Pig Wrestling: Chasing Tales of Modern Swine Production Systems [Book review]

BOOK REVIEW Tales of experimentation

Usually, we think of scientific laboratories as technological environments consisting of mainly inorganic materials such as glass or metal containers, wires, electronic apparatus, technical tools, and diverse chemicals, but in many cases also living or dead organisms are used for which no technological variants exist. Harré’s general aim of studying ‘scenes from the living laboratory’ is to sho...

A Book on Therapeutic Storytelling A review of The Interpretation of Fairy Tales and Anima and Animus in Fairy Tales

The book of The Interpretation of Fairy Tales and Anima and Animus in Fairy Tales, is one of the best books that one can read for the study of Jung’s psychology for two reasons: first, the author was one of the best students of Jung and his colleague for years; secondly, it analyzes the symbols and the concepts of Jungian psychology. This book expertly introduces the concepts of shadow, anima, ...

Book review ENZYME KINETICS A Modern Approach

a review on the book “modern epidemiology”

سومین چاپ کتاب «اپیدمیولوژی نوین» (modern epidemiology) در سال 2008 میلادی و توسط انتشارات lippincott williams wilkins با قیمت 101 دلار، روانه بازار کتاب شد. سرنوشت این کتاب، همانند سرنوشت دانش اپیدمیولوژی، بسیار جذاب و شنیدنی است. چاپ اول کتاب 20 سال قبل از چاپ سوم، یعنی در سال 1988 میلادی منتشر شده بود. چاپ اول، فقط یک نویسنده داشت و بسیار کم حجم بود. چاپ دوم کتاب 12 سال بعد از چاپ اول، یعنی ...

Farmer perceptions of classical swine fever outbreak in communal pig production systems of South Africa

After the outbreak of classical swine fever (CSF) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, policy makers are expected to make decisions on the restocking of pigs. The objective of this study was to investigate farmers’ perceptions of CSF outbreak in coastal and inland communal production systems because of their differences in harbouring pathogens. Data were collected from 288 farmers in t...