Indigenous knowledge of wild and cultivated plant use is linked to local culture and history. It should be regarded as a body of knowledge that has continually developed over time without the outside assistance of formal science. Pakistan has 18 different types of ecological zones with a variety of habitat types like the coastal Mangrove forests, the desert subtropical foothills dry and moist a...

With the intention of improve knowledge on the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis (TB) among vulnerable populations in Brazil, our objective was to analyze sociodemographic characteristics and operational indicators related to TB control, comparing indigenous and non-indigenous people, in Rondônia. We conducted a retrospective and descriptive epidemiological study of new TB cases reporte...

District Attock is one of the resource-based areas of med Pakistan. The local people of the area have always used medicinal methods. Indigenous knowledge of local people about medicinal pla It is therefore felt worthwhile to record the indigenous knowledg communication deals with the common diseases treated by plant bas asthma, cough and bronchitis, cold, flu, influenza, diabetes, diarrhe and e...

Background A study of disability among the indigenous Sami people in Norway presented a number of ethical and methodological challenges rarely addressed in the literature. Objectives The main study was designed to examine and understand the everyday life, transitions between life stages and democratic participation of Norwegian Sami people experiencing disability. Hence, the purpose of this art...

A multi-agent system designed to observe and remember patterns of co-occurrences in an open, dynamic system is described. The agents are organized according to function, with the low-level agents storing observed cooccurrences of key concepts or events in memory until being recycled for further service, thus simulating fixed short-term memory. The mid-level agents retain a short history (the le...

This paper examines literature concerning the design of culture into websites and in particular indigenous websites. The intention is to identify design requirements as the first phase of building an indigenous website for the Wollotuka Institute located in the Awabakal nation and situated at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. The aim of the project is to produce a website that best r...

Indigenous Australians have high rates of mental illness comorbid with substance misuse. The complex needs of this client group create challenges for the alcohol and other drug (AOD) workforce. This paper describes the outcomes of an Indigenous-specific “Yarning about Mental Health” training for the AOD workforce to strengthen knowledge and skills in mental health approaches and in their engage...