USE OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINES AND TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONERS BY CHILDREN IN INDONESIA: FINDINGS FROM A NATIONAL POPULATION SURVEY IN 2014–2015

Use of traditional medicines and traditional practitioners by children in Indonesia: findings from a national population survey in 2014–2015

Supa Pengpid,1,2 Karl Peltzer21ASEAN Carving Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Nakhonpathom, Thailand; 2Research and Innovation Office, North West University, Potchefstroom, South AfricaBackground: Little data are available about traditional and complementary medicine use in children in the general population in Southeast Asia,

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Amino acid sequences mediating vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 binding to integrin alpha 4: homologous DSP sequence found for JC polyoma VP1 coat protein

The JC polyoma viral coat protein VP1 was analyzed for amino acid sequences homologies to the IDSP sequence which mediates binding of VLA-4 (integrin alpha 4) to Floor Mats vascular cell adhesion molecule 1.Although the full sequence was not found, a DSP sequence was located near the critical arginine residue linked to infectivity of the virus and

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Protein-energy supplementation frequency on ruminal variables, intake and digestibility in steers receiving low quality hay

The aim was evaluated the effect of reduce in protein-energy supplementation frequency on nutrients intake, forage digestibility and degradability, as well as, ruminal pH and ammonia nitrogen (N-NH3) concentration in beef cattle receiving low-quality hay.A 4 x 4 Latin square design were used.Four steers were fed with low-quality hay and subjected t

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