This paper presents the correlation between the d-band center of Pt nanoclusters and the catalytic activity for an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The size-dependent d-band center was determined for Pt nanoclusters deposited on glassy carbon substrates by photoelectron spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation light. It is found that the d-band center moves toward the Fermi level (EF) with decreasing cluster size, as predicted by the first-principles calculations using linear combinations of pseudoatomic orbitals and norm-conserved pseudopotentials. The ORR activity of Pt nanoclusters measured by linear sweep voltammetry with the rotating disk electrode method reveals that the activity is diminished with decreasing cluster size and with moving the d-band center toward the EF. This is consistent with the d-band model claiming that the closer the d-band center is to EF the larger the oxygen adsorption energy is.
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Blick Rothenberg has appointed Heather Self as corporate tax partner based in its London offices.
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I was faced with this while observing the contrasts of the gradually evolving Madeira landscape, where both natural and constructed spaces are progressively being transformed by a new Europe attempting to keep up with modern life.
This five million-year-old volcanic mountain that grew from a depth of around 4000 meters is now in its penumbra period, as it is neither slow and traditional nor modern and fast enough to face this century’s challenges. That dichotomy is most evident in the rural areas where, for instance, at the base of the new brutalist express-ways whose speed prevented population exodus, we find old roads that wind around the same landscape in a slow and sinuous way, keeping tradition in.
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For 25 years, I looked at the stars from a cement terrace on this very spot. Today, the cold cement on my back at dawn has turned into a tarred concrete parking lot at my feet, and what used to be my grandparent’s house, where the nights were dark, and the sky was closer, has turned into a viaduct supporting a kind of highway with secondary road traffic, which skips the valleys and pierces the mountains of the Madeiran capital as if avoiding submitting to the curves of reason and values other than those of concrete and corporate greed.
With this project, I initiated a healing process that engaged the community and utilised art as a means of depicting the nostalgia and memories that are connected to the area. The use of photography and other mediums of visual art creates a narrative that reflects the biased abstraction of a life that is remembered and depicts the nostalgia reverberating from our collective memories formed from a biased abstraction of a life we recall having.
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To evaluate the effects of soil fertilizing treatments on agro morphological traits and mucilage of Isabgol, a glasshouse experiment was conducted in College of Agronomy and Animal Sciences, University of Tehran. The experiment was conducted as a factorial based on complete randomized block design with three replications. In this study, the effects of soil fertilizing treatments including control, two level of chemical fertilizer (N and P), two level of cattle manure (dairy cow manure), two level of combined use of cattle manure and chemical fertilizer and Barvar Phosphate biofertilizer (BPB) inoculation were investigated. The results showed that fertilizing treatments revealed significantly higher yield, yield components, mucilage and mucilage yield than control. The effect of BPB on the majority of above mentioned traits were significant, while mucilage percentage was not affected by BPB. Cattle manure and combined use of cattle manure and chemical fertilizer were more effective than chemical fertilizer and significantly increased grain yield and mucilage. The highest grain yield (0.916 gr/plant) was obtained from N20P10+20 ton/ha cattle manure with BPB inoculation.


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The Cisco® ONS 15310-CL SONET Multiservice Platform is an economical, 1-rack unit (1RU)-high delivery platform optimized for use as the last network element, at the customer location (CL), in a service provider's network or for use as an end node in enterprise or campus environments. The Cisco ONS 15310-CL takes advantage of the proven technology pioneered by the Cisco ONS 15454, the industry's leading multiservice optical transport platform (Figure 1).
Cisco ONS 15310-CL SONET Multiservice Platform
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The Cisco ONS 15310-CL efficiently aggregates data, voice, and video services for transport. The platform effectively supports TDM and 10/100-Mbps Ethernet, and it provides integrated data-switching and cross-connect functions. Various data streams can be carried separately or together and transported in a one-for-one dedicated bandwidth mode or in a concentrated mode with no limit on the oversubscription ratio.
With the ability to transparently integrate into SONET networks, and an expansion slot providing the modularity to meet changing network needs, the Cisco ONS 15310-CL helps transform today's TDM-based transport networks into flexible, data-intensive superhighways.
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The Dow is relatively unchanged today, given a mixed U.S. economic release and no new news about the fiscal cliff. As of 1:25 p.m. EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 15 points, or 0.11%. The S&P 500 is down 0.22%.
This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce reported housing starts fell 27,000 to 861,000. Analysts had expected housing starts to fall to 865,000. While that is a 3% month-over-month drop and far below the 2 million level that was consistently seen in the boom years of 2004 to 2006, year-over-year housing starts are up 22%.
Score of indicators have shown growth in the housing industry for the past few months. Just yesterday the National Association of Home Builders' housing-market index rose two points from November to 47 -- its highest level since April 2006.
In fiscal-cliff news, yesterday House Speaker John Boehner proposed a "Plan B" option to fall back on in case talks fail. The White House rejected any such measure, as it would rather force Congress to come up with a compromise instead of kicking the can down the road. Today, the White House reiterated its rejection of Boehner's backup plan, saying it would veto the plan if it came to the president's desk. The Motley Fool has created a special page that will be updated with all of our latest fiscal-cliff coverage to help cut through the daily noise and give you the information and analysis you need as an investor. Head on over for everything you need to know about fiscal cliff 2012.
