background: in asia pacific (ap) region, the exact picture of the alcohol use problems has remained relatively obscure. in this study, the profile of alcohol consumption and alcohol related disorders in ap countries are presented.     methods: official statistics on average alcohol consumption (alcohol per capita consumption, apc), alcohol related health variables, income group and alcohol poli...

This study demonstrates that the robustness of friction dampers can be enhanced by using positive velocity dependence kinetic force. First, we show coefficient reduced under extremely low sliding conditions oleyl acid phosphate (OLAP) as an additive to lubricant on surfaces between bronze-filled polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and steel. Next, based results numerical simulations, use a surface w...

The extracellular ionic microenvironment has a close relationship to biological activities such as by cellular respiration, cancer development, and immune response. A system composed of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors (ISFET), cells, and program-controlled fluidics has enabled the acquisition of real-time information about the integrity of the cell membrane via pH measurement. Here we ai...

Aggregation of marine sponge cells (Microciona prolifera) resembles stimulus-response coupling of higher organisms in which activation of protein kinase C and movements of intracellular Ca provide twin signals. We now report that activators of protein kinase C (phorbol esters) and ionomycin act synergistically to aggregate sponge cells. Surprisingly--since extracellular Ca is required for integ...

Octahedral,cuboctahedral,branched and ‘rice-like’Pt NPs were synthesised using a seed-mediated growth route. Pt NPs (3 nm) were prepared and dispersed in oleyl amine to form a seed solution and then Pt(acac)2 was added. By adjusting the molar ratio of Pt from Pt(acac)2 and seed NPs, the seed diameter and the addition route of Pt(acac)2, the NPs growth could be controlled to fall into in a kinet...

I . Sixteen experiments were made with eight sheep to determine the effects of various compounds on methane production, digestion and metabolism. 2. Two experiments with two sheep given stearic acid incorporated in the diet showed that it depressed CH, production by 2.7 moles/mole stearic acid. The digestion of the basal diet was also depressed, the apparent digestibility of dietary cellulose f...

background: this review was performed to evaluate the trend of alcohol use, characteristics of consumers, alcohol use disorders and toxic alcohol intoxications in bangladesh. in addition, sources and sales figures of alcoholic beverages, and number of legal permits issued for alcohol consumption are reported and analyzed. methods: a narrative search was performed on available medical literature...

Since oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and uptake of the oxidized LDL by macrophages are closely related to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, we examined the inhibitory effect of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroneopterin (NPH4) on Cu(II)-induced lipid peroxidation of LDL. NPH4 significantly inhibited both lipid peroxidation and the associated increase of electrophoretic mobility of ...