ever, this may merely be a reflection of the extent to which the cuticle has been reabsorbed at the t ime of fixation since the cuticles of all these Lts are part ial ly reabsorbed dur ing moult ing. Also, the cuticle of the L~ of O. phyllobia appears to be structurally more complex than that of A. agrostis since it has a distinct striated basal layer (Fig. 1A, D) which is reabsorbed at a later...

Athletes often train or compete in athletic events that significantly reduce muscle and liver glycogen reserves. Carbohydrate ingestion before or during endurance exercise enhances performance by maintaining blood glucose levels and carbohydrate utilization. Also, an adequate intake of carbohydrate following endurance exercise helps to restore muscle and liver glycogen. This paper reviews the p...

Genista species are sources of antioxidant phenolic compounds such as O- and C-glycosylflavonoids and isoflavonoids. A combination of a DPPH scavenging assay with HPTLC-MS, a fast and efficient method for identification of bioactive compounds, has been applied for evaluation of the radical scavenging activity of metabolites from Genista saharae Coss. & Dur. Different organs collected at vari...

During the last decade, investigations into the mode of function of the Pacinian corpuscle have been focussed almOst exclusively on recording the activity of its nervous components, and some of the more recent histological studies (Quilliam and Sato, 1955; Pease and Quilliam, 1957) have contributed to interpreting the results so obtained. Lately, interesting structural modifications have come t...

BACKGROUND Although even randomization (that is, approximately 1:1 randomization ratio in study arms) provides the greatest statistical power, designed uneven randomization (DUR), (for example, 1:2 or 1:3) is used to increase participation rates. Until now, no convincing data exists addressing the impact of DUR on participation rates in trials. The objective of this study is to evaluate the epi...

OBJECTIVE To assess physicians views on health insurance and its implication on the health care system. METHODS We carried out a cross-sectional study in 2 major hospitals in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from January to December 2002 through self-administered questionnaires that were distributed to a total sample of 400 physicians. The instrument consisted of 28 items ...

Citation: Sancho M, De Gracia M, Rodríguez RC, Mallorquí-Bagué N, Sánchez-González J, Trujols J, Sánchez I, Jiménez-Murcia S and Menchón JM (2018) MindfulnessBased Interventions for the Treatment of Substance and Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review. Front. Psychiatry 9:95. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00095 mindfulness-Based interventions for the treatment of Substance and Behavioral addictio...

60 IL L U S T R A T IO N : D A V ID P L U N K E R T On 4 July, good news arrived in the inbox of Ocorrafoo Cobange, a biologist at the Wassee Institute of Medicine in Asmara. It was the offi cial letter of acceptance for a paper he had submitted 2 months earlier to the Journal of Natural Pharmaceuticals, describing the anticancer properties of a chemical that Cobange had extracted from a lichen...

Background: Physiotherapy services constitute a principle part of health care systems, and interest in their use has increased in the recent decades.  This study was conducted to investigate the utilization and OOP payment for physiotherapy services in public hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran.    Methods: This cross-sectional study was c...