown. after that, effects of parameters like...

While the discourse of international development has begun to recognise the potential of involving diaspora as agents of change, issues of sustainability and environmental impact are often missing from the assessment of outcomes and impact in the Global South. The purpose of the conference was to explore three terms: “development”, “sustainability” and “diaspora” which are often seen as separat...

The present contribution tests whether countries can be pooled when studying the financegrowth nexus. Overall, our results point toward a ‘pragmatic’ positive answer, though considerable heterogeneity is present among developing countries. JEL codes: C23, O16