DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS 2020: WHERE WE STAND

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis 2020: Where We Stand

The control of tuberculosis (TB) is hampered by the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains, defined as resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin, the two bactericidal drugs essential for the treatment of the disease.Due to the worldwide estimate of almost half a million incident cases of MDR/rifampin-resi

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Natural resource use, industrialization and climate change in Africa: Blueprints for sustainable regional development

Climate crisis continue to animate environmental policy debate and remains a fundamental global concern.While natural resources use and industrialization are main drivers of climate change especially in developing countries like Africa, previous empirical studies have failed to analyze the simultaneous effect of both on climate change.To close this

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Alginate functionalized sugarcane cellulose-based beads to improve methylene blue adsorption from aqueous solution

The study was carried out with the goal of synthesizing composite bead of cellulose, chitosan functionalized by sodium alginate using as an efficient and applicable adsorbent for methylene blue removal.Fabricating parameters of the material synthesis process like cellulose mass, sodium hydroxide concentration, immersing time and sodium alginate con

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