BACKGROUND: Preventive treatment may avoid future cases of tuberculosis among asylum seekers.The effectiveness of preventive treatment depends in large part on treatment completion.METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, asylum seekers of two of the Swiss Canton Vaud migration centres were screened with the Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA).Tho
Globally, textile industries play an important role in the economy of many countries.A huge volume of water is consumed in the various processes of dyeing fabrics and the majority of this is discharged with heavy loads of pollutants into the environment.The present study assessed the physicochemical characteristics of textile effluents from differe
Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the demonstrations or “public mourning” of January 11th, 2015 were heralded by many as the return of the republican sacred, the re-crystallization of a long dormant people, and the resurrection of French fraternity en vivo.However, in the saturation of these political hagiographies, a series of trenc
Abstract Selecting appropriate defensive behaviours for threats approaching the space surrounding the body (peripersonal space, PPS) is crucial for survival.The extent of defensive PPS is measured by recording the hand-blink reflex (HBR), a subcortical defensive response.Higher-order cortical areas involved in PPS representation exert top-down modu