PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is considerable variability in human body weight, despite the ubiquity of the 'obesogenic' environment. Human body weight has a strong genetic basis and it has been hypothesised that genetic susceptibility to the environment explains variation in human body weight, with differences in appetite being implicated as the mediating mechanism; so-called 'behavioural susceptibi...

Retroviruses have been infecting mammals for at least 100 million years, leaving descendants in host genomes known as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). The abundance of ERVs is partly determined by their mode of replication, but it has also been suggested that host life history traits could enhance or suppress their activity. We show that larger bodied species have lower levels of ERV activity by...

the present study was conducted with a view to know the productive and reproductive performance of jamunapari, black bengal and crossbred goats in chittagong district during the period of may to december 2012. the data on productive and reproductive traits were collected from 324 goats as a whole. in the present study, the birth weight of jamunapari goats was higher than other crosses. the adul...

The availability and adequacy of technical remedies ought to play a crucial role in evaluating the propriety of state action with regard to both the inhibition of Internet pornography and the promotion of Internet privacy. Legislation that would have restricted Internet speech considered indecent or harmful to minors has already faced and failed that test. Several prominent organizations dedica...

Online social networks greatly facilitate social exchange among friends. At times, for amusement, individuals may be targeted by friends’ playful teases, which often involve exposing individuals’ private embarrassing information, such as information that reveals their past indecent behavior, mischiefs, as well as clumsiness. While individuals sometimes do enjoy the humor, they might also be off...

the ovine melatonin receptor 1a (mtnr1a) and aromatase (cyp19) genes were structurally characterized and the association between their variants and reproductive and growth traits was studied in kurdi sheep at kurdi sheep breeding station located in shirvan, iran. the genomic dna was extracted by guanidine thiocyanate-silica gel method. polymerase chain reaction was carried out to amplify 824 bp...

Mining security events helps with better precautionary planning for community safety. However, incident records are expressed in diverse and application dependent formats which impedes common comprehension for automatic knowledge extraction and reasoning. In this paper, we present Security Incident Ontology, SIO, a novel light-weight domain ontology for security incidents. We use Timeline to an...

an error founded on insufficient knowledge can be easily made clear. Passages in the Mahabharata (an epic poetn dealing with events 1200 B.C., but put together about 1,000 years later), I etc., show that drunkenness was common in ancient India; and this may be gathered also from the old Hindu law books, which forbid the use of wine (e.g. Mandva-Dhdrma-Sdstra, xi., 1-46 ff). In the Abhila-Shithd...

Victorian female victims of sexual violence often found themselves isolated within the criminaljustice system. No state agency existed to initiate prosecutions for rape or indecent assault thusthe victim or her family had to commence formal proceedings themselves. Drawing onnineteenth century newspaper reports and records from the Rainer Foundation Archive thispaper argues that ...