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Chicago barbeque lovers can now order Smokey Bones' famous slow smoked ribs, pulled pork, wings and other popular menu items for pickup or contactless delivery through Postmates, an on-demand delivery service, according to a press release. To place an order,... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a technique for identifying tiny fragments of fossilized bone, called zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, that is helping to answer key questions about when, where and how human species interacted with one another. Topics discussed include the Denisova Cave at the center of this research, the Vindija Cave in Croatia as a key site for understanding late Neandertals in Europe.

The article reports on the decomposition of tissues and bones from pigs and cows for the manufacture of gelatin in India. It discusses the chopping of the materials into small pieces for transfer into vats containing lime, where they are left to putrefy until it is time for an acid or alkali treatment. It defines how the gelatin is classified as Type A or B, before it is washed and cooked to become a gel or goo. It describes the processing of the gelatinous solution, packaging and shipment.

An interview with Alex Kropper Buist, son of one of the members of Friends of Dard Hunter Inc. Jean Kropper is presented. When asked about if he worked on bone and antlers before, he refers to work with bones of elephants, tomahawk and flying fish but not antlers. Buist attended the papermaking workshops of papermaker Jim Croft and believes that Croft is a good teacher and a nice guy. He also avowed on his best works on bones as it can be polished without much efforts using the sharpened tools.

The article profiles 6 of the best foods for bone health in 2024. Topics covered include prunes' support of bone density and reduction of fracture risk, dairy's support of bone structure and repair, leafy greens' regulation of calcium and promotion of its binding to the bone matrix, and collagen's provision of the structural framework for bones. Also noted are nuts' high magnesium content for bone health, and salmon's benefits for healthy bones.

An effective method for preventing bone loss is by promoting osteoblast differentiation and bone formation. While dexamethasone has been routinely used as a classical inducer for osteoblast differentiation, limitations have been observed with its usage, including its varied effects on expression of osteoblast genes in different species and its potentials in suppressing osteoblastic differentiation and mineralization. In this study, we assessed the ability of flavonoid icariin in enhancing differentiation and mineralization of cultured rat primary osteoblasts in the absence of dexamethasone. It was found that, compared to the non-stimulated control, icariin at 10-5 M produced a higher alkaline phosphatase activity, more and larger areas of alkaline phosphatase-positive colonies (CFU-FALP) and mineralized nodules, more osteocalcin secretion and calcium deposition, higher levels of mRNA expression of alkaline phosphatase, osteoblastic transcription factors osterix and runt-related transcription factor 2, and collagen 1α, higher levels of protein expression of collagen 1α, alkaline phosphatese, osterix, and runt-related transcription factor 2. In addition, icariin at 10-5 M was always more potent than dexamethasone at its optimal concentration of 10-8 M on the above osteoblast differentiation and mineralization markers. Taken together, our studies demonstrated that icariin has a pronounced ability in promoting osteoblast differentiation in vitro in the absence of dexamethasone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the dichloromethane extract of aerial parts of LINUM PERENNE L. (Linaceae), in addition to three lignans of the arylnaphthalene type (justicidin B, isojusticidin B and retrohelioxanthin), we isolated four lignans of the aryl DIHYDROnaphthalene type. The major constituent contains a novel type of ring closure, formed by additional cyclisation between rings A and D of the aryldihydronaphthalene skeleton via an oxymethylene bridge, yielding a novel 2,8-dihydro-3 H-benzo[ E]naphtho[1,8- BC]oxepine ring system hitherto unreported for a lignan or any other natural product. We named this novel unusual lignan linoxepin. In addition, three further aryldihydronaphthalenes (one new and two known) were isolated. The absolute stereochemistry at C-8 of linoxepin and the related dihydronaphthalene lignans was established as R on grounds of CD spectra which were in good agreement with results of time dependent density functional (TDDFT) quantum mechanical simulations. The occurrence of aryldihydronaphthalenes in the genus LINUM or the Linaceae has not been reported before. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article describes the artworks of painter Suzanne LaPrade. Trained as a woodcarver, LaPrade has come to appreciate the structural design of her subject matter. The artist paints in both pastel and oil, often incorporating bones into a work's overall theme. Some of her artworks include "The Heiress," "Still Life With Green Frog" and "Afternoon Bath."

