The leaves of a tropical plant, Mitragyna speciosa KORTH (Rubiaceae), have been traditionally
used as a substitute for opium. Phytochemical studies of the constituents of the plant …

… Furthermore,we show that the above h(x) is an exact solution of the self-consistent … The
method is very similar tothe one used by two of the present authors (KM and H. T.}(Ref. …

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is an established method
of short-term mechanical support for patients in cardiogenic shock, but can create left …

Purpose This study aimed to concisely describe the current standards of care, major recent
advances, common beliefs that have been contradicted by recent trials, areas of uncertainty, …

The liver may regulate glucose homeostasis by modulating the sensitivity/resistance of
peripheral tissues to insulin, by way of the production of secretory proteins, termed hepatokines. …

… reagents in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium for 8 h. After treatment, the cells were
washed with phosphate-buffered saline, loaded with 10 μm H 2 DCFDA, and incubated for 30 …

Many dense magnetic nanoparticle systems exhibit slow dynamics which is qualitatively
indistinguishable from that observed in atomic spin glasses and its origin is attributed to dipole …

The authors tried to butt-weld an aluminum alloy plate to a mild steel plate by friction stir
welding, and investigated the effects of a pin rotation speed, the position for the pin axis to be …

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a mesenchymally derived, multifunctional
paracrine regulator possessing mitogenic, motogenic, and morphogenetic activities in …

Pteropodine and isopteropodine are heteroyohimbine-type oxindole alkaloid components of
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC, a Peruvian medicinal plant known as cat's claw. In this study…