Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre, belonging to Polygonaceae family, is a common weed found in most of the temperate countries including Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, and Japan. The plant is also referred to as "marsh pepper" or "smart weed." It appears to be a useful herb with evidence-based medicinal properties. The present work addresses the botanical description, traditional uses, phytoche...

The story that the rulers of domination societies told each other and their subordinates is what we today might call the Myth of Redemptive Violence. It enshrines the belief that violence saves, that war brings peace, that might makes right. It is one of the oldest continuously repeated stories in the world. Here Walter Wink describes just how pervasive this myth still is in the mores of Wester...

Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent of mile-a-minute weed, Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross, has been mass reared with no infusion of new genetic material for 8-9 yr (at least 24-36 generations), while insects from the same genetic stock have been subject to field conditions in North America for that same period of time. Our main objective ...

Seedling establishment is a critical phase in pasture management. Knowledge of the seedling development of new forages is necessary to develop management practices and recommend species mixtures for pasture seedings. We compared seedling growth and development of prairiegrass (Bromus willdenowii Kunth = B. catharticus Vahl), grazing bromegrass (B. stamineus Desv.), and orchardgrass (Dactylis gl...

HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Charité Campus-Buch, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Figure 1 Upper row: Axial SSFP-images before (left) and after (right) surgery Lower row: Short axis SSFP-images before (left) and after (right) surgery. Zagrosek et al. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2011, 13(Suppl 1):P190 ht...

Yu Nakayama and Yasunori Nomura Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan Department of Physics, Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 9472...

This study aimed to understand the adaptation characteristics of species Persicaria maculosa living conditions and add data on them as folk medicinal plants Vietnam. Research methods included analysis external morphological microscopic structure stems, leaves roots. The antibacterial activities ethanol plant extracts four bacterial strains were also conducted through agar well diffusion method....

Jens O Schmid, Meng Dong, Silke Haubeiß, Godehard Friedel, Sabine Bode, Andreas Grabner, German Ott, Thomas E Mürdter, Moshe Oren, Walter E Aulitzky, Heiko van der Kuip 1 Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Auerbachstr. 112, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany 2 Klinik Schillerhöhe, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gerlingen, Germany 3 Department of C...