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Assessment of Environmental Damage by Fossil Fuels
The objective of this study is to identify the negative effects of the fossil fuels use and to evaluate their economic significance. An economic...
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Vitamin A deficiency. New knowledge on diagnosis, consequences and therapy
Due to the rapid development of biochemical analyses in the last 10 years different substances like vitamin A, with an apparent clarified metabolism...
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Drug-Nutrient Interactions in the Elderly
Drug-nutrient interactions include physicochemical, physiological, and pathophysiological events that are inherent to drug usage (Roe, 1985a). These...
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Vitamin A and ciliated cells I. Respiratory epithelia
To estimate the role of vitamin A on ciliated cells we investigated whether ciliated cells undergo any alteration during vitamin A deficiency. The...
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Hepatic Artery Infusion (HAI) For Hepatic Metastases in Combination with Hepatic Resection or Hepatic Radiation
Hepatic metastasis is the major cause of death in advanced cancer of the colon and rectum. Survival after the diagnosis of liver metastases ranges...
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Biological Actions of Prostacyclin and its Pharmacological use in Platelet Studies
Prostacyclin is the predominant cyclo-oxygenase product of the essential fatty acid arachidonic acid in vascular tissues from animals and man. The...
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Forests
The rise of human civilizations, impossible without an accumulation of farming surpluses, is no less conceivable without exploitation of forests....
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Constipation, Diarrhea, Gas, and the Intestine
The topics of this chapter are grouped together because they often result in abdominal pain or cramps, increased flatus or eructation, or diarrhea or...
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Vitamin K
Vitamin K is a generic term for a homologous group of fat-soluble vitamins consisting of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives. Their absence from...
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Clinical Utilization of Alkaline Phosphatase Measurements
Alkaline phosphatase estimations in human serum* are widely used to diagnose physiological or pathological processes involving the skeleton, the...
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The role of physical exercise in the management of obesity
This chapter examines the value of physical training programmes in the prevention and management of obesity and its commonly associated conditions,...
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Surgical techniques in the treatment of obesity
Ritual extremes of obesity practised by various races and countries, especially in Africa, have not generally been seen in Western Society. Even so,...
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Pseudolupus
Lupus erythematosus is a serious, polysymptomatic disease of unknown origin. The sensational discovery of Dustan et al. (1954) and Perry and...
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Radioimmunoassay: Its Past, Present, and Potential
I am appreciative of the honor bestowed on me by receiving the Anachem Award for distinguished service to analytical chemistry. It is perhaps worth...