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Today's Dow leader is United Technologies up 1.6%. The company has had a good year: It acquired Goodrich earlier in the year and is up 14% year to date. United Technologies is up today on the relatively good news about housing starts' continuing strength. The company's fire and security division, as well as its carrier division, which makes HVAC products, will benefit from a rising housing market. The two divisions make up roughly one-third of United Technologies' revenue.
Dow stalwart Boeing is up 0.36%. The defense contractors are up because the House and Senate joint defense conference decided on a $640.7 billion spending bill to fund the Defense and Energy departments for the coming year. The bill is expected to be voted on tomorrow by both the House and Senate and approved by the president shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, several of United Technologies' aerospace divisions will benefit as well.
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A rain storm just waiting to occur, the media has flooded with stories on now former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President of the Spokane, Washington chapter, Rachel Dolezal. Dolezal was recently ‘outed’ by her biological parents, to be someone who is living life as a black woman when in fact she is caucasian. Immediately, the Internet awoke with articles, photographs from her former (formative) years, stories, and a recorded thesis project by a student at the university where Dolezal is a part-time professor of African studies, specifically questioning her on issues of being a ‘mixed’ race and identifying as a black woman. Responses have been mixed and a hashtag, #askrachel, popped up on both Instagram and Twitter platforms, comically offering scenarios that presumably could only be answered by someone who was born black. The public has wondered if mental illness is involved, unadulterated deceit, identity delusions, falsifying truth to gain career accolades. Containing many intricate levels, the story arrives on the heels of the recent transition of Caitlyn Jenner and a controversial opinion piece from the New York Times by Elinor Burkett (What Makes a Woman?, June 6th, 2015) whereas the author criticises Jenner for her over-feminized appearance in relationship to feminism and the struggle that women have fought to not please their male counterparts. Just one week prior to Rachel Dolezal’s unexpected reveal, Burkett stated,
“The “I was born in the wrong body” rhetoric favored by other trans people doesn’t work any better and is just as offensive, reducing us to our collective breasts and vaginas. Imagine the reaction if a young white man suddenly declared that he was trapped in the wrong body and, after using chemicals to change his skin pigmentation and crocheting his hair into twists, expected to be embraced by the black community.”
The statement is harsh and critical of the personal and mental confusion that many trans people feel around gender identity. In its comparison to what is now being referred to as transracial the quote was made without prior knowledge of Rachel Dolezal and the fact that she had in fact darkened her skin and permed her naturally straight hair, even at times wearing a weave to fit a traditionally black aesthetic. Is it possible that while some people are born feeling as if their gender assigned at birth has never met the gender they feel internally, that someone could feel the race they were born into, is not the race they actually identify as? I actually think so. Whether or not it is the case with Dolezal, has yet to be determined, but based on past interviews and statements she has made, her personal situation and story seems to be flawed and inconsistent. However, as issues of self-identification arise and questions of a post-gender society seem possible, can we ever imagine being post-race? This issue is specifically challenging in the United States where the initial entrance of blacks to the Americas was via the slave trade. Slaves did not have a choice and were taken from their families and homes to a strange and unfamiliar landscape for the purpose of others. As the Holocaust has affected the Jewish experience, so has this gravely affected the black experience particularly in the face of power dynamics, equality and integration. Just in the past year we have witnessed the killing of several unarmed black men by police officers and the rallying cry over social media: #blacklivesmatter
Differentiation in skin pigmentation varies consistently around race, on every continent. There are varying shades of flesh that are categorized as white, black. Each and every continent, nationality and in some cases even religion, brings forth a particular discernible characteristic that leads to identification, designation and at times stereotyping. Beyond the visual recognition of skin tone, is the experience tacked on to the association that one has with a particular pigment variation. For this particular article and in the case of Rachel Dolezal, we will refer to the white experience and the black experience. While one could argue that they are irreconcilably different, however experience −familial, socio-economic, environmental, historical−can also overlap, specifically in a contemporary society. Race, and all of the complications associated with it, is complicated.
Just as Jenner finally emerged as Caitlyn, a truer, more honest form of self, Dolezal on the Today Show with Matt Lauer declared, “I identify as black.” Can the two be compared? They both carry a significant amount of psychological weight and controversy. In both situations neither breasts nor hairstyle choice leads to a particular form of womanhood. True identity comes from a a place deep within the self and the issues arise based on what other people see. As a whole, we might be in one of the most interesting moments of a long historical timeline: when the internal self merges with the external self and in some cases with a level of public approval.
All this being said, Dolezal’s declaration is flawed as it was only the result of her being ‘outted’. It feels performative −specifically around her didactic and empathetic approach to teaching in the Africana Studies department of Eastern Washington University as revealed in a series of videos student Lauren Campbell made as part of her thesis project at the university. The videos include a dialogue between the two women in both candid and oddly removed way. Dolezal’s choice of language skates around identity verbiage almost as if she was aware of the fallacy in her form of truth.
