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The Changing Face of Water: A Dynamic Reflection of Antibiotic Resistance Across Landscapes
(Frontiers, 2018-09-06)
Little is known about the role of surface water in the propagation of antibiotic resistance (AR), or the relationship between AR and water quality declines. While healthcare and agricultural sectors are considered the main ...
First case of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Ecuador: An update for South America
(International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2017-12)
Objectives: To describe a clinical case of Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring a New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) plasmid in Ecuador and to present a map of reports of NDM isolates in South America. Methods: The modified ...
Threat of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome to field biologists working with small mammals
(2007-09)
Low risk for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) has been reported among biologists engaged in fieldwork with rodents. The overall probability of acquiring HPS when working with rodents appears to be 1 in 1,412 (0.00071). ...
Toward epidemic thresholds on temporal networks: a review and open questions
(2019-11-14)
Abstract
Epidemiological contact network models have emerged as an important tool in understanding and predicting spread of infectious disease, due to their capacity to engage individual heterogeneity that ...
Amphiphilic hydroxyalkyl cellulose derivatives for amorphous solid dispersion prepared by olefin cross-metathesis
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016-07-07)
Olefin cross-metathesis (CM) has enabled design and synthesis of diverse, amphiphilic cellulose ether derivatives (e.g. of ethyl and methyl cellulose). In this paper, hydroxyalkyl cellulose was selected as a hydrophilic ...
The evaluation of land consolidation policy in improving agricultural productivity in China
(Springer Nature, 2017-06-05)
China is presently undergoing rapid economic development and unprecedented urbanization. Concerns over food security have prompted the Chinese government to implement large-scale land consolidation projects. However, no ...
Cytotoxicity and Cellular Uptake of Cellulose Nanocrystals
(2012-09-21)
There is growing evidence that filamentous nanoparticles offer advantages over spherical ones in drug delivery applications. The purpose of this study was to assess the potential of rod-like, plant-derived cellulose ...
Community Earth System Model Simulations Reveal the Relative Importance of Afforestation and Forest Management to Surface Temperature in Eastern North America
(MDPI, 2017-12-13)
Afforestation changes the land surface energy balance, though the effects on climate in temperate regions is uncertain, particularly the changes associated with forest management. In this study, we used idealized Community ...
The role of age, ethnicity and environmental factors in modulating malaria risk in Rajasthali, Bangladesh
(2011-12-15)
Background
Malaria is endemic in the Rajasthali region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh and the Rajasthali region is the most endemic area of Bangladesh. Quantifying the role of environmental and socio-economic ...
Inequity in ecosystem service delivery: socioeconomic gaps in the public-private conservation network
(The Resilience Alliance, 2017)
Conservation areas, both public and private, are critical tools to protect biodiversity and deliver important ecosystem services (ES) to society. Although societal benefits from such ES are increasingly used to promote ...