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Develop a uniform tool to assess sanitation in urban slums

The quality of sanitation is poor in urban slums across the globe. Sanitation deprivations are greater in urban slums in developing countries, which continually experience unmanageable influxes of slum dwellers.

Governments have limited... continue reading

Utility of kidney dialysis for recovery following marathons or ultra-marathons

Recent observations indicate the presence of Acute Kidney Injury and impaired renal function in a majority of participants in marathons of a standard distance of 42.2km (26.2mi). This impairment, and the resulting electrolyte imbalances, may delay... continue reading

Possible role of ozone depletion in insect depopulation

Insect populations have been found to be precipitately decreasing, with some studies indicating a decline in flying insect biomass of as much as 80% since the 1980s, in some areas. A number of possible causes for this phenomenon have been... continue reading

Pragmatic Autoethnography: Thoughts on why it may be needed

Autoethnography is a reflexive subjective narrative qualitative research method, both a product and a process, whereby the researcher (‘auto’) depicts (‘graphy’) their understanding of their lived experience within an ethnographic (‘ethno’) or... continue reading

Space Debris Fingerprint Definition and Identification

The amount of space debris is increasing, and the threat to normal human space activities is also increasing. The concept of fingerprints of space debris is proposed here. It is necessary to define the fingerprints of space debris, and identify... continue reading

Testing the role of radicals in sleep deprivation`s antidepressant effect.

Recent research on sleep deprivation(SD) has demonstrated in the mouse large free radical increases after two days SD, selectively in the small intestine (and large).1. This timescale closely parallels that of the quick, hard to sustain, human... continue reading

Manual therapy's marginal utility

Manual therapy's treatment techniques integrated a multitude of physical therapy modalities to address functional issues. In clinical settings, the majority of the treatment duration is a set time or with the ending time based on the experiences... continue reading

The Cocktail Therapy of using nanobots and mitochondrial transplantation along stem cells for salvaging dying organs of end stage failure

The concept is to combine all the 3 modalities of treatment which is basically injecting programmed medical nano-robots also known as nanite which is very tiny in size with dimensions in nanometers as it could perform a variety of functions,... continue reading

Database management for risk reduction and efficient governance

Database management solution using coupons. We want to collect data by distributing coupons about various offers, links to webinars, access to digital and print textbooks, other stationery goods, discounts to health clubs and gym, baked food items... continue reading

Democratizing experimental benchmarking of materials discovery campaigns through a low-cost, self-driving optics demo

Self-driving labs are the future; however, the capital and expertise required can be daunting. We introduce the idea of a constrained, high-dimensional, multi-objective optimization task for less than $100, a square foot of desk space, and an hour... continue reading