The biological research group of the 25th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-25,1984/85) conducted the studies on (1) the dynamics of organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and (2) the ecology of krill and fish under the coastal fast ice in Lutzow-Holm Bay, which represent an activity in the last year of the three-year BIOMASS pr

At present, the preventive effect of ischemic stroke is not ideal, and the preventive drugs are limited.Danshen, the dried root of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge, is a common medicinal herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which has been used for Tables the treatment of cardiovascular diseases for many years.Phenolic Acids extracted from danshen, which sh

Doxorubicin (Dox) is a highly effective chemotherapeutic agent employed in the handling of hematological and solid tumors.The effective use of Dox in cancer therapy has been seriously limited due to its well-known cardiotoxic side effects, mainly mediated by oxidative damage.Therefore, the identification of an effective and safe antagonist against

Abstract Quantifying economic losses of civil infrastructures Massage subjected to various hazards under a life-cycle context is of vital importance for risk assessment and management.In previous studies, the expected long-term loss has been widely applied as a standard decision criterion during the life-cycle analysis.However, the expectation may