Abstract Background Plating methods are still the golden standard in microbiology; however, some studies have shown that these techniques can underestimate the microbial concentrations and diversity.A nutrient shock is one of the mechanisms proposed to explain this phenomenon.In this study, a tentative method to assess nutrient shock effects was te
Abstract: This study aimed to determine the levels of heavy metal(loid)s in local and imported cosmetics purchased from the Kejetia market and to conduct their health risk assessment.Seven (7) metal(loid)s (Pb, Cd, As, Fe, Ni, Cr, and Hg) were analyzed in twenty-one (21) cosmetic samples.Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) was used in this study.S
Over the last century, a great deal of effort and Phone Accessories resources have been poured into the development of vaccines to protect against malaria, particularly targeting the most widely spread and deadly species of the human-infecting parasites: Plasmodium falciparum.Many of the known proteins the parasite uses to invade human cells have b
String-pulling and patterned-string tasks are often used to analyse perceptual and cognitive abilities in animals.In addition, the paradigm can be used to test the interrelation between visual-spatial and motor performance.Two Australian parrot species, the galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) and the cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), forage on the groun