THE ROLE OF DIGITAL INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES IN PROMOTING SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION: A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES OF FACULTY MEMBERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONSTANTINE 2

The role of digital institutional repositories in promoting scholarly communication: A study of the attitudes of faculty members at the University of Constantine 2

With the developments in information and communication technology, especially the Internet and accompanying tools, researchers have started to focus on free publication of their research studies and facilitate their access locally and remotely.This has led to a new approach to scholarly communication under the digital institutional repositories and

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The Optimization of a Polyvinyl Alcohol and Gum Tragacanth Membrane with Ciprofloxacin-Loaded Gold Nanoparticles for Wound Healing Applications

Bandages, gauzes, handcuff and alcoholic pads have been widely used for wound healing.However, bacterial infection in wounds is still a major problem and needs to be explored.Apart from antibacterial activity, the hydrophilicity of a membrane is also a major characteristic of membranes that should be explored.Upon contact with wound exudates, the h

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Pathogenicity of West Nile Virus Lineage 1 to German Poultry

West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that originates from Africa and at present causes neurological disease in birds, horses, and humans all around the globe.As West Nile fever is an important zoonosis, the role of free-ranging domestic poultry as a source of infection for humans should be ESTROSMART evaluated.This study examined the pat

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Clinical profile of childhood blindness and inappropriate enrolment of children in schools for visually impaired in Uttar Pradesh, India

Purpose: To assess major causes of severe visual impairment (SVI)/blindness (BL) in children studying in schools for the blind in western Uttar Pradesh, India and the extent of inappropriate enrolment of children in blind schools.Methods: Students of five schools for the blind were examined in a tertiary care eye hospital.The anatomical sites and e

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