Growing up a caucasian female in a single-parent household with socio-economic struggles, I never felt a strong connection to femininity or necessarily to whiteness. As a child I was often mistaken for a the male gender. This caused me great stress as I didn’t understand why I looked different from the other girls, it feeling both as a choice and an obligation to appear a certain way. The neighborhood where I grew up was fairly diverse ethnically and has since become much more. Yet it was still dominated by white sections and black sections. As a child I would often go on extended bike rides into the nearby, predominantly black area (where they did have the best hills) and through spirit of inquiry and what could only be described as s sense of longing for a community, knowing that if my skin didn’t burn so quickly in the sun, I’d fit in, or so I thought at 12 years old. There is a mysticism in the Other. From “belonging, a culture of place” (Routledge, 2009) author bell hooks states,
“Stereotypes, however inaccurate, are one form of representation. Like fictions, they are created to serve as substitutions, standing in for what is real. They are there not to tell it like it is but to invite and encourage pretense. They are a fantasy, a projection onto the Other that makes them less threatening. Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would make real knowing possible cannot be taken or are not allowed.
Looking past stereotypes to consider various representations of whiteness in the black imagination, I appeal to memory, to my earliest recollections of ways these issues were raised in black life. Returning to memories of growing up in the social circumstances created by racial apartheid, to all black spaces on the edges of town, I re-inhabit a location where black folks associated whiteness with the terrible, the terrifying, the terrorizing.”
Then continuing, “Did they journey across the tracks with the same “adventurous” spirit that other white men carried to Africa, Asia, to those mysterious places they would call the ‘third world’?”
And herein lies the biggest issue regarding Dolezal and the concept of performative race, history and choice do not mix. In her interview with Lauer on the Today Show, she states that after experiencing a racially motivated hate crime she was first identified as “transracial, and then when some of the opposition to some of the human rights work I was doing came forward and started the next newspaper article referred to me as a biracial woman. And then the next article, when there were burglaries, nooses etc., [stated] that this is happening to a black woman and I never corrected that.” She fooled both the white and the black communities. While some critics have used the term ‘blackface’ what she has done instead is an extreme form of cultural appropriation. By not correcting others in the misidentification of her race, she assumed a role and a deeply rooted history, not her own. What I would bargain is that this is not the first time this has happened, the last or the most unique. But due to the particular esteem she had achieved within the black community in Spokane, seems to have added fuel to the fire of her imitation game.
Cultural appropriation has gone on for decades not in jest, or misguided deceit. This is particularly true in the music industry. Returning to my own teenage years, the only school dance I attended, not having chosen to go to the senior or junior prom, was a performance by the Young Black Teenagers, none of who were black. They had a popular song, really their only hit, in 1993 called Tap the Bottle. At the time, the band had various types of fans and claimed the name was an homage to a culture, but obviously some found it offensive. Another white musician who was both lauded and criticized for his appropriation of Jamaican-style reggae was Canadian performer, Snow and his then hit, Informer. Fast forward to current day and artists such as Katy Perry (her 2013 performance at the American Music Award’s was lambasted for the appropriation of Japanese aesthetic) to Miley Cyrus (an MTV Music Awards performance that stirred the racial pot) and Justin Bieber who have all been denounced at one time or another for cultural appropriation, musically and/or visually in reference to a the branding of their respective ‘looks’. In another text by hooks, (Black Looks: Race and Representation, South End Press, 1992) titled, Madonna, Plantation Mistress or Soul Sista, the author investigates the deeper meaning behind Madonna performance choices and video themes over the years in relationship to black culture.
In all of these instances, stylistic dynamics where most likely employed by an agency to boost the artist’s street credentials or sound, and in some cases to express their actual interests. Where the difference lies between these individuals and Rachel Dolezal is that when filling out official paperwork, she checks the Black/African-American box when self-identifying along with Native American and Caucasian for good measure. If Miley Cyrus or Madonna were to announce that they consider themselves to be trans-racial or black, I’m sure the entire commercial world would be up in arms. But then, like most hot-button issues it would trend on social media, until something seemingly more important or new garnered attention. While this story is destined to fade away into the deep chasms of reportage, it has for all intense purposes started a dialogue, even if begrudgingly, about race, identity and the possibilities of a post-racial, maybe even post-identity conversation. Keep your fingers on the pulse and stay tuned because in this case, ignorance is never bliss.
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I couldn’t be more excited to announce that Korean actress and model Claudia Kim will be joining us as the first Asian face of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, appearing first in her home country of Korea and then throughout Asia.
Claudia’s already a household name there, but people in the States are about to recognize her, too. She’s set to make her global debut in the new Avengers 2 movie–premiering this May–alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson.
Beyond being talented and gorgeous, Claudia is confident, comfortable in her own skin and really embraces the “be who you are” philosophy. That’s what makes her the perfect fit.
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FIGHTING for a cause, this year’s Fight for Kidz event saw 22 boxers slugging it out to raise money for Southland children on Saturday.
While he could not yet say how much had been raised, event co-organiser Dave Bartley said the night had gone well.
More than 1300 people attended a dinner, increasing to more than 2000 for the 11 bouts at ILT Stadium Southland.
Since the biennial event was launched in 2003, more than $700,000 had been raised – another $100,000 was hoped to be raised from this year’s event for Koru Care Southland, an organisation which gave children who were sick, or had a disability, the opportunity to visit theme parks overseas.
Mr Bartley said the fights were “well matched”, with four contestants women.
“The girls’ fights were well contested… a few split decisions which showed it could have gone either way.”
“The Notorious N.I.C” Ah Kuoi was picked best boxer fighter of the night, he said, and seven fights were won by the red team while four were won by the blue team.


