Luanda by Night

Paediatric otorhinolaryngological findings in Luanda, Angola

Night sweats

Although night sweating is a common outpatient complaint medical, literature on this subject is scarce. Tuberculosis, brucellosis and lymphoma are diseases in which night sweating is a dominant symptom, but these are infrequently found to be the cause of night sweats in modern practice. While these diseases remain important diagnostic considerations in patients with night sweats, other diagnosi...

The Discursive Function of Place in "The Night when Sohrab was killed" by Bijan Najdi

One of the important functions of every Semiotic system is its local function. In a discourse, places have various roles such as objective, acting, being, abstract, narrative and mythical. In addition they have referential, narrative, tensional, metaphorical and transcendental functions and they play a role in creation of meaning. By strengthening objective and physical aspects of place, its co...

Night vision by cuttlefish enables changeable camouflage.

Because visual predation occurs day and night, many predators must have good night vision. Prey therefore exhibit antipredator behaviours in very dim light. In the field, the giant Australian cuttlefish (Sepia apama) assumes camouflaged body patterns at night, each tailored to its immediate environment. However, the question of whether cuttlefish have the perceptual capability to change their c...

Adverse Clinical and Obstetric Outcomes Associated with Placental Infection by Plasmodium falciparum in Luanda-Angola

Introduction: Placental malaria is a complication of malaria in pregnancy and is associated with adverse clinical and obstetric outcomes. This study intends to associate clinical symptoms of malaria and adverse obstetric outcomes with the presence of Plasmodium falciparum in the placenta of pregnant women in Luanda, Angola. Methods: We conducted a hospital based analytic cross-sectional study. ...