20 The large-scale impacts of the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and the East Atlantic/West Russia 21 (EA/WR) teleconnection on the East Asian winter climate anomalies are compared for the 22 past 34 winters focusing on 1) interannual monthly to seasonal temperature variability, 2) 23 East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM), and 3) the Siberian high (SH) and cold surge. 24 Regression analysis reveals warming...

This commentary argues that theories of cognitive control risk being incomplete unless they incorporate social/emotional factors. Social factors very likely played a critical role in the evolution of human cognitive control abilities, and emotional states are the primary regulatory mechanisms of cognitive control.

Article history: Initial receipt 13 July 2015 Final revision received 25 October 2016 The ability to perceive and infer the meaning of facial expressions has been considered a critical component of emotional intelligence being essential for successful social functioning: Longitudinal findings suggest that the ability to recognize emotion cues is related to positive social interactions. Moreover...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) from a human hybrid epithelial cell line (NPC-KT), derived from the fusion of human adenoidal cells and EBV genome-containing primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells (NPC) has both transforming and early antigen (EA)-inducing abilities. EBV DNA from NPC-KT cells was partially digested with TaqI and ligated to the cloning vector pJB8 at the ClaI site. This cosmid library ...

In homogenization, two-scale models arise, e.g., by applying Nguetseng’s notion of two-scale convergence to nonlinear PDEs. A homogenized single-scale problem may then be derived via scale-transformations. A variational formulation due to Fitzpatrick is here used for the scale-integration of two-scale maximal monotone relations, and for the converse operation of scale-disintegration. These resu...

than others. The study looked at comprehension and application of irony compared to subjective affective evaluation of irony reported by Polish-speaking adults and with relation to nonverbal intelligence measured with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised-Polish versions (WAIS-R(PL), 2004). Fifty-four subjects aged 20-66 years (28 females and 26 males) participated in Study 1 on subject...

BACKGROUND Chemicals having estrogenic activity (EA) reportedly cause many adverse health effects, especially at low (picomolar to nanomolar) doses in fetal and juvenile mammals. OBJECTIVES We sought to determine whether commercially available plastic resins and products, including baby bottles and other products advertised as bisphenol A (BPA) free, release chemicals having EA. METHODS We ...

OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy, safety, and compliance of short-term electro-acupuncture for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, clinical trial. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Children with ASD were randomly assigned to an electro-acupuncture (EA) group (n=30) or a sham electro-acupuncture (SEA) group (n=25) matched by age and severity of a...

Developing large-scale information systems (IS) is never easy or implemented without controversy and impact on an enterprise’s stakeholders. Organizational transformation, typically the by-product of new technology and its accompaniment of new processes, frequently manifest itself in ways unforeseen by enterprise management. In many cases, this results in project failure. Historically, enterpri...

Electroacupuncture (EA), especially high-frequency EA, has frequently been used as an alternative therapy for Parkinson disease (PD) and is reportedly effective for alleviating motor symptoms in patients and PD models. However, the molecular mechanism underlying its effectiveness is not completely understood. To implement a full-scale search for the targets of 100 Hz EA, we selected rat models ...