IDENTIFICATION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANT POLYOMAVIRUS IN WILD ELEPHANTS AND THE CREATION OF A VECTOR EXPRESSING ITS VIRAL TUMOR ANTIGENS TO TRANSFORM ELEPHANT PRIMARY CELLS.

Wild elephant populations are declining rapidly due to rampant killing for ivory and body parts, range fragmentation, and human-elephant conflict.Wild and captive elephants are further impacted by viruses, including highly pathogenic elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses.Moreover, while the rich genetic diversity of the ancient elephant lineage i

Trachyandra divaricata (Sandkool) is one of the most abundant wild edible inflorescence vegetables in South Africa.The dearth of literature on its edibility, nutrient composition, and conservation has contributed to its underutilisation.This study investigated mineral and proximate content, phytochemical compositions, and growth response of T.divar

Abstract Background Microinsurance or Community-Based Health Insurance is a promising healthcare financing mechanism, which is increasingly applied to aid rural poor persons in low-income countries.Robust empirical evidence on the causal relations between Community-Based Health Insurance and healthcare utilisation, financial protection and other ar

The Phenomenology of inclusiveness characterizes itself as a new work in the area of phenomenology.Seeking phenomenological sources in Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, and Waldenfels, the article attempts to develop inclusiveness in order to contemplate the inclusive/exclusive paradox and, moreover, to show its ethical perspectives toward an ethic that inte

Abstract Background Patients with anorexia nervosa often report a conscious alteration of body image representation, with both body overestimation and body dissatisfaction.Cognitive and behavioural therapy is effective for treating many psychiatric disorders but often fails to treat anorexia nervosa and body image distortions.Although patients are