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As a full-time ecologist for 45 years I had plenty to study without bothering about the occult; until I read my daily newspaper on 13th June 2017.

Never before has greater debate or indecision impacted the onset of a new school year. We’re familiar with the implications of teacher strikes to clarify and achieve fair wages a…

An ecological study of an isolated population of European starlings living in 500 nest-boxes, ran from 1970 to 2020. DDT was widely used to control insect pests from about 1946 un…

Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed solid malignancy in men globally. For decades, routine serum Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) screening generated a massive epi…

Early introductions of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) to New Zealand in 1834 failed, but liberations of Silver-grey and wild type from 1862 to 1868 spread. Most of South Island w…

"Many scientists believe that climate change is a serious threat to human civilisation. We need to find sustainable forms of agriculture, manufacturing, and energy. How will …

Hundreds of photographs of hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778), taken at random whenever seen in the field opposite our house in Belmont, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 2005-2016, reve…

There is a clamour about innovation concerning the production of goods and services in many third world countries. The prime conviction is that the economies of such countries are…

The traditional thoughts about oral microbial health have centered around the risks for dental caries, gingivitis and periodontal disease. There has been however ever-increasing da…

Kant’s notion of autonomy is not only a central concept in pure moral philosophy; it is also a key organizing concept in applied moral philosophy. Across the whole spectrum of hum…

“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.” John …

The commonest tendinopathy in the elbow area is the Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy (LET). The diagnosis of LET is simple and quick.

Emotion is a coordinated set of response with physiological, behavioural and neural mechanisms, controlled by Limbic System. Lesions of emotional brain results in psychological di…

This study investigates the influence of environmental temperatures on feed intake and water consumption in broilers and layers across commercial and backyard poultry farms in Mai…

Laparoscopy, a minimally invasive surgical technique involving fine motor movements of the hands and fingers, has proven to be an invaluable tool in surgical care. Expediting the l…

While reviewing museum collections of Pseudobenedenia Johnston, 1931, we found five deposited slides marked by Dr. Lothar Carlos Guillermo Szidat as Pseudobenedenia lauriei Szidat…

The onset of dementia is after 65 years. Though there are evidence reported in the past regarding the onset of dementia before this age, it is very rare. Studies carried out in th…

Non-accidental injury (NAI) was brought forward by the investigation and research that was conducted by Ambroise Tardieu, John Caffey and Henry Kempe. Whiplash-shaken infant syndr…

Medicinal plants are natural gift that contains phytochemicals that are ecofriendly, effective and non-toxic. These chemicals can also prevent antimicrobial resistance. However, t…

Lennon’s comeback “Double Fantasy” album is a brilliantly conceived and painfully honest musical dialogic between he and Yoko as they confront the realities of growing older. It…

Lennon’s comeback “Double Fantasy” album is a brilliantly conceived and painfully honest musical dialogic between he and Yoko but it has never received the critical attention it…

The victim, Billey Joe Johnson Jr., died in 2008 by a near contact, penetrating 12 gauge shotgun discharge to his left head at the ear. The manner of death was “undetermined” by th…

The chicken sector is more vulnerable to antimicrobial resistance, the buildup of toxic or dangerous residues in meat and eggs, and environmental contamination as a result of the …

Cervical cancer is a significant global health challenge and necessitates the search for innovative and patient-friendly therapies due to the limitations and challenges posed by c…

The tenets of dignity, safety and privacy are potentially challenged when patients are required to remove their own clothes and wear the hospital gown for medical procedures. This …

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a new class of diabetes medications that act at the level of the kidney to increase renal glucose clearance. The resultant hyp…

In 1900 the publication of the book, Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud raised very seminal and fascinating questions in the disciplines of psychology and psychoanalysis. S…