Epidemic diphtheria reemerged in the republic of Georgia in 1993. From 1993 to 1997, 1405 cases were reported (28 in 1993, 312 in 1994, 429 in 1995, 348 in 1996, and 288 in 1997), with a cumulative incidence of 25.8/100,000 and a case fatality ratio of 9.5%. During 1993-1997, 53% of the diphtheria cases occurred among persons >/=15 years of age. Unvaccinated patients were more likely to have to...

Based on unique empirical data, including interviews with smugglers of radiological materials and the investigators who track them, this article discusses nuclear smuggling trends in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Smuggling in Georgia mainly involves opportunist smugglers and amateurs, as opposed to professional criminals and terrorists; however, this does not mean that radiological smu...

WNV, 87.9% knew it was transmitted by infected mosquitoes. More than 75% of respondents described their level of concern regarding WNV as “not at all” or “somewhat.” Among the 149 respondents who were aware of WNV, 62 (41.6%) adopted PPBs to protect themselves or their families; more women than men adopted PPBs (Table). The most frequent PPB cited was the removal of standing water around the ho...

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In May 1998, three large outbreaks of salmonellosis, affecting 91 persons, were identified in the Republic of Georgia. Eighteen Salmonella Typhimurium strains were characterized by arbitrary primed polymerase chain reaction and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; the results suggested that all cases were part of a single outbreak caused by a distinct clonal strain.

Research DesignofRegressionModel-based AutomaticProcessControlwith ReducedAdjustmentFrequency Liang Ye1, Ershun Pan1 and Jianjun Shi2,∗,† 1Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistic Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao-tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China 2School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlant...

1 Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 2Medical Physics Program, GeorgeW.Woodruff School, Georgia Institute of Technology, 770 State Street, Atlanta GA 30332-0745, USA 3Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea 4 Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Uni...