A five-strain rifampicin-resistant Listeria monocytogenes cocktail (ca. 3.0 log10 cfu/g) was introduced as a postpasteurization contaminant in queso fresco (QF) that was manufactured using a commercial procedure. L. monocytogenes was either inoculated into (IN) the curds before forming the cheese block or onto (ON) slices (52– 66 g), individually vacuum-packed and stored at 4 and 10C. Growth wa...

Introduction: Brain tumorr is a deadly disease but patients can have positive growth psychologically. It is important to find factors that lead psychological growth of patients. Therefore, this study was aimed to predict the post traumatic growth based on social support, coping styles and optimism in patients with brain tumor. Methods: In this correlational and descriptive study, the statistic...

Four diets, formulated with and without stevia exogenous xylanase, following a 2 × factorial design, were prepared. Each diet was fed ad libitum to birds in eight pens (three each pen) randomised block design. It found that xylanase grew faster, used the feed more efficiently had an increased concentration of hepatic α-tocopherol vitamin E concentrations (P < 0.05). Feeding did not affect growt...

Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) has received considerable attention from evolutionary biologists, but relatively little is known about the physiological mechanisms underlying sex differences in growth that lead to SSD. Testosterone (T) stimulates growth in many male-larger vertebrates, but inhibits growth in the female-larger lizard Sceloporus undulatus. Thus, opposite patterns of SSD may develop ...

The post-war growth experience of developing countries is characterised by three main features. Firstly, enormous divergence between the best and worst performers. Secondly, low persistence in growth rates across time, and finally a general decline in the average growth rate across all countries. Our evidence suggests that these patterns in the data are consistent with a technological growth mo...

This paper uses the special theory of relativity (SR) to introduce a novel solution to EinsteinPodolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox. More specifically, the faster-than-light (FTL) communication is described to explain two types of EPR paradox experiments: photon polarization and electronpositron pair spins. And most importantly, this paper explains why this FTL communication does not violate the SR.

Implementation of faster-than-light (FTL) interstellar travel via traversable wormholes, warp drives, or other spacetime modification schemes generally requires the engineering of spacetime into very specialized local geometries. The analysis of these via Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity plus the resultant equations of state demonstrates that such geometries require the use of “exotic” m...

Within an axiomatic framework, we prove that the existence of faster than light (FTL) particles is consistent with (does not contradict) the dynamics of Einstein’s special relativity. The proof goes by constructing a model of relativistic dynamics where FTL particles can move with arbitrary speeds. To have a complete picture, we not only construct an appropriate model but explicitly list all th...