The leaves of a tropical plant, Mitragyna speciosa KORTH (Rubiaceae), have been
traditionally used as a substitute for opium. Phytochemical studies of the constituents of the …

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is an established method of
short-term mechanical support for patients in cardiogenic shock, but can create left …

Solitons in a one-dimensional charge-density-wave system with half-filled electron bands
are studied theoretically with a continuum model. This model is a continuum version of the …

The liver may regulate glucose homeostasis by modulating the sensitivity/resistance of
peripheral tissues to insulin, by way of the production of secretory proteins, termed …

Visceral adiposity in obesity causes excessive free fatty acid (FFA) flux into the liver via the
portal vein and may cause fatty liver disease and hepatic insulin resistance. However …

Many dense magnetic nanoparticle systems exhibit slow dynamics which is qualitatively
indistinguishable from that observed in atomic spin glasses and its origin is attributed to …

The authors tried to butt-weld an aluminum alloy plate to a mild steel plate by friction stir
welding, and investigated the effects of a pin rotation speed, the position for the pin axis to …

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a mesenchymally derived, multifunctional
paracrine regulator possessing mitogenic, motogenic, and morphogenetic activities in …

Pteropodine and isopteropodine are heteroyohimbine-type oxindole alkaloid components of
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC, a Peruvian medicinal plant known as cat's claw. In this study …

AIM To investigate the colonisation withBifidobacterium breve of the bowels of very low
birthweight (VLBW) infants. METHODS The adverse effects of B breve were examined in 66 …