The skeletal remains of six perinatal infants were found during archaeological excavation of the Parramatta convict hospital. Perinatal refers to the period around birth, from 24 weeks gestation to 7 postnatal days. Two individuals were found in a double grave dated to the second convict hospital c.1800–c.1810, one individual in a storage cellar dated to c.1820 (second hospital) and three indiv...

helicobacter pylorus (hp) is a common infection in iran. inappropriate laboratory tests for its diagnosis such as serology and irrational drug prescription for hp treatment in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia is a drastic obstacle in our country. treating every patient with dyspepsia without peptic ulcer or precancerous lesions, not only results in high economic burden on health system, but al...

The use of clays as resource supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) for a new generation low-carbon cements and concretes is currently the subject intense research efforts. To this purpose, large number clay resources have been explored, characterized evaluated. This paper introduces basic knowledge concepts on occurrence mineralogy, before presenting up-to-date properties suitable SCMs. O...

Soil invertebrates such as ants are thought to be important manipulators of soils in temperate and tropical ecosystems. The fungus gardening ant, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis, is an important agent of biomantling, that is, of depositing soil excavated from below onto the surface, and has been suggested as an agent of bioturbation (moving soil below ground) as well. The amount of bioturbation by...

Many representations of the movement of healthcare knowledge through society exist, and multiple models for the translation of evidence into policy and practice have been articulated. Most are linear or cyclical and very few come close to reflecting the dense and intricate relationships, systems and politics of organizations and the processes required to enact sustainable improvements. We illus...

In order to show that some of the shortcomings of current 4th grade curriculum in meeting contemporary needs of the society, especially in regard to sustainable development, can be met via teaching, a short course consisting of deliberations on key concepts in sustainable development was designed and carried out on a sample of 58 students of both genders. The pre- and post-test comparisons reve...