This study utilized a quantitative approach to investigate the impact of nutritional choices, quality sleep and physical activity on general health staff students at All Saints University School Medicine, Dominica. Seventy-seven people (14 members 63 students) participated in survey. The Nutritional Assessment Instrument Government Northwest Territories was assess choices participants, Pittsbur...

There is a world-wide need for the development of sustainable management strategies to control pest infestation and the development of phosphine (PH3) resistance in lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica). Computer simulation models can provide a relatively fast, safe and inexpensive way to weigh the merits of various management options. However, the usefulness of simulation models relies on ...

Shallow-water hydrothermal systems represent extreme environments with unique biogeochemistry and high biological productivity, at which autotrophic microorganisms use both light and chemical energy for the production of biomass. Microbial communities of these ecosystems are metabolically diverse and possess the capacity to transform a large range of chemical compounds. Yet, little is known abo...

BACKGROUND The emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens is of great concern to the global health community. Our ability to effectively treat diseases is based on the discovery of potent drugs for the treatment of these challenging diseases. Traditional medicines are one of the major sources for the discovery of safe, effective and economical drug candidates. In order to validate its ant...

El análisis del vínculo entre Sancho IV y María de Molina con las órdenes mendicantes muestra su preferencia por la Orden Predicadores. Este trabajo analiza dicha relación desde el punto vista promoción conventos monasterios intentando desvelar claves modelo realeza cultura política impulsados ambos monarcas. Para ello, se analizan separado sus relaciones los establecimientos dominicos. Ambos c...

Competition is a driving force regulating communities often considered an intermittent phenomenon, difficult to verify and potentially driven by environmental disturbances. Insecticides are agents of environmental disturbance that can potentially change ecological relationships and competitive outcomes, but this subject has seldom been examined. As the co-existing cereal grain beetle species Si...

Many students and other readers of this volume are familiar with coming down with a nasty cold or some other flu-like virus or bacterial infection around the time of final exams and having to spend a good portion of their holidays in bed recovering. The mechanisms by which increased susceptibility to pathogens and illness follow particularly stressful social periods, activities, and disappointm...