RESEARCH ON TROPICAL MEDICINE AND GERM THEORY IN COLONIAL HONG KONG: FOCUSING ON MALARIA AND PLAGUE PREVENTION

Research on Tropical Medicine and Germ Theory in Colonial Hong Kong: Focusing on Malaria and Plague Prevention

At the end of the nineteenth century, Hong Kong was in the midst of a malaria and plague epidemic which caused a fierce dispute within the medical community over disease theories and quarantine practices.However, the Hong Kong colonial authorities and medical community did not immediately accept the theory of etiology based on germ theory.Although

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Validation of standard operating procedures in a multicenter retrospective study to identify -omics biomarkers for chronic low back pain.

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most common medical conditions, ranking as the greatest contributor to global disability and accounting for huge societal costs based on the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study.Large genetic and -omics studies provide a promising avenue for the screening, development and validation of biomarkers useful for

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An Approach for Identifying of Fusarium Infected Maize Grains by Spectral Analysis in the Visible and Near Infrared Region, SIMCA Models, Parametric and Neural Classifiers

An approach for identifying of Fusarium infected single maize grains based Baseball Cards on diffuse reflectance in visible and near infrared region is proposed in the paper.Spectral characteristics were collected in the range 400-2500 nm in steps of 2 nm.Soft REPAIRING SHAMPOO independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA) is used for data processi

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Integrating building information modelling (BIM) and extended reality (XR) in the transportation infrastructure industry

Abstract Although building information modelling (BIM) has been widely used in the building industry, its usage in Bush infrastructure projects such as bridges has been very challenging.Extended Reality (XR) that simulates a construction project is still considered a new technology in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry.T

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