BACKGROUND Use of flavour capsule varieties (FCVs) of cigarettes has rapidly increased in many countries. Adolescents are attracted to flavours; yet, surprisingly, no quantitative study has explored adolescents' perceptions of these products. OBJECTIVE To characterise the appeal of FCVs for young adolescents in Mexico. METHODS In 2015, surveys were conducted with a representative sample of ...

Prof. Pilla (2013) presents a well-documented and highly integrated model of non-thermal therapeutic effects of pulsed/ modulated electromagnetic fields (EMFs). The model involves increased intracellular Ca, stimulation of calmodulin-dependent signaling both via Ca elevation and via direct EMF effects on calmodulin, Ca/calmodulin stimulation of cNOS activity/nitric oxide (NO) elevation/stimulat...

Herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) is an important ornamental and medicinal plant. DNA barcodes can reveal species identity via the nucleotide diversity of short DNA segments. In this study, two main candidate DNA barcodes (ITS2 and psbA-trnH) were tested to identify twenty-one cutting cultivars of P. lactiflora and their wild species. The efficacy of the candidate DNA barcodes was ass...

Wenjinghuoluo prescription, a traditional Chinese medicine compound treatment of rheumatoid arthritis characterized by wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, contains five herbs, namely, C. cassia Presl., Cinnamomum cassia Presl., Paeonia lactiflora Pall., Saposhnikovia divaricate (Turcz.) Schischk., and Clematis chinensis Osbeck. We have reported that WJHL could inhibit the production of inflammatory ...