SARS-COV-2 VARIANT EVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES: HIGH ACCUMULATION OF VIRAL MUTATIONS OVER TIME LIKELY THROUGH SERIAL FOUNDER EVENTS AND MUTATIONAL BURSTS.

SARS-CoV-2 variant evolution in the United States: High accumulation of viral mutations over time likely through serial Founder Events and mutational bursts.

Since the first case of COVID-19 in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, SARS-CoV-2 has spread worldwide and within a year and a half has caused 3.56 million deaths globally.With dramatically increasing infection numbers, and the arrival of Hand-Hammered Dish new variants with increased infectivity, tracking the evolution of its genome is crucial for eff

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Remarks to the risk assessment for abandoned mine sites

The authors give some remarks to the term risk regarding its use for the assessment of abandoned mine sites.These remarks are based on the recommendation Geotechnical Investigation and Evaluation of Abandoned Mine Sites developed by the working committee Abandoned Mining of the German Society for Geotechnical Engineering (DGGT) and the German Socie

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ILLICIT DRUGS - EXTERNAL SIGNS OF DRUG ADDICTION

Introduction: Heroin is an extremely addictive substance, one of the most commonly abused drug worldwide.The substance derives from opium from the poppy plant before it is refined to morphine, then further chemically modified to become heroin.The different forms of heroin that are sold CONDITIONER on the drug market can be smoked, snorted, or injec

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