Curcumae Longae Rhizoma (Curcuma longa L.) is an important traditional Chinese medicine with multiple beneficial effects. To elucidate the genetic and chemical differences among Curcumae Longae Rhizoma samples, three DNA barcoding markers (rbcL, matK, and ITS-LSU D1/D3) and HPLC fingerprinting were employed in this study. The discriminatory power of rbcL and matK was low, as they only detected ...

We discuss non-conformal gauge theories from type IIB D3-branes embedded in orbifolded space-times. Such theories can be obtained by allowing some non-vanishing logarithmic twisted tadpoles. In certain cases with N = 0, 1 supersymmetry correlation functions in the planar limit are the same as in the parent N = 2 supersymmetric theories. In particular, the effective action in such theories pertu...

That is, the class JSf(A) of lattices representable by A-modules is the "quasivariety" of lattices satisfying J(A), for commutative A. OUTLINE OF PROOF. For A commutative, let i : L > r ( M ; A ) be an embedding for some M. Without loss of generality, assume that L has a smallest element co, and i{œ) = 0. Motivated by the "abelian" lattice Tf{G ) of [2,4.2] with G = M, we consider "constraint s...

On the supergravity side, we study the propagation of the RR scalar and the dilaton in the D3-branes with NS B-field. To obtain the noncommutative effect, we consider the case of B → ∞(θ → π/2). This corresponds to the black D-string background. In this background, the RR scalar induces an instability of the near-horizon geometry. However, it turns out that the RR scalar is nonpropagating, whil...

Maternal dietary vitamin D carry-over effects were assessed in young pigs to characterise skeletal abnormalities in a diet-induced model of kyphosis. Bone abnormalities were previously induced and bone mineral density (BMD) reduced in offspring from sows fed diets with inadequate vitamin D3. In a nested design, pigs from sows (n 23) fed diets with 0 (-D), 8·125 (+D) or 43·750 (++D) µg D3/kg fro...

Background: One strategy for improving population vitamin D status is consumption of fortified foods. However, the effects of dairy products fortified with different vitamin D isoforms on postprandial vitamin D status and metabolic outcomes have not been addressed.Objective: We investigated whether consumption of dairy drinks fortified with either 25-hydroxycholecalciferol [25(OH)D3] or choleca...

We elaborate further on a recently proposed scenario for generating a mass hierarchy through quantum fluctuations of a single D3 brane, which represents our world embedded in a bulk five-dimensional space time. In this scenario, the quantum fluctuations of the D3-brane world in the bulk direction, quantified to leading order via a 'recoil' world-sheet logarithmic conformal field theory approach...

Background. Pain after abdominal hysterectomies is a common clinical problem. It can be both acute and chronic affects up to 30 % of patients surgery. The purpose our study was determine the frequency pain in first 3 days evaluate risk developing neuropathic 60 total hysterectomy. Materials methods. A prospective cohort single-center parallel groups conducted. included 52 women divided into gro...