As the world experienced COVID-19 outbreak, education was one of multiple systems that were hit hard. We explored consequences reconfiguration schooling based on experiences educational stakeholders caught up in sudden transition to virtual during COVID-19. Using Bronfenbrenner’s (1976) Ecological Systems framework, we underscored complexity individual’s socio-cultural and myriad influences imp...

Localized cell shape change initiates epithelial folding, while neighboring cell invagination determines the final depth of an epithelial fold. The mechanism that controls the extent of invagination remains unknown. During Drosophila gastrulation, a higher number of cells undergo invagination to form the deep posterior dorsal fold, whereas far fewer cells become incorporated into the initially ...

Techniques for analyzing genome-wide expression profiles, such as the microarray technique and next-generation sequencers, have been developed. While these techniques can provide a lot of information about gene expression, selection of genes of interest is complicated because of excessive gene expression data. Thus, many researchers use statistical methods or fold change as screening tools for ...

We present a method of producing normal subgroups of the free group on r generators not containing a given word. Special attention is given to the normal subgroups of the free group on two generators. In considering the exponent sum of the generators in a given word, we produce such subgroups and clearly state for what class of words these subgroups are not easily obtainable. We also provide a ...

 Effects of inoculation level (4 or 8-fold compared to standard inoculation) and order (standard inoculation before fermentation and 3-fold inoculation at the end of fermentation = 1+3, Two-fold inoculation before fermentation and the same at the end of fermentation = 2+2, 2+6, 4-fold before fermentation = 4, 4+4, and 8) of culture inoculums containing probiotics on viscosity, phase separation,...

This paper overviews studies on the production mechanism of the laryngeal voices in throat singing. Physiological observations of the larynx have clarified that ventricular fold vibration essentially contributes to the generation of the unique laryngeal voices. A physical model simulation using a two-by-two mass model supports the observed vibratory patterns of the vocal and ventricular folds. ...

In this paper, we extend Simple Conceptual Graphs with Reiter’s default rules. The motivation for this extension came from the type of reasonings involved in an agronomy application, namely the simulation of food processing. Our contribution is many fold: first, the expressivity of this new language corresponds to our modeling purposes. Second, we provide an effective characterization of sound ...