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Public Cloud Services Spending in Central and Eastern Europe to Almost Double Between 2017 and 2021, According to IDC
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07 Aug 2017 Prague – A new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide shows that spending on public cloud services in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) will reach $2.54 billion in 2021, almost doubling from $1.28 billion in 2017. Over the 2016-2021 forecast period, overall public cloud services spending will post a 20.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) — roughly five times the rate of overall IT spending growth.
Software as a service (SaaS) is by far the dominant cloud-delivered service in the region, capturing 65.4% of all public cloud spending in 2017. The share of SaaS is predicted to decline over a forecast period, reaching 61.8% in 2021. While spending on SaaS is expected to post a CAGR of 18.9% over the forecast period, infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) will post marginally greater CAGRs (25.0% and 20.2%, respectively).
SaaS spending, which is comprised of applications and system infrastructure software (SIS), will in turn be dominated by applications purchases, most notably enterprise resource management (ERM), customer relationship management (CRM), and collaborative applications. In terms of growth rates, content applications (CAGR 23.8%) will be the most successful SaaS market.
On a country basis, Russia will remain the largest CEE market for public cloud services. However, the country’s regional share is predicted to decline slightly from 37.3% in 2016 to 34.6% in 2021. Poland will be the second-largest spender thorough the whole forecast period, with share reaching 16.0% in 2021. will post the highest growth from all forecasted CEE countries (CAGR 25.9%).
Professional services and process manufacturing industries are predicted to have the highest cloud services spending levels in CEE over the forecast period. Banking is forecast to be third-highest spender at the end of the five-year period, usurping retail. The highest growth rates will be recorded in process and discrete manufacturing verticals (CAGR 30.1% and 29.9% respectively). Combined spending for manufacturing, banking, and professional services accounted for 38.1% in 2017.
In terms of company size, medium-sized organizations (100-499 employees) will retain their importance, although their share of spending will decline a bit in the forecast period (from 41.8% in 2016 to 37.9% in 2021). The highest growth rates are expected in the segments of large (1,000+ employees) and medium-large (500-999 employees) businesses, with CAGRs of 28.0% and 23.1%, respectively.
Public cloud services spending growth in CEE is expected to be roughly the same as the worldwide trend (CAGR difference of 0.5%).
"While the CEE public cloud market is somewhat undeveloped compared to regions such as Western Europe or the US, the investment is still hindered by traditionalism in CEE," says Jan Alexa, senior research analyst at IDC. "In many verticals, especially those with large volumes of sensitive personal data, C-level executives still worry about the possible impact of cloud adoption. However, early adopters have emerged even in highly regulated industries such as healthcare."
(See IDC's blog for more detailed examples of cloud success in the CEE healthcare vertical.)
Investment patterns have been affected as customers migrate their legacy IT and transform their systems to a consumption model based on cloud solutions.
"IDC has recorded increased IT budget allocations for cloud services, confirming the transition to an OPEX model," says Petr Zajonc, program manager at IDC.
Local IT players and international vendors are vying in the CEE cloud market alongside local and global pure-play cloud providers. Telecommunications and datacenter operators have also launched cloud offerings, including white-label products and services via cloud providers.
"Cloud services will be one of the most competitive and diverse IT sectors in CEE in the near future, with global and local providers, new players and traditional IT companies, and IT vendors, telcos, and even non-IT businesses all competing for market share," adds Zajonc.
Vladimir Kroa, vice president at IDC adds:
"In the years to come, pure cloud offerings will no longer be deployed as standalone services. The market will focus less on cloud itself and more on how cloud services can support business transformation by enabling more complex 3rd Platform solutions involving mobility, social media, the Internet of Things, and analytics technologies."
The Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide quantifies public cloud computing purchases by cloud type for 20 industries and five company sizes across eight regions and 47 countries. Unlike any other research in the industry, the comprehensive spending guide was designed to help IT decision makers to clearly understand the industry-specific scope and direction of public cloud services spending today and over the next five years.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – A 38-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man was arrested after making a bomb threat at the Rancho Cucamonga Living Spaces Store on Monday evening.
At around 5:25 p.m. the Living Spaces employees called 911 to report that a male suspect walking into the business, placed a bag on their information desk, and told them that there was a bomb in the bag. The suspect, later identified as Torrell Crossley left the store and walked toward the Walmart, also in the 12600 block of Foothill Boulevard.
As a precaution, the business was evacuated and deputies arrived to assist in the evacuation of that and the businesses surrounding. The bag was carefully inspected by a Sergeant and Deputy who determined that there was only clothing and a Walkman inside. There was no bomb or other dangerous material inside of the bag. The Walmart Store Loss Prevention was contacted and located Crossley inside of the business removing merchandise from its original packaging.
Crossley was detained and after further investigation, he was arrested for both the bomb threat and for shoplifting. He was transported to the West Valley Detention Center and is being held in lieu of $25,000.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department at (909) 477-2800.Callers wishing to remain anonymous may contact the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463), or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.comFor late-breaking news, follow 24/7 Headline News on our Los Angeles County Facebook group, Riverside County Facebook group, Coachella Valley News group, US News group, Victor Valley/Inland Empire Facebook group. If you like what we are doing and want regular updates on your facebook stream like our Facebook Fan Page. You may also follow 24/7 Headline News on Twitter and Instagram!
