AimsA warning on e-cigarette packaging is one way the U.S.government can inform the public of known harms of e-cigarette use.Currently, the only required warning on these products is: "WARNING: This product contains nicotine.Nicotine is an addictive chemical." This exploratory study aims to inform potential future investigations and FDA decisions r
High rate of completion of preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection among asylum seekers in a Swiss Canton
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
Blaze-DEMGPU: Modular high performance DEM framework for the GPU architecture
Blaze-DEMGPU is a modular GPU based discrete element method (DEM) framework that supports polyhedral shaped particles.The high level performance is attributed to the light weight and Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) that Immunity Boost the GPU architecture offers.Blaze-DEMGPU offers suitable algorithms to conduct DEM simulations on the GPU a
Laughter in the Old Testament: A hotchpotch of humour, mockery and rejoicing?
Aspects of humour appearing in society, religion, literature and speech have been discussed.The article investigated in particular the current tendency to interpret certain passages in the Bible as evidence of humorous traits.In Tops these cases humour is taken as an interpretative key.A prerequisite to provide a hermeneutical basis for reading the