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Instead, kids often have multiple conditions at the same time, with malnutrition frequently leaving them much more vulnerable to a whole host of infections. (While it rarely shows up on death certificates, it’s an underlying cause of death in nearly half of all child mortality cases.) That ...
This chapter covers emerging zoonotic diseases, with a focus on the current understanding of how and where zoonotic pathogens circulate, their pathways to emergence, potential for sustained human-to-human transmission, and gaps in our knowledge. The first cluster of infections among people may be re...
invited Chinese superstars Yao Ming and Li Bingbing to Elephant Watch Camp to meet the elephants and spread the gospel about ivory’s very real cost. (“Most Chinese people had not been aware before then that elephants had to die for their ivory to be harvested,...
there are five of us in the office every day working together. Now I think more about culture because before I didn't understand it as much. Now it's really, really important for how we build it. That's probably one of my weaknesses, but luckily, I think there are other people on ...
The Aksumite Empire was a kingdom that resided in what is today Ethiopia. Its capital city was Aksum. It lasted from the 100BC to roughly 1000 AD. So, it lasted 1100 years. It did not so much disappear as it lost its central importance with the rise of Islam. A king of the Akkadi...
Consequently, the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) opened to commercial use in April 2008. Moreover, the development of provinces, especially in Mindanao, was former President Arroyo's priority. Bottlenecks of productivity such as the high cost of power, deterrence to investments and ...
Well, that’s community, right there is strategy in that. Then what's my capacity? How much can I give? Because I got rent, auditions, I've got to live. And when I have my capacity, I think, well, what's my aim? Where am I helpful? How do I give weight to my claims? It...
A number of conclusions follow immediately from this simple calculation. First, it will be much harder to eliminate a species with a great capacity to increase when rare. Second, population reduction may work best in peripheral and marginal populations where by definition the species has a lowerRm...
Rennick: We do take global diversity very seriously. And development is very much a part of the culture. That's been in our DNA from the beginning. Our first field engineers, back in the 1920s and 30s, were from France, Russia, the Middle East, the U.S. and many other places. The...