TROPICAL LEG LYMPHEDEMA CAUSED BY PODOCONIOSIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED COLONISATION BY ANAEROBIC BACTERIA

Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria

Abstract The non-filarial and non-communicable disease podoconiosis affects around 4 million people and is characterized by severe leg lymphedema accompanied with painful intermittent acute inflammatory episodes, called acute dermatolymphangioadenitis (ADLA) attacks.Risk factors have been associated with the disease but the mechanisms of pathophysi

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A Firefly Algorithm Optimization-Based Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy for Fuel Cell Hybrid Light Rail Vehicle

To coordinate multiple power sources properly, this paper presents an optimal control strategy for a fuel cell/battery/supercapacitor light rail vehicle.The proposed strategy, which uses the firefly algorithm to optimize the equivalent consumption minimization strategy, footjoy weste herren improves the drawback that the conventional equivalent con

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Evaluation of IEEE802.15.4g for Environmental Observations

IEEE802.15.4g is a low-power wireless standard initially designed for Smart Utility Networks, i.e., for connecting smart meters.IEEE802.15.4g operates at sub-GHz frequencies to offer 2–3× longer communication range compared to its 2.4 GHz counterpart.Although the standard offers 3 PHYs (Frequncy Shift Keying, Orthogonal Frequency Divisi

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