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Dong Zhou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Radix/rhizoma notoginseng extract (Sanchitongtshu) for ischemic stroke: a randomized controlled study.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology, 2010Co-Authors: Xiaoyan Chen, Muke Zhou, Jie Yang, Dongping Zhang, Mi Yang, Dong ZhouAbstract:Abstract Agents of Sanchi have been widely used as a complementary medicine for stroke in China. Sanchitongshu is a new Chinese patent medicine extracted from Sanchi which has stronger anti-platelet activity than other agents of Sanchi. Our aim was to investigate the synergistic action of low dose of aspirin combined with Sanchitongshu capsule in the treatment of patients with light and moderate ischemic stroke in acute and subacute stages. This was a multi-center, double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial conducted in four hospitals in China from July 2004 to 2006. 140 patients of ischemic stroke in anterior cerebral circulation within 30 days of onset were enrolled. Participants were assigned either to receive aspirin (50 mg per day) and Sanchitongshu capsule (200 mg three times a day) or aspirin (50 mg per day) and placebo capsule. Low dose of aspirin combined with Sanchitongshu capsule significantly ameliorated neurological deficit (increased score of ESS: t = −5.02, p t = −2.4, p = 0.0178) after treatment compared with aspirin alone. Adverse reaction which occurred equally in both arms, was light to moderate and disappeared without special treatment. Sanchitongshu capsule, as a complementary medicine to aspirin, was effective in improving outcomes after ischemic stroke. It was a safe drug in our trial.
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Sanchi for acute ischemic stroke
Stroke, 2009Co-Authors: Xiaoyan Chen, Muke Zhou, Jie Yang, Yun Zhang, Dongping Zhang, Shuang-yan Kong, Dong ZhouAbstract:Graeme J. Hankey MD, FRCP Section Editor: Currently, very few drugs are supported for routine use for acute ischemic stroke. Sanchi may be a potential remedy, which acts through several mechanisms. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of Sanchi for acute ischemic stroke within 30 days of onset. A comprehensive data search was performed according to the search strategy of the Cochrane Collaboration Stroke Review Group. Only randomized, controlled clinical trials were eligible for inclusion. The interventions were Sanchi compared with placebo or no treatment, whereas equal cointerventions were allowed. Two review authors independently extracted …
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The Cochrane Library - Sanchi for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Stroke, 2009Co-Authors: Xiaoyan Chen, Muke Zhou, Jie Yang, Yun Zhang, Dongping Zhang, Shuang-yan Kong, Dong ZhouAbstract:Graeme J. Hankey MD, FRCP Section Editor: Currently, very few drugs are supported for routine use for acute ischemic stroke. Sanchi may be a potential remedy, which acts through several mechanisms. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of Sanchi for acute ischemic stroke within 30 days of onset. A comprehensive data search was performed according to the search strategy of the Cochrane Collaboration Stroke Review Group. Only randomized, controlled clinical trials were eligible for inclusion. The interventions were Sanchi compared with placebo or no treatment, whereas equal cointerventions were allowed. Two review authors independently extracted …
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Sanchi for acute ischaemic stroke.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2008Co-Authors: Xiaoyan Chen, Muke Zhou, Jie Yang, Yun Zhang, Dongping Zhang, Shaugyan Kong, Dong ZhouAbstract:BACKGROUND Currently very few drugs are supported for routine use for acute ischaemic stroke. Sanchi is one of the most widely used herbal medicines for ischaemic stroke in China. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness and safety of Sanchi in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (last searched January 2008), the Chinese Stroke Trials Register (searched February 2007), the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field trials register (searched February 2007), the Chinese Cochrane Centre Controlled Trials Register (last searched February 2007). We also searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2007), MEDLINE (1966 to February 2007), EMBASE (1980 to February 2007), CINAHL (1982 to February 2007), AMED (1985 to February 2007), CNKI (1979 to February 2007), CBM-disc (1979 to February 2007), Chinese scientific periodical database of VIP INFORMATION (1989 to February 2007), Wanfang Data (1982 to February 2007), CISCOM (1980 to February 2007), and TCMLARS (1984 to February 2007). SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials comparing Sanchi with placebo or no treatment for acute ischaemic stroke within 30 days of onset. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors extracted data and assessed trial quality. MAIN RESULTS Eight trials involving 660 participants were included. Seven of the eight studies were of poor quality. Follow-up time was less than one month in six trials. Only two trials provided data for the number of participants who were dead or dependent at the end of 28 days of treatment, indicating a significantly lower rate of death and dependency in the Sanchi group than in the control group (relative risk (RR) 0.63, 95% confidence interval (Cl) 0.45 to 0.88). One trial reported higher Barthel index scores in the Sanchi group. Pooled analysis of seven trials indicated that Sanchi might improve neurological deficit more than control with a significant difference (RR 0.29, 95%Cl 0.18 to 0.47). The total case fatality rate was lower than 1% indicating that participants probably had mild strokes. Few adverse events were reported. Data were limited in respect of stroke recurrence and quality of life. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Sanchi appears to be beneficial and safe for acute ischaemic stroke in this review, but the small sample and inferior quality of studies prevented a definite conclusion. More well-designed randomised controlled trials are required.
