Turnera L.includes around 100 American species and two African ones, arranged in nine series.In this paper, the following four series embracing 21 species are revised: Annulares, Capitatae, Microphyllae and Papilliferae.Six new taxa are described: Thatschbachii, Thatschbachii var.miniata, Tmaracasana,and T.princeps of the seriesCapit
Flavonoid derivatives as anticancer moiety and its effect on cancer cell lines: An updated review
Cancer is now considered the number one leading cause of premature death in Charger industrialized countries.Chemotherapy drugs are quite expensive and cause multiple side effects.Natural products have been studied in depth for their potential as anticancer agents because of their remarkable chemical variability.Among the various natural metabolite
Choice of a General Anesthesia Technique in the Surgical Treatment of Postinfarct Left Ventricular Aneurysms
Objective.To choose the optimum technique of general anesthesia in the surgical treatment of patients with postinfarct left ventricular aneurysms (PLVA).Materials and methods.Fifty-four patients operated on for PLVA were examined.They were divided into 4 groups according to the basic technique of general anesthesia: 1) intravenous anesthesia based
The main forest species encountered in southern and central Benin, West Africa
The south of Benin, a country in West Africa, is still home to remnants of dense forests that benefit from a particularly rainy sub-equatorial climate, with annual rainfall of up to 1,200 mm.These forest ecosystems are an integral part of the West African forest block, which stretches from Liberia to Togo.However, despite their richness and ecologi
An IoT-Based Fog Computing Model
The internet of things (IoT) and cloud computing are two technologies which have recently changed both the academia and industry and impacted our daily lives in different ways.However, despite their impact, both technologies have their shortcomings.Though being cheap and convenient, cloud services consume a huge amount of network bandwidth.Furtherm