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Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that can cause visual impairment and debilitating and disfiguring skin disease. It is the world’s second leading cause of blindness due to infection and the world’s fourth leading cause of preventable blindness. It is a parasitic disease, caused by a filarial worm, and is transmitted by repeated bites from infected blackflies. It is called river blindness because the infected blackflies breed in rapidly flowing streams;…

If one of the machines should malfunction, machine one would be the appropriate choice for a back up. The chances of machine one breaking down is far less possible than the other two machines. Reliability is the probability that a machine will function properly for a specified time (Heizer, J. and Render, B. 2010). I recommend the following things to keep the machines up and running with the best possible efficiency: regular/preventative maintenance and well-trained personnel.…

The Early Seventeenth Century of the English East India Company in the Spice Archipelago The English Company's first interest lay in the Malay Archipelago and the Spice islands, although from the start it faced considerable competition from Dutch merchants. The fleet of the first voyage (1600) visited Acheen in Sumatra and Bantam in Java; in both places the commander, James Lancaster, obtained permission to trade and to establish a factory. He also visits the Moluccas. The fleet of the second…