BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis in chronically VANILLA infected adults is challenging but important, especially because long term infection of the bladder and urinary tract can have dire consequences.We evaluated three tests for viable infection: detection of parasite specific DNA Dra1 fragments, haematuria and presence of parasi
Residual mortar attached to recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) always leads to a decrease in Young’s modulus and an increase in the drying shrinkage of RCA concrete, mainly due to an increase of total mortar volume.To overcome this inherent problem, the modified and equivalent mortar volume (EMV) methods were proposed by researchers.Despite th
We investigate the wave packet dynamics and eigenstate localization in recently proposed generalized lattice models whose low-energy dynamics mimic a quantum field theory in (1+1)D curved spacetime with the aim of creating systems analogous to black holes.We identify a critical slowdown of zero-energy wave packets in a family of 1D tight-binding mo
Neotropical parrots forage for various food items such as seeds, Collections fruit pulp, flowers, young leaves, and even arthropods.While foraging, many species wander over large areas that include both open and closed habitats.In this study, I examined parrot foraging activity during a brief synchronous and massive flowering in August 1998 in a te
Although bladed disks of turbomachinery are nominally designed to be cyclically symmetric (tuned system), the vibration characteristics of all blades on a disk are Soup Base slightly different due to the manufacturing tolerance, the deviation of the material property, the wear during operation, and so on.These small variations break the cyclic symm