Inflammation plays an important role in health and disease. Most of the chronic diseases of modern society, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, etc. have inflammatory component. At the same time, the link between diet and disease is also being recognized. Amongst dietary constituents, fat has gained most recognition in affecting health. Saturated and trans...

Virtual effects induced by new physics in rare Z decays are reviewed. Since the expected sensitivity of the giga–Z linear collider is of the order of 10, we emphasize the importance of any new physics effect that gives a prediction above this limit. It is also pointed out that an improvement on the known experimental constraints on rare Z decays will provide us with a critical test of the valid...