Educating the Public Health Workforce: A Scoping Review

The aim of this scoping review was to identify and characterize the recent literature pertaining to the education of the public health workforce worldwide.The importance of preparing a public health workforce with sufficient capacity and appropriate capabilities has been recognized by major organizations around the world (1).Champions for public he

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Recent progress on the role and molecular mechanism of chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II in cancer

Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) is an orphan receptor that regulates the Carabinas expression of genes involved in development and homeostasis.COUP-TFII is also dysregulated in cancer, where it plays important roles in oncogenesis and malignant progression.Recent studies have also investigated altered microRN

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In vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of leaf extracts of Litsea iteodaphne against a selected group of bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Background: The quest for scientific endorsement of new drugs from plants continues due to the rising antibiotic resistance against pathogenic bacteria.Litsea iteodaphne is used in Sri Lanka in the treatment of infectious diseases.Therefore, in vitro antibacterial activity of L.iteodaphne plant extracts were evaluated against selected human pathoge

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