Global climate change and population growth are persistently posing threats to natural resources (e.g., freshwater) agricultural production. Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) evolved from C3 photosynthesis as an adaptive form of in hot arid regions. It features the nocturnal opening stomata for CO2 assimilation, diurnal closure water conservation, high water-use efficiency. To cope with global...

complementary and alternative medicine (cam) is frequently used in portugal and it contributes to the improvement of people’s health. cam and western medicine (wm) are taken as complements both in the diagnosis and the treatment stage. the portuguese health system is able to generate certified cam professionals but the provision of cam care and services is not included in the national health sy...

Macrolide antibiotics are known to be effective for the treatment of chronic inflammatory airway diseases including diffuse panbronchiolitis, chronic bronchitis, and bronchial asthma. Other than having antimicrobial activities, macrolides have antiinflammatory effects, such as the inhibition of cytokine production. In the present study we investigated the effects of clarithromycin (CAM) on inte...

BACKGROUND During development, all amniotes (mammals, reptiles, and birds) form extraembryonic membranes, which regulate gas and water exchange, remove metabolic wastes, provide shock absorption, and transfer maternally derived nutrients. In viviparous (live-bearing) amniotes, both extraembryonic membranes and maternal uterine tissues contribute to the placenta, an endocrine organ that synthesi...

Photosynthetic characteristics and induction of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) by drought stress were investigated in Sedum album, Sedum stoloniferum and Rosularia elymaitica from Crassulaceae. Titratable acidity, malate content, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) activity and gas exchange parameters were determined in plants at the end and beginning of the photoperiod. Results showed t...

Aiming at the difficulties in motion control and performance analysis of hexapod robot, stm32 embedded processor is used to drive 18-channel steering gear board robot's motion. CAM Shift algorithm designed track centroid target moving robot calculate speed. The gait experiment straight line were carried out on self-developed prototype. results show that design integrates machine vision tracking...