Tuberkulose is een van die grootste gesondheidsprobleme in Suid-Afrika. As primêre gesondheidswerker speel die ver­ pleegkundige onder andere ’n belangrike rol in alle fasette van tuberkulosesorg. ’n Honderd geregistreerde verpleegkundiges in die Ga-rankuwa-omgewing is gevra om ’n eenvoudige vraelys oor tu­ berkulose in te vul om hulle vlak van kennis te toets. Die gemiddeld van 70 % wat behaal...

Studying the impact of biodiversity on ecosystem multifunctionality is helpful for clarifying ecological mechanisms (such as niche complementary effects and selection) ecosystems providing multiple services. Biodiversity has a significant versatility, but relative importance functional diversity dominant species to functions needs further evaluation. We studied desert plant community in Ebinur ...

Exotic ants and termites, including Solenopsis invicta, are frequent hitchhikers intercepted from miscellaneous nonfood commodities. In particular, S. invicta has been in Korea imported nursery plants, stone, lumber products, which increases the potential for establishment of this destructive invasive pest Korea. study, we conducted commercial-scale fumigation trials to evaluate ethyl formate (...

We examined structural changes in the molluscan community for ten years (2001-2010) before and five years (2011-2015) after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami around Matsushima Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Before the earthquake and tsunami, Ruditapes philippinarum, Macoma incongrua, Pillucina pisidium, and Batillaria cumingii were dominant, and an alien p...

Dichloromethane and/or ethanol extracts of 30 plants used as traditional medicines in Bukoba district, northwestern Tanzania were evaluated for brine shrimp toxicity. Among the 50 extracts tested, 32 extracts (64%) showed very low toxicity with LC50 values above 100 microg/ml. Among these 12 (24%) which had LC50 >500 microg/ml can be categorized as being practically non-toxic. Among the remaini...