BackgroundThe surveillance of vector mosquitoes is essential for prevention and control of mosquito-borne diseases.In this study, we developed an internet-based vector mosquito monitor, MS-300, and evaluated its efficiency for the capture of the important vector mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus, in laboratory and field trials
Discussions with an Artist: Andres Caycedo ("The New Bohemians"- Art, Politics and Place)
It had been two months or more since I had cause to fly to Cairns and meet with Andres Caycedo.His redken shades eq 07m driftwood solo exhibition in December 2004 was entitled "Shopping Makes You Free".Having sought retail therapy to solve my love woes in the past, I was shocked to find that his was an exhibition which sardonically tore apart any n
In vitro controlled release of cisplatin from gold-carbon nanobottles via cleavable linkages
Jian Li,1 Sia Lee Yoong,2 Wei Jiang Goh,2 Bertrand Czarny,1 Zhi Yang,1 Kingshuk Poddar,2,3 Michal M Dykas,2,3 Abhijeet Patra,2,3 T Venkatesan,2,3 Tomasz Panczyk,4 Chengkuo Lee,5 Giorgia Pastorin1–3 1Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 2NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, Centre for Life Sciences
An attempt of early detection of poor outcome after whiplash
The main concern with whiplash is that a large proportion of whiplash patients experience disabling symptoms or whiplash associated disorders (WAD) for months if not years following the accident.Therefore, identifying early prognostic factors of WAD development is important as WAD have widespread clinical and economic consequences.In order to tackl
The electrophysiological features of X-linked juvenile retinoschisis in a young male: a case report
This case report describes the detailed electrophysiological features and the corresponding relationship with the structural changes in a case of X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS).A 25-year-old male presented with a history of several years of decreased visual acuity in both eyes.The best corrected visual acuity was 20/200 in oculus dexter (OD