BUILT-UP AREA AND LAND COVER EXTRACTION USING HIGH RESOLUTION PLEIADES SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR MIDRAND, IN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

BUILT-UP AREA AND LAND COVER EXTRACTION USING HIGH RESOLUTION PLEIADES SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR MIDRAND, IN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

Urban areas, particularly in developing countries face immense challenges such as climate change, poverty, lack of resources poor land use management systems, and week environmental management practices.Mitigating against these challenges is often hampered by lack of data on urban expansion, urban footprint and land cover.To support the recently ad

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A case of clinical worsening after stereo-electroencephalographic-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation in a patient with polymicrogyria

Radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RF-TC) is a wide-used procedure for drug-resistant epilepsy.The technique is considered safe with an overall risk of 1.1% of permanent complications, mainly focal neurological deficits.We report the case of a patient with drug-resistant epilepsy who complained of immediate seizure worsening and an unexpected event

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Listeria Placental Infection

ABSTRACT The Gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes Check and Menu Holders is the causative agent of listeriosis, a severe food-borne infection.Pregnant women are at risk of contracting listeriosis, which can potentially lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm birth, and congenital neonatal infections.While other

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Children’s and adolescents’ relationship to pain during cancer treatment: a preliminary validation of the Pain Flexibility Scale for Children

Jenny Thorsell Cederberg,1 Sandra Weineland Strandskov,2 JoAnne Dahl,3 Gustaf Ljungman1 1Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Pediatric Oncology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 2Närhälsan, Research and Development Center, Primary Health EMPTY GEL CAPS "00" Care, Södra Älvsborg, Borås, Sweden; 3Dep

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