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App Offers Severe Service Valve Specs

2016-07-25 16:34:00| Chemical Processing

IMI launches intelligent specification tool for severe service products.

Researchers Find Fungus a Possible Precursor of Severe Respiratory Diseases in Pigs

2016-07-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

AUSTRIA - Respiratory diseases in pigs typically involve multiple infections from different pathogens. Some pathogens play a greater role than others in the progression of the disease. The fungus Pneumocystis carinii is a relatively common cause of pneumonia in Austrian pigs, but its role has so far remained largely unexplored. Pneumocystis is considered to be less dangerous than other pathogens, as it probably requires other underlying conditions to sufficiently weaken the immune defence of the animals first.

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Report warns of severe future effects of climate change on the U.K.

2016-07-15 12:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Phys.Org: The contributors, who include Environment and Climate Change Lecturer Dr Ruth Wood and Professor of Ecology Richard Bardgett, say that action to tackle urgent threats including widespread flooding and new diseases must be taken promptly. The report also warns that wars and migration around the world caused by climate change could have significant consequences for the UK through disrupted trade and more overseas military intervention. The worst-case scenarios - which will become reality if action...

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Malagasy Children Bear Brunt of Severe Drought

2016-07-08 12:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Voahevetse Fotetse can easily pass for a three-year-old even though he is six and a pupil at Ankilimafaitsy Primary School in Ambovombe district, Androy region, one of the most severely affected by the ongoing drought in the South of Madagascar. "Fotetse is just like many of the pupils here who, due to chronic malnutrition, are much too small for their age, they are too short and too thin," explains Seraphine Sasara, the school's director. The school has a total population of 348 -- 72 boys...

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