As an alternative and complement to conventional or allopathic medicine, acupuncture has become a firmly established therapy in many countries. Despite this wide acceptance, the question of how acupuncture works, or whether it works at all, remains the subject of lively debate. One problem in the discussion of acupuncture and its possible mechanisms is that acupuncture is not only used for the ...

The articles [7], [5], [9], [8], [3], [4], [2], [6], and [1] provide the notation and terminology for this paper. For simplicity, we adopt the following convention: i, j, k denote natural numbers, x denotes a bound variable, a denotes a free variable, p, q denote elements of WFF, l denotes a finite sequence of elements of Var, P denotes a predicate symbol, and V denotes a non empty subset of Va...

Illicium verum Hooker fillius or commonly called star anise is a member of Magnoliaceae. The synthesis of metal nanoparticles is a growing area for research due to its potentiality in the application and development of advanced technologies. In general, nanoparticles are synthesized by using chemical methods which are not eco-friendly. Here, we have used a fast, convenient and environment-frien...

background: applications of natural ingredients not only increase the shelf life of food but also omit the problems of synthetic preservatives compounds. objective: cinnamon verum essential oil (cveo 0.05, 0.1, 0.15%) and echinacea purpurea extract (epe 0.25, 0.5, 0.75%) were added to kolompe (a traditional cookie in kerman-iran) and their antioxidant and antimicrobial effects were compared wit...

use of natural antimicrobial compounds extracted from plants such as cinnamon as preservative to extend the shelf life has gain much attention. in this study, we evaluated the antimicrobial activity and bio- preservative potential of the methanolic extract of cinnamomum verum bark and its oil against bacillus subtilis , pseudomonas aeruginosae and escherichia coli in ketchup sauce. in order to ...

Illicium verum (IV; dried fruit), Psidium guajava (PG; leaves), and Curcuma longa (CL; rhizome) water extract and/or fish collagen were added into yogurt to determine their effects on acidification the proteolysis of milk up 21 days storage at 4°C. The angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) test was conducted analyze inhibitory activity bioactive peptides produced during proteolytic ACE enzyme. ...

This article argues in favor of the idea that verum can result from focus marking on sentence mood. The empirical base are strategies Spanish, English and German. It is shown all them stress mood, even though to express three languages appear unrelated a superficial level: German rely finite verb, Spanish inserts particle. In article, semantic syntactic account complete each other. approach rev...