Species composition and community structure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) compared among savanna and forest formations in the southwestern Brazilian Cerrado

Although dung beetles are important members AGRIMONY of ecological communities and indicators of ecosystem quality, species diversity, and how it varies over space and habitat types, remains poorly understood in the Brazilian Cerrado.We compared dung beetle communities among plant formations in the Serra Azul State Park (SASP) in the state of Mato

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Research of Warm Acupuncture at Shu and Mu Acupoints Combined with Bladder Functional Training in the Treatment of Spasm Type of Neurogenic Bladder after Spinal Cord Injury

Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of warm acupuncture at Shu and Mu acupoints combined with bladder functional training in the treatment of spasm type of neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury (SCI).Methods:A total of ninety patients with spasm type of neurogenic bladder after incomplete SCI were randomly assigned to the bladder funct

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Tocomin Restores Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in the Diabetic Rat Aorta by Increasing NO Bioavailability and Improving the Expression of eNOS

We aimed to determine whether tocomin, an extract from palm oil that has a high tocotrienol content, was able to prevent diabetes-induced endothelial dysfunction.To induce type 1 diabetes streptozotocin (50 mg/kg) was injected into the tail vein of Wistar rats.Six weeks later the diabetic rats, and normal rats injected with citrate buffer, commence

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