1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, E-Da Dachang Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2Health Examination Center, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 3School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 4Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA 5Liver Unit,...

O April 28, 1996, in the historic Tasmanian penal colony of Port Arthur, a lone gunman killed thirty-five persons with a semiautomatic rifle. Following that incident, which was the largest of a series of mass homicides, the federal and state governments of Australia agreed on a broad plan of gun control, implemented over the following twelve months. The new controls included prohibitions on cer...

This paper presents new records and noteworthy data on the following taxa in SE Europe adjacent regions: brown alga Heribaudiella fluviatilis, red Batrachospermum skujae, saprotrophic fungus Gnomonia geranii-macrorrhizi, mycorrhizal fungi Amanita alseides Russula griseascens, liverwort Ricciocarpos natans, moss Blindia acuta, Leucodon sciuroides var. morensis Pseudostereodon procerrimus, monoco...

The article presents the current state of two pasture varieties types from Anabasis salsa: 1. salsa with Caroxylon orientale, Artemisia terrae-albae, A. kemrudica; 2. terrae-albae and sparse-mixed shrubs (Convolvulus fruticosus, Lycium ruthenicum, brachiata, Nanophyton erinaceum, Nitraria schoberi, Malacocarpus crithmifolius, Xylosalsola chiwensis), single specimens Crambe edentula in Karakalpa...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by the abnormal aggregation of amyloid ß (Aß) peptide into insoluble fibrils called amyloid plaques. Preventing this process of fibrillization may offer effective therapy for treatment of AD. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of methanolic extracts of 13 plant species which are known to be brain boosters in Ayurvedic system of me...

Meywa Sing, a sowar in the Xlth Bengal Lancers, while preparing to go on guard on the evening of the 21st April suddenly complained of a pain commencing in his right foot and running up the inside of his leg ; he then fell down in an insensible state, and was taken to hospital; on the morning of the 22nd, he had a similar attack to the above, which was without doubt epileptic, the aura being mo...