Regardless of symptoms, the presence of plasmodial parasites in a pregnant woman's body will have a negative impact on her own health and that or her fetus. Restricting treatment to symptomatic pregnant women is an inadequate strategy to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with malaria. [1]Subclinical infection is common in areas where natural immunity is high (eg, sub-Saharan Africa)...

This study presents the results of anatomic-morphological examination of vegetative (leaves) and generative (flowers, fruits) organs of the endemic plant Crataegus almaatensis Pojark – family Rosaceae, growing in the foothills of Ile Alatau mountains, Almaty region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The plant Crataegus almaatensis Pojark was examined during the phenological phase of flowering and f...

Protected areas in mountains are regularly in the focus of international efforts to conserve the environment and enable sustainable development. The following article analyses the current extend of protection in mountainous versus non-mountainous areas, sheds light on the rationales behind the establishment of mountain protected areas, and proposes directions for future endeavours in protecting...

The meridional mountains of Europe are located in Andalusia, the south Iberian Peninsula. In this region, orographic and climatic factors main circumstances that condition landscape cultural peculiarities. Nowadays, its ecosystems show a high vulnerability to climate change, traditional ways life crisis heritage is endangered by abandonment depopulation. This paper analyzes some documents inclu...

The Lahontan Mountains quadrangle is located 11 km east of Fallon, Nevada at the southeastern margin of the Carson Sink (Fig. 1). Principal physiographic features include the Lahontan Mountains, collectively consisting of Sehoo, Eetza, Salt Wells, and Rainbow mountains. This quadrangle is part of the greater Lake Lahontan area that in part occupied the southern Carson Desert, previously mapped ...

We propose that the cognitive mechanisms that enable the transmission of cultural knowledge by communication between individuals constitute a system of 'natural pedagogy' in humans, and represent an evolutionary adaptation along the hominin lineage. We discuss three kinds of arguments that support this hypothesis. First, natural pedagogy is likely to be human-specific: while social learning and...