A study to determine the impacts of farmers field schools (FFS) on smallholders’ adoption of good agricultural practices in tea and to assess sustainability of smallholder tea production was conducted in the highlands of Kenya. Input-output data on tea management and on sustainability indicators (score 0-10) were collected from a sample of 120 FFS participants at the beginning of the study and ...

BACKGROUND Some studies have suggested that tea consumption may be associated with lower mortality among individuals with cardiovascular disease, but the effects of tea consumption on mortality after acute myocardial infarction are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS As part of the Determinants of Myocardial Infarction Onset Study, we performed a prospective cohort study of 1900 patients hospitalize...

The antioxidative and hypolipidemic effects of green tea polyphenols (TP) in mice fed a fish oil-supplemented diet were investigated. Male ddY mice of 8 weeks old were given the following diets for 21 days: control diet (a diet supplemented with 5. 0% corn oil), a diet with 0. 5% corn oil and 4. 5% cod liver oil, or a diet with 0. 5% corn oil, 4. 5% cod liver oil, and 0. 5% TP. The contents of ...

Tea tree oil (TTO) merupakan minyak esensial yang berasal dari Melaleuca alternifolia mengandung terpinen-4-ol. TTO memiliki aktivitas sebagai antimikroba. gel bersifat hidrofobik sehingga membutuhkan sistem penghantaran untuk bisa berpenetrasi melewati stratum korneum. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah membuat nanoemulgel TTO, menggunakan Carbopol 940 dan Tween 80 digunakan surfaktan. Optimasi form...

Acne is a cutaneous pleomorphic disorder of the pilosebaceous unit involving abnormalities in sebum production and is characterized by both inflammatory (papules, pustules and nodules) and no inflammatory (comedones, open and closed) lesions. Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis are common pus-forming microbes responsible for the development of various forms of, acne vulgaris....

1 Mildly Context-Sensitive Syntax 5 1.1 Tree Adjoining Grammars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.1.1 Linguistic Analyses Using TAGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lexicalized Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Long-Distance Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.1.2 Background: Context-Free Tree Grammars . . . . . . . . . . 10 IO and OI Derivat...