In December 2005 there was a major explosion and fire at the Buncefield fuel storage depot, located about 25 kms north of London.Fortunately nobody was killed but over 40 people were injured and there was extensive damage to property.Some of the tank bunds failed during the fire leading to the release of fuel and fire-fighting foam which caused pol
Luis Vitetta1, Bill Anton21Unit of Health Integration, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Australia; 2Path Lab, Melbourne, AustraliaAbstract: Aging is a universal process to all life forms.The most current and widely accepted definition for aging in humans is that there is a progressive loss of function and energy production that is acco
Amy Guo,1 Michael Grabner,2 Swetha Rao Palli,2 Jessica Elder,1 Matthew Sidovar,1 Peter Aupperle,1 Stephen Krieger3 1Acorda Therapeutics Inc., Ardsley, New York, NY, USA; 2HealthCore Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA; 3Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Background: Although previous stu
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