Inflammation is a response of vascularized living tissue to the local injury. The severe side effects of steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs evoked us to search for new anti-inflammatory drugs from the indigenous source. The methanol extract of leaves of Clerodendron infortunatum Linn. (MECI) was evaluated for anti-inflammatory activity against the carrageenan, histamine and dex...

Components have brought with them the notion of services which let the programmer concentrate on the business behavior of his component while the non functional part (i.e. the services) is the responsibility of the platform provider. Thus services are not reusable throughout the different platforms; the mechanism used to integrate them in the component is totally platform dependant. In this pap...

Many visualization tools allow the implementation of custom (non-standard) visualizations, but they differ in approach. The approaches vary from imperative to declarative programming. Moreover, some tools provide environments that assist designers in implementing visualizations. Which approach supports designers best in implementing custom visualizations? What is lacking? To answer these questi...

The choice of motor and drive as well as mechanical transducer is a very important step in servo system design, because non-optimal selection leads to poor system performance and increased installation and maintenance costs. It is still an iterative process with skill in choice dependant on obtaining correct specifications and safety margins. Fundamental principles and procedures in selecting p...

Positive and negative aspects of species interactions can be context dependant and strongly affected by environmental conditions. We tested the hypothesis that, during periods of intense heat stress, parasitic phototrophic endoliths that fatally degrade mollusc shells can benefit their mussel hosts. Endolithic infestation significantly reduced body temperatures of sun-exposed mussels and, durin...