Background and objective: The development of new products for skin care and wound treatment is continuous, and herbal medicine plays an important role in the treatments.Oliveria decumbens, a plant from the family Apiaceae, has been reported to enclose many pharmacological properties.This study aimed to detect the effect of the essential oil of Oliv
Understanding student early departure from a Master of Public Health programme in South Africa
Background.Student departure from university without completing a qualification is a major concern in higher education.Higher Education South Africa reported that in undergraduate studies, 35% of students depart after the first year and only 15% of students who enrol complete their degree within the minimum permissible time.At postgraduate level, t
Progression of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer: impact of therapeutic intervention in the post-docetaxel space
Abstract Despite the proven success of hormonal therapy for prostate cancer using chemical or surgical castration, most patients eventually will progress to a phase of the disease that is metastatic and shows resistance to further hormonal manipulation.This has been termed metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).Despite this designati
On the Performance Analysis of Decode-and-Forward Multi-Hop Hybrid FSO/RF Systems With Hard-Switching Configuration
In this paper, we introduce a decode-and-forward multi-hop hybrid free-space optical/radio frequency (FSO/RF) system.The FSO link is assumed to follow Gamma-Gamma distribution bob terzuola atcf with the combined effects of pointing errors and path loss under intensity modulation with direct detection technique, and the RF link is assumed to follow