The famine that began in the Horn of Africa during the summer of 2011 is the worst that the region has seen in over 60 years.With 13.3 million people in need of assistance and the lives of 750,000 in jeopardy, there is an urgent need for a quick and effective response.A growing body of evidence suggests that cash transfers are the most appropriate
Abstract Heavy rainfall brought by typhoons has been recognised as a major trigger of landslides in Taiwan.On average, 3.75 typhoons strike the island every year, and cause large amounts of shallow landslides and debris flow in mountainous region.Because landslide occurrence strongly corresponds to the storm dynamics, a reliable typhoon forecast is
Soil-structure interface properties play an essential role in geotechnical engineering.The interface shear test is widely used to measure the interface properties.However, in the traditional interface shear test (TIST), distribution of shear stresses along contact surface is not uniform due to boundary effects.Thus, average mechanical response of t
wella color charm 050 cooling violet When I learned about a concerted campaign against Australian vaccination critics, I decided to intervene in the debate.As a result, some proponents of vaccination turned on me, making abusive comments and complaining to university officials.At several points in this experience, I had to make choices about how to
Morbi-mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) is mainly related to chronic lung infection and inflammation, uncontrolled tissue rearrangements and fibrosis, and yet the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown.We evaluated inflammatory and fibrosis responses to bleomycin in F508del homozygous and wild-type mice, and phenotype of fibroblasts explanted