OBJECTIVES To assess whether there is a need to correct first-trimester biochemical markers (free beta-hCG and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A)) or first-trimester fetal nuchal translucency thickness (NT) in different ethnic groups, when screening for Downs syndrome at 11-14 weeks of gestation. METHODS Free beta-hCG, PAPP-A and fetal NT were measured at 11-14 weeks of gestation ...

A few studies have shown that the function of the fusiform face area is selectively involved in the perception of faces, including the perception of racial difference. We investigated the neural substrates of the face-selective region called fusiform face area and the superiority of the same-race memory in the fusiform face area by employing event-related fMRI. In our fMRI study, twelve healthy...

Patterns in nature result from dynamic relationships of forces and constraints. What is analogous for patterns in art? Art is created by human hands motivated by inspiration and thought. It is the product of creativity and skill. Creativity is constrained by cognitive processes and skill by the limits of technology. Based upon the author’s studies of Oriental carpets, this paper suggests that p...

*London International Development Centre; School of Oriental and African Studies, Centre for Development, Environment and Policy, †London International Development Centre; University College London, Bartlett Development Planning Unit, ‡University College London, Centre for Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, §University College London, Bartlett Development Planning Unit, ¶University College...

Yuriko Furuya, Kaoru Mori, Tadashi Ninomiya, Yoshiya Tomimori, Sakae Tanaka, Naoyuki Takahashi, Nobuyuki Udagawa , Kohji Uchida, and Hisataka Yasuda** From the Nagahama Institute for Biochemical Science, Nagahama Branch, Oriental Yeast Co., Limited, 50 Kano-cho Nagahama, Shiga 526-0804, the **Bioindustry Division, Oriental Yeast Co., Limited, 3-610 Azusawa, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-8505, the Inst...

The nasal profile and skin thickness in the Caucasian Indian vary from the Oriental Chinese or Malay noses. Reduction rhinoplasty is more common in the Caucasian Indian noses whereas augmentation rhinoplasty is more common in the Oriental Chinese or Malay noses. Graft selection remains the greatest challenge for surgeons performing rhinoplasty. However, the preferred choice as far as possible f...

The Oriental and East Palaearctic genus Hartemita Cameron, 1910 (Braconidae: Cardiochilinae) is recorded for the first time from Vietnam. Sixteen species of the genus Hartemita are currently recognized from Oriental and East Palaearctic regions. One species is newly recorded for Vietnam, Hartemita singaporensis (Mao, 1945)and six new species from Vietnam are described and illustrated: Hartemita...

a disease of the dry desert area where phlebotomus papatasii p. sergenti are prevalent. In India cases of oriental sore are prevalent in the dry western zone (western part, 79? east of Greenwitch) where the insect vector is phlebotomies papatasii; on the other hand cases of kala-azar are seen in the eastern humid zone where p. argentipes is the insect vector responsible for the spread of the di...

The species of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 from the Oriental region of China are reviewed, and a description of the genus is given. Five new species, T. bicuspidatum sp. nov., T. semicirculare sp. nov., T. bisulciforme sp. nov., T. filamentosum sp. nov. and T. impube sp. nov. are described. T. fulvimargo (Warren, 1895) is newly recorded for China. A key to the species of the Oriental re...