This article examines the concept of affirmative action, drawing on the specific experiences and practice in Kenya.The paper begins with an overview of the Kenyan landscape as far as gender equality is concerned, in click here different contexts including political representation, human rights, employment and economic empowerment.The second part of
Predation is known to have a significant effect on life history diversification in a variety of species.However, physical constraints of body shape and size can sometimes limit life history divergence.We test this idea in the Costa Rican livebearing fish Alfaro click here cultratus.Individuals in this species have a narrow body and keeled ventral s
Notch-Delta signaling is a fundamental cell-cell communication mechanism that governs the differentiation of many cell types.Most existing mathematical models of Notch-Delta signaling are based on a feedback loop between Notch and Delta leading to lateral inhibition of neighboring cells.These models result in a checkerboard spatial pattern whereby
Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer in humans, is unique among the members of Mycobacterium genus due to the presence of the virulence determinant megaplasmid pMUM001.This plasmid encodes multiple virulence-associated genes, including mup011, which is an uncharacterized Ser/Thr luce chandelier protein kinase (STPK) PknQ.In t
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this retrospective analysis was to determine the age, gender, frequency and distribution of trauma-associated hard tissue and soft tissue lesions of the oral and maxillofacial region in a population from southern Taiwan.PATIENTS AND METHODS: Approximately 10% of the 27,995 biopsy records of patients with history of trauma resu