Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Leprosy by Shannon P. Moore, Samantha M. Wisely

“… Worldwide, 250,000 new cases of leprosy are reported each year, and in the United States, approximately 150 new cases of leprosy are diagnosed each year. Also known as Hansen’s disease, leprosy (Mycobacterium leprae) is a bacterial disease that infects the skin and nerves, causing disfiguring skin sores, nerve damage, and occasionally lung damage if left untreated. …”
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Mechanistic insights into connexin-mediated neuroglia crosstalk in neurodegenerative diseases by Simona Denaro, Simona D’Aprile, Nunzio Vicario, Rosalba Parenti

“…However, accumulating evidence suggests that Cxs can also act as pathological pore in neuroinflammatory conditions, thereby contributing to neurodegenerative phenomena such as synaptic dysfunction, oxidative stress, and ultimately cell death. …”
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Companion of Ostrowski Inequality for Multiplicatively Convex Functions by Badreddine Meftah, Abdelghani Lakhdari, Saleh Wedad, Chemeseddine djaber Benchettah

“…Using this identity, we derive Companion of Ostrowski's inequalities for multiplicatively differentiable convex mappings. The work also provides the results' applications.…”
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Transformation, theology and the public university in South Africa by R. Venter

“…The article identifies several critical issues such as the plurality of intellectual traditions and identity formation that should be explored in more detail. It also emphasises the distinctive theological task of theology at a public university – the articulation of transcendence and the construal of a non-naturalistic symbolic interpretation of reality. …”
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Silent no more: sexual violence in conflict as a challenge to the worldwide church by D. Tombs

“…Building on feminist readings of sexual violence in biblical narratives it then explores sexual violence referenced in the death of Saul (I Samuel 31) alongside news reports of the death of Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011. It also suggests that sexual violence is a key to understanding the scandal of the cross and the death of Jesus of Nazareth. …”
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CONSULTATION OF WORKERS AS A MEASURE FOR IMPROVEMENT THE OH&S MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. CASE STUDY AT THE „VASILE ALECSANDRI” UNIVERSITY OF BACAU by MARIA-CRINA RADU

“… Identifying and assessing occupational health and safety risks and implementing measures to prevent accidents at work and occupational diseases are legal obligations and the implementation and certification of an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system may help organization to achieve these goals, being also a credible evidence of its commitment to protect life and health of its interested parties. …”
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An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Lanette Sobel, Andrea Lucky, Jiri Hulcr

“… Xyleborus affinis is one of the most widespread and common ambrosia beetles in the world. It is also very common in Florida. Like other ambrosia beetles, it bores tunnels into the xylem of weakened, cut or injured trees and farms gardens of symbiotic fungus for food. …”
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LOVE IN A TIME OF SCARCITY by Chris Hermans

“…How can love be infused by God, and also be an act of free will? An event-hermeneutical approach can help us to find answers to these questions. …”
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Caribbean Fruit Fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr., John B. Heppner, Thomas R. Fasulo, James L. Nation

“… The Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), has also been called the Greater Antilliean fruit fly, the guava fruit fly and the Caribfly. …”
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"Voorberei en toegerus": P.C. Potgieter se beskouing van die opleiding van predikante in kritiese perspektief by L. O. K. Lategan

“…Theological training should also create a sense for critical enquiry. Theological study is directed at the study of the Revelation of God and the church as the body of Christ. …”
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Native Landscape Plants for South Florida by Jody Haynes, John McLaughlin, Laura Vasquez

“…This new publication was developed as a supplement to ENH854, but it is also a good stand-alone reference for people wishing to add native plants to their private yards or public landscapes, or simply to learn more about them. …”
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Microencapsulation of L-carvone and hexyl salicylate in carnauba wax, candelilla wax and beeswax by melt dispersion method by Qun Huang, Zhibing Zhang

“…The relation between the payload and Young's modulus of wax microsphere was also explored in this study.…”
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EMG- BASED HAND GESTURE RECOGNITION USING DEEP LEARNING AND SIGNAL-TO-IMAGE CONVERSION TOOLS by SABRINA AKTER, BIMAL KUMAR PRAMANIK, MD EKRAMUL HAMID

“…Here a threshold-based approach is also proposed to select the principal components (PCs). …”
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Niereligijni rodzice wobec instytucji szkoły by Sylwester Zielka

“…Analysed statements of non-religious parents indicate that pre-schools and primary schools are to a large extent institutions strongly connected with declared religious values, which also leads to a negative perception of non-religious parents and their children. …”
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Amalgamating inverse semigroups over ample semigroups by Nasir Sohail

“…A rudimentary analysis of the novel classes of rich ample semigroups is also provided.…”
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On Continuous Frames in Hilbert $C^*$-Modules by Hadi Ghasemi, Tayebe Lal shateri

“…Next, we give the concept of dual continuous frames in Hilbert $C^*$-modules and investigate some properties of them. Also, by introducing the notion of the similarity of the continuous frames, characterizing it, and stating some of its properties, we refer to the investigation of the effect of similarity on the dual continuous frames in Hilbert $C^*$-modules.…”
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The March to Prussia: The Informative Value of a Peripheral Phenomenon by Werner Paravicini

“… This article not only introduces new sources that underline the importance of the march to Prussia (Preußenreisen) for the nobility of Western Europe at the time, but also highlights the challenges they faced along the way, including encounters with marauders, adverse natural conditions and captivity. …”
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MALACHI’S CONTROVERSIAL CONCLUSION:

“…This contribution argues that Malachi 3:22-24 (Eng. 4:4-6) should be viewed as two (Mal. 3:22 and 3:23-24, respectively) later additions to the book. It is also argued that the reading of the Septuagint, where verse 22 is placed as the last verse of the book, should be accepted as the better reading. …”
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Dorosły w świadomości przedszkolaka. Esej prawie naukowy by Alicja Jurgiel-Aleksander

“…Despite the fact that this research ought to be treated only as a case study, the outcome shown in the essay depicts the children’s world. What is more it also shows how we, the adults, rear children. It was demonstrated that children view us as individuals physically resembling themselves, extremely busy at work, privileged when it comes to doing things that children cannot, great role models and good guardians. …”
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Final Wishes: End-of-Life Decisions by Carolyn S. Wilken

“…When completed, the documents are legal in 38 states. This publication also includes a list of questions to help readers begin thinking about these issues. …”
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