We formulate quenched chiral perturbation theory for heavy-light mesons coupled to pions, and calculate the one-loop chiral logarithmic corrections to fB, fBs , BB and BBs . We also calculate these corrections for “partially quenched” theories. In both theories, the chiral logarithms diverge in the chiral limit, indicating that (partially) quenched theories should not be used to study this limi...

ramadan fasting is specific intermittent fasting comprising significant changes in routine lifestyle pattern and may affect body homeostasis and metabolism. in spite of several studies conducted on the effects of ramadan fasting on various aspects of health and disease, because of heterogeneity in methodology and procedures (sometimes inevitable), a comprehensive concluding for reliable results...

while fasting has been practiced for centuries, its beneficial effects was unknown until recently. this review tries to analyze the current literature of how fasting and intermittent fasting (if) could affect clinical pathological parameters, learning, mood and brain plasticity. the effects of different ways of fasting on metabolism and stress were also explored. animal experiments have elucida...

background: in 2-4% of couples in fertile ages, recurrent pregnancy loss (rpl) occurs which consisted one out of 300 pregnancies. the aim of this study was to comparison insulin resistance (ir) in patients with rpl to normal individuals. materials and methods: in a case-controlled, prospective study, 49 non-pregnant, non-diabetic women with early rpl as the case group and 49 non-pregnant, non-d...

BACKGROUND We examined independent influences of contextual variables on cardiovascular risk factors in Shilin county, Yunnan province, South-west China. METHODS Three villages were selected from each of the ten townships based on probability proportional to size. In each selected village, 200 individuals aged > or = 45 years were chosen based on simple random sampling method. From 6006 indiv...

posed to have tlie right to exercise his discretion as regards fasting for a certain number of days, but it is no less than gross cruelty to experimentalise with dogs to ascertain how long they can live without sustenance. Such experiments, however, have been lately carried out in Paris, where Dr. Laborde laid a report before the Paris Zoological Society on the results of two cases carried on u...