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Weevils can compromise up to 10% of rice stored in pits (Photo: Maria Luisa Tomasi Pereira/Ebagiri) A scientific institute in the United Kingdom has been recognized for presenting an innovative solution to control pests in rice stored in silos in a study by researchers from Santa Catarina. The work recommends the use of rice oil in traps for weevils, grain-attacking insects, and up to 10% compromise of stored products.Continues after commercialFollow NSC Total News on Google NewsThe research was presented at the 29th meeting of the Brazilian Society of Chemistry, South Region, when it was selected and presented with distinction…

China last Friday asked the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom to stop making irresponsible comments on issues of China’s core interests and core concerns. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mao Ning made the comments at a press conference where he was asked to comment on the contents of the Downing Street agreement signed by Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the Chinese territory. Taiwan and the South and East China Seas. Noting that Taiwan was an inalienable part of Chinese territory, Mao emphasized that the Taiwan issue was entirely China’s internal matter and no…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday that negotiations over the British Museum’s return of the Parthenon sculptures were not progressing quickly enough. He is preparing for a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Athens has long campaigned for the return of the Elgin Marbles, for which the pieces are known. The Parthenon’s 75-metre frieze, 15 metopes and 17 sculptures were removed by diplomat Lord Elgin in the early 19th century when he was ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which ruled Greece. “We have not made as much progress as we would like in the negotiations,” Mitsotakis told…

AFPI am AFP https://istoe.com.br/autor/afp/ 11/22/2023 – 11:03 The ‘Mambujan Weavers’, a group of women who survived a massacre by Colombian paramilitaries and took refuge in making tapestry to heal their wounds, share their experiences in the UK. The trip to London and Belfast, where they will meet Northern Irish Members of Parliament and local groups, will take place a week before the opening of the Mambojan Art and Memorial Museum on November 30. “They invited us to show our tapes and tell us about our experience,” said Juana Alicia Ruiz Hernandez, future director of…

The United Kingdom this week approved the use of the common editing technology Crispr as a treatment for sickle cell anemia, also known as “thalassemia,” and chronic anemia. Regulatory approval is considered a new revolution for medicine. The method was developed by Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuel Charpentier, and is considered the “single cure” for getting to the cause of these diseases, which was first highlighted. The Wall Street Journal. Key challenges include the safety of the practice. This is because the patient must undergo chemotherapy and other intensive procedures, including reimplantation of cells in the body,…

A disputed area for centuries, borders are being established and questioned by treaties in the oil-rich region. It may be a dispute geographically distant from Brazil, but it is not: it is a conflict with the state of Roraima on the border of two neighboring countries.Two maps of the same region are considered legitimate depending on the side of the conflict. In one of them, the extent of Venezuela would be more than 75% of what is considered the territory of Guyana today. Thus, the country reaches the Essequibo River in the region that forms Guyana Essequiba.According to the Associated…

María Bueno holds a PhD in Public Law and is a professor at PUC Minas | Photo: United Kingdom Embassy / Disclosure With over a decade of experience in international cooperation, Professor Maria Bueno takes over as Head of the British Embassy in Minas Gerais. The first woman to hold the position, she replaces Lucas Browne, who left the post in September. María Bueno holds a PhD in Public Law, with an emphasis on International Law, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas (PUC Minas) where she is also a professor, one of the people responsible for the institutionalization of…

Brazil and Santa Catarina, the United Kingdom’s traditional trading partners that include England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, are working to further expand the business. This was the purpose of a visit to Florianopolis by Jonathan Knott, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean, British Embassy in Sao Paulo.Continues after commercialGet news from Santa Caterina via WhatsAppHe was in town on Tuesday and Wednesday this week (21st and 22nd) to address companies, potential investors and a panel at the ESG Summit Brazil event on “Green Investments and Incentives”.According to Jonathan Country, the United Kingdom wants to strengthen…

With over a decade of experience in international cooperation, Professor Maria Bueno takes over as Head of the British Embassy in Minas Gerais. The first woman to hold the position, she replaces Lucas Browne, who left the post in September. María Bueno holds a PhD in Public Law, with an emphasis on International Law, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas (PUC Minas) where she is also a professor, one of the people responsible for the institutionalization of the University’s Technological Innovation Center. Currently, he also works as an undergraduate professor at Ibmec BH and has direct experience in the…

Thus, over the past few decades, many antibiotic treatments have been abandoned because gonococci have become resistant to them.In the United Kingdom, the only strategies used to control gonorrhea are the use of condoms during intercourse, periodic screening of asymptomatic individuals at high risk for the infection, and treatment of all detected cases, whether symptomatic or not.Faced with an apparent failure to contain the epidemic, last week the British Department of Health’s advisory panel of infectious disease experts issued unexpected advice. They recommended the initiation of a vaccination campaign in the country against Meningitis to reduce cases of gonorrhea.The recommendation…