Some metabolites of plants and fungi have long been of vital use to drug leads in the pharmaceutical industry (Simmond and Grayer, 1999).
"It's great to know that our 4x4 capability can be of such vital use to medical staff in getting them through these tough weather conditions to patients, many of whom are seriously ill," said David Hallows, from the Red Cross.
Information on exposure variability, expressed as exposure variance components, is of vital use in occupational epidemiology, including informed risk control and efficient study design.
Ammonia is one of the most important chemicals from a humanitarian perspective because of its vital use in fertilizer production to maintain food supplies for an ever growing world population.
It's even more vital that use of homophobic language is shown zero tolerance.
Wouldn't that be as vital a use of young, able-bodied adults as reviving the draft, like some in Congress have suggested?
Patient demographic information, vital signs, use of antibiotics, and the site of MRSA isolation were reviewed at the bedside to determine the route of acquisition and to differentiate colonization from infection.
Increasing redundancy by investing in more equipment is vital, but the use of new technologies to upgrade aging equipment is also a must.
The publication of the annual Taser statistics was suspended by the home secretary, who ordered an in-depth review into their accuracy saying it was vital that the use of stun guns was transparent to the public.
