Background and Objectives: Limited information still exists about the distribution of mental health (MH) in small districts. Considering the diversity in cultural specifications of entities in different societies, the current study aimed to assess the inequality of poor MH and corresponding socio-demographic components in a general population. Methods: This population-based cross-sectional stu...

interpretation. A composition system CS is defined with a list of process definitions P̄ , a list of Web service interface definitions S̄, and a main expression e (Fig. 5.8). A process definition gives the process a unique name P and defines it’s constituent services as well as activities between those services and the variables that they exchange. A Web service definition gives 115 the service a...

Using our thoughts to control a computer or robot used to be the realm of science-fiction writers. But scientists have been making concerted efforts to develop the technology required to convert brain signals into commands, to support communication, mobility and independence for paralysed people. In this issue, two papers shift the notion of such ‘implantable neuromotor prosthetics’ from scienc...

ers when feeding on nectar, and this assists cross-pollination if they then visit other plants. Here we investigate the curious sterile inflorescence axis of the South African Cape endemic ‘rat’s tail’ plant (Babiana ringens, Iridaceae), whose function — unlike in other bird-pollinated plants — is exclusively to provide a perch for foraging birds. We find that this structure promotes the plant’...

The ballast water treatment method consists of bubbling the inert gas via a row of pipes (orifices at the bottom of the pipes) located at the bottom of the tank, while maintaining a negative pressures of -2 psi at the ullage space. The inert gas from a standard shipboard inert gas generator is composed of 84% Nitrogen, 12-14% CO2 and 2% Oxygen. The ballast water will be equilibrated with gas fr...

Sound of silence activates auditory cortex Auditory imagery occurs when one mentally rehearses telephone numbers or has a song ‘on the brain’ — it is the subjective experience of hearing in the absence of auditory stimulation, and is useful for investigating aspects of human cognition. Here we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify and characterize the neural substrates that supp...

The objective of this study was to determine the relative contributions of Piedmontese inheritance (0, 25, 50, or 75%) and myostatin genotype (+/+, mh/+, and mh/mh) to tenderness of four major muscles. Matings were made to produce animals with 0 (+/+), 1 (mh/+), or 2 (mh/mh) inactive myostatin alleles that were known to result in normal muscling, heavy muscling, and extremely heavy muscling, re...