I summarize the arguments that strongly suggest that our universe is the product of inflation. The mechanisms that lead to eternal inflation in both new and chaotic models are described. Although the infinity of pocket universes produced by eternal inflation are unobservable, it is argued that eternal inflation has real consequences in terms of the way that predictions are extracted from theore...

Two selenium (Se) fertilization methods were tested for their effects on levels of anticarcinogenic selenocompounds in radish (Raphanus sativus), as well as other nutraceuticals. First, radish was grown on soil and foliar selenate applied 7 days before harvest at 0, 5, 10, and 20 mg Se per plant. Selenium levels were up to 1200 mg Se/kg DW in leaves and 120 mg Se/kg DW in roots. The thiols cyst...

the aim of present study was to investigate the potential antioxidant and lung protective activities of sambucus ebulus (se) against toxicity induced by gamma irradiation. hydro alcoholic extract of se (20, 50 and 100 mg/kg ) was studied for its lung protective activity. . phenol and flavonoid contents of se were determined. male c57 mice were divided into 10 groups with five mice per group. on...

The Eternal system is a CORBA 2.0-compliant system that provides, in addition to the location transparency and the interoperability inherent in the CORBA standard, support for replicated objects and thus fault tolerance. Eternal exploits the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) interface to ‘‘attach’’ itself transparently to objects operating over a commercial CORBA Object Request Broker (ORB). T...