T-shirts that read: "Xq28-Thanks for the genes, Mom!" were produced in the homosexual community in San Francisco when linkage studies first suggested that the gay gene might be at that location. A T-shirt with a wider application might be one that gives thanks to mothers from their children for her X chromosomes for their major contribution to their intelligence. Intelligence has been defined "...

The UK ads are highlighting their own culture whereas in Pakistani advertisements although local is dominating yet still there an assimilation of culture, i.e. west. reason quite obvious that eastern advertisement companies attracted towards strong economic conditions. That’s why a use English words no western or ad using even single word Urdu. This not the case language only but also dresses m...

park with accustomed difficulty, the three brakes tugging ineffectually on the wheel rims and our feet scuffing the gravel until we eventually wobbled to a halt. In matching army issue shorts, and rugby shirts and with our in flight entertainment of Sony Walkman and twin head-sets dangling from the front wicker basket, we felt slightly out of place. Standing by the hotel wall was an anorexic lo...

Many hundreds of programming systems have been developed in recent years to aid programmers in the management of large amounts of data. Some trends in the development of these data management systems are followed in this paper and combined with ideas now being studied to predict the architecture of the next generation of data management systems. The evol ution of data management facilities can ...

Hart, Leary, and Rejeski (1989) hypothesized that social physique anxiety (SPA), self-presentational anxiety associated with the physique, may deter some people from participating in fitness programs. This contention was explored in the present investigation. Data were collected from 104 undergraduate females regarding SPA, weight satisfaction, body satisfaction, and reasons for exercise. Follo...

Automatic identification of garment design class might play an important role in the garments and fashion industry. To achieve this, essential initial works are found in the literature. For example, construction of a garment database, automatic segmentation of garments from real life images, categorizing them into the type of garments such as shirts, jackets, tops, skirts, etc. It is now essent...

Fibers are often found at crime scenes and current methods can determine the chemical composition and color of the fiber as well as physical characteristics. Unless the fiber contains DNA, there is no way to compare a fiber found at a crime scene with fibers found in a suspect’s possession. This study aims to determine if isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) can be used to add an additional l...