Objectives : By observing the effect of acupoint catgut embedding on intestinal flora ovariectomized osteoporotic rats, correlation between regulation and prevention treatment osteoporosis was discussed preliminarily. Methods Result: Compared with Group A B, bone mineral density (BMD) femur tibia in C decreased significantly (p<0.05), indicating successful modeling. C, BMD D increased (p<...

This essay introduces a new featured section, to be published in Small Axe annually, that explores the critical vocabulary of field Caribbean studies.

To investigate the effects of magnetic stimulation at acupoints on brain functional network during mental fatigue, magnetic stimulation was applied to stimulate SHENMEN (HT7), HEGU (LI4) and LAOGONG (PC8) acupoint in this paper. The brain functional networks of normal state, mental fatigue state and stimulated state were constructed and the characteristic parameters were comparatively studied b...

Abstract “Queer” is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African studies. Yet it proving to be productive, not only for understanding subjectivities of sexuality gender, but also situating Africa’s position the larger economy knowledge. Otu van Klinken explore productive tensions between “queer” “Africa,” aim read Africa as queer from Africa. Thus, rather than imagining polar ...