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Mitigating the snakebite crisis in India: a narrative review of efforts by the madras crocodile bank trust

Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science
Snakebite is a deadly yet severely neglected public health crisis. Each year, venomous snakebites kill up to 140,000 people per year and leave another 400,000 permanently disabled. About half of the world’s snakebite deaths occur in India, and an unknown
Gnaneswar Chandrasekharuni, Chloe Vasquez, Romulus Whitaker   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term Effects of Snake Envenoming

Toxins, 2019
Long-term effects of envenoming compromise the quality of life of the survivors of snakebite. We searched MEDLINE (from 1946) and EMBASE (from 1947) until October 2018 for clinical literature on the long-term effects of snake envenoming using different ...
Subodha Waiddyanatha, Anjana Silva, S. Siribaddana, G. Isbister   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Regulation of 11β-HSD1 reductase and the HPA axis by long-snake moxibustion in kidney-yang deficiency rats

Heliyon
Background: Long-snake moxibustion can improve hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function in patients with kidney-yang deficiency (KYDS). 11β-HSD1 controls the HPA axis by boosting CORT production via reductase activity.
Hui Huang, Jingjiao Zeng, Limei Tang, Lele Geng, Xijing Yu, Chenying Deng, Hang Liu, Ping Huang, Ensi Hong, Xiuwu Hu   +9 more
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An Analysis of the Novel “May They Kill The Snake” of Yaşar Kemal /Yaşar Kemal’in “Yılanı Öldürseler” Adlı Romanı Üzerine Bir İnceleme [PDF]

Folklor/Edebiyat, 2018
Yaşar Kemal who is one of the master and distinctive writers of Turkish literature (1923-2015) has an important place in our literature with his many works. The writer who collected his stories in his book Sarı Sıcak has many novels.
Tülin Arseven
doaj   +1 more source

Do Mark 7:1–23 and Matthew 15:1–20 condone the unusual practices of New Prophetic Pentecostal Churches?

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2021
The leaders of certain New Prophetic Pentecostal Churches (NPPCs) perform rituals that are very unusual when compared with traditional church rituals and practices.
Vuyisile Qiki, Llewellyn Howes
doaj   +1 more source

Micro and Nanostructural Diversity of Lizard Osteoderm Capping Tissue in Relation to Mechanical Performance

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study shows that lizard osteoderm capping tissue is a hyper‐mineralized hydroxyapatite layer consistently covering the superficial osteoderm surface in those species studied here, yet it varies greatly in morphology, nanostructure, and mechanical performance across species.
Adrian Rodriguez‐Palomo, Marius Didziokas, Malene Siri Berg Jacobsen, Thorbjørn Erik Køppen Christensen, Innokenty Kantor, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Klaus Pagh Almtoft, Jesper Skovhus Thomsen, Anthony Herrel, Catherine J.A. Williams, Henrik Birkedal   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Erythrolamprus mossoroensis (Hoge & Lima Verde, 1973) (Serpentes, Dipsidae): updated distribution, range extension, and new state record from Paraíba, Brazil [PDF]

Check List
The distribution of Erythrolamprus mossoroensis (Hoge & Lima‑Verde, 1973) is currently restricted to the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, and Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.
Élida F. Silva, José Robério M. Barboza Júnior, Mateus L. Dutra, Vanessa N. Barbosa, Frederico G. R. França, Rafaela C. França   +5 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacokinetics of Snake Venom

Toxins, 2018
Understanding snake venom pharmacokinetics is essential for developing risk assessment strategies and determining the optimal dose and timing of antivenom required to bind all venom in snakebite patients. This review aims to explore the current knowledge
Suchaya Sanhajariya, S. Duffull, G. Isbister   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vision‐Augmented Wearable Interfaces: Bioinspired Approaches for Realistic AI‐Human‐Machine Interaction

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee, Gwuidong Ryu, Kisoo Kim, Feng Xu, Won Gu Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source