NON-LETHAL ELEPHANT POPULATION CONTROL METHODS: SUMMARY OF THE FIRST WORKSHOP OF THE ELEPHANT SPECIALIST ADVISORY GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICA

Non-lethal elephant population control methods: Summary of the first workshop of the Elephant Specialist Advisory Group of South Africa

Management interventions are necessary to control elephant numbers within fenced wildlife reserves in South Africa.Use of non-lethal control methods is increasing, but information about their suitability and effects Collections are not widely available.Three such methods are currently available: immunocontraception with porcine zona pellucida vacci

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CLOSED VERSUS OPEN LATERAL INTERNAL SPHINCTEROTOMY IN TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ANAL FISSURE; A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS & OUTCOME. 24

Anal fissure is a common and painful disorder.Its relation to hypertonic anal sphincter is controversial.The most common surgical treatment of chronic anal fissure is lateral internal sphincterotomy either open or closed methods, associated with a risk of pain, bleeding, recurrence and incontinence.The study was designed to compare the results of o

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High quality low-dose SPECT reconstruction using CGAN-based transformer network with geometric tight framelet

Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a widely used diagnostic tool, but radioactive radiation during imaging poses potential health risks to subjects.Accurate low-dose single-photon emission computed tomography reconstruction is crucial in clinical applications of single-photon emission computed tomography.However, it remains a cha

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