The halberd fern genus Tectaria Cav., is terrestrial, medium to large size herb, growing along the cut edges of hills and hillocks or edges of river.It is characterized by the presence of erect, creeping or suberect rhizome with dimorphic, subdimorphic or monomorphic fronds and anastomosing to free veins.Generally, it occurs in different habitats o

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) has led to considerable hike in hospitalizations for pneumonia with multiorgan disease requiring immediate hospital care, maintenance of oxygen saturation level, and severe cases requiring mechanical ventilation.This opens the window of opportunity to microscopic organisms such as different species o

Abstract Background Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum is the causative agent of botulism, a severe neuroparalytic illness.Given the severity of botulism, surprisingly little is known of the population structure, biology, phylogeny or evolution of C.botulinum.The recent determination of the genome sequence of C.botulinum has allowed comparative geno

Dry Bag Dentures are common accidentally ingested foreign bodies (FBs), especially in the aged population.It is usual for a FB to be swallowed in adults and lodge in the esophagus; however, it is unusual for a denture to remain in esophagus for a period of 9 months without any complication.We present, a 57-year-old deaf mute man swallowed his dentu

The aim of this study is to identify how managers of micro-sized enterprises experience the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their business operations, work-life balance and well-being.Further, the study aims to make comparisons between managers of micro-sized businesses and managers of small-sized businesses.This mixed-method study is based on q