Abstract According to the prevailing opinion, capitalism is a market economy governed by immutable laws and inequality is the result of competition between free and equal individuals on that market.This paper argues that capitalism, as developed in Western Europe in modern times, has more in common with organized crime than with a system of natural
Background: Somatostatin has an inhibitory effect on the endocrine and exocrine secretions of the gut.It may have a beneficial effect in the conservative treatment of intestinal obstruction.The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of octreotide in mechanical intestinal obstruction in rats.Method: Intestinal obstruction was induced
Efficient pH regulation is a fundamental requisite of all calcifying systems in animals and plants but with the underlying pH regulatory mechanisms remaining largely unknown.Using the sea urchin larva, this work identified the SLC4 HCO3- transporter family member SpSlc4a10 to be critically involved in the formation of an elaborate calcitic endoskel
Summary: One hundred and nineteen children aged 12 to 119 months with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) and 119 age-and sex-matched controls were studied to determine if there was any relationship between erythrocyte zinc concentration and anthropometric meas urements.All SCA children were on steady state before recruitment into the study.The SCA subjects