Spiders as ecological indicators: an overview for Australia

Spiders as ecological indicators in the Australian tropics: family distribution patterns along rainfall and grazing gradients

The composition of spider communities has been shown to vary with respect to a range of environmental gradients (see review by Wise, 1993), including those related to anthropogenic disturbance (e.g. Klimes, 1987). The effects of various management practices, including grazing, on changes in spider faunas have also been the focus of an increasing number of studies in Europe (e.g. Luff & Rushton,...

Global health indicators: an overview.

Green Hospital; an Overview of the Most Important Indicators

Health care organizations, like other community organizations, have a significant role to play in the environment. The importance of these centers can be understood by considering the type of activity and how hospitals affect the environment. Over the decades, the international community has designed and developed various models to prevent the harmful effects of the environment by various organ...

An Overview on Probiotics as an Alternative Strategy for Prevention and Treatment of Human Diseases

Aims: Probiotics are viable and useful microorganisms, which are beneficial factors for human and animal health by altering their microbial flora. Most of the probiotics belong to a large group of bacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract. There are several clinical shreds of evidence that show anti-carcinogenic effects of probiotics through altering digestive enzymes, inhibition of carcinog...

An Overview on Probiotics as an Alternative Strategy for Prevention and Treatment of Human Diseases

Aims: Probiotics are viable and useful microorganisms, which are beneficial factors for human and animal health by altering their microbial flora. Most of the probiotics belong to a large group of bacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract. There are several clinical shreds of evidence that show anti-carcinogenic effects of probiotics through altering digestive enzymes, inhibition of carcinog...