In this paper, I argue that nourishing life (yangsheng 養生) as a self-cultivating practice stands an alternative model of biopolitics challenges the neoliberal one. Existing scholarship on focuses much its ethical significance, for instance, effective way to lead long life, whereas Nelson’s most recent monograph Daoism Environmental Philosophy: Nourishing Life provides new insights into socio-po...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Seeds of most families in the ancient angiosperm lineage Austrobaileyales produce a full-fledged genetically biparental embryo-nourishing endosperm. However, seeds of fossil and extant Trimeniaceae have been described as having a perisperm, a maternal nutrient-storing and embryo-nourishing tissue derived from the nucellus of the ovule. Because perisperm is als...

Perineal care is an effort to provide fulfillment of the need for comfort by nourishing area between two thighs which limited anal canal and external genitalia in women who have given birth avoid infection. The prevalence childbirth mothers experience perineal rupture Indonesia age group 25-30 years 24% at 32-39 62%. In 2013 57% received sutures (28% due episiotomy 29% spontaneous tears). To de...

BACKGROUND There is scant information about whether, after a high-risk pregnancy, breast milk provides enough vitamins for assuring satisfactory bodily reserves in newborns. OBJECTIVE To comparatively evaluate, in women with high-risk and normal pregnancy, the concentration of retinol and α-tocopherol in breast milk. METHODS This cross-sectional, analytical study was evaluated with reverse-...

OBJECTIVE To observe the changes of intracellular free calcium level ([Ca(2+)]i) in gallbladder cells of guinea pigs with gallstones so as to study the mechanisms of gallstone formation and the prevention and treatment function of traditional Chinese herbs for nourishing the liver. METHODS Eighty guinea pigs were randomly divided into four groups, which were normal control group, untreated gr...