Intention to the Special Edition

Special Edition: Editorial

It is surprising that over 60 years have elapsed since the first use of influenza vaccines, yet with the advances in biotechnology that have occurred in the interim, the majority of the influenza vaccines that we use today are still non-living viral antigens produced in a relatively uncontrolled substrate, the embryonated chicken egg. It is also surprising that the impact of seasonal influenza ...

MJM Special Abstract Edition

Investigation of positional and orientational contributions to visual shape integration in amblyopic patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Richard Dallala, Robert Hess, Behzad Mansouri, Yi-Zhong Wang Nrf2 and Cul3 are potential biomarkers for the evaluation of chemoresistant breast cancer . . . . ...

Special 45th Anniversary Edition

Prologue to the WISA 2008 Conference Special Edition

The Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) held its first conference in 1989 in Cape Town. The most recent and 10th Biennial WISA Conference was held in May 2008 at Sun City, South Africa. The WISA 2008 conference theme, ‘Confluence of the Water Industry’ set the scene for a wide range of presentations with regards to the South African water industry and research in related fields. In keepin...

Special Edition of Gut Microbes

Gastrointestinal infections causing diarrhea represent a huge public health problem in all parts of the world. Every year there are about three billion cases of diarrheal disease worldwide, resulting from contaminated food and water sources. In developing countries, diarrheal disease is the second-leading cause of death in children (second only to pneumonia), particularly in children younger th...