Platelet aggregation was measured using turbidimetric aggregometry by applying a 4-channel LBY-NJ4 aggregometer (Precil, Beijing, China).

The hawk called Grenzar, who searches out the eastlands, not far above rested on the branch of the oak tree, […]

Many images accompanied the emperor's party in early 1130 when it fled Kiangnan by sea and took refuge in Wen-chou, on the Chekiang coast.

Soon I am drying off at a mother-of-pearl table, a snifter of rosolio reflecting its oval pinkness in the white-tiled ceiling as if assuring itself of its own existence before I pour it down my throat. This liqueur, which I've found only in Italy, wears its rose-petal roots proudly in both smell and taste. No one recipe exists for rosolio.