Background Vitamin D status in groups of northern indigenous people of Russia leading close to traditional (seminomadic reindeer herding), post-traditional (in settlements) or "modernized" (in towns) way of life was analysed. Design The survey study groups consisted of 178 Nenets and Komi aged 18-60 living in the Arctic (66-67°N). Urban Komi, Udmurts and Komi-Permiaks (n=150) living in a non-Ar...

Translational Chinese medicine is one of the latest developing fields in traditional Chinese medicine. In this paper, we discuss the “3 w” namely, “what is”, “why to advance”, “how to carry out” and the significance of translational Chinese medicine. To overcome the innate drawbacks of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the basic theory of TCM had better be refreshed. The safety and efficacy o...

Drug discovery strategies based on natural products and traditional medicines are re-emerging as attractive options. We suggest that drug discovery and development need not always be confined to new molecular entities. Rationally designed, carefully standardized, synergistic traditional herbal formulations and botanical drug products with robust scientific evidence can also be alternatives. A r...

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NICE has recently issued guidance for patients with chest pain of recent onset suggesting exercise stress testing is of little value. Instead, an assessment is made of the nature of the pain then three risk factors in addition to age and gender are used to calculate a risk score. This allocates patients to a range of sophisticated tests including cardiac computed tomography, myocardial perfusio...

Hastings et al. (1) model a fishery with a weak and a strong stock. Using several examples from the US West Coast they conclude that marine protected areas (MPAs) are an effective way to allow harvest of strong stock while allowing for persistence of weak stocks and that MPAs have distinct advantages over traditional fisheries management. I constructed a model similar to theirs, except my model...

This paper examines the evolution of retailing, i.e. from traditional to electronic to metaverse retailing and sheds light on the ways metaverses influence that evolution. The spatial dimension is taken into consideration as retailers could operate simultaneously in three different, but intertwined spaces. Particular emphasis is paid to key promotional aspects and we highlight the key challenge...