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Martha Renaud has just released her second album, the J.P. Cormier produced, “Tide & Tide”. A strong songwriter with a warm and welcoming folk singer-songwriter style, we recently enjoyed a fabulous performance from Martha to close out the Sunday summer concert season at the Two Creeks Conservation Area in Wheatley Ontario. Featuring support from David Light on guitar and John Takle on stand-up bass, it was a great show, and, one that will live long in the memory. Martha Renaud joined us in the studio to chat about her music. Among the songs we played were a couple recorded live for a new initiative we’re involved in, the Sun Parlour Coffee Sessions. Stay tuned for more details about that. For more information about Martha Renaud, visit martharenaud.com. Music: Martha Renaud “Sea of Oblivion” from “Tide & Tide” (2016, Self), “Withered Hands & Weathered Wood” (Live), “Last Child” (Live) and “Fly” from “Time & Tide” (2016, Self).
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Host of Folk Roots Radio, Jan Hall started in Radio in 1993 at WEFT 90.1fm in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Folk Roots Radio (formerly Royal City Rag) debuted on CFRU 93.3fm in August 2005 before developing into a syndicated radio show. As the host of Folk Roots Radio, Jan focuses on bringing new folk, roots and blues music and the voices of upcoming and independent artists to the airwaves. Jan is also a much sought after stage host and festival emcee. In 2019, Jan Hall received Folk Music Ontario's prestigious Estelle Klein Award for her contribution to Ontario's folk music community.


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Camellia sinensis: Camellia sinensis L. (formerly Thea sinensis) is an evergreen Asiatic shrub of the THEACEAE family. The infusion of leaves of this plant is used as Oriental TEA which contains CAFFEINE; THEOPHYLLINE; and epigallocatechin gallate.Camellia: A plant genus in the family THEACEAE, order THEALES best known for CAMELLIA SINENSIS which is the source of Oriental TEA.Tea: The infusion of leaves of CAMELLIA SINENSIS (formerly Thea sinensis) as a beverage, the familiar Asian tea, which contains CATECHIN (especially epigallocatechin gallate) and CAFFEINE.Catechin: An antioxidant flavonoid, occurring especially in woody plants as both (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin (cis) forms.Clonorchis sinensis: A species of trematode flukes of the family Opisthorchidae. Many authorities consider this genus belonging to Opisthorchis. It is common in China and other Asiatic countries. Snails and fish are the intermediate hosts.Plant Extracts: Concentrated pharmaceutical preparations of plants obtained by removing active constituents with a suitable solvent, which is evaporated away, and adjusting the residue to a prescribed standard.Calendula: A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Members contain CAROTENOIDS, essential oils (OILS, VOLATILE), flavonoids, mucilage, SAPONINS, and STEROLS. The plants are used both topically and internally. The common name of Marigold is also used for TAGETES.Polyphenols: A large class of organic compounds having more than one PHENOL group.Saponins: A type of glycoside widely distributed in plants. Each consists of a sapogenin as the aglycone moiety, and a sugar. The sapogenin may be a steroid or a triterpene and the sugar may be glucose, galactose, a pentose, or a methylpentose.Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment: A mass spectrometric technique that is used for the analysis of a wide range of biomolecules, such as glycoalkaloids, glycoproteins, polysaccharides, and peptides. Positive and negative fast atom bombardment spectra are recorded on a mass spectrometer fitted with an atom gun with xenon as the customary beam. The mass spectra obtained contain molecular weight recognition as well as sequence information.Angelica sinensis: A plant species of the family APIACEAE that is the source of dong quai.Citrus sinensis: A plant species of the genus CITRUS, family RUTACEAE that provides the familiar orange fruit which is also a source of orange oil.Phenols: Benzene derivatives that include one or more hydroxyl groups attached to the ring structure.Plant Leaves: Expanded structures, usually green, of vascular plants, characteristically consisting of a bladelike expansion attached to a stem, and functioning as the principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed)TriterpenesClonorchiasis: Infection of the biliary passages with CLONORCHIS SINENSIS, also called Opisthorchis sinensis. It may lead to inflammation of the biliary tract, proliferation of biliary epithelium, progressive portal fibrosis, and sometimes bile duct carcinoma. Extension to the liver may lead to fatty changes and cirrhosis. (From Dorland, 27th ed)Eriobotrya: A plant genus of the family ROSACEAE that is the source of an edible fruit. Members contain TRITERPENES.Flavonoids: A group of phenyl benzopyrans named for having structures like FLAVONES.Glycosides: Any compound that contains a constituent sugar, in which the hydroxyl group attached to the first carbon is substituted by an alcoholic, phenolic, or other group. They are named specifically for the sugar contained, such as glucoside (glucose), pentoside (pentose), fructoside (fructose), etc. Upon hydrolysis, a sugar and nonsugar component (aglycone) are formed. (From Dorland, 28th ed; From Miall's Dictionary of Chemistry, 5th ed)Phytotherapy: Use of plants or herbs to treat diseases or to alleviate pain.Plants, Medicinal: Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent parts possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, curative or other pharmacologic attributes, when administered to man or animals.Cordyceps: A genus of ascomycetous fungi (ASCOMYCOTA), family Clavicipitaceae, order HYPOCREALES, that grows by infecting insect larvae or mature insects with spores that germinate often before the cocoon is formed.Caffeine: A methylxanthine naturally occurring in some beverages and also used as a pharmacological agent. Caffeine's most notable pharmacological effect is as a central nervous system stimulant, increasing alertness and producing agitation. It also relaxes SMOOTH MUSCLE, stimulates CARDIAC MUSCLE, stimulates DIURESIS, and appears to be useful in the treatment of some types of headache. Several cellular actions of caffeine have been observed, but it is not entirely clear how each contributes to its pharmacological profile. Among the most important are inhibition of cyclic nucleotide PHOSPHODIESTERASES, antagonism of ADENOSINE RECEPTORS, and modulation of intracellular calcium handling.Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Spectroscopic method of measuring the magnetic moment of elementary particles such as atomic nuclei, protons or electrons. It is employed in clinical applications such as NMR Tomography (MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING).Antioxidants: Naturally occurring or synthetic substances that inhibit or retard the oxidation of a substance to which it is added. They counteract the harmful and damaging effects of oxidation in animal tissues.
