NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS-WHY THE "OTHER DISEASES" MATTER: REALITY VERSUS RHETORIC

Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Millennium Development Goals-why the "other diseases" matter: reality versus rhetoric

Abstract Since 2004 there has been an increased recognition of the importance of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) as impediments to development.These diseases are caused by a variety of infectious agents - viruses, bacteria and parasites - which cause a diversity of clinical conditions throughout the tropics.The World Health Organisation (WHO) ha

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Collinear Motion Strengthens Local Context in Visual Detection

Detection of elongated objects in the visual scene can be improved by additional elements flanking the object on the collinear axis.This is the collinear context effect (CE) and is represented in the long-range horizontal connection plexus in V1.The aim of this study was to test whether the visual collinear motion can improve the CE.In the three ex

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