background: acantholimon gilliati turril(plumbaginaceae) is used in variety of diseases including hepatic ailments in the west region of iran. aim of the study: to investigate the hepatoprotective effect of methanoilc extract (me) of a. gilliati on formaldehyde (fa) induced liver injury in adult male mice.materials and methods: fifty six adult male mice were divided into 8 groups. in control gr...

In this paper we describe an experiment in which we cast Generic Tasks into the mold provided by KEW. The result was advantageous for both GT theory and KEW GT bene tted by being formalized, and by gaining a computer implementation. KEW bene tted by having its strategy vindicated on a new target theory, and having its software more thoroughly tested. The experiment also exposed a weakness in th...

1 X E TEX in TEX Live e release of TEX Live 2007 marked a milestone for the X E TEX project, as the first major TEX distribution to include X E TEX (version 0.996) as an integral part. Prior to this, X E TEX was a tool that could be added to a TEX setup, but version and configuration differences meant that it was difficult to ensure smooth integration in all cases, and it was only available fo...

Kew Gardens in London opened last month the first gallery in the world to open all year round dedicated to botanical illustrations. The gallery will showcase art from Kew’s unique historic collections as well as Shirley Sherwood’s contemporary collection of botanical art. The two collections, which complement each other, will allow Kew to show to the public many of its largely unseen works and ...

Few first-rate biologists start their careers with only one ‘A-level’ (High School qualification) and a job in a copper wire factory. Fewer still go on to command a research budget of £250 million a year. But then Mike Dexter, who takes over this summer as director of the UK’s Wellcome Trust, the world’s biggest medical research charity, has always done things his own way. Dexter joins the Trus...