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Sinecatechins: Sinecatechins (USAN, trade names Veregen and Polyphenon E) is a specific water extract of green tea leaves from Camellia sinensis that is the active ingredient in an ointment approved by the FDA in 2006 as a botanical drug to treat genital warts.Masters KP New Drug Reviews: Sinecatechins (Veregen) for External Genital and Perianal Warts.Theaceae: Theaceae is a family of flowering plants, composed of shrubs and trees, including the camellias. It can be described as having from seven to 40 genera, depending on the source and the method of circumscription used.Green tea extractEpigallocatechin gallateClonorchis sinensis: Clonorchis sinensis, the Chinese liver fluke, is a human liver fluke in the class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes. This parasite lives in the liver of humans, and is found mainly in the common bile duct and gall bladder, feeding on bile.PhytomedicineCalendic acidHealth effects of natural phenols and polyphenols: Because of the large structural diversity and extensive metabolism of dietary polyphenols, it is difficult to determine their fate in vivo and assert specific health effects. Although many are speculated to be part of the health-promoting effects of consuming fruits and vegetables, no evidence exists to date that dietary polyphenols actually provide health benefits.Triterpenoid saponin: Triterpenoid saponins are triterpenes which belong to the group of saponin compounds. Triterpenes are a type of terpene containing 30 carbon atoms.Fast atom bombardment: Fast atom bombardment (FAB) is an ionization technique used in mass spectrometry in which a beam of high energy atoms strikes a surface to create ions. It was developed by Michael Barber at the University of Manchester.Torreyanic acidOrange Peel (horse): Orange Peel was a Thoroughbred stallion that had a significant influence on the breeding of sport horses.AlkylphenolCanna Leaf Roller: Cannas are largely free of pests, but in the USA plants sometimes fall victim the Canna Leaf Roller, which can actually be two different insects. Larva of the Brazilian skipper butterfly (Calpodes ethlius), also known as the Larger Canna Leaf Roller, cut the leaves and roll them over to live inside while pupating and eating the leaf.Hopanoids: Hopanoids are natural pentacyclic compounds (containing five rings) based on the chemical structure of hopane. The first known triterpenoid of the class, hydroxyhopanone, was isolated by two chemists at The National Gallery, London working on the chemistry of dammar gum, a natural resin used as a varnish for paintings.ClonorchiasisJardins ethnobotaniques de la Gardie: The Jardins ethnobotaniques de la Gardie (English translation: Ethnobotanical gardens of Gardie) are botanical gardens located in a former schoolyard at the Pont d'avène, Rousson, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. They are open daily except Monday in July and August, and weekend afternoons in May, June, and September; an admission fee is charged.Glycoside: In chemistry, a glycoside is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to another functional group via a glycosidic bond. Glycosides play numerous important roles in living organisms.College of Practitioners of PhytotherapyMedicinal plants of the American West: Many plants that grow in the American West have use in traditional and herbal medicine.Cordyceps subsessilis: Cordyceps subsessilis is a rare ascomycete fungus that is a pathogen of scarab beetles.CaffeineSpin–lattice relaxation in the rotating frame: Spin–lattice relaxation in the rotating frame is the mechanism by which Mxy, the transverse component of the magnetization vector, exponentially decays towards its equilibrium value of zero, under the influence of a radio frequency (RF) field in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is characterized by the spin–lattice relaxation time constant in the rotating frame, T1ρ.Trolox
(1/234) Diurnal variation of photosynthesis and photoinhibition in tea: effects of irradiance and nitrogen supply during growth in the field.
Diurnal changes in the rate of photosynthesis (A) of mature tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) bushes grown at high elevation in the field in Sri Lanka, were related to environmental conditions. Bushes were either unshaded, receiving 100% of incident photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), moderately shaded, (65% PAR) or heavily shaded (30% PAR). These treatments were combined with nitrogen fertilizer applications of 0, 360 and 720 kg ha(-1) year(-1). When recently fully expanded leaves were measured under the growing conditions on bright, clear days from dawn to dusk, A was greatest in the morning with increasing radiation between approximately 8 h and 10 h. Stomatal conductances (g(s)) and substomatal carbon dioxide concentrations (C(i)) were then large, leaf temperatures (T(L)) cool, and saturated water vapour deficits (VPD) small. However, as the irradiance, T(L) and VPD increased towards midday, A, g(s), photochemical quenching, and C(i) decreased, and non-photochemical quenching increased. In the late afternoon, irradiance, T(L) and VPD fell, but despite the relatively large increase in g(s) and C(i), A remained low; however, it recovered overnight. The zero-N treatment decreased total-N content of leaves by 50% and A by c. 20% (not significant). Leaves of unshaded plants receiving least N had significantly (P<0.05) smaller A and greater total sugar content than shaded but with abundant N, A and sugars did not differ between shade treatments. Analysis of the responses of A to environment in the morning compared to the afternoon, and of chlorophyll fluorescence, suggests that A was photoinhibited as a consequence of greatly increased PAR, whilst decreasing g(s) (related to changes in PAR, VPD and T(L)) caused C(i) to fall. End-product inhibition of A is not consistent with decreased C(i). Inhibition of A as a result of photoinhibition was minimized, but not eliminated, by abundant N. Interactions between factors regulating A in tea are discussed. (+info)
(2/234) Inhibition of the multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein activity by green tea polyphenols.
