VIBRATION AND BONE – AN OPTION FOR LONG-TERM SPACE MISSIONS?

VIBRATION AND BONE – AN OPTION FOR LONG-TERM SPACE MISSIONS?

Bone is lost during sojourns in microgravity.Thus to prevent fractures in future manned inter-planetary missions, efforts are currently being made to develop effective countermeasures.Bones adapt to mechanical stimuli, and biomechanical analysis suggests that muscle forces play an important role.Thus, resistance training is advocated as first optio

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The antioxidant and anti-hepatic fibrosis activities of acorns (Quercus liaotungensis) and their natural galloyl triterpenes

Acorn is an edible plant and it has also been used as traditional food.In our investigation of the antioxidant and anti-hepatic fibrosis constituents of acorns (Quercus liaotungensis), the novel galloyl triterpenes were discovered, their potential mechanisms were investigated by microscope observation, and western blot.Evaluation of their antioxida

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Lawrence, Education and Corporal Punishment

We are presently witnessing an ongoing controversy over the banning of physical punishment in the family in order to extend its current ban in European schools.D.H.Lawrence offers a developmental Bronc Chinks theory, based on the rejection of a premature soliciting of mental aptitudes.As a result, he is brought to denounce the brutality of institut

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