MAKES 10 // PREP TIME 40 MINS // COOK 25 MINS (PLUS RESTING) "This is something that we loved creating for our current menu at Chaco Bar", says Dingqi Xin. Add salted chillies and chilli flakes, and mix until combined. Note For salted chillies, pulse 3 long red chillies and 1¼ tsp salt flakes in a food processor until combined. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a guide for teaching about koalas, bone health, and bats to elementary students. Before the lesson proper, key terms will be introduced to the students such as canopy, ecologists, marsupial, calcium, and skeleton. To make the discussion more realistic, pupils will be told to cut and paste a picture of a koala to a piece of paper and will be asked to describe its attributes. Also, students will write about the bones that make up the skeleton.

In this paper a theoretical analysis of the internal bone remodeling process induced by a medullary pin is presented. Bone is treated as a poroelastic material using Biot''s formulation. Based on the theory of small-strain adaptive elasticity, a new theoretical approach for internal remodeling is proposed. Our results show that the rate of internal remodeling decreases as the porosity of the bone increases. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article presents a lesson guide for teachers in teaching students about the human skeleton. The manual provides vocabulary of words and important information about the bones that make up the skeleton and the importance of calcium. It also offers a game to stimulate the students and a group task that enables students to create a life-size skeletons using construction paper and paper fasteners.

This article presents experiences of surfer Bethany Hamilton, when she survived the attack of a tiger shark. The huge jaws of a tiger shark covered the top of Hamilton's board and her left arm. That's all it took; a split second. Hamilton felt pressure and a jiggle-jiggle tug, which was the teeth. They have serrated edges and they sawed through Hamilton's bones as if they were tissue paper. Hamilton remember seeing the water turn red. Then Hamilton saw that her arm had been bitten off almost to the shoulder. Somehow Hamilton stayed calm and started to paddle toward the beach.

Snow, sleet and bitter cold - not to mention a souped-up skincare routine - can wreak havoc on your mascara. The eye area is notoriously delicate, so use a gentle cleanser or makeup remover that will wash away long-lasting pigment without damaging lashes. For a lusher fringe, makeup artist Sophie Hsin suggests incorporating a lash serum into your routine. [Extracted from the article]

In this paper, a novel physically-motivated anisotropic model for growth driven by nutrient diffusion is proposed and the mathematical framework is extensively presented. Growth phenomena usually occur in living tissues under different mechanobiological stimuli. Here the growth is driven by the diffusion of a chemical substance which reflects, in fact, the extent of nutrients availability or other growth factors at the cellular level. Due to its simplicity, a commonly used assumption is the isotropy of the growth tensor. In other words, the magnitude of the growth is determined by the nutrient diffusion without incorporating the effect of a preferred direction for cell growth. Since the macroscopic volumetric growth is the resultant of mitosis (binary fission) at cellular scale, it makes sense to confer directionality to the growth tensor. This will render the growth tensor anisotropic and consequently more complex. In this work, the anisotropy of the growth tensor is dictated by the principal directions of the stress tensor in an intuitive and physically motivated fashion. One can imagine that the growth is powered by nutrient diffusion while it is steered by the stress. A fully implicit and monolithic scheme is implemented for this coupled and multiphysics problem in an FEM framework. Several numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the applicability and versatility of the proposed model for reproducing biofilm growth in confined geometries; tumor growth within the brain in the avascular stage; and bone ingrowth in the vicinity of a rough implant surface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Residual connections significantly boost the performance of deep neural networks. However, few theoretical results address the influence of residuals on the hypothesis complexity and the generalization ability of deep neural networks. This article studies the influence of residual connections on the hypothesis complexity of the neural network in terms of the covering number of its hypothesis space. We first present an upper bound of the covering number of networks with residual connections. This bound shares a similar structure with that of neural networks without residual connections. This result suggests that moving a weight matrix or nonlinear activation from the bone to a vine would not increase the hypothesis space. Afterward, an $\mathcal O(1 / \sqrt {N})$ margin-based multiclass generalization bound is obtained for ResNet, as an exemplary case of any deep neural network with residual connections. Generalization guarantees for similar state-of-the-art neural network architectures, such as DenseNet and ResNeXt, are straightforward. According to the obtained generalization bound, we should introduce regularization terms to control the magnitude of the norms of weight matrices not to increase too much, in practice, to ensure a good generalization ability, which justifies the technique of weight decay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the modeling of the effect of saturation on the overall elastic properties of cortical bone. We first use micromechanical model of Salguero, Saadat & Sevostianov (2014) to model anisotropic effective elastic stiffness of drained cortical bone and then apply replacement relations (see review of Sevostianov, 2020) to evaluate effect of the saturation. The model is verified by comparison with the experimental data of Granke et al. (2011). It is shown that accounting for the saturation makes the model consistent with the experiment data. We also compared the extents of anisotropy of the saturated and drained bones and show that presence of the biological fluid in pores reduces the overall anisotropy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Long bones are composite materials possessing nonhomogeneous and anisotropic properties. They repair themselves (self-repairing) and adapt to changing mechanical demands by altering their shape and mechanical properties (self-adapting). Such exceptional features make long bones intriguing materials to comprehend properly. This also expands our knowledge of engineering materials and motivates researchers to employ novel techniques where conventional approaches may present limitations. This paper delves into the use of artificial neural network (ANN) expert systems to predict load-displacement curves of a long bone. Thirteen hydrated third metacarpal (MC3) bones from thoroughbred horses aged from twelve hours to three years were loaded in compression in an MTS machine. Strain readings from one three-gauge rosette and three distinct single-element gauges at different locations on the MC3 midshaft, displacement, load, load exposure time, horse age and bone side (left or right limb) were recorded for each bone. This information shaped ANNs input variables. Two in-series feedforward back-propagation ANNs were employed where the experimental recordings except for load were fed into the first ANN to predict load. Then, the predicted load along with the rest of experimental recordings were fed into the second ANN to predict displacement. Cyclic load-displacement and stiffness predicted by ANNs were plotted versus experimental counterparts. ANNs regression analyses showed R > 0.95 for training and testing datasets. To confirm their accuracy, ANNs were used to predict responses of specific bone samples that were not used in ANNs training. The ANNs trained using 17,718 experimental data points from twelve bones predicted the load (R = 0.997, RMSE = 2.44 kN), displacement (R = 0.948, RMSE = 0.321 mm), and stiffness (R = 0.982, RMSE = 1.197 kN/mm) of the thirteenth bone. The encouraging outcomes exhibit the exceptional ability of artificial neural networks in capturing the mechanical characteristics of complex structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Focuses on the importance of the inner parts of various things. Information on the inner structure of a yellow jacket's nest; Description of the inner part of a piano; Comparison of the bones of human and birds.