Many beneficial proprieties have been associated with polyphenols from green tea, such as chemopreventive, anticarcinogenic, antiatherogenic and antioxidant actions. In this study, we investigated the effects of green tea polyphenols (GTPs) and their principal catechins on the function of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which is involved in the multidrug resistance phenotype of cancer cells. GTPs (30 microg/ml) inhibit the photolabeling of P-gp by 75% and increase the accumulation of rhodamine-123 (R-123) 3-fold in the multidrug-resistant cell line CH(R)C5, indicating that GTPs interact with P-gp and inhibit its transport activity. Moreover, the modulation of P-gp transport by GTPs was a reversible process. Among the catechins present in GTPs, EGCG, ECG and CG are responsible for inhibiting P-gp. In addition, EGCG potentiates the cytotoxicity of vinblastine (VBL) in CH(R)C5 cells. The inhibitory effect of EGCG on P-gp was also observed in human Caco-2 cells, which form an intestinal epithelial-like monolayer. Our results indicate that, in addition to their anti-cancer properties, GTPs and more particularly EGCG inhibit the binding and efflux of drugs by P-gp. Thus, GTPs or EGCG might be potential agents for modulating the bioavailability of P-gp substrates at the intestine and the multidrug resistance phenotype associated with expression of this transporter in cancer cells. (+info)
(3/234) Green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin 3-gallate inhibits MMP-2 secretion and MT1-MMP-driven migration in glioblastoma cells.
We have recently shown that green tea polyphenols, and especially (-)-epigallocatechin 3-gallate (EGCg), acted as potent inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase activities as well as of proMMP-2 activation (M. Demeule, M. Brossard, M. Page, D. Gingras, R. Beliveau, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1478 (2000)). In the present work, we sought to examine the involvement of MT1-MMP in the EGCg-induced inhibition of proMMP-2 activation. The incubation of U-87 glioblastoma cells in the presence of concanavalin A or cytochalasin D, two potent activators of MT1-MMP, resulted in proMMP-2 activation that was correlated with the cell surface proteolytic processing of MT1-MMP to its inactive 43 kDa form. Addition of EGCg strongly inhibited the MT1-MMP-dependent proMMP-2 activation. The inhibitory effect of EGCg on MT1-MMP was also demonstrated by the down-regulation of MT1-MMP transcript levels and by the inhibition of MT1-MMP-driven cell migration of transfected COS-7 cells. These observations suggest that this catechin may act at both the MT1-MMP gene and protein expression levels. In addition, treatment of cells with non-cytotoxic doses of EGCg significantly reduced the amount of secreted proMMP-2, and led to a concomitant increase in intracellular levels of that protein. This effect was similar to that observed using well-characterized secretion inhibitors such as brefeldin A and manumycin, suggesting that EGCg could also potentially act on intracellular secretory pathways. Taken together, these results indicate that EGCg targets multiple MMP-mediated cellular events in cancer cells and provides a new mechanism for the anticancer properties of that molecule. (+info)
(4/234) Determination of mercury in biological tissues by graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry with an in-situ concentration technique.
A method has been described for the determination of total mercury by graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) using an in-situ concentration technique with a Pd-Zr coating and a chemical modifier. The characteristic mass, which gives an integrated absorbance of 0.0044 s, was found to be 42 pg and an absolute detection limit (3sigma) of 33 pg was obtained with the proposed modifier. The total mercury values in standard reference materials, including Mussel (GBW08571), Bovine liver (GBW08306), Peach leaf (GBW08501) and Tea leaf (GBW080001), were determined using the proposed method, and the results were consistent with reference values. The method had been successfully applied to the determination of mercury in biological tissue samples with a recovery range of 94-105%. (+info)
(5/234) Activity-guided fractionation of green tea extract with antiproliferative activity against human stomach cancer cells.
Epidemiological studies have suggested that the consumption of green tea provides protection against stomach cancer. Fractionation of green tea extract, guided by antiproliferative activity against human stomach cancer (MK-1) cells, has resulted in the isolation of six active flavan-3-ols, epicatechin (EC), epigallocatechin (EGC), epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), gallocatechin (GC), epicatechin gallate (ECg), gallocatechin gallate (GCg), together with inactive glycosides of kaempferol and quercetin. Among the six active flavan-3-ols, EGCg and GCg showed the highest activity, EGC, GC, ECg followed next, and the activity of EC was lowest. These data suggest that the presence of the three adjacent hydroxyl groups (pyrogallol or galloyl group) in the molecule would be a key factor for enhancing the activity. Since reactive oxygen species play an important role in cell death induction, radical scavenging activity was evaluated using the DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) radical. The order of scavenging activity was ECg > or = EGCg > or = EGC > or = GC > or = EC. The compounds having a galloyl moiety showed more potent activity. The contribution of the pyrogallol moiety in the B-ring to the scavenging activity seemed to be less than that of the galloyl moiety. (+info)
(6/234) Indonesian medicinal plants. XXV. Cancer cell invasion inhibitory effects of chemical constituents in the parasitic plant Scurrula atropurpurea (Loranthaceae).
