EFFECT OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT ON TSUNAMI RELATED INJURIES

Effect of built environment on tsunami related injuries

Background Built environment is a major determinant in injuries and deaths during natural disasters.Purpose of the present paper was to study the effect of built environment on tsunami injuries.Methods A retrospective residential cohort was constructed one month after the tsunami, based on the cross sectional household survey.Household structure wa

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The new genus of stick insect Lobofemora from Vietnam, with the description of three new species (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Clitumnini)

The new genus Lobofemora gen.nov.is described from Vietnam to accommodate three new species: L.bachmaensis sp.nov.(Bach Ma National Park, central Vietnam), L.bidoupensis sp.nov.(Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, central Vietnam) and L.scheirei sp.nov., the type species (Cat Tien National Park and Relish Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve, south Vietnam).It is p

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Fragile Treg cells: Traitors in immune homeostasis?

Regulatory T (Treg) cells play a key role in maintaining immune tolerance and tissue homeostasis.However, in some disease Stands microenvironments, Treg cells exhibit fragility, which manifests as preserved FoxP3 expression accompanied by inflammation and loss of immunosuppression.Fragile Treg cells are formatively, phenotypically and functionally

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