In-depth analysis of asteroid samples will provide a key scientific basis for understanding its evolution history, resource tv control cable utilization, and life origin.Obtaining rock samples from asteroids is getting more and more attention.However, successful sampling in asteroid is difficult due to extremely complex environmental conditions.In
Anti-inflammatory activities of dichloromethane-methanolic leaf and stem bark extracts of Ximenia americana in mice models
Introduction: Ximenia americana is a highly branched shrub mainly found in tropics of Asia, Africa, New Zealand, Central and South America among others.In most parts of Africa, X.americana is used in folklore to treat various disorders such as oedema, pain, fever, helminthiasis, diarrhea and burns among others.There is no published data on anti-inf
Does big data require a methodological change in medical research?
Abstract Background Use of big data is becoming increasingly popular in medical research.Since big data-based projects differ notably from classical research studies, both in terms of scope and quality, a debate is apt as to whether big data require new approaches to scientific reasoning different from those established in statistics and philosophy
Causal links between obesity, lipids, adipokines, and cognition: a bidirectional Mendelian-randomization analysis
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to explore the genetic level association between obesity, lipids, adipokines, and cognitive ability using bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) strategies.MethodsSummary data for three obesity indicators [body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BFP) and waist-hip ratio (WHR)], three lipid indicators [HDL