Medicinal plants are still widely used worldwide; yet for some species, little or no information is available concerning their biological activity, specially their genotoxic and antimutagenic potential. Mikania laevigata (Asteraceae) is a native plant from South America, and its extracts are largely used to treat respiratory complaints. The aim of the present work was then to evaluate, in vivo,...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the occurrence of systemic and renal abnormalities in the offspring of Wistar rats exposed to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (DF) during pregnancy. METHODS Female Wistar rats received a standard diet, with or without addition of tenofovir DF (100 mg/kg diet), 1 week before mating and during pregnancy. Offspring from the tenofovir DF group were placed with an untreated fo...

Dietary fiber (DF) has attracted increasing interest from nutritionists. The yield of DF by traditional extraction methods, however, is very low. This paper aims to increase the yield of DF by solid state fermentation using the edible and medicinal fungus Schizophyllum commune. Sweet potato residue (SPR) was selected as raw material for producing DF. Results showed that SPR was a good feedstock...

This paper gives a tutorial summary of the syntax and interpretation rules of the proposed international algebraic language put forward by the Zurich ACM-GAMM Conference, followed by a formal, complete presentation of the same information. Notations are presented for numbers, numerical variables, Boolean variables, relations, n-dimensional arrays, functi ons, operator s and algebraic expre s si...

Let Tf be a circle homeomorphism with two break points ab, cb and irrational rotation number ̺f . Suppose that the derivative Df of its lift f is absolutely continuous on every connected interval of the set S\{ab, cb}, that DlogDf ∈ L 1 and the product of the jump ratios of Df at the break points is nontrivial, i.e. Df−(ab) Df+(ab) Df − (cb) Df+(cb) 6= 1. We prove that the unique Tf invariant pr...

BACKGROUND Dengue fever (DF) has been emerging in Hanoi over the last decade. Both DF epidemiology and climate in Hanoi are strongly seasonal. This study aims at characterizing the seasonality of DF in Hanoi and its links to climatic variables as DF incidence increases from year to year. METHODS Clinical suspected cases of DF from the 14 central districts of Hanoi were obtained from the Minis...

AIM There is scarce information concerning the pharmacodynamic behavior of topical substances used in the physiotherapy setting. The aim of the present study was to estimate the formation and emptying of the diclofenac (DF) skin reservoir after passive, semiocclusive, and electrically assisted applications of DF. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Five different groups of healthy volunteers (ntotal=60, 23 ...

reasoning: γ 002 = -0.06, t = -0.93, df = 67, p = .35; main effect simulation run: γ 010 = 2.32, t = 3.89, df = 130, p < .001; interaction effect condition X run: γ 011 = -2.50, t = 2.09, df = 130, p < .05; interaction effect condition X trial: γ 101 = 0.74, t = 2.95, df = 130, p