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 E-Mail What The Study Did: In this study of face mask fit among people in China, although most people used face masks in public places, compromised protection due to suboptimal airtightness was common. The simple approach of sealing the upper edge of the face mask with an adhesive tape strip was associated with substantially improved its airtightness. Authors: Lin Duo, Ph.D., of Fuwai Yunnan Cardiovascular Hospital in Kunming, China, and Chengye Sun, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Occu...

Nigeria and other developing countries will benefit from a joint initiative by a coalition of global economic bodies to surmount global tax challenges.

 E-Mail The global battle against antibiotic resistance can only succeed if local contexts are taken into account. "A tailored approach is needed in each country," says Heiman Wertheim of Radboud university medical center. "There is no "one-size-fits-all solution." This was the main finding of a study on antibiotic resistance in African and Asian countries funded by the British Wellcome Trust. Wertheim is the lead investigator of a large group of international researchers who recently publishe...

 E-Mail IMAGE: At school reopenings due to the Covid-19 pandemic, teachers need a way of quickly assessing first graders for retained math knowledge. Here Refilwe Ntsoane, Head of Department Foundation Phase, is... view more  Credit: Jan Potgieter, University of Johannesburg First grade teachers can find out who is on track with math and who is lagging, using an accurate diagnostic test that they can administer in the classroom. After Covid-19 school reopening, or during catch-up sessi...

Dhaka, Delhi exploring cross-border R-LNG pipeline, terminal projects Diplomatic Correspondent 11th March, 2021 12:31:53 India on Wednesday said it is considering a proposal with Bangladesh for supplying Refined-Liquefied Natural Gas (R-LNG) through a cross-border pipeline and also exploring the establishment of an LNG terminal. “We are working assiduously to promote the sub-region comprising Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and India as an energy hub,” Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vard...

Learning from Megadisasters: A Decade of Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake Format Authors: Shoko Takemoto, Naho Shibuya, and Keiko Sakoda Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), a mega-disaster that marked Japan and the world with its unprecedented scale of destruction. This feature story commemorates the disaster by reflecting on what it has taught us over the past decade in regards to infrastructure resilience, risk identification, reduction...

Uniindia: New Delhi, Mar 10 (UNI) India is working to promote the sub-region comprising Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar as an energy hub, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said here on Wednesday.

 E-Mail What The Study Did: This study of orthodox Jewisha dults across the United States found that socioculturally bound communities experienced early parallel outbreaks in discrete locations, notably prior to substantive medical and governmental directives. Authors: Jonathan I. Silverberg, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of  George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Avi Z. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, are the corresponding authors. To access the emb...

India is taking the lead to promote a regional approach to energy needs and working assiduously to promote the sub-region comprising itself, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar as an energy hub, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Wednesday. In his remarks at the inauguration of the South Asia Group on Energy (SAGE) at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Shringla said the role of energy in the development matrix is well known and our region, in p...

Lng Supply: India keen on cross-border pipeline Our Correspondent, New Delhi Our Correspondent, New Delhi Stressing the need for South Asian regional power co-operation, India yesterday said it was exploring with Bangladesh a proposal for supplying refined-LNG through cross-border pipeline and establishment of an LNG terminal. "We are working assiduously to promote the sub-region comprising Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and India as an energy hu...