Evolutionary analysis of microbes at the community level represents a new research avenue linking ecological patterns to evolutionary processes, but remains insufficiently studied. Here we report a relative evolutionary rates (rERs) analysis of microbial communities from six diverse natural environments based on 40 metagenomic samples. We show that the rERs of microbial communities are mainly s...

The use of thoracic drains in connexion with water seals often causes difficulties, even in departments where these are used daily. The difficulties are (1) the cleaning of the bottles; (2) the fixing of the bottles to beds on which patients have to be moved; (3) that bottles break easily; and (4) that they take up too much space. In the University Hospital (Rigshospitalet) we have adopted a si...

Diabetes mellitus is a disease or metabolic disorder that increasing year by year, characterized high blood sugar levels as result of insulin function insufficiency. mellitus, which often referred to diabetes, Treatment using drugs. Currently, treatment herbal medicine being developed, one Kayu kuning, where in previous studies it was found the roots kuning can reduce glucose levels. This has t...

OBJECTIVES To measure the water temperature issuing from a representative sample of patient-accessible outlets around the Royal Adelaide Hospital. To initiate an audit cycle in the event of unacceptably high water temperatures to ensure their reduction. METHODS Samples were taken of water issuing from hot taps, showers, and hand hygiene basins in patient areas throughout the hospital, encompa...

Background: We intend to study the inhibitory effect of sulfur compound in Ramsar hot spring mineral on tumor-genesis ability of high natural background radiation. Objective: The radioprotective effect of sulfur compounds was previously shown on radiation-induced chromosomal aberration, micronuclei in mouse bone marrow cells and human peripheral lymphocyte. Ramsar is known for having the highe...

BACKGROUND Retention of nutrients in vegetables during blanching/freezing, cooking and warm-holding is crucial in the preparation of both standard and therapeutic diets. In the present study, conventional cooking in water, and cooking by pouch technology (boil-in-bag, sous vide) were compared in their ability to retain vitamin C, total phenolics and antioxidative activity (DPPH and FRAP) in ind...

This is the third paper of the series of our studies of the one-dimensional selfgravitating many-body systems. In our rst paper (Paper I), we found there are two stages in the relaxation of the water-bag to isothermal distribution, the microscopic relaxation and the macroscopic relaxation as the faster and the slower relaxation, respectively. In the second paper (Paper II), we derived the time ...

the activity concentrations of 226ra, 232th, 40k and 137cs in water and sediment samples from hot springs of mahallat and  soil samples from their neighboring environs  have been determined using two high resolution high purity germanium (hpge) detectors with relative efficiencies 38.5% and 55%. the activity concentrations of 226ra, 232th, 40k and 137cs in sediment samples from hot spring donbe...