Author details Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag, 1797, Penrith South, DC, NSW 2751, Australia. School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia. School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, St George Hospital, IVF Australia Southern Sydney, South Street, Koga...

The number of countries affected by human mobility has increased due to, among others, social, economic, demographic and environmental changes of a global nature. Many countries in the “Global South,” in particular emerging economies, are no longer only countries of origin, but also – and increasingly – countries of transit and destination. The current global migration trends present significan...

The intercultural dialogue that has been developing since the beginning of the 21st century as a cultural and political priority should have an inter-philosophical global dialogue as its epistemological and ontological foundation. However, given the asymmetric relation between the Global North and the Global South, it is necessary that this global dialogue begin with an interphilosophical dialo...

Comparability analyses are performed to investigate similarities/differences of the standard precipitation index (SPI) and the reconnaissance drought index (RDI), respectively, utilizing precipitation and ratio of precipitation over potential evapotranspiration (ET0). Data are from six synoptic stations in south Khorasan province in Iran.At the first for calculating SPI, the elevation-precipita...

This manuscript is the result of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology survey on the Hezar Mountain in SE of Iran. Traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this region. The plants were collected in and around Hezar mountain from 2008-2010. The authors have conducted an interview of total 75 informants; The traditional uses of 92 species belongin...

In Iran, the Lamiaceae family is represented by 46 genera, 406 species and 97 infraspecific taxa; of these, 165 taxa are endemic. The distribution of family in Iran covers the whole country but the species number decreases from the centre towards the east, south-east and south. 

1. Freehouse International Ltd., Gibraltar 2. StopTB, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 3. Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 4. South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch, South Africa 5. Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa 6. Academic Complex Business Unit, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Natio...

Rebecca Lee, Charles Reese, Michael Bonner, Elena Tourkina, Zoltan Hajdu, Ellen C. Riemer, Richard M. Silver, Richard P. Visconti, and Stanley Hoffman Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carol...

A series of projects attempted to explore a southern perspective for global visual art. The South Project was a series of gatherings across the latitude to develop a southsouth network and conversation. This was followed by an intellectual push through Southern Theory to diversity academic frameworks beyond the trans-Atlantic. The application of this to visual arts was explored with the project...