ARCHAEOBOTANICAL INVESTIGATION OF CHARRED AND DESICCATED FRUIT STONES AND SEEDS FROM LATE HOLOCENE CONTEXTS IN KASSALA AND ITS ENVIRONS: WINDOW TO PAST ECOLOGY AND SUBSISTENCE

With the aim of reconstructing the Late Holocene palaeoenvironment and vegetation history of Kassala and its environs, archaeobotanical investigation was conducted on charred and desiccated fruit stones and seeds.These botanical remains were recovered by dry screening from various contexts in three excavation squares.The excavations were conducted

Abstract Designing infrastructure always involves considering potential loads.Beyond anticipated loads, accidental ones can occur, as with the Pedamaran II bridge in Riau, where a ship collision damaged its foundation, breaking a pile and cracking the pile cap.However, this did not lead to structural failure, even though over 30% of the piles in th

Muhamadi Lubega,1–4 Ibrahim A Musenze,3 Gukiina Joshua,2 George Dhafa,2 Rose Badaza,3 Christopher J Bakwesegha,3 Steven J Reynolds41District Health Office, Iganga District Administration, Iganga, Uganda; 2Research Institute, 3School of Graduate Studies and Research, Busoga University, Iganga, Uganda; 4National Institutes of Health/NIAID-ICER

This study exfoliate characterizes the mineral content of vinegar samples.The concentrations of Na, K, Ca, Mg and P (major elements) as well as Fe, Mn, Sn, Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb and Cd (minor elements) were determined in 35 commercial vinegar samples using BODY WASH LAVENDER inductively coupled plasma optical-emission spectrometry (ICP-OES).The elements w

(1) Background: M.catarrhalis can ascend into the middle ear, where it is a prevalent causative agent of otitis media in children, or enter the lower respiratory tract, where it is associated with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).In this study, we aimed to provide an overview of the prevalence of M.catarrhalis in preschool children.(2) Methods: M