ETHNOBOTANICAL, MICROGRAPHIC AND PHARMACOLOGICAL FEATURES OF PLANT-BASED WEIGHT-LOSS PRODUCTS SOLD IN NATURIST STORES IN MEXICO CITY: THE NEED FOR BETTER QUALITY CONTROL

The consumption of dietary supplements and herbal mixtures to promote weight loss is a common practice in the West.This study was undertaken in Mexico City, surveying stores selling "natural products" at subway stations.The aims of this paper were as follows: to compile a record of plant products clear zig zag pet gate marketed as slimming aids and

This paper presents the results of recent research activities on the hardening-induced stresses and the risk of cracking in very thick concrete members.These activities focus on a very large member with bloc-like dimensions.In contrast to typical member types hassan haskins hurdle such as ground slabs or foundation walls, bloc-like members are domi

This paper aims at promoting reflection and awareness about the need of a closer quad m4 mag pouch understanding among professors, authorities and university students on how higher education (purpose and goals) is perceived today.The study compares the Modernist and Postmodern perspectives of society and education, in order to identify the main poi

Possibilities and prospects are considered for application of additive sheet lamination technology for direct manufacturing of agricultural machinery metal parts on the example of manufacturing of plow steel beam.Traditional design of plow beam and traditional technology of its manufacturing are analyzed.Modification of the beam design, including f

This work presents one and two-dimensional numerical analyses using isotropic and anisotropic damage models for the concrete in order to discuss the advantages of these modeling.Initially, it is shortly described the damage model proposed by Mazars.This constitutive model assumes the concrete as isotropic and elastic material, where locally the dam