Giizhik (gee-zhick; Northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis) maintains essential roles in Anishinaabe teachings, ceremony, and lifeways. Anishinaabeg at Bahweting Gnoozhekaaning have adaptively gathered through millennia of change. Over the last century, declined abundance across their range future declines are projected due to climate-driven gatherers maintain relationships with fore...

Since its infestation was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, October 2006, Corythurcha ciliata has become an important piercing-sucking pest of Platanus occidentalis. In this paper, the content secondary plant products, nutrients, and resistance enzymes damaged leaves P. occidentalis determined, infested by different numbers adults (0 head, 1–3 heads, or >7 heads) were tested ...

Background. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), when given for symptom relief, has gained widespread popularity among women with endometriosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the utilization of TCM among women with endometriosis in Taiwan. Methods. The usage, frequency of service, and the Chinese herbal products prescribed for endometriosis, among endometriosis patients, were evaluated us...

Trauma is the leading cause of death in the industrialized world between the ages of one and 40. A number of risk factors including age and gender have been implicated in this regard. It is therefore not surprising that the majority of trauma victims are young males. Their mortality rate following trauma is not only higher compared to females, but they are also more prone to subsequent sepsis. ...

The heart is incapable of storing significant oxygen or substrates and thus is entirely dependent on a continuous delivery of flow in order to support its high metabolic state. Following cardiac arrest, myocardial tissue oxygen tension falls rapidly and aerobic production of ATP ceases. Without re-oxygenation of the ischemic myocardium, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) cannot be achieve...

In the present work a simple, precise, accurate and reproducible Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry method is developed and validated for separation, identification and quantification of three pharmacologically active compounds, β-sitosterol, Lupeol and Friedelin simultaneously in the methanolic leaf extract of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis and from its marketed formulation. These compounds were e...

The feeding preferences of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, were tested in three separate experiments on 28 different wood species. Experiment 1 was a multiple-choice test designed to test relative preferences among 24 wood species commercially available in New Orleans, LA. Experiment 2 was a similar study designed to test relative preferences among 21 wood spe...

Senna occidentalis Link (Fabaceae), known as “fedegoso”, is used in folk medicine due to its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, muscle relaxant and inhibiting lipid peroxidation imputed flavonoids contained composition. The species also a constituent of processed products are commercialized various parts the world including Brazil, although there few reports literature about development an analyti...

Abstract Forests in the northeastern US are experiencing shifts community composition due to northward migration of warm-adapted tree species and certain species’ declines (for example, white ash eastern hemlock) invasive insects. Changes belowground fungal communities associated functions will inevitably follow. Therefore, we sought investigate relative importance two important characteristics...