Although rarely considered predators, wildlife hunters can function as important ecological and evolutionary agents. In part, their influence relates to targeting of large reproductive adults within prey populations. Despite known impacts of size-selective harvests, however, we know little about what enables hunters to kill these older, rarer, and presumably more wary individuals. In other mamm...

Analyzing the dynamics of collection and display in the colonial context, this essay considers the South Asian artifacts collected by Sir Richard Carnac Temple, Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 1894-1904. Temple exhibited the teak carvings, body adornments, and hunting tools that he amassed throughout his career in his home, The Nash, which became the foundation of his...

T he stated purpose of the Trophy trial was “to examine whether early pharmacologic treatment of patients with “high normal” blood pressure would prevent or delay the development of clinical hypertension.” To this end 809 study subjects from 71 different study centers were randomized to receive either 16 mgms. of candesartan or a placebo for two years. After that, all patients were observed on ...

1. Faculty of Nursing, Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan 2. Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan 3. Faculty of Nursing, Irbid National University, Irbid, Jordan 4. Faculty of Nursing, Al-AlBayt University, Al-Mafraq, Jordan 5. Faculty of Nursing, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan 6. Faculty of Allied Medical Science, Jordan Universi...

Yildirim, Y.,1 Gökçe, G.,2 Kirmizigül, A.H.,2 Erkiliç, E.E.,2 Yilmaz, V.,1 Tan, M.T.3 and Özgünlük, İ.4 1 Kafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology, Kars-Turkey. 2 Kafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kars-Turkey. 3 Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology, Aydın-Turkey. 4 Har...

M.A. Abdoli 1 , B. Tavakoli *1,2, M.H. Menhaj3 1- Dept. of Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran, Faculty of Environmental Science, Tehran, Iran. 2-Dept. of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Someh Sara, Iran 3- Dept. of Rural Development, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran *Corresponding Author's E-mail: Babak_1...

N. Shokri 1, , E. Azizi , H. Akbari Javar 1, , Sh. Fouladdel , A. Khalaj 3 and R. Dinarvand 1, 4 Department of Pharmaceutics , Faculty of pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Molecular Research Lab , Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Medicinal Chemistry , Faculty of Pharmacy,...

Namibia hosts the worldwide largest free-ranging cheetah population (Marker-Kraus et al. 1996) with 95% of this population roaming outside of protected areas on commercial farmland (Morsbach 1987, Marker-Kraus & Schumann 1998). Commercial livestock farming and trophy hunting have a large economic importance in Namibia and generate substantial income (Marker-Kraus et al. 1996, Barnes et al. 2001...

LAVINIA LIA VLAIA1, VICENTIU VLAIA2*, IOANA VIORICA OLARIU1, ANA MARIA MUT1, CARMEN ANATOLIA GAFITANU3, CRISTINA DEHELEAN4, DAN NAVOLAN5*, DUMITRU LUPULEASA6, GEORGETA HERMINA CONEAC1 1Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, 1 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 2 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, ...

1 Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, 06330 Ankara, TURKEY, 2 Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, 06330 Ankara, TURKEY, 3 Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, 06100 Ankara, TURKEY, 4 Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, 26470 Eskişehir, TURKEY, 5 Yeditepe Univers...