In humans, facial symmetry has been linked to an individual's genetic quality, and facial symmetry has a small yet significant effect on ratings of facial attractiveness. The same evolutionary processes underlying these phenomena may also convey a selective advantage to symmetrical individuals of other primate species, yet to date, few studies have examined sensitivity to facial symmetry in non...

The ability of subjects to balance on narrow rails was measured during exposure to pure tones of 100. 260, 500, 1500, and 2500 Hz and a control condition. One group of subjects was presented the test stimulus at intensity levels of 95 dB (re 0.0002 dyne/cm) in the left ear and 75 dB in the right ear (asymmetrical exposure). The other group was presented the tones at a level of 95 dB in both ear...

A Golgi-impregnated spiny stellate cell was selected from layer IV of SmI cortex in a mouse whose ipsilateral ventrobasal complex had been lesioned. The neuron was gold-toned, thin sectioned and then reconstructed in three dimensions using wooden sheets of appropriate thickness. These procedures enabled the numbers and distribution of thalamocortical and other synapses onto the reconstructed ne...

Digital image analysis of the flagellar movements of cynomolgus macaque spermatozoa hyperactivated by caffeine and cAMP was carried out to understand the change in flagellar movements during hyperactivation. The degree of flagellar bending increased remarkably after hyperactivation, especially at the base of the midpiece. Mainly two beating patterns were seen in the hyperactivated monkey sperm ...

The modern engineering structures require the advanced engineering materials to resist the high temperatures and to provide high stiffness. In particular the functionally graded porous materials (FGPMs) introduced are expected to have these desired properties, consequently eliminating local stress concentration and de-lamination. In the present paper, a new shear strains shape function is chose...

This work investigates quantum transport in symmetrical and asymmetrical borospherene-based molecular junctions with adenine. Adenine is one of the four nucleobases DNA was selected because its excellent properties. The density functional/non-equilibrium Green's function (DFT-NEGF) mathematical approach utilized, which further used to calculate parameters including I–V curve, transmission spect...