selective estrogen receptor modulators (serms) such as raloxifene have already shown beneficial effects on negative, positive and general psychopathology symptoms in postmenopausal women with schizophrenia. the purpose of the present investigation was to assess the efficacy of raloxifene as an adjuvant agent in the treatment of men with chronic schizophrenia in an 8-week double-blind and placeb...

Received on 30.05.2016 Approved by the Advisory Board and accepted for publication on 01.08.2016 * Study conducted at the Department of Hematology of First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital – Beijing, China. Financial support: Clinical Scientific Research Supporting Fund of the General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army (special fund for the First Affiliated Hospital of the Gene...

Two ayurvedic preparations Arogya Vardhini Bati (AVB) and Anand Bhairava Ras (ABR) were found to cure intestinal amoebiasis of rat and hepatic amoebiasis of golden hamster. Both AVB and ABR were found to be amoebicidal against trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytic at 500 μg/ml in vitro and cured caecal amoebiasis of rat at 200 mg/kg/dose/5 dyas, in vivo.

The present study was designed to investigate the role of bradykinin (BK) in the knee joint osteoarthritis induced by intra-articular (i.ar.) administration of monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) in the rat, and to determine the efficacy of the kinin B(2) receptor antagonists, 4-(S)-amino-5-(4-{4-[2,4-dichloro-3-(2,4-dimethyl-8-quinolyloxymethyl)phenylsulfonamido]-tetrahydro-2H-4-pyranylcarbonyl} pipe...

This paper examines the relationship between financial risks and profitability of the conventional and Islamic banks in Malaysia for the period between 1996 and 2005. The measures of profitability that have been used in the study are the return on equity (ROE) and return on assets (ROA) while the financial risks are credit risk, interest rate risk and liquidity risks. This study employs panel d...

Perkawinan disyariatkan agar manusia dapat meneruskan keturanannya dan menyalurkan kebutuhan biologisnya secara benar. Dalam pelaksanaannya pun segala bentuk ketentuan aturan telah dijelaskan dalam Al-Qur’an Hadits. Hal yang paling penting sebelum perkawinan terjadi adalah dengan siapa tersebut akan dilaksanakan. hukum islam bagi seorang laki-laki terdapat dua konsep jenis perempuan, pertama pe...

In the gastrointestinal tract, tachykinin NK1 receptors are widely distributed in a number of neuronal and nonneuronal cells involved in the control of gut motor activity. In particular, in the rabbit isolated distal colon, which is a suitable model system to investigate the contribution of tachykinins as noncholinergic excitatory transmitters, the influence of NK1 receptors in the regulation o...

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that particular clinical features of foreskin condylomata acuminata in Chinese male patients are associated with diabetes. A prospective study enrolled 126 men presenting with foreskin condylomata acuminata from 2001 to 2006. Mean age was 46 years (age range 25-74 years) and mean duration of disease was 4.8 months (range 1-18 months). Patients we...

This paper examines a large, nearly universal sample of hedge fund activism between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2005. Hedge fund activism is when a hedge fund files a 13D filing after taking an initial stake of 5 percent or more in the company, and clearly states in the filing’s “purpose” section that it intends to proactively influence management’s future decisions. We find that hedge fun...