Both the advent of democracy in 1994 and the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa in 1996 kindled hope that ultimately official African languages, in addition to English and Afrikaans, would soon be utilised as languages of teaching and learning throughout the education sector of South Africa.However, in spite of government
Abstract The aim of this study was to characterize Mycobacterium bovis from cattle and buffalo tissue samples, from two Brazilian states, and to analyse their genetic diversity by spoligotyping.Tissue samples from tuberculosis suspect animals, 57 in Amazonas State (12 cattle and 45 buffaloes) and six from Pará State (5 read more cattle and one buf
Abstract Purpose We investigated the effects of a surgical mask and an N95 mask on speech intelligibility using explicit and ambiguous sentences in Japanese.In addition, the effects of background noise specific to an operating room environment Bangers on the speech intelligibility of these sentences were also investigated.Methods We created 20 sets
The luminous fungus that we have described as a presumably new species, Omphalotus af.illudent, grows in Locomotive rain forests in the south of Vietnam on the dead tree wood, mostly on the rubber tree (Hevea).It emits exceptionally bright light in all phases of its life cycle, from germinate spores and mycelium to fruiting bodies.This study descri
Common cancer therapies employ chemicals or radiation that damage DNA.Cancer and normal cells respond to DNA damage by activating complex networks of DNA damage sensor, signal transducer, and effector proteins that arrest cell cycle progression, and repair damaged DNA.If damage is severe enough, the DNA damage response (DDR) triggers programmed cel