Zahra Ahmed is a Web Content Editor at various esteemed publications. She specializes in themes related to engineering, particularly focusing on mechanical systems, industrial engineering, environmental services, and industrial systems design. Zahra's work has been featured in The Daily Star, BioRxiv, Marine Insight, Endocrine Abstracts, and MDPI.
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The International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk ( Grain Code ), mandatory under SOLAS Chapter VI , is undergoing a significant update
Protecting the marine environment is no longer an optional compliance measure—it is a core operational responsibility for every modern vessel.
Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.
The merchant navy is the driving force of the world economy, yet it is often misunderstood by the public, most of whom confuse it with the military.
The 2nd Officer is the ship's primary Navigator, Watchkeeping Officer and also the Medical Officer.
The position of an Engine Cadet in the merchant navy paves the way to become a marine engineer . It is a vital first step for anyone wanting to begin a successful career in the engine department of a ship.
The Captain of a ship, also called the Master in the merchant navy, is the highest rank on a vessel , which is obtained after many years of
The Chief Engineer in the Merchant Navy heads the engine department of a vessel, and is responsible for all the machinery from the main engine to boilers, pumps, generators and electrical systems.
By: Zahra Ahmed, Vincent Piguet, Bastien Mangeat, Fabien P. Blanchet, Inderdeep Kaur, Munish Puri
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are endowed with several medicinal properties, including antiviral activity. We demonstrate here that the recently identified type I RIP from Momordica balsamina also possesses antiviral activity, as determined by viral growth curve assays and single-round infection experiments. Importantly, this activity is at play even as doses where the RIP has no cytotoxic effect. In addition, balsamin inhibits HIV-1 replication not only in T cell lines but also in human primary CD4+ T cells. This antiviral compound exerts its activity at a viral replicative step occurring later than reverse-transcription, most likely on viral protein translation, prior to viral budding and release. Finally, we demonstrate that balsamin antiviral activity is broad since it also impedes influenza virus replication. Altogether our results demonstrate that type I RIP can exert a potent anti-HIV-1 activity which paves the way for new therapeutic avenues for the treatment of viral infections.
By: Zahra Ahmed
Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.
