Indonesia is known for its biodiversity of various types, example, plants, in there are around 9000 species plants that have traditional medicinal properties, 5% as phytopharmaca ingredients, and 1000s plant can be used herbal medicine. People often manage herbs with chemicals so they not by the regulations set government, this evidenced findings medicine (BKO).. This review article draws from ...

Using the tools of rhetoric and critical discourse analysis, paper describes slimming diets in Italian men’s magazine “For Men”. The study covered 49 monthly issues published 2013—2022. research has shown presence numerous persuasive techniques based on building credibility theses presented to readers (mostly using argument authority). There are references popular topoi that increase competitiv...

In the current study, it was shown that polystyrene (PS) composites holding tungsten (VI) oxide were formed in groups (10% to 50%) by radical polymerization. For this goal, styrene reacted with BPO for 2.5 hours at 70 °C tetrahydrofuran (THF) give consistent polymer. Synthesized PS defined FTIR, GPC (Mn = 7900 g/mol PDI 1.66), SEM and 1H NMR spectroscopy. PS-tungsten between 80-85°C. The gamma-...

Abstract Transitions into precariousness and labour market exclusion in late professional career need to be understood from the perspective of individual biographies unfolding relation historical developments, social structures changes. The generation born 1950’s Europe, now nearing retirement, has lived through periods economic affluence welfare state expansion, but also macro-economic shocks,...

Food preferences may be dominated by internal controls (i.e. true sex differences) or by external factors such as fashion, social tradition, custom and taboos that relate to one sex rather than the other. True sex differences should therefore be relatively constant in different communities while external factors may differ at different times and in different communities. For example ‘slimming’ ...

Sir, Chinese herbal nephropathy (CHN) is a newly described type of interstitial nephritis with a characteristic histological pattern. It was initially described in a series of Belgian patients who were inadvertently given a contaminated herbal preparation as part of a slimming regimen w1x. The toxic agent was putatively identified as 'aristolochic acid' (AA), the active principle from species o...

TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest Abraham’s recent article on body-weight issues facing young women. Abraham notes that this group is at risk of extreme weight-loss behaviours, including excessive exercise and use of slimming tablets. However, recent data from our studies show young women’s high risk of substantial weight gain and obesity. Obesity entails significant health and social costs ...