Ll. Ametller, Ll. Garrido, G. Stimpfl-Abele, P. Talavera, and P. Yepes Departament de Fı́sica i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain Departament Estructura i Constituents Matèria, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain Institut de Fı́sica d’Altes Energies, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain Rice Univer...

Three new naphthoquinones and their analogues, named avicequinone-A (1), -B (2), -C (3), and avicenol-A (4), -B (5), -C (6), respectively, were isolated from the stem bark of Avicennia alba (Avicenniaceae) collected in Singapore, and their structures were elucidated by means of spectral methods. Gillan and co-workers have proposed that the structures of the new phytoalexins isolated from Avicen...

BACKGROUND This paper is based on ethnobotanical interviews conducted from 1996-2000 in Trinidad and Tobago with thirty male and female respondents. METHODS A non-experimental validation was conducted on the plants used for urinary problems and diabetes mellitus: This is a preliminary step to establish that the plants used are safe or effective, to help direct clinical trials, and to inform C...

Kaehr, E., Abele, P., & Little, M. (2016). Utility of the Easy-Care Standard 2010 in the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of Adults Aging with Developmental Disabilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17(12), 1159–1160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2016.08.024 Utility of the Easy-Care Standard 2010 in the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of Adults Aging with Deve...

In plants of Sinapis alba and Arabidopsis thaliana, leaf exudate (phloem sap) was analysed during and after a single long day inducing flowering and in control short days. The amounts of carbohydrates and amino acids were measured to estimate the organic C : N ratio. In both species, the C : N ratio of the phloem sap increased markedly and early during the inductive treatment, suggesting that a...

Barn owl (Tyto alba) siblings preen and offer food items to one another, behaviours that can be considered prosocial because they benefit a conspecific by relieving distress or need. In experimental broods, we analysed whether such behaviours were reciprocated, preferentially exchanged between specific phenotypes, performed to avoid harassment and food theft or signals of hierarchy status. Thre...

This article presents a description of the ultrasonographic and computed tomographic findings with a discussion on the imaging features in three patients with epigastric hernias, simulating abdominal wall lipomas. Ultrasonogram showed a heterogeneous hypoechoic mass encircled by echogenic rim within subcutaneous space of the abdominal wal l. Computed tomographic findings were a localized fatty ...