ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Yukmijihwang-tang (YMJ) is a typical herbal formula to treat Yin-deficiency (YD) syndrome by enriching the fluid-humor of the body. YMJ has been used to treat dry mouth symptoms for hundreds of years in traditional East Asian medicine. Xerostomia, a subjective oral dryness, is common in the elderly and results in impaired quality of life. Many conventional treatme...

Different properties of quasars may be observed and analysed through the many ranges electromagnetic spectrum. Pioneering studies showed that an "H-R diagram" for was needed to organize these data, more than two dimensions were necessary: a four dimensional Eigenvector (4DE1) parameter space proposed. The 4DE1 makes use independent observational obtained from optical UV emission lines, as well ...

We describe a measurement ofB0−B0 mixing parameters exploiting a method of partial reconstruction of the decay chains B → Dπ and B → Dρ. Using 9.6 ×106BB pairs collected at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we find χd = 0.198 ± 0.013 ± 0.014, |yd| < 0.41 at 95% confidence level, and |Re(ǫB)| < 0.034 at 95% confidence level.

Pressure dependence of infrared absorption has been measured in Cs2TCNQ3 single crystals grown under magnetic field of 5 T (5 T crystals). The behavior of the C-CN as well as C-H stretching modes suggest that there occurs a phase transition which resembles to the one related to the insulator to metal transition in the crystals grown without magnetic field (0 T crystals). This transition, howeve...

The blueprint for improving the health of Americans, Healthy People 2010, contains eight measurable leading health indicators for adolescents and young adults, with six targets directed at morbidity and mortality. These are reduction of (1) deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes, (2) homicides, (3) proportion of youth engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages, (4) past-month use of illi...

FOREWORD A laboratory study was conducted to examine the duration of the restart period for commercial motor vehicle drivers that would be needed to recycle to the work force with optimal performance. This report presents the design, methods, research findings, and conclusions of the study. This report may be of interest to anyone interested in fatigue and its management in commercial motor veh...

The radiocarbon reservoir age of high latitude North Atlantic Ocean surface water is essential for linking the continental and marine climate records, and is expected to vary according to changes in North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) production. Measurements from this region also provide important input and/or tests of oceanic radiocarbon using 3-D global ocean circulation models. Here, we presen...

Tannic acid (TA), is a potent anti-oxidant, showing anti-proliferative effects on numerous cancers. The ability of TA to induce proliferation inhibition on the rare tumor, gingival squamous cell carcinoma (GSCC), comprising <10% of all head and neck squamous cell carcinomas was studied in the YD-38 cell line. The main goal was to modulate the Jak2/STAT3 pathway using TA and to induce cell cycle...