Influence of nutritional status on basal metabolic rates among rural agriculturalists of Ngilo-Ilo, East Java.

Objectives: Previous research has shown that tropical island populations have reduced basal metabolic rates (BMR) associated with the joint influences of heat stress and undernutrition. This study examines variation in BMR among an indigenous population of Indonesia, and compares these data with those collected from earlier studies in Indonesia.

Methods: Anthropometric dimensions and BMR were measured on a sample of 35 Indonesian adults (28 men, 7 women) from the rural village of Ngilo-Ilo, East Java.

The age of the 20 meter Solo River terrace, Java, Indonesia and the survival of Homo erectus in Asia.

Homo erectus was the first human lineage to disperse widely throughout the Old World, the only hominin in Asia through much of the Pleistocene, and was likely ancestral to H. sapiens. The demise of this taxon remains obscure because of uncertainties regarding the geological age of its youngest populations.

The calvaria of Sangiran 38, Sendangbusik, Sangiran Dome, Java.

We describe in detail Sangiran 38 (S38), an adult partial calvaria recovered in 1980 from the Bapang (Kabuh) Formation of the Sangiran Dome near the hamlet of Sendangbusik, Java. Several other hominins (Bukuran, Hanoman 1, and Bs 9706) recovered in the vicinity come from either the upper-most Sangiran (Pucangan) or lower-most Bapang formations. S38 is from the lower Bapang Formation, which (40)Ar/(39)Ar age estimates suggest spans between 1.

Comparative bioavailability of two dexamethasone tablet formulations in Indonesian healthy volunteers.

Aim: To compare the bioavailability of two dexamethasone (CAS 50-02-2) tablet formulations -- 4 mg Dexmethsone tablets as test formulation and 4 mg tablets of the originator product as reference formulation.

Methods: The study was conducted according to an open-label, randomized two-way crossover design with a one-week washout period. Twenty-four volunteers received a single dose of two tablets of the two different dexamethasone formulations.

Comparative bioavailability of two estazolam tablet formulations in Indonesian healthy volunteers.

Aim: To compare the bioavailability of two estazolam (CAS 29975-16-4) tablet formulations (Estalin 2 mg tablets as test formulation and 2 mg tablets of the originator product as reference formulation).

Methods: The study was conducted according to an open label, randomized two-way cross-over design with a two-week washout period. Twenty-four subjects received each of the two estazolam formulations.