Ge Chen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Modelling oil trajectories and potentially contaminated areas from the Sanchi oil spill
The Science of the total environment, 2019Co-Authors: Fangli Qiao, Liping Yin, Min Zhang, Yuanling Zhang, Guansuo Wang, Kan Zeng, Bin Xiao, Shumin Jiang, Haibo Chen, Ge ChenAbstract:Oil spills are major threats to marine ecosystems. Here, we establish a three-dimensional oil spill model to simulate and project the short- and long-term trajectories of oil slicks and oil-contaminated water that leaked from the Sanchi wreckage. The pollution probability in surrounding areas for the period up to 180 days after the Sanchi sank is statistically analysed. The short-term simulations are consistent with synchronous SAR images and observational reports. The potentially polluted areas depend on the properties of the released oil. The coastal areas most likely to be affected by the bunker oil are located in the Ryukyu Island Chain, Tsushima Strait, on the south and east coasts of Japan. Approximately 50% to 70% of oil particles remain in the ocean and mainly expand along the Ryukyu Island Chain and the region southeast of the Sanchi wreck. Subsurface oil-contaminated water is likely to enter the Sea of Japan along the Tsushima Strait. Due to the rapid evaporation rate of condensate oil, the potentially polluted area is confined to regions within a 100 × 100 km area around the location of the shipwreck, and the contaminated region is closely associated with the surface wind.
Photographer: Basham, Arthur Llewellyn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sanchi: Torso of Bodhisattva, possibly Avalokitesvara or Maitreya, about 9th century London, Victoria and Albert Museum,
2019Co-Authors: Photographer: Basham, Arthur LlewellynAbstract:Precision and grace are implicit features of this Bodhisattva torso from Sanchi [that] typifies north Indian art at this period in its refinement, Metallic surfaces with raised relief detailing are a particular development of Post-Gupta sculpture at Sanchi as well, No longer do we find the rigid standing figure of the Bodhisattva of Mathuran extraction, this figure leans slightly and puts movement into the image with graceful contraposto, One is reminded of the treatment of decorative carving on the Sarnath Great Stupa in examining the jewelry and drapery details of this piece
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Early types of temples
2019Co-Authors: Brown Percy, Photographer: Basham, Arthur LlewellynAbstract:1. Ter, Trivikrama, 2. Taxila, No. 1, 3. Bhubaneswar, Vail al Daul, 4. Sanchi, Temple No. 40
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Sanchi: East Gate
2019Co-Authors: Morgan, Kenneth W., Photographer: Basham, Arthur LlewellynAbstract:The main stupa at Sanchi is surrounded by a stone balustrade, copying in stone the ancient wooden balustrade. There are four gates, of which the east gate is a good example of Buddhist symbolism in the last century B.D., before any images of the Buddha were permitted. The top lintel represents the seven Manishi Buddhas, with the tree of Sakyamuni on the left. The middle lintel tells the story of the great departure from Kapalivastu, showing the people on balconiesthe horse without a rider represents the Buddha as he left the citythe gods are holding up the horse's hoofs, others are scattering flowers, waving scarves, or beating drumsthe umbrella and fly-whisk as symbols of royalty hang in the air above the horse, and sacred footprints symbolize the invisible presence of the Buddha. The bottom lintel tells of Asoka's visit to the sacred Bodhi tree, showing the bands, and the people carrying pitchers of water for watering the tree. The six uprights between the lintels are decorated with three Bodhi trees and three first sermons. The top die on the left is a nativity scene with the Buddha's mother holding a lotus in the right hand, seated on a lotus sprouting from a vase. The die between the middle and lower lintel, on the left, is the First Sermon represented by the Wheel of the Law. The top die on the right represents Buddha Maitreya completing the Seven Manushi Buddhas from the top lintel. The die below it, on the right, is another Nativity scene. Each of the square pillars at the base is divided into four sections. The sections on the right represent the first six heavens of the Buddhist world, one of which is the Tushita heaven where Maitreya is waiting. On the left, the top scene is of the going forth of the Buddhaunder that is the Enlightenmentnext to the bottom is the last of the miracles which converted the Kasyapas, with the flood represented by wavy linesthe bottom square tells of Bimbisara's visit
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Stupas at Sanchi
2019Co-Authors: Morgan, Kenneth W., Photographer: Basham, Arthur LlewellynAbstract:The stupas at Sanchi seem to have been built first in the time of Asoka, chiefly to house the relics of Sariputta and Moggallana, two of the Buddha's early and trusted disciples. They are located near Bhopal, in central India and were not known in modern times until they were discovered in the nineteenth century by British archeologists. Marshall and Foucher's THE MONUMENTS OF Sanchi gives a definitive description of the art there. The stupas were built before images were permitted in Buddhism, giving excellent examples of the early symbolism. A stupa was originally a burial moundin the early days of Buddhism the stupas were created to house relics, giving the Buddhists an object of devotion even though images were forbidden
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Sanchi: Temple 18, about 650 A.D.
2019Co-Authors: Photographer: Basham, Arthur LlewellynAbstract:Temple 18 at Sanchi represents one of the earliest of the few constructed free-standing chaitya halls in India and possesses within its groundplan all the basic elements characteristic to early rock-cut chaitya halls in the cliffs of certain locations throughout India, It is much higher than the little single-celled structure of Temple No. 17, seen in slide four, which is also located at this site at Sanchi not far from the Great Stupa, Halls of this sort were dominant features in Buddhist architecture because unlike Hindu worship, Buddhist religious devotion was most often expressed in the company of large groups, This type of worship is prevalent in all Buddhist centers in India and usually included a circumambulation of a stupa located with the chaitya hall at the apse, Thus, the Buddhist chaitya hall was the most advanced form of architecture and the most elaborately decorated until the coming of the Moslems
T. Fujikawa - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Two new species of Defectamerus from Fagus and Picea forests in Nippon (Acari: Oribatida)
Acarologia, 2003Co-Authors: T. FujikawaAbstract:Two new species, Defectamerus fuscus and D. conformis, of the genus Defectamerus of the family Ameridae where described from a Fagus forest in the Shirakami-Sanchi World Heritage Area and a Picea forest of Mt Hayachine in Nippon.
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A new species of the genus Caenosamerus from the Shirakami-Sanchi world heritage area (Acari: Oribatida)
Acarologia, 2002Co-Authors: T. FujikawaAbstract:A new species belonging to the genus Caenosamerus of the family Ameridae was described from a beech forest in the Shirakami-Sanchi World Heritage Area in Nippon.
Robert J. Mason - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Preservation and preemption in Japan’s Shirakami Sanchi World Heritage Area
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 2015Co-Authors: Robert J. MasonAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine developments in Japan with regard to protected-area management. The focus is on ecological protection, citizen engagement, and the traditional users of the Shirakami Sanchi World Heritage Area. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on an extensive review of literature, interviews with key actors, and field observations. Findings – This study of Shirakami Sanchi World Heritage Area, an area of ancient beech forest in northern Japan whose ecological integrity was threatened by construction of a forest road in the 1980s, points to a successful case of ecological preservation and an expanded governmental commitment to citizen engagement in protected-area planning, accompanied by a marginalization of the small number of remaining traditional users of the forest’s resources. Research limitations/implications – This study points to the challenges inherent in balancing civic engagement, ecological protection, cultural heritage, and administrative expedi...
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preservation and preemption in japan s shirakami Sanchi world heritage area
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 2015Co-Authors: Robert J. MasonAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine developments in Japan with regard to protected-area management. The focus is on ecological protection, citizen engagement, and the traditional users of the Shirakami Sanchi World Heritage Area. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on an extensive review of literature, interviews with key actors, and field observations. Findings – This study of Shirakami Sanchi World Heritage Area, an area of ancient beech forest in northern Japan whose ecological integrity was threatened by construction of a forest road in the 1980s, points to a successful case of ecological preservation and an expanded governmental commitment to citizen engagement in protected-area planning, accompanied by a marginalization of the small number of remaining traditional users of the forest’s resources. Research limitations/implications – This study points to the challenges inherent in balancing civic engagement, ecological protection, cultural heritage, and administrative expedi...
