The obesity epidemic and its associated morbidity and mortality have led to major research efforts to identify mechanisms that regulate appetite. Gut hormones have recently been found to be an important element in appetite regulation as a result of the signals from the periphery to the brain. Candidate hormones include ghrelin, peptide YY, glucagon-like peptide-1 and gastric inhibitory polypept...

Geopolitical competition between Russia and the US and EU on the periphery of the former USSR has complicated efforts to resolve lingering conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Transnistria. Regional and great power rivalries often obscure the distinctive local factors in each of these conflicts, which are ultimately crucial to their resolution. In addition, changes in loc...

We are witnessing a global financial and economic crisis, which may have far-reaching, and at least recently, unforeseeable consequences on the future and development of world science and technology. Control theory has always been an area of science driven by technology. From the statistical filtering solution formulated by R. Kalman in the early 1960s, devised for answering the needs of NASA's...

Clearly, the prevention and management of unintended pregnancy are primary health services needed by the majority of women of reproductive age, as well as many comparable men. The training that family physicians receive in family planning and first-trimester abortion is critical, yet few studies have investigated these aspects of their education. The Council on Residency Education in Family Pra...

The human mitochondrial cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP11A1, CYP11B1, and CYP11B2 are involved in the biosynthesis of steroid hormones.CYP11A1 catalyzes the side-chain cleavageof cholesterol, and CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 catalyze the final steps in the biosynthesis of glucoand mineralocorticoids, respectively. This study reveals their additional capability tometabolize the xenobiotic steroid oral turina...

Given the many dams worldwide, safety is critical as a dam failure can negatively impact human health, property and environment. India has substantial stock of dams, ranking third after US China. However, about 80 percent its large are over 25 years old, nearly 227 100 years. These ‘geriatric’ continue to function but raise serious concerns, with classic example being 127-year-old Mullaperiyar ...

In April 2010, the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VA) embarked on an ambitious three-year plan to build patient-centered medical homes in more than 900 primary care clinics across the nation. Its model organizes care around an interdisciplinary team of providers who work together to increase access and clinical effectiveness by identifying and removing barriers to high-quality care. To bu...

Gastrointestinal endoparasites have a great impact on livestock production. Currentresearch is conducted to realize the proper prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitical incursion in threeinstitutional buffalo herds Punjab Province. A total 758 fecal samples were examined farmand health laboratory, Buffalo Research Institute for time duration one year (July 2017 June2018) from three institution...