The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of Chaetogaster limnaei K. von Baer, 1927 in four species of mollusks collected in irrigation channels of a horticultural garden in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. The collections were made from June 2005 to January 2006. Of the four species of mollusks analysed, we could not detect the presence of C. limnaei ...

Two quantitative, automated methods for the determination of C reactive protein (CRP) were compared: turbidimetry (Cobas Fara II, Roche, Welwyn Garden City, UK) and fluorescence polarisation TDx, Abbott, Wokingham, UK). One hundred and twenty routine serum samples submitted for measurement of CRP were tested using both procedures. The results were compared using regression line analysis and sho...

Packing or arrangement problems form an integral part in a man’s life and cannot be out rightly ignored. Items need to be well arranged and protected to survive the move unscathed. When it is done efficiently, at least to its optimal level, space is saved. A room may become spacious when furniture, bags and other household items are arranged very well. The end result is beauty and attractivenes...

The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) had moved up in the world – away from the somewhat cramped quarters near Moorfi elds Hospital from which Dr Murray McGavin published the fi rst issue in 1988, to the lofty heights of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Bedford Square offi ces in a beautiful three-storey house overlooking a city garden. Perhaps the Journal itself ha...

While glucosamine supplementation is very common and a multitude of commercial products are available, there is currently limited information available to assist the equine practitioner in deciding when and how to use these products. Low bioavailability of orally administered glucosamine, poor product quality, low recommended doses, and a lack of scientific evidence showing efficacy of popular ...

It’s the single most famous story of scientific discovery: in 1666, Isaac Newton was walking in his garden outside Cambridge, England he was avoiding the city because of the plague when he saw an apple fall from a tree. The fruit fell straight to the earth, as if tugged by an invisible force. (Subsequent versions of the story had the apple hitting Newton on the head.) This mundane observation l...

Discovery Oncology, Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, 8 Germany; Discovery Oncology, pRED, Roche Glycart AG, Schlieren, Switzerland; Department Of Nuclear 9 Medicine, Singapore General Hospital; National Cancer Center, Singapore; Roche Translational Medicine 10 Hub, Singapore; Biologics Research, pRED, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany; Roch...

Sensory gardens have been known since antiquity, but they are becoming more and important in terms of smart city development. The article presents a literature review on the diverse functions sensory gardens, concept green city, garden as new form urban spaces (UGS). aim research was to identify expectations regarding development modern spaces, context city. primary data collection method socia...

(11:21); hence from the very nature of creation Browne may conclude: "All things began in order, so shall they end, and so shall they begin again; according to the ordainer of order and mystical mathematics of the City of Heaven." Browne could not know in 1658 that he would live for another 24 years. As though The Garden of Cyrus is actually his final work he joins it, like a snake swallowing i...

Clausewitz: Philosopher of War. Translated by Christine Booker and Norman Stone. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. (CPW) Democracy and Totalitarianism: A Theory of Political Systems. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990. (Dem) Les Dernieres Annees du Siecle. Paris: Julliard, 1983. (DA) Eighteen Lectures on Industrial Society. Translated by M. K. Bottomore. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson...