1)EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN OF STRUCTURES PANKAJ AGRAWAL‚ MANISH SHRIKHANDE This comprehensive and well-organized book presents the concepts and principles of earthquake resistant design of structures in an easy-to-read style. The use of these principles helps in the implementation of seismic design practice. The book adopts a step-by-step approach‚ starting from the fundamentals of structural dynamics to application of seismic codes in analysis and design of structures. The text also focusses
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borer:A major pest in southern and central Europe. Insect resistant Bt maize is already being grown in Spain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Portugal and the Czech Republic. | | Western corn rootworm beetles feeding on a maize cob. Certain cultivars of Bt maize are resistant to this serious pest. GM rootworm resistant crops are not approved for cultivation in the European Union but are now being grown in the US. | | The “Bt concept” – pest resistant transgenic plantsBacillus thuringiensis‚ or Bt‚ is a bacterium
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selection is the process in which desired traits are intentionally chose to breed among individuals. Antibacterial resistance is the process in which strong and highly resistant bacterial is selected against weaker bacterial. The selected bacterial then continue to reproduce and create a stronger bacterial population‚ which is resistant to antibacterial materials. Antibacterial resistance is the result of natural selection because the bacterial with highly adaptable
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Viruses are mutating and beginning to show up in the world again. Diseases such as Polio‚ Measles‚ and Rubella are reappearing and spreading rapidly. The more we use these medicines‚ the less equipped our bodies are to new viruses. Drug resistant bacteria has been a warning from officials for sometime now‚ yet no one seemed to take it seriously until recently. It was first realized in 1940 with penicillin‚ which was less than ten years after antibiotics were introduced to the medical field
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potentially risen chances of spreading the resistant pathogens. The conventional treatment has become ineffective to the pathogens and infections persist‚ which results in prolonged illness and a greater risk of death. Today‚ many previously treatable infectious diseases risk becoming uncontrollable and could cause serious health problem to people. Due to the growth of global travel and transportation‚ people can rapidly spread antimicrobial-resistant bugs to distant regions and countries. According
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Penicillin V (generic name) is an antibiotic drug largely used in pharmacy practice‚ belonging to the Penicillin group of drugs. There are many other drugs that are also in the Penicillin family such as amoxicillin‚ ampicillin‚ carbenicillin‚ dicloxacillin and oxacillin. These are used in patients to treat bacterial infections. (https://www.drugs.com/penicillin.html). Penicillin was discovered by chance by Alexander Fleming in 1928 when Penicillium spores had been introduced to the culture medium
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Is Monsanto as bad as it’s made out to be? The growing science of biotechnology Biotechnology is allowing genetics to combine with genes from many different species and coming up with innovative versions of old-style foods. Varieties of tomatoes‚ soya and potato‚ cucumber and maize have already gone through the blade of biotechnology. Genetic engineering is when scientists remove a specific gene for a good characteristic‚ from the DNA of an organism and place it into another organism. Modern
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Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a germ (bacterium) called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This germ primarily affects the lungs and may infect anyone at any age. In the United States‚ the number of TB cases steadily decreased until 1986 when an increase was noted; TB has continued to rise since. Today‚ ten million individuals are infected in the U.S.‚ as evidenced by positive skin tests‚ with approximately 26‚000 new cases of active disease each year. The increase
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help our future generations‚ the second biggest user of Antibiotics are children‚ taking Antibiotics when having a viral infection can cause more health issues and can have long term effects. One of those effects being the bacteria becoming drug-resistant and multiplying to the point where it cannot be treated‚ parents and physicians are not taking the message seriously‚ this can have a huge impact on not only our own health but others too. The effects of Antibiotics can be as harsh as hospitalization
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in short splutters from the doctor’s mouth left me more than shell-shocked. The panic that came after‚ however‚ knocked me over. The doctor was the grim reaper‚ issuing death sentences to the people who visited him‚ unfeeling‚ cold‚ and resistant to the pleas and bargains of the victims. The sentence struck a chord in my heart‚ with the sudden realization that the clock in my body had begun to tick‚ the second hand spinning away in reverse. The sickly lurch of a rollercoaster‚ where you
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