Aims: TCM practitioners usually compose prescriptions made up of Qiinvigorating herbal medicines (QIHM) or Qi-flow regulating herbal medicines (QRHM) for Qi system diseases, and have accumulated abundant clinical experience for a long time. To approach to the nature of Qi in TCM from bioenergetics, the effects of QIHM (ginseng, astragalus root, pilose asiabell root, white atractylodes rhizome) ...

In this work we exploit the sparse nature of digital radio channels affected by large multipath delays towards complexity reduction of adaptive equalization algorithms. A sparse channel is defined here as the one having a few nonzero powerful taps separated by many negligible taps. The terrestrial High Definition Television (HDTV) channel model is considered here as a practical example of a spa...

BACKGROUND One of the essential properties of the root canal sealers is the adhesion to root canal dentin and their higher bond strength decreases the microleakage. The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of Different Intracanal medicaments on the push out bond strength of AH26 and MTA Fillapex sealers. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 104 one-rooted extracted human teeth were d...

Tandem affinity purification (TAP) is a highly efficient method for isolation of protein complexes from endogenous biological macromolecules. TAP system consists of dual affinity tags that facilitates the sequential purification of the desired proteins expressed at their low levels in vivo. Polo-like kinases (PLK) are serine/threonine protein kinases that are the crucial regulators of cell cycl...

introduction: an important consideration in endodontic treatment is the elimination of microorganisms, including fungi, from the complex three- dimensional root canal system. candida albicans (ca) has a major role in endodontic treatment failure as the most important fungus isolated from the root canal system. the present study was carried out to evaluate the presence of ca in the teeth requiri...

The mechanisms of phosphate (P) mobilized by wheat were studied with the typically efficient or inefficient genotypes grown in a split-pot experiment. The split-pot was composed of two parts, the lower part was a 2-L plastic pot containing two liters of nutrient solution and the upper part was a PCV tube six cm in diameter by eight cm high and with a nylon net bottom. The tube which was fixed o...

The relationship between the anchorage mechanics and root architecture of Pinus peuce was investigated by carrying out winching tests and examining excavated root systems of 20 mature trees. The root system was dominated by 6.1 ± 1.3 lateral roots, more than 70% of the lateral root cross sectional area (CSA) being distributed in the uppermost 10 cm of soil. Anchorage strength was related to the...

We present what we believe to be the first formal verification of a biologically realistic (nonlinear ODE) model of a neural circuit in a multicellular organism: Tap Withdrawal (TW) in C. Elegans, the common roundworm. TW is a reflexive behavior exhibited by C. Elegans in response to vibrating the surface on which it is moving; the neural circuit underlying this response is the subject of this ...

Introduction: Piped water systems are considered to be the gold standard for drinking water according to the Joint Water Monitoring Study. However, poor maintenance of distribution pipes, intermittency of water supply, and sewage water intrusion have contributed to a number of water-borne disease episodes in developed and developing countries. Methods: This study investigated the risk burden r...