Abstract Acupuncture is an alternative treatment for wide spectrum chronic pain.However, its validity remains controversial due to the disputed efficacy assessed in various clinical studies.Moreover, variability amongst individuals complicates the predictability of outcome, which impedes the integration of acupuncture into mainstream pain managemen
ABSTRACT The performance and morphometry of intestinal villi were evaluated in piglets fed liquid diets with different water levels compared to dry diets during the first week after weaning.The experiments were using 48 piglets around 7 kg, weaned at 25 days of age, and housed in 24 climax blueberry cross pollination bays for seven days.A completel
Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the new states of Central Asia have been obliged to adjust their institutions to new symbolic frontiers and to take into account the independence they achieved in 1991.Both universities and Academies of Sciences have been called to reconsider their research policies and to orient them in order to respon
Investigating celestial polarization patterns in the case of different environments is important for exploring the atmospheric radiative transfer mechanism.Although intensive studies on clear sky, foggy sky, and even total solar eclipse sky have been conducted, the polarization distribution generated by the moonlight has not been well investigated.
This paper results from discussions triggered during the "Stream Ecology Symposium" that took place at the XIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Limnology in September of 2011 in Natal, Brazil.Based on our experiences, we have raised several questions regarding b-0665-cr-bstr ecological studies of headwater streams facing threats under global-c