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Call for Papers: Funding Cuts in HIV/AIDS Research
The diverse, deleterious effects of cuts in HIV/AIDS funding for research and practical interventions took many in the field by surprise and they continue to grapple with them. ...
Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages
Identifying and naming every plant and animal in nature is a challenging endeavour. Zoologist, Dr Fortunate Phaka has taken on this task by leading the first in-depth study of how frogs and reptiles a...
Call for Papers: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s work may be understood either as continuing Husserl’s imperative to ‘return to the things themselves’, or as advancing the phenomenological movement to ...
Paving the way to detect adult malnourished patients
Hospital malnutrition, particularly disease-related malnutrition (DRM), is a significant public health concern associated with increased morbidity, mortality and costs. Malnutrition often goes undetec...
Trend and Population Size of White-necked Rockfowl
The White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) is a rare passerine bird endemic to the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa, and, with fewer than 10,000 mature individuals globally, the species ...