Coffee farmers are still often faced with the problem of unstable coffee selling prices during harvest season to a price level that is not profitable for farmers. This occurs in almost all agricultural commodity producers. Meanwhile, commodities themselves very vulnerable fluctuations where main will fall, while famine, soar. One way overcome this delay sale their crops, but need money cash fin...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The purpose was to establish the test-retest reliability of word recognition score (WRS) using Korean standard monosyllabic word lists for adults (KS-MWL-A) recently developed based on the international standard for speech audiometry (ISO 8253-3:2012). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Subjects consisted of 159 adults aged to 18 to 25 years with normal hearing sensitivity. WRSs w...

Background: Escin was a natural mixture of triterpenoid saponin that was isolated from the seed of the horse chestnut. The previous study from our laboratory demonstrated that escin had a protective effect against indomethacin-induced gastric ulcers in mice. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of escin on gastric mucosal lesions induced by water immersion and restraint stress (W...

The relationship between taste acuity and food neophobia, food familiarity and liking has been studied in the context of a residential weight reduction session (WRS; mean duration: 10 months) in 39 obese adolescents. Taste acuity was assessed using recognition thresholds for sucrose, citric acid, sodium chloride and 6-n propylthiouracil (PROP) and supra-threshold perceived intensities for sucro...

Exposure to stress activates the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is followed by an increase in production of its end product, corticosterone, considered to be the most important glucocorticoid (GC) in rodents. Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) signaling has been suggested as a potential mechanism responsible for the pathogenesis of many clinical disorders. Here, we investigated the ...

In regression neural networks for pattern recognition of preprocessed guided waves signals in beams, a trained network produced large errors when identifying a test pattern not found in the training set. To improve the accuracy of results, a new neural network procedure was introduced where progressive training was performed in a series combined network with the integration of a weight-range se...

The ward round (WR) is a complex task and medical teachers are often faced with the challenge of finding a balance between service provision and clinical development of learners. The educational value of WRs is an under-researched area. This short communication aims to evaluate the educational role of WRs for junior trainees and provides insight into current practices. It also identifies obstac...

This retrospective analysis of existing data was derived from 957 members of a population-based cohort who participated in a prior study of the prevalence of central auditory dysfunction. Word recognition scores (WRS) at three intensity levels were compared to predicted scores based on the Articulation Index (AI) and the Thornton-Raffin 95 percent critical differences. In 112 (11.7 percent) par...

BACKGROUND Wolcott-Rallison syndrome (WRS) is caused by recessive EIF2AK3 mutations and characterized by early-onset diabetes and skeletal dysplasia. Hepatic dysfunction has been reported in 60% of patients. AIMS To describe a cohort of WRS patients and discuss the pattern and management of their liver disease. METHODS Detailed phenotyping and direct sequencing of EIF2AK3 gene were conducte...

Introduction: Anandamide (AEA) has shown a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities including the effects against the peptic ulcer, meanwhile, the poor solubility or short half-life may negatively affect the effectiveness of this valuable cannabinoid. Based on the superior properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for controlled drug delivery, we aimed to prepare AEA-CNTs complex and evaluat...