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Ann Sci
January 2025
Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
So-called antimatter in the form of elementary particles such as positive electrons (antielectrons alias positrons) and negative protons (antiprotons) has for long been investigated by physicists. However, atoms or molecules of this exotic kind are conspicuously absent from nature. Since antimatter is believed to be symmetric with ordinary matter, the flagrant asymmetry constitutes a problem that still worries physicists and cosmologists.
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December 2024
Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
Background: The Republic of Armenia is a post-Soviet, low- and middle-income country (LMIC) in the south Caucasus region with a steadily increasing aging population. The goal of this study was to provide the first look into the national cognitive health in Armenia, considering the growing burden of cognitive impairment (CI) and widespread lack of public awareness about dementia. As a component of the early detection memory screening program launched by Alzheimer's Care Armenia's Brain Health Project and funded through Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative (DAC), this study aimed to understand the prevalence of CI and associated factors across the adult population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntibiotics (Basel)
November 2024
School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat. AMR surveillance is crucial for understanding and controlling the spread of AMR. Surveillance systems can inform clinicians, guide health policymakers, and support effective AMR interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Paleolit Archaeol
July 2024
Laboratory of Theriology, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
The Altai mountains contain a number of cave and rockshelter sites that have given crucial information about human evolution in Asia. Most of these caves are located in the Gornyi Altai of Siberia, while the southern flank of the range remains much less known. Bukhtarma Cave was a karstic cave located near the former village of Peshchera, on the banks of the Bukhtarma River running through the foothills of the southern (Kazakh) Altai mountains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidemiologia (Basel)
December 2024
Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Service, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, 7400 Merton Minter Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Poland suffered an epidemic of louse-borne typhus from 1916-1923, with 400,000 cases and more than 130,000 deaths. The causative factors were depressed economic conditions and a refugee crisis that engulfed Poland after World War I. The recognition of the epidemic in 1919 stimulated the creation of the League of Red Cross Societies (LRCS).
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