COVID-19 can have even more dire consequences in countries with ongoing armed conflict.Libya, the second largest African country, has been involved in a major conflict since 2011.This study analyzed the epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Libya, examined the impact of the armed conflict in Libya on the spread of the pandemic, and
Water samples, bottom sediments and biofilms of lake were investigated to the microbial diversity.One hundred twenty-two isolated microorganisms were identified by cultural, morphological and biochemical characteristics.Bacterial strains were screened to evaluate their ability to produce amylase, catalase, lipase and cellulase enzymes.Aquatic bacte
Indigenous people are survivors of what some scholars have called the nexus of bio−psycho−social−cultural−spiritual intergenerational trauma.The effects of these multi-plex traumas brought on by European colonialism(s) reverberate into the present and affect Indigenous peoples at various scales, from local interpersonal rela
This paper presents a vibration-based electromagnetic energy harvester whose resonance frequency can be adjusted to match that of the excitation.Frequency adjustment is attained by controlling a rotatable arm, with tuning masses, at the tip of a cantilever-type energy harvester, thereby changing the effective mass moment of inertia of Games the sys