Organized tours to watch wildlife are popular recreational and educational activities, in which the visitor expectative (to observe as many and as diverse animals as possible) runs parallel to conservation purposes. However, the presence of visitors may cause negative impacts on wildlife, which makes recreation difficult to manage. Thus, restricting visitor's load to minimize impacts on fauna m...

Effective practice is informed by underlying theoretical models. Better awareness and understanding of such models can enhance reflection by practitioners on their current educational activities and so help drive the cycle of continuing improvement. In this article the author reflects on three ways in which a better understanding of social psychology gave insights into why some practices appear...

This document was developed to help occupa· tional therapists apply Uniform TerminologySecond Edition to practice. A grid format (Dunn, 1988) allows a therapist to systematically identify an individual's deficit and strength areas and to select appropriate activities to address these areas in occupational therapy intervention. On the grid (see Appendix A), the horizontal axis is composed of the...

History of the Experiment In 1936, the British Institute of Adult Education became interested in providing educational activities in hospitals and, with the help of a grant from the York Trust, they began organizing such activities in several different types of hospital. The work was on a voluntary basis. It ceased during the war, but, in 1948, the Mental Hospitals Committee of the London Count...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the positive influence of chloroquine and artesunate on the pathological damages caused by Plasmodium berghei on vital organs of mice in an established infection. Healthy adult albino mice with average weight of 25 g were used for the study. Treated group was administered orally with 100 mg/kg of chloroquine and artesunate, respectively. Control a...

There is increasing resistance of malaria parasites to chloroquine, the cheapest and commonly used drug for malaria in Nigeria. Artemisin, a product from medicinal plant indigenous to China, based on active principle of Artemisia annua, has been introduced into the Nigerian market. However not much has been done to project antimalaria properties of indigenous medicinal plants. This study thus, ...

BACKGROUND Antimalaria treatment failure has been partly attributed to poor quality antimalarials in the drug market. A 1998 survey in Kampala showed that 55% of tablets and 62% of injection forms of chloroquine failed the quality test. OBJECTIVE This study was carried out as a follow-up to establish the quality of chloroquine tablet and injection dosage forms in the Ugandan drug market from ...