Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the most common epithelial malignancy of the nasopharynx and it is also an endemic disease, with a distinct racial and geographic distribution. High-incidence areas of NPC are found in Southeast Asia and North Africa, and low-incidence areas are in the USA, Europe, and Japan (Segawa et al., 2009). At this time, the pathogenesis of NPC is not clear, nor are ther...

Morphologically putative introgressive hybrids of Arisaema sikokianum Franch. et Sav. and A. tosaense Makino were newly found in Kochi and Tokushima Prefectures in Japan. All the individuals have the same morphological characteristics as A. tosaense excluding a purple spathe. Molecular analysis using PCR-RFLP of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) in nuclear DNA (nrDNA) indicates that these putat...

the existing laws on cultural heritage treasure, significantly limiting the private ownership of treasure, treasure and historical monuments - culture is seen, including article 562 of the penal code to acquire property that any exploration of the historical - cultural prohibited, and committed to prison from six months to three years and sentenced to capture objects artifacts. this question is...

at current study, the relationship between transnational law, globalization and international solidarity has been studied, and talcott parsons's structural functionalism approach has been used as theoretical framework. this study is based on the assumption that: any inconsistency between the legal system and other social systems can result in social anomie. in the next part of the paper, t...

based on the current approach, to ascertain and enforce the sanctions in law is one of the exclusive functions of governments. but the deeper examination reveals that many transactors prefer non-legal sanctions. at first glance, this self-enforcement mechanism seems to be contrary to legal fundamentals. therefore, these sanctions are contested in law. this article is an attempt to consider a ne...

Supplementary data associated with this article can be 5. Domínguez-Vicent A, Marín-Franch I, Esteve-Taboada JJ, Madri Costa D, Montés-Micó R. Repeatability of in vitro power profi measurements for multifocal contact lenses. Cont Lens Anteri Eye. 2015;38:168--172. 6. Kim E, Bakaraju RC, Ehrmann K. Power profiles of commerci multifocal soft contact lenses. Optom Vis Sci. 2016. Post Auth Correcti...

This study examines the random walk hypothesis for the crude oil markets, using daily data over the period 1982–2008. The weak-form efficient market hypothesis for two oil crude markets (UK Brent and US West Texas Intermediate) is tested with non-parametric variance ratio tests developed by Wright (2000) and Belaire-Franch and Contreras (2004) as well as the wild-bootstrap variance ratio tests ...