The fruit of Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc. is commonly prescribed in Asian countries as a tonic formula. In this study, the hepatoprotective effect of ethanolic extracts of the fruit of C. officinalis (ECO) was investigated in a mouse model of acetaminophen- (APAP-) induced liver injury. Pretreatment of mice with ECO (100, 250, and 500 mg/kg for 7 days) significantly prevented the APAP (200...

life cycle assessment (lca) had proven to be an appropriate assessment tool for analysis of agri-food products by identifying, quantifying and evaluating the resources consumed and emissions released into the environment. this study was performed for evaluation the environmental impacts of potato agroecosystems based on nitrogen levels by using lca methodology. tuber yield mean during 1999-2013...

This paper examines how eco-tourism can be regarded as a change agent in the tourism economy in developing countries. By using conceptual contributions from chaos theory, the authors illustrate how eco-tourism might give competitive advantage, using South Africa as the empirical setting. Destinations focusing on chaos theory when organizing their efforts within eco-tourism may be able to tailor...

Introduction Since the early 1990s, parts of Africa’s Great Lakes Region have experienced political strife, armed conflict and population displacements with severe humanitarian consequences. Despite great progress towards sustainable peace in all the countries of the region, sporadic violence continues in some areas, particularly in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Conflicts in t...

In recent decades, several eco-lodges have been established in biodiversity areas of Ethiopia. For example, plenty of eco-lodges are found in Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nation, Nationalities and People’s National Regional States. Most of the times, as eco-lodges are established from environmentally friendly, economically feasible and socially acceptable local materials, we argue that eco-lodge...

The objective of this study is to develop a model that determines the optimal points for investment in green management by defining a mathematical relationship between carbon trading profits and investments in green management using a company’s supply chain information. To formulate this model, we first define and analyze a green supply chain in a multi-dimensional and quantitative manner. The ...

Citation: Spasovski D (2016) Estimate and Evaluation of Drug Nephrotoxicity Caused with Most Used Medicals in Patients with Rheumathoid Arthritis . Arch Clin Nephrol 2(1): 032-037. 032 very often is not adjusted according to the patient’s condition that can cause some unwanted effects, especially those related to kidney failure due to the their kidney accumulation. This can be seen in long term...

Methods 69 FMF patients (37 with amyloidosis, 32 – without amyloidosis) were investigated. All 69 patient underwent molecular-genetic investigation (PCR method), 9 different mutant combinations of MEFV gene were detected: 3 homozygous M694V/M694V(AA) in 25 patients, M680I/ M680I(CC) in 4, V726A/V726A(BB) in 1, 5 compound heterozygous M694V/V726A(AB) in 17, M694V/M680I (AC) in 9, V726A/M680I(BC)...

The activity of methicillin, oxacillin, vancomycin, imipenem and FK037 against 106 isolates of staphylococci was assessed using a microbroth dilution method with low (10(5) cfu/mL) and high (10(7) cfu/mL) inoculum sizes. Overall, FK037, an oxime-type cephem antibiotic, was as active as imipenem, but less active than vancomycin (MIC90s 25, 25 and 6.25 mg/L, respectively) at the lower inoculum. E...