Few studies document plants in caves.Our field observations of a widespread and seemingly angiosperm-rich cave flora in SW China lead us to test the following hypotheses, 1) SW China caves contain a diverse vascular plant flora, 2) that this is a relic of a largely absent forest type lacking endemic species, and 3) that the light environment plants

In phase 1 of a large multiyear effort, health communication and health promotion models were used to develop a comprehensive hearing loss prevention training program for carpenters.Additionally, a survey was designed to be used as an evaluation instrument.The models informed an iterative research process in which the authors used key informant int

Ponds and lakes distributed across northern treeline in the Hudson Bay Lowlands near Churchill (Manitoba) were revisited to analyse and document the local ecoclimatic and limnological changes that occurred over the period 1997-2012.Our analyses revealed that single events may cause significant changes in salinity, pH and silicate content because of

Gastric outlet Pentair IntelliCenter Parts obstruction (GOO) is characterized by postprandial vomiting due to mechanical obstruction.Rarely it can occur due to ingestion of a foreign body.Most cases of foreign body ingestion are benign, with passage of the ingested object into the stool with no clinical sequelae.We describe a case of an 80-year-old

This article presents a case for the centrality of race and racism Carafes in the training and early ethnographic writings of Werner Eiselen (1899-1977).Together with further discussion in two other articles, it demonstrates that Eiselen was not the consolidator of the British functionalist anthropological tradition in South Africa nor a strong aff