BACKGROUND Many animals communicate by marking focal elements of their home range with different kinds of materials. Visual signaling has been demonstrated to play a previously unrecognized role in the intraspecific communication of eagle owls (Bubo bubo), in both territorial and parent-offspring contexts. Visual signals may play a role in a variety of circumstances in this crepuscular and noct...

It is well known that one fragility fracture begets another. Fracture Liaison Services have been shown to narrow the care gap that exists in the care of patients with fragility fractures. A secondary fracture prevention programme "OPTIMAL" (Osteoporosis Patient Targeted and Integrated Management for Active Living) has been in existence in the public restructured hospitals and polyclinics of Sin...

We present the Kalichord: a small, handheld electro/acoustic instrument in which the player's right hand plucks virtual strings while his left hand uses buttons to play independent bass lines. The Kalichord uses the analog signal from plucked acoustic tines to excite a physical string model, allowing a nuanced and intuitive plucking experience. First, we catalog instruments related to the Kalic...

Trichotillomania is a morbid compulsive impulse to pull out one's hair, resulting in baldness and usually occurring as a manifestation of neurosis. Infrequently eyelashes or eyebrows may be involved. Most of the cases reported in the literature are adolescent or young adult females (Kumar et al., 1982). However, Home (1977) has reported an adult male, and Tiling (1975) had observed two cases wi...

In the process of tea plucking and leaf gathering, structure optimization design collecting mechanism is key element responsible for fresh leaves. The unreasonable manufacture mechanisms will cause smooth collection leaves, quality collected leaves be damaged, commodity value reduced. order to further study structural characteristics mechanism, an air outlet model was established phenomena inte...