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Universiti Sains Malaysia
16 Oct 2005
This technology involves the detection and conversion of the gases evolved from fire such as carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide on the pellet via catalytic reaction.
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16 Oct 2005
The conference will bring together scholars, researchers and practitioners working with language, communication, and culture across all fields of inquiry.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
16 Oct 2005
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is the most important water-soluble cellulose derivative with many application in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergent, textile, paper and many other industries.
Nature Publishing Group
16 Oct 2005
Scientists have found a new drug candidate that can be used to stop the liver-damaging Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from multiplying.
Nature Publishing Group
16 Oct 2005
NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE - For papers that will be published online on 16 October 2005
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
16 Oct 2005
Young boys were allegedly kidnapped and kept under illegal custody for months together. After demoralization had set in due to prolonged confinement, surgery was done on their private parts and female hormones were given to the persons.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
14 Oct 2005
USM bagged 8 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 2 bronze medals as well as 2 special jury awards namely the Special Award for ICT and the Special Award for Best Joint Venture.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
14 Oct 2005
MCSv5 is the World’s 1st and only IP based Multipoint-to-multipoint video conferencing technology (Software based)
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
14 Oct 2005
The age of ossification of different centers at wrist joint i.e. Carpals and lower ends of radius and ulna have been studied in pediatric age group in central Rajasthan. The study included 244 healthy children of both sexes up to 12 years of age
Nature Publishing Group
14 Oct 2005
The paper raises the possibility that the current prophylactic regimen for Tamiflu (oseltamivir) may have contributed to the emergence of partial resistance to the drug in a Vietnamese patient.
Wildlife Conservation Society
12 Oct 2005
New book from WCS and IUCN looks at today’s Africa, and how and where wildlife conservation can be a ‘win win’ land use of choice.
International University of Business Agriculture and Technology
12 Oct 2005
Between 1996 to 2002 about 3.24 million Bangladeshis migrated for overseas employment who remitted 23.7 billion dollars during this period.
Nature Publishing Group
12 Oct 2005
Researchers describe the discovery in China of a bowl of beautifully preserved, thin yellow noodles that are half a metre long and about 4,000 years old.
Nature Publishing Group
12 Oct 2005
More from Nature - Abnormal chromosome numbers produce tumours; Short-term earthquake prediction still elusive; South American dinosaur updates family tree; Viruses energize host cells
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
12 Oct 2005
Males preferred poisoning and hanging whereas females preferred self-immolation (burns) to end their own lives.
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
12 Oct 2005
New journal launched at www.indianjournals.com
Nature Publishing Group
11 Oct 2005
Palaeontologists digging on the remote Indonesian island of Flores have turned up more bones of Homo floresiensis - the tiny hominin species unveiled last October in Nature
Nanyang Technological University
09 Oct 2005
Dr Rohan Gunaratna is the Head of Terrorism Research, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore, and the author of Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror (Columbia University Press, New York)
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09 Oct 2005
Prof. Dr M.A. Miyan is the founder of South Asian Disaster Management Center (SADMC); Prof. Dr. Mohammed Nasimul Islam worked for the UN as a forensic pathologist; Prof. Masahiro Fukaya is a Professor in the Faculty of Policy Management
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
09 Oct 2005
The paper develops a criterion for choosing a financing system that takes into account factors like ease of use of the system, revenue generating ability, effects on service provision, and community participation in the socio-economic context of Pakistan.
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
09 Oct 2005
New free full text journal launched at www.indianjournals.com
Keio University
08 Oct 2005
Earthquake Engineering, Architectural Structural Engineering,
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05 Oct 2005
R & D in animal health is the major activity of VRI, with special emphasis on livestock of economic and public health (zoonotic) importance. It also spearheads R&D of novel vaccines and biologicals for veterinary use.
Nature Publishing Group
05 Oct 2005
The 'Spanish flu' virus that killed about 50 million people in 1918-1919 had elements that were new to humans of the time, making it highly virulent and geneticists have compiled the genetic sequences of more than 200 different flu samples
Nature Publishing Group
05 Oct 2005
Two new flying reptile species have been discovered in northeastern China. The two pterosaur species belong to groups previously only found in Europe.
Nature Publishing Group
05 Oct 2005
Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature Vol.437 No.7060 Dated 06 October 2005 including How earthquakes trigger distant tremors; Fungus lets bacterial subtenant do the work; The staying power of neural stem cells; Male tears have sex appeal
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05 Oct 2005
Ergonomics, Geo-spatial Informatics, Environment, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, ICT
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05 Oct 2005
Islamic movements, Security in Asia-Pacific, Global Security, Space law and International Law, U.S.-Japan Relations
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
05 Oct 2005
This study showed that existing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit environment has very high sound pressure levels. This can cause hearing impairment, sleep disturbances, somatic effects, impaired auditory perception and affect emotional development in babies.