BRICS, an abbreviation for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, a group of five influential and emerging economies successfully completed its fifth annual summit in Durban during March 26-27, 2013.A significantly unique feature of the group is its geographical spread as evident from the location of these five BAGS constituent states which

In recent years, concern over the use of lead-based ammunition for hunting has been growing, primarily due to consumption of discarded offal by scavengers and donated game meat for human consumption.While there are alternative bullet technologies on the market that are suitable for hunting, these alternatives have not been adequately researched and

The surface of an AB5 alloy (LaMmNi4.1Al0.3Mn0.4Co0.45) was modified with Pd nanoparticles using a microwave-assisted polyol method.Cyclic voltammetry Floor Mounts (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA) were used to characterize the electrochemical behavior of the resulting composite in 6 M KOH electrolyte.The microwave-assisted polyol method makes it pos

The single axis linear displacement measurement system of CMM is composed of grating ruler, servo motor and linear motion mechanism.Although the measuring accuracy of grating Cartridge Belts ruler is high, the accuracy of servo motor and linear motion mechanism is low.Therefore, the complex structure limits the measurement accuracy of the linear di

Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-2 is a regulator of anabolic pathways, which become inactivated in severe illness.Here, we measured the serum IGFBP-2 levels of COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe disease as well as healthy controls to identify the associations of serum IGFBP-2 levels with disease severity.Patients with sev