The University of the Philippines Herbarium was established in 1908 and originally located in Ermita, Manila.The majority of its pre-war collections were destroyed during World War II, and no formal records of its specimens were preserved.Since then, multiple efforts to restore and improve the Herbarium have been proposed and implemented, most nota
Stroke is damage to brain tissue due to disruption of blood flow to the brain.One impact in stroke patients is weakness on one side of the body or hemiparesis.The management of stroke includes physical rehabilitation.However, many post-stroke patients still do not comply with physical rehabilitation, so education is needed about the importance of c
A uniform unidirectional nanostructure composed of aluminum tin oxide and ultraviolet (UV)-curable polymer is introduced herein.The nanostructure was produced by UV-nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL), and the fabricated hybrid film was used as a uniform liquid crystal (LC) alignment layer.Atomic force microscopy and line profile analysis were perform
PurposeThis study was conducted in order to test the expression of vasoactive substances within rat lamina cribrosa (LC) and optic nerve head (ONH) astrocytes, so as to investigate the role and potential mechanism of ONH astrocytes in vascular associated effects.MethodsLC tissue sections rexford rut v5 and primary cultured ONH astrocytes were obtai
Abstract The induction of antiviral innate immunity by seal cookie cutter systemic immunization with live virus can be employed to positively impact the response to therapeutic vaccination.We previously demonstrated that systemic immunization with a non-replicating MVA encoding CD40 ligand (CD40L) enhances innate immune cell activation and function