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Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
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The Intriguing History of Gloves and Their Application to Surgery
ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.Gloves were first worn to protect against cold and injury. In surgery, their purpose now is to reduce surgical site infection and blood‐borne transmission of disease. Surprisingly, their adoption in surgery as a routine has been remarkably recent and had a bizarre origin.
Spencer W. Beasley
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Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax Surveillance, Connecticut, September–December, 2001
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 On November 19, 2001, a case of inhalational anthrax was identified in a 94-year-old Connecticut woman, who later died. We conducted intensive surveillance for additional anthrax cases, which included collecting data from hospitals, emergency departments,
Alcia A. Williams +13 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg +3 more
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Ecological suitability modeling for anthrax in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.
PLoS ONE, 2018 The spores of the soil-borne bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax are highly resistant to adverse environmental conditions. Under ideal conditions, anthrax spores can survive for many years in the soil.
Pieter Johan Steenkamp +2 more
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Effective Educational Programs for Disaster Preparedness and Management: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
International Nursing Review, Volume 73, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs on disaster preparedness and management for emergency nurses and nursing students, focusing on teaching methods that enhance readiness and competence. Background The increasing frequency and severity of disasters require healthcare systems to be adequately prepared. Nurses, often on the
Lara Delbene +9 more
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Decoding Infection and TransmissionAnthrax is a severe infectious illness triggered by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. This bacterium is naturally found in soil and mainly impacts domestic and wild animals. Human anthrax infection occurs primarily through close occupational contact with
Wenwen Xin, Nan Yue, Jinglin Wang
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ChemMedChem, Volume 21, Issue 15, 14 August 2026.Temporins, among antimicrobial peptides, are short frog‐derived molecules with potent antibacterial activity. This review highlights chemical optimization strategies applied to temporins A–L, showing how sequence tuning modulates structure, stability, and selectivity, enabling improved activity against resistant pathogens.
Ida Boccino +2 more
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Animal, human, and environmental perspectives on anthrax in Bangladesh
HeliyonBackground: In Bangladesh, the zoonotic transmission of anthrax from animals to humans poses substantial challenges for prevention and control programs, especially in resource-constrained settings. A comprehensive literature review was conducted focusing
Sk Shaheenur Islam +5 more
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