This paper introduces the interdisciplinary field of Critical Future Studies (CFS).CFS investigates the scope and constraints within public culture for imagining and debating different potential futures.It interrogates imagined futures founded - often surreptitiously - upon values and assumptions from the past and present, as well as those represen
Changes in vegetation seasonality and livestock stocking rate in La Pampa Province (Argentina)
Crop production is traversing expansion and intensification processes all over the planet and in consequence the large scale cattle production is being displaced to marginal lands with lower stocking capacity.The objective of this work was to assess the seasonality of vegetation in La Pampa province located in a Clocks semiarid region in Argentina
What caused neonatal deaths in Senegal in 2017? a secondary analysis of 2017 DHS
INTRODUCTION: In Senegal, the fight for newborn and child survival is a public health priority.The aim of this study is to analyze the factors associated with neonatal deaths in Senegal in 2017.METHODS: this article uses data from the Senegal Demographic and Health Survey 2017.It covered 6073 children under the age of 5.The sample from the 2017 Con
Comparative genomics of VirR regulons in Clostridium perfringens strains
Abstract Background Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium causing severe diseases such as gas gangrene and pseudomembranosus colitis, that are generally due to the secretion of powerful extracellular toxins.The expression of toxin genes is mainly regulated by VirR, the response regulator of a two-component system.Up to now