Abstract We use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the causal effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) eligibility according to national read more treatment guidelines of South Africa on two risk factors for cardiovascular disease, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure.We combine survey data collected in 2010 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Afr
Two recent books on the history of the environment and the Middle Ages published by Cambridge University Press are analyzed: Richard Hoffman’s “Ecological History of Medieval Europe” (2014) and Bruce M.S.Campbell’s “The Great Transition: Climate, Disease and Society in the Late Medieval World” (2016).The interdisciplinary approach of bo
The article deals with the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), created by Bulgarian ethnic communities after the collapse of the USSR.Independent Ukraine has created favorable conditions for the hellfire sloe gin activities of socksmith santa cruz Bulgarian national communities in the region, which cultural actions include the revi
Adi Mohammed Al Owaifeer,1,2 Abdulaziz Al Taisan,1 Bader Alqahtani,3 Khalid Alburayk,4 Majed Alsubaie,5 Saad H Alenezi6 1Faculty of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; 2King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Ar
Insect parasitoids are under selection pressure to optimize their host location strategy in order to maximize fitness.In parasitoid species that develop on host eggs, one of these strategies consists in the exploitation of oviposition-induced plant volatiles (OIPVs), specific blends of volatile organic compounds released by plants in response to eg