Acupuncture is useful for functional bowel diseases, such as constipation and diarrhea. However, the mechanisms of beneficial effects of acupuncture on colonic function have scarcely ever been investigated. We tested the hypothesis that electroacupuncture (EA) at ST-36 stimulates colonic motility and transit via a parasympathetic pathway in conscious rats. Hook-shaped needles were inserted at b...

it is widely believed that pain has a profound effect on health related quality of life. this study was conducted to assess quality of life in patients suffering from different density of chronic low back pain. the sample consisted of 101 patients with chronic low back pain attending to the rheumatology research center of tehran university of medical sciences between july and september 2003. al...

The N-terminal domain (NTD) and the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of the androgen receptor (AR) exhibit a ligand-dependent interaction (N/C interaction). Amino acids 3-36 in the NTD (AR3-36) play a dominant role in this interaction. Previously, it has been shown that a PhixxPhiPhi motif in AR3-36, 23FxxLF27, is essential for LBD interaction. We demonstrate in the current study that AR3-36 can be ...

Circulant weighing matrices of order n with weight k, denoted by WC(n, k), are investigated. Under some conditions, we show that the existence of WC(n, k) implies that of WCG, ~). Our results establish the nonexistence of WC(n,k) for the pairs (n,k) = (125,25), (44,36), (64,36), (66,36), (80,36), (72,36), (118,36), (128,36), (136,36), (128,100), (144,100), (152,100), (88,36), (132,36), (160,36)...

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