The functionalist “law” that religion sustains the moral order must be amended. As is demonstrated in this study, religion has this effect only as it is based on belief in powerful, active, conscious, morally-concerned gods. Contrary to Durkheim’s claims, participation in religious rituals per se has little independent impact on morality and none when done on behalf of gods conceived as unconsc...

Kam-yiu Lam, Edward Chan and Joe Chun-Hung Yuen Department of Computer Science City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Hong Kong Fax: 852-2788-8614 Email: {cskylam|csedchan|csjyuen}@cityu.edu.hk Abstract. Although data broadcast has been shown to be an efficient data dissemination technique for mobile computing systems, many issues such as selection of broadcast data and cachin...

With twenty-five G-protein-coupled TAS2R receptors bitterness is the most complex taste sensation in terms of signal transduction. The objective of this sensory study was to investigate the effect of hTAS2R38 bitter receptor gene genotypes on intensity of bitterness of different N-C=S containing compounds. In addition, we studied the bitterness of vegetables that produce glucosinolates, which a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of minimally invasive transapical aortic valve implantation (TA-AVI) in patients requiring redo surgery. METHODS Twenty-five high risk patients with symptomatic aortic valve stenosis and previous cardiac surgical interventions received TA-AVI using a pericardial xenograft fixed within a stainless steel, balloon-expandable stent (Edwards SAPIEN) since February...

The fact that a continuous self-map of a tree has positive topological entropy is related to the amount of different gods (greatest odd divisors) exhibited by its set of periods. Llibre & Misiurewicz [11] and Blokh [9] give generic upper bounds for the maximum number of gods that a zero entropy tree map f : T −→ T can exhibit, in terms of the number of endpoints and edges of T . In this paper w...

Background: Although ceftazidime/avibactam (CAZ/AVI) has become an important option for treating adults and children, no data or recommendations exist neonates. We report a neonatal sepsis case due to CAZ/AVI-resistant blaKPC-2-harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying blaVEB-25 the use of customized active surveillance program in conjunction with enhanced infection control measures. Methods: Th...