Agaves exhibit the water-conserving crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthetic pathway. Some species are potential biofuel feedstocks because they are highly productive in seasonally dry landscapes. In plants with CAM, high growth rates are often believed to be associated with a significant contribution of C3 photosynthesis to total carbon gain when conditions are favourable. There has e...

Abstract Background: Children suffering from cancer frequently use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Most of people do not disclose using CAM to their physicians as they fear to be blamed or prohibited using them. Some of these products may interfere with the conventional remedies. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and characteristics of CAM ...

background: this study was done to assess the use of traditional/complementary and alternative medicine (tm/cam) during pregnancy and the reasons behind it from the mother’s perspective. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 919 pregnant mothers attending at prenatal care units of governmental health centers recruited through a multistage sampling and completed a self-report questi...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is an unpredictable neurological disease leading to severe disability in young adults.  the  majority of ms patients  use  complementary and     alternative medicine  (cam)  as adjunct  to conventional  therapies.  this study  aimed  to  investigate the prevalence  of cam utilization among  iranian patients with ms and their attitude  toward the cam usage. me...

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used by patients worldwide. Financial factors may influence the decision to use CAM. National Health Systems are requested to consider CAM in their health plans.

set of assumptions, use different theoretical explanations, embrace a different philosophy, pose different questions and use different language … than medicine'. 15 The new 'holistic paradigm' includes 'concepts of psychosomatism, consciousness and energy'. 16 According to some, the meaning of illness and health is neglected by conventional medicine to its peril: 'sometimes, illness is the pati...

We present the BV light curves analysis of late-type, long-period stars 29 Dra, 12 Cam for the season 2005/2006, and shorter-period star II Peg for the same season. High latitude spots (alternatively spot configuration) cooler than surrounding photosphere were able to explain the light curves. The II Peg colourindex shift in H-R diagram is probably a consequence of stellar metallicity. Other as...