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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 min. 18 sec.) ; 157837669 bytes |
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A confronting treatment for tummy superbugs; rediscovering native livestock; can you comprehend your canine?; problem-solving elephants; and the key to security prime numbers.HUMAN PROBIOTIC INFUSIONQuite simply, HPI involves infusing a patient with someone else's faeces. It's a confronting treatment but one which patients suffering from a particular tummy superbug called Clostridium Difficile are prepared to undertake in an attempt to get their lives back to normal. Maryanne Demasi follows one patient through the treatment process which has a remarkably high success rate.AFRICAN LIVESTOCKAll across the developing world, pressures from climate change, increased population and loss of arable land mean that farmers need all the help they can get. Paul Willis goes to Kenya where farmers are rediscovering native livestock breeds, some of which have been neglected close to extinction. Traits that used to devalue indigenous cattle and sheep are now seen in a more favourable light and local farmers are reaping the benefits of reintroducing old breeds into new herds. PRIME NUMBER KEYSBillions of dollars criss cross the internet every day and this e commerce wouldn't be safe without some very special numbers that are divisible only by themselves and one prime numbers. Ruben Meerman catches up with mathematician Simon Pampena who explains how primes are the perfect key for guarding our accounts.DOG BARKDo you think you can understand what your dog is saying? Jonica Newby puts dog owners to the test to see how well they understand their mutts. So grab a pen and paper you may be surprised by how well you comprehend canine. MIGRATING BACTERIAAussie Barry Marshall, who picked up a Nobel Prize for proving that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes peptic ulcers, also reckons that he can pretty much tell where you were born and where your family comes from from your H.pylor DNA! Understanding the patterns of human migrations could come down to Marshall's gut instinct |
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Broadcast 2011-07-14 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
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Dogs -- Behavior.
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Farmers -- Employment.
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Feces.
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Kenya.
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Streaming video
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Borody, Thomas, contributor
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Demasi, Maryanne, reporter
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Kibiru, Simon, contributor
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Meerman, Ruben, reporter
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Muller, Derek, reporter
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Mwai, Okeyo, contributor
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Newby, Jonica, reporter
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Pampena, Simon, contributor
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Phillips, Graham, host
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Willis, Paul, reporter
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