Six fatty acids (1-6), two xanthines (7, 8), two flavonol glycosides (9, 10), one monoterpene glucoside (11), one lignan glycoside (12), and four flavanes (13-16) were clarified by a bioassay-guided separation as chemical constituents of Scurrula atropurpurea (Loranthaceae), a parasitic plant of the tea plant Thea sinensis (Theaceae). Among these constituents, it was found that the alkynic fatty acid octadeca-8,10,12-triynoic acid (6) exhibits a more potent inhibitory effect on cancer cell invasion in vitro than flavanes [(+)-catechin (13), (-)-epicatechin (14), (-)-epicatechin-3-O-gallate (15) and (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (16)]. (+info)
(7/234) A phase II trial of green tea in the treatment of patients with androgen independent metastatic prostate carcinoma.
BACKGROUND: Recent laboratory and epidemiologic studies have suggested that green tea has antitumor effects in patients with prostate carcinoma. This Phase II trial explored green tea's antineoplastic effects in patients with androgen independent prostate carcinoma. METHODS: This study, which was conducted by the North Central Cancer Treatment Group, evaluated 42 patients who were asymptomatic and had manifested, progressive prostate specific antigen (PSA) elevation with hormone therapy. Continued use of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist was permitted; however, patients were ineligible if they had received other treatments for their disease in the preceding 4 weeks or if they had received a long-acting antiandrogen therapy in the preceding 6 weeks. Patients were instructed to take 6 grams of green tea per day orally in 6 divided doses. Each dose contained 100 calories and 46 mg of caffeine. Patients were monitored monthly for response and toxicity. RESULTS: Tumor response, defined as a decline >/= 50% in the baseline PSA value, occurred in a single patient, or 2% of the cohort (95% confidence interval, 1-14%). This one response was not sustained beyond 2 months. At the end of the first month, the median change in the PSA value from baseline for the cohort increased by 43%. Green tea toxicity, usually Grade 1 or 2, occurred in 69% of patients and included nausea, emesis, insomnia, fatigue, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and confusion. However, six episodes of Grade 3 toxicity and one episode of Grade 4 toxicity also occurred, with the latter manifesting as severe confusion. CONCLUSIONS: Green tea carries limited antineoplastic activity, as defined by a decline in PSA levels, among patients with androgen independent prostate carcinoma. (+info)
(8/234) Hydroxysulochrin, a tea pollen growth inhibitor from the fungus Aureobasidium sp.
A new plant growth regulator, hydroxysulochrin (1), together with sulochrin (2) was isolated from the culture filtrate of Aureobasidium sp. grown on a malt extract medium. The structures of 1 and 2 were established by spectroscopic methods. 1 and 2 inhibited tea pollen tube growth by 41% and 36% of the control value at a concentration of 100 mg/l, respectively. However, 1 and 2 showed no inhibitory effect on the growth of lettuce seedlings from 0.1 mg/l to 100 mg/l. (+info)
- In ancient China, the Carmellia sinensis was used to make therapeutic teas which are used to remedy gastric illnesses, to invigorate the body and strengthen the immune system. (naturalwellbeing.com)
- Teas made from Carmellia sinensis are also used to invigorate the immune system and to improve respiratory conditions like asthma and dry hacking cough. (naturalwellbeing.com)
- Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners advice drinking Carmellia sinensis teas to treat angina pectoris, peripheral vascular diseases and coronary artery diseases. (naturalwellbeing.com)
- Teas that are made from Carmellia sinensis are safe and may be taken by pregnant women and even by young children. (naturalwellbeing.com)
- Consider this a perennial topic for Oolong teas from Camellia Sinensis to discuss and review. (teachat.com)
- Carmellia sinensis, in the green tea variety, is also known to be effective in reducing bad breath. (naturalwellbeing.com)
- In modern times, Carmellia sinensis was considered indispensable in the tea industry with most of the tea varieties derived from this particular plant. (naturalwellbeing.com)
- The tea plant, Camellia sinensis , is an evergreen shrub which in the wild, can reach tree-like heights. (inpursuitoftea.com)
- Tea's unique combination of caffeine and the rare amino acid theanine-found in only one other plant besides Camellia sinensis-yield a drink that is both envigorating and relaxing. (inpursuitoftea.com)
- The genus Pestalotiopsis is second most important fungal pathogen causing grey blight disease in tea plant ( Camellia sinensis ). (niscair.res.in)
- Carmellia sinensis is one of the main ingredients in the production of Chinese tea. (naturalwellbeing.com)
- the sinensis variety, which has small leaves, is better suited to higher elevations and a tougher climate. (inpursuitoftea.com)
- The term sinensis for Carmellia sinensis means Chinese in Latin. (naturalwellbeing.com)
- The younger leaves of the Carmellia sinensis are harvested for tea. (naturalwellbeing.com)

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