Vaccines have already saved many lives and they have the potential to save many more as increasingly elaborate technologies deliver new and eff ective vaccines against both infectious diseases—for which there are currently no eff ective licensed vaccines—such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV and non-infectious diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. However, these new vaccines are likely t...

Medicinal plants, especially rich in polyphenolic compounds, have been suggested to be chemopreventive on account of antioxidative properties. Salvia offi cinalis L., an aromatic and medicinal plant, is widely used in folk medicine and is well known for its antioxidant properties. Th erefore, the present study was designed to investigate the antioxidative, possible genotoxic, and antigenotoxic ...

Turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa L.), beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) and carrot (Daucus carota L.) are common vegetables in South Africa. The allelopathic potential of aqueous leaf and root extracts of Aloe ferox Mill.a highly valued medicinal plantwas evaluated against seed germination and seedling growth of the three vegetables in Petri dish experiments. The extracts were tested at concentrations...

MÜLLER MIROSLAV. 2016. Experimental Research on Load Capacity, Treatment of Adhesively Bonded Surface and Failure Process of Structural T-joint. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(2): 473–479. In this paper the mechanical behaviour of structural two-component epoxy adhesives in T-joints is experimentally investigated. The aim of this study is to analyse t...

This paper investigates the short-term eff ects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany’s sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the eff ect that smoke-free policies had on individuals’ smoking propensity and smoking intensity. Using rich longi...

P olicymakers face the challenge of understanding and managing future Medicare spending. Under current projections, it will rise from 2.6 percent of gross domestic product today to 9.2 percent in 2050. Demographics will be a key factor: Th e fi rst wave of baby boomers turns 65 in 2010. But what if some biomedical advance revolutionizes medical practice? What if a cure were found for one of the...

Front cover image: Despite the remarkable progress made on high-performing cathode materials, showstoppers of aqueous Zn-metal batteries are dendrite problem and poor reversibility zinc-metal anode (ZMA). In article number 10.1002/cey2.70, research teams by Xiulei Ji, Jia-Xing Jiang, Chong Fang P. Alex Greaney collaborated to develop a ZnCl2/LiCl mixture water-in-salt electrolyte, in which high...

582 Point and Counterpoint prospective 12-month randomized control design study . PLoS ONE . 2013 ; 8 ( 6 ): e66317 . 6. Bullen C , Howe C , Laugesen M , et al . Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled trial . Lancet . 2013 ; 382 ( 9905 ): 1629 1637 . 7. Meo SA , Al Asiri SA . Eff ects of electronic cigarette smoking on human health . Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci . 201...

Cold storage is a well-known strategy to limit concerns about seasonality for sheep dairy productions. Th e aim of this study was to investigate the eff ect of long-term freezing on milk renneting properties from the Sarda sheep, an autochthonous breed from Italy. Two-hundred milk samples from 50 pluriparous Sarda ewes were collected at monthly intervals throughout the lactation from April to J...

▼ In recent years, the number of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus caused by insulin resistance has continued to increase in Japan. Insulin resistance is considered to be closely related to the risk of cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerotic diseases, represented by arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO). Therefore, improvement of insulin resistance is one of the important strategies in the...