To investigate the effects of different aging times, three An–tea samples were selected for comparison with a non-aged sample as control (CK, one-year-old) and labeled high-aged (HAS, 12 years old), medium-aged (MAS, 7 low-aged (LAS, 2 old). Changes in volatile components investigated using headspace–solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) combined gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Th...

Background: Chronic diseases in children lead to failure in the development of self-esteem and productivity. Self-efficacy decreases as one’s behaviors become more complex and difficult to deal with. Storytelling is an observational learning method, which is effective in improving self-efficacy. Aim: to determine the effects of storytelling on self-efficacy in children with thalassemia (aged 7-...

Female age influence on mating success, courtship activities, mating latency, copulation duration, fecundity, ovarioles number, and wing length has been studied using isofemale lines of Drosophila bipectinata collected at three different localities. It was observed that in all localities, middle-aged D. bipectinata females had significantly greater mating success, showed less rejection response...

Aging of human skin results from genetic (= intrinsic) factors, which affect all parts skin, and non-genetic extrinsic) factors such as solar radiation, impact only selected areas. For both, age-dependent changes in dermal fibroblasts are relevant. To better understand the relationship between intrinsic extrinsic aging, we analyzed were obtained intrinsically (NHDFINT) versus extrinsically (NHD...

Received January 3, 2014 Revised January 13, 2014 Accepted January 28, 2014 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical and radiographic features of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) osteoarthritis (OA) between adolescents and middle-old aged patients. Methods: The subjects were chosen among the patients who presented to the Department of Oral Medicine of Pusan National Universit...