Effects of acupuncture on behavioral, cardiovascular and hormonal responses in restraint-stressed Wistar rats

Stress is a well-known entity and may be defined as a threat to the homeostasis of a being.In the present study, we evaluated the effects of acupuncture on the physiological responses induced by restraint stress.Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic technique which is used in the treatment and prevention of diseases.Its proposed mechanisms of actio

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Female genital mutilation/cutting: Emerging factors sustaining medicalization related changes in selected Kenyan communities.

Although female Ingredients genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has declined, it is pervasive albeit changing form among communities in Kenya.Transformation of FGM/C include medicalization although poorly understood has increased undermining abandonment efforts for the practice.We sought to understand drivers of medicalization in FGM/C among selecte

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Multivariate return periods in hydrology: a critical and practical review focusing on synthetic design hydrograph estimation

Most of the hydrological and hydraulic studies refer to the notion of a return period to quantify design variables.When dealing with multiple design variables, the well-known univariate statistical analysis is no longer satisfactory, and several issues challenge the practitioner.How should one incorporate the dependence between variables? How shoul

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