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Honey bees, Apis mellifera , are important pollinators of the highbush blueberry variety Ventura despite the inability to sonicate
Abstract Animal-mediated pollination is an essential ecosystem service which over a third of the world’s agricultural crops depend on. Blueberry …
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Who Are The Traditional Healers Treating Mental Illnesses In Rural Ethiopia? A population-Based Descriptive Study
Abstract Background Ethiopia is a traditional country with a pluralistic health care system where people use the traditional health care …
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Temperature-dependent changes to host-parasite interactions alter the thermal performance of a bacterial host
Abstract Thermal performance curves (TPCs) are used to predict changes in species interactions, and hence range shifts, disease dynamics and …
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Estimating the rate and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practices among rural mothers in Southern Ghana
Abstract Background The health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding practices in both short and long term go beyond the breastfed infant. …
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Pink Cedar ( Acrocarpus fraxinifolius ): its prophylactic role against APAP–induced organs toxicity in rats and its antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus type 1
Abstract The possible protective effects of methanolic extract Acrocarpus fraxinifolius leaves (MEAFL) were assessed against the APAP–induced organ toxicity in …
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Insights into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Tanzania
Abstract Background Human tuberculosis (TB) is caused by seven phylogenetic lineages of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), Lineage 1–7. Recent …
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Interference with HIV infection of the first cell is essential for viral clearance in a pre-exposure prophylaxis model
Abstract Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uses relatively weak HIV inhibition to reduce transmission between individuals. Why this approach is successful is …
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Network-aware mutation clustering of cancer
Abstract The grouping of cancers across tissue boundaries is central to precision oncology, but remains a difficult problem. Here we …
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The ecomorphology of southern African rodent incisors: Potential applications to the hominin fossil record
Abstract The taxonomic identification of mammalian fauna within fossil assemblages is a well-established component of paleoenvironmental reconstructions. However, many fragmentary …
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Interrelationships among key Reproductive Health indicators in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract Introduction Indicators of reproductive health (RH) services, outputs, outcomes and impacts are expected to be related with each other …
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Assessing the blood-host plasticity and dispersal rate of the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii
Abstract Difficulties with observing the dispersal of insect vectors in the field have hampered understanding of several aspects of their …
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New method for runoff estimation under different soil management practices
Abstract Soil erosion has been widely measured using different approaches based on models, direct runoff and sediment collections. However, most …
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Thermal selection drives biodiversity origination across the Atlantic/Indian Ocean boundary
Abstract Intraspecific genetic structure in widely distributed marine species often mirrors the boundaries between temperature-defined bioregions. This suggests that the …
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High prevalence of neurocognitive disorders observed among adult people living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Abstract Background Comprehensive care given to people living with HIV/AIDS is improving from time to time; however, their concurrent cognitive …
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Evaluation of rearing parameters of a self-limiting strain of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Abstract The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata , (medfly) is an important pest of stone and pome fruit, causing significant …
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Heat stress modifies the lactational performances and the urinary metabolomic profile related to gastrointestinal microbiota of dairy goats
Abstract The aim of the study was to identify the candidate biomarkers of heat stress (HS) in the urine of …
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Strain typing and characterization of virulence genes in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Kenya
Abstract Staphylococcusaureus strain typing is an important surveillance tool as particular strains have been associated with virulence and community and …
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Evaluation of tuberculosis treatment response with serial C-reactive protein measurements
Abstract Background Novel biomarkers are needed to assess response to antituberculosis therapy in smear-negative patients. Methods To evaluate the utility …
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Tuberculosis in the military: Trends in notification and treatment outcomes within the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Dependants and Communities 2010-2015
Abstract Background Historically, tuberculosis (TB) has been responsible for significant disease burden among the military both during peace and conflict. …
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The freeze-dried extracts of Salvia coccinea Juss. Ex Murray attenuate myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury in a global ischemia Rat model
Abstract Background Ischemia reperfusion injury is the leading cause of myocardial cell death in Ischemic Heart Disease. Thus intensive research …