The flora of Malaysia is one of the richest flora in the world due to the constantly warm and uniformly humid climate. Malaysia is listed as 12th most diverse nation (Abd Aziz, 2003) in the world and mainly covered by tropical rainsforests. Tropical rainforests cover only 12% of earth’s land area; however they constitute about 50% to 90% of world species. At least 25% of all modern drugs origin...

JUNE 27–28, 2002 UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO, PORTUGAL ORGANIZED BY THE PORTUGUESE ASSOCIATION FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION 12th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition RECPAD-2002 TITLE RecPad2002 Proceedings of the 12th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition June 27–28, 2002 APRP — Associação Portuguesa de Reconhecimento de Padrões EDITION First Edition ISBN 972–789–067–9 (Proceedings in CD-...

nything that compromises sow milk yield would be expected to have a negative impact on piglet performance. Periparturient hypogalactia syndrome has been associated with endometritis.1 Most sow herds have some incidence of endometritis, with reported incidences ranging from 1.1%–37.2% for different herds.2 Recent interest has focused on the postpartum administration of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Legitimate opioid use is associated with an increased risk of long-term opioid use and possibly misuse in adults. The objective of this study was to estimate the risk of future opioid misuse among adolescents who have not yet graduated from high school. METHODS Prospective, panel data come from the Monitoring the Future study. The analysis uses a nationally representa...

Abstract Background and Aims The purpose of the study is to investigate at incidence risk factors for post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) in non-diabetic kidney transplant patients (KTrs). Method included 120 KTRs who did not have pretransplant period. diagnosis PTDM was made according 2003 ADA DM diagnostic criteria. relationship between clinical laboratory data on 0th, 1st, 3rd, 6th, 12t...

OBJECTIVES This study compared physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and other health indicators between 1381 employed and nonemployed 12th grade girls. METHODS The girls were from 22 high schools in South Carolina (2002-2003); 56% of the girls were African American, and the mean age was 17.7 (0.6) years. Physical activity and sedentary behaviors were measured using the 3-Day Physical Activ...