BACKGROUND Arctium lappa L. root has traditionally been recommended as an aphrodisiac agent. It is used to treat impotence and sterility in China, and Native Americans included the root in herbal preparations for women in labor. However, its use has not been scientifically validated. The present study therefore investigated the effects of aqueous extract of Arctium lappa L. roots on sexual beha...

The objective of this study was to examine the effects of clinical factors and of the type and timing of a secondary test in improving the sensitivity of Trichomonas vaginalis detection in young women over that of a wet mount alone. For this purpose, sexually active adolescent women (n = 345) were recruited from a hospital teen clinic or emergency department. Following an interview and a pelvic...

The association between meningioma and hyperostosis of adjacent calvarium is well established. However, the cause of hyperostosis is still not certain. Various authors in the past have tried to explain this phenomenon by preceding trauma or by bone irritation by the tumor without bone invasion, while some believe it to be because of stimulation of osteoblasts in normal bone by factors secreted ...

Most education tracts in Industrial Technology prepare students with traditional content relevant to industry. Learning these skills is critical to a student’s ability to function in any industrial field and these skills have always dominated industrial education. Within recent years, however, new computer technology is rapidly changing the face of industry. This comes in many forms, one of whi...

• Planning the coordinated motion of a group of agents who wish to move to a specified location amidst many obstacles • Planning the motion of an articulated skeletal model subject to constraints, such as maintaining hand contact with a door handle or avoiding collisions while passing through through a narrow passageway • Planning the motion of a character while navigating through a dense crowd...

Vegetation structure on the east flank of Mount Pinatubo was investigated to determine the inventory of species at 15 y post-eruption, then to ascertain environmental variables that have influenced the early patterns of primary succession. Unconstrained and constrained ordination methods were used to determine the influence of spatial, elevation, and substrate patterns on vegetation. Vegetation...

the problem discussed in this paper is the effect of latency time on the ogy chaos control methodology in multi chaotic systems. the smith predictor, rhythmic and memory strategies are embedded in the ogy chaos control method to encounter loop latency. a comparison study is provided and the advantages of the smith predictor approach are clearly evident from the closed loop responses. the comple...