Annual and seasonal evapo-transpiration (ET) were compared among Mojave Desert shrubs with different leaf phenologies over a 3-year period during which annual precipitation varied from well below average to more than twice average. During the wet year, soil wetting fronts reached maximum depths of 0)75 m to '1)95 m, depending on soil texture at the study sites. The evergreen shrubs Larrea tride...

OBJECTIVE Evaluations of the in-vitro anti-bacterial activities of aqueous extracts of Acacia catechu (L.F.)Willd, Castanea sativa, Ephedra sinica stapf and Shilajita mumiyo against gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumonia) and gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) are reasonable since these ethn...

doxorubicin (dox) is an anthracycline antibiotic with broad spectrum anti-tumour activity. its effectiveness has been limited by the occurrence of dose-related myocardial and bone marrow toxicity. as oxidative stress is the main factor in dox-induced cardiotoxicity, we presumed that agents which enhance endogenous antioxidants can prevent dox induced cardiotoxicity. animals received either dox ...

In this case report we detail the difficult case of a 74-year-old male patient who was transferred to our cardiac intensive care unit in severe shock with an acute abdomen. His abdomen was emergently explored revealing isolated gastric necrosis and ischemia. A subtotal gastrectomy was performed and the patient was discharged from the hospital 34 days after surgery. Postoperatively we learned th...