Background To our knowledge, verum acupuncture has never been directly compared with sham acupuncture and guideline-based conventional therapy in patients with chronic low back pain. Methods A patientand observer-blinded randomized controlled trial conducted in Germany involving 340 outpatient practices, including 1162 patients aged 18 to 86 years (mean ± SD age, 50 ± 15 years) with a history o...

Th is s tudy has 2 aims. a) to fi nd ou t whether thc re are any possibi lities of early influencing malepatte rn Alopecia by topica! therapeutics in the sense of «ha ir maintenance». b) To dcfine easy perfo1·mable methods for its object ive measu remen l. A c linica! s tudy under cont ro lled double blind condit ions was done in 30 male volunteers (age 21-30) wilh mpa type I a nd II (Rook). Af...

Se realizaron dos experimentos con el objetivo de evaluar efecto del extracto canela (Cinnamomum verum) en una dieta para corderos sobre los parámetros fermentación y la degradabilidad ruminal. En primer experimento se realizó técnica producción gas in vitro (PG) a adicionada 0.0, 0.6, 1.2 1.8 mL g-1 MS C. verum. segundo ruminal materia seca (DMS) las fracciones fibra (DFDN DFDA) verumen difere...

BOTTOM LINE There was no statistically significant average difference in the development of stretch marks in women who received topical preparations with active ingredients compared to women who received a placebo or no treatment. Only three trials (involving 461 women) looked at the severity of the stretch marks and these did not show a clear difference. The preparations used included Alphastr...

Background: Brucella abortus is a gram-negative facultative intracellular bacterium that can cause a highly contagious disease in sheep, goats, cattle and one-humped camels. It is responsible for one of the most important zoonosis in human. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of Mentha piperita, Origanum majorana, Citrus lemon, Cinnamomum verum and Myristica fragrans essential volati...

Durch die stetig wachsende Zahl von Sensoren im Automobil nimmt das Datenvolumen auf dem Bussystem rapide zu. Daher stellt das Verteilte Umgebungsmodell für Fahrzeugsoftware (VerUM) Mechanismen zur Verfügung um den Datenfluss im Automobil an die gegenwärtige Fahrsituation anzupassen. Ferner werden Konzepte vorgestellt, die eine ortstransparente, ereignisgesteuerte Datenbereitstellung für Applik...

OBJECTIVE To explore the effect of acupuncture at HT7 on heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy volunteers. METHODS 120 subjects were divided into four groups using a random number table. The following groups of acupuncture interventions were used: HT7 verum acupuncture; HT7 non-penetrating sham acupuncture; acupuncture at a sham point; and no acupuncture. HRV was recorded 10 min before, dur...

BACKGROUND Many acupuncture studies are of weak methodological quality, possibly due to lack of pilot testing. This pilot study tested design features, including test of feasibility, compliance to treatment and data collection, level of blinding success and the patients' potential perceived effects of the treatment, in preparation for an efficacy study. METHOD A modified single subject experi...

BACKGROUND The main objective of this study was the phytochemical characterization of four indigenous essential oils obtained from spices and their antibacterial activities against the multidrug resistant clinical and soil isolates prevalent in Pakistan, and ATCC reference strains. METHODS Chemical composition of essential oils from four Pakistani spices cumin (Cuminum cyminum), cinnamon (Cin...