36 Being an African, I have lived with uncertainty all my life. Our continent provides an ever-changing challenge. Being born an African destines you to remain an African. Some of us have attempted to challenge this; most have had only limited success in escaping Africa’s grasp. In Africa things are different; some say this is fun, others are upset by it. The threats that face our profession he...

bitter asafetida (ferula assafoetida l.) is one of the medicinal-rangeland plants belonging to apiaceae family. the resin which is through incision secreted of the root has medicinal properties. the effect of rain on resin yield of this plant is one of problem of natural resources offices. the main aim of this study was to find out the effects of the irrigation on the resin yield, plants surviv...

AIM To determine the frequency and risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC) development among individuals with resected advanced adenoma (AA)/traditional serrated adenoma (TSA)/advanced sessile serrated adenoma (ASSA). METHODS Data was collected from medical records of 14663 subjects found to have AA, TSA, or ASSA at screening or surveillance colonoscopy. Patients with inflammatory bowel dise...

The germination of Ferula ovina seeds faces certain problems. The present research was designed to study the promotion of the germination of Ferula ovina seeds by moist-chilling and GA3 applications. The results showed that Ferula ovina seeds display an endogenous dormancy that can be released by moist-chilling treatment for a certain period. In this respect, the best treatment was moist-chilli...

Faba bean (Vicia faba) production in Mediterranean and Near East agriculture is severely constrained by broomrape infection. The most widely distributed broomrape species affecting faba bean is Orobanche crenata, although O. foetida and Phelipanche aegyptiaca are of local importance. Only moderately resistant cultivars are available to farmers. Rizotrons studies allowed the dissection of resist...

Based on the salp swarm algorithm (SSA), this paper proposes an efficient metaheuristic for solving global optimization problems and optimizing two commonly encountered geotechnical engineering structures: reinforced concrete cantilever retaining walls shallow spread foundations. Two new equations leader- followers-position-updating procedures were introduced in proposed adaptive (ASSA). This c...

Ferula turcica and latialata are two novel endemic species discovered in the Konya Kırşehir provinces of central Anatolian region Türkiye. These new described by morphological, ecological, carpological, phytochemical characteristics phylogenetic analysis. F. morphologically distinct from szowitsiana their habit, stalk terminal umbella, mericarp size, as well profile secondary metabolite markers...