By 2020, there were 33.4 million ha of degraded forests in Indonesia.If it is not rehabilitated, there will be land-use changes that significantly affect its biodiversity and environment.Gap planting is an important silvicultural regeneration method to rehabilitate degraded tropical natural forests.We studied the subject in a 10-ha degraded lowland
Abstract Background Immunoglobulin type A (IgA) nephropathy is the most common primary glomerulonephritis (GN) worldwide with higher rates in East and Pacific Asia compared to North America and Europe.Despite high reported prevalence of IgAN in these countries, the overall disease prevalence across Asia is not available.Treatment patterns of IgAN p
Abstract Background Rodent malaria parasites are important models for studying host-malaria parasite interactions such as host immune response, mechanisms of parasite evasion of host killing, and vaccine development.One of the rodent malaria parasites is Plasmodium yoelii, and multiple P.yoelii strains or subspecies that cause different disease phe
Thermal properties of the building envelope (BE) prescribed by codes and standards do not provide a consistent and comprehensive measure of its performance.Qualitative comparative analysis employed by the codes to assess energy savings is deterrent to technology development as the potential energy savings are never realized.A new metric, referred t