Phthalides are important bio-active constituents in Si-Wu-Tang and Fo-Shou-San, two commonly used Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) combined prescriptions mainly derived from Radix Angelica and Rhizoma Chuanxiong. In this paper, the contents of eight phthalides, including Z-ligustilide, E-ligustilide, Z-butylenephthalide, E-butylene-phthalide, 3-butylphthalide, neocnidilide and senkyunolide A ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the effect of one night's sleep deprivation on anaerobic performance and Reaction time of subjects in the morning of the following day. METHODS Eighteen male college student athletes were studied twice in a balanced, randomized design. Subjects were measured for peak power, mean power and Reaction time. RESULTS The performance showed no signifi...

Feng Fang Tsai1-3, Jia-Rong Yeh4,5, Hsiao-Liang Cheng2, Norden E Huang4,5 and Shou Zen Fan1* Author Affiliations 1Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College 2Department Anesthesiology, Hospital, 3Rey for Nonlinear Dynamics in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard School, United States America 4Center Dynamical Biomarkers Translational Central University,...

Non-deterministic Constraint Logic is a family of graph games introduced by Demaine and Hearn that facilitates the construction of complexity proofs. It is convenient for the analysis of games, providing a uniform view. We focus on the acyclic version, apply this to Klondike, Mahjong Solitaire and Nonogram (that requires planarity), and discuss the more complicated game of Dou Shou Qi. While fo...

UFR-STAPS, Laboratoire de Recherche “Adaptations Physiologiques à L’Exercice et Réadaptation à L’Effort”, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France, 2 School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, 3 European Research Group in Disability Sport, Loughborough, UK, 4 Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Ce...

There is a discrepancy in the literature as to whether fasting during Ramadan affects athletic performance. We suggest in this letter that the time frame for training is a confounding variable that has been missed in the literature.