Background Trichiasis is present when one or more eyelashes touches the eye. Uncorrected, it can cause blindness. Accurate estimates of numbers affected, and their geographical distribution, help guide resource allocation. Methods We obtained district-level trichiasis p...

<jats:p>In March 2001, the world’s largest depictions of standing Buddha figures located in Bamiyan (Afghanistan) were destroyed during a campaign of the Taliban leadership against all non-Muslim heritage in the country. Bamiyan and its archaeological remains have been ...

Background North-West of Pakistan is bestowed with medicinal plant resources due to diverse geographical and habitat conditions. The traditional use of plants for curing various diseases forms an important part of the region’s cultural heritage. The study was carried ou...

Life evolved on earth slowly over a few billions of years. During this time, and before, the earth has been rotating around its own tilted axis and simultaneously revolving around the sun. Thus, it is no surprise that the periodic environmental consequences of the rotat...

<jats:p>The Sultanate of Oman is located in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a distinctive history and subcultures. Its seafaring tradition has endowed the country with various ethnic and linguistic groups, with Arabic being a dominant language and Ibadhi...

Cerebral angiography and clinical procedure is entirely due to Egas Moniz and work colleagues (mainly Almeida Lima), who began his research in 1926, making its first human arteriography in 1927. La angiografía cerebral como procedimiento clínico se debe exclusivamente a...