Wood shrinks anisotropically as it loses hygroscopic moisture. While longitudinal shrinkage (parallel to the grain) is nearly negligible in normal wood, transverse shrinkage (across the grain) is significant and characterized as tangential and radial shrinkage. The application of average tangential shrinkage values to a rectangular cross section results in errors, especially for boards cut from...

Objectives. Reduction in serum lipoproteins, especially LDL cholesterol, is a preventive approach against atherosclerosis. Bloodletting has been a recommended method to reduce serum lipoprotein concentrations. Present study was conducted to investigate the effects of wet cupping as a method of bloodletting on serum lipoproteins. In a randomized controlled trial, 47 men, 18-25 years old, without...

Samples of mycelium of Neurospora crassa of known age were harvested from agar plates and examined with the electron microscope. The relative volume of the mitochondria was determined for mycelium of different ages. The volume measurements indicated that the mitochondria were dividing synchronously in fronts 6, 13, and 22k• hr behind the growing hyphal tips. The sequence of mitochondrial divisi...

Acupuncture is an old therapeutic method that includes both needle and nonneedle acupuncture. Nonneedle acupuncture includes moxibustion, cupping, and acupressure. In the field of dermatology, acupuncture has been reported to be beneficial for the treatment of acne, postherpetic neuralgia, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and urticaria. In acupuncture treatment of dermal diseases, both the filifor...

In this paper we will prove that the plus cupping degrees generate a definable ideal on c.e. degrees different from other ones known so far, thus answer a question asked by A. Li and Yang.

Although it has been inferred that alteration of erythrocyte shape causes cell clearance. no direct measure of the effect of varying shape on clearance has been made. In this study, the protein oxidant, diamide, was employed to fix rat erythrocytes in altered shapes produced by the addition of different amphipaths or by changes in membrane structure. Clearance of cells in vivo as measured by 51...

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