The article discusses research which recovered proteins from an 80-million-year-old hadrosaur. It references a study by Mary Schweitzer and John Asaro, published in an issue of "Science." The researchers were able to recover collagen, haemoglobin, elastin and laminin from the pristine leg bone of a plant-eating hadrosaur. It relates the concerns of other researchers about the contamination of the bone.

The article reports that China's government thinks that allowing the bones of captive-bred tigers to be sold as anti-rheumatic remedies will keep wild tigers from the poachers' grasp. While China banned all trade in material taken from tigers in 1993, the government now argues that selling skeletons collected from captive animals since the ban was imposed would help fund conservation. Conservationists say the plan is a disaster, as poachers could trick approved sellers into accepting illegal material from wild-killed tigers.

In traditional oriental medicine, nutgalls of Rhus chinensis have been used to treat various gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders. This study aimed to investigate the benefits of nutgalls of R. chinensis on bone loss and obesity in ovariectomized mice fed with a high-fat diet. Following surgical menopause induction, nutgalls of R. chinensis was orally administered for 4 weeks. Body weight gain and organ weights were measured. Histopathological examinations and UHPLC-MS/MS analysis were performed. Nutgalls of R. chinensis remarkably decreased obesity, gonadal fat, and bone loss in ovariectomized mice fed with a high-fat diet. Nutgalls of R. chinensis inhibited adipocyte differentiation of multipotent bone marrow stromal cells and reduced fat accumulation in gonadal fat, liver, and bone tissues. In UHPLC-MS/MS analysis, 27 phytochemicals containing gallotannin derivatives and flavonoids were identified by comparison with mass fragmentation of authentic standards. Taken together, the results demonstrate the beneficial effects of nutgalls of R. chinensis and its phytochemicals to manage postmenopausal bone disorders and obesity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers insight to a study by Jean-Jacques Hublin, paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany along with Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer which claims to have found oldest human fossils on Homo sapiens in northwest Africa. Topics discussed include views of Jean-Jacques Hublin on same; and use of computerized axial tomography by the scientists for scanning the bones.

The article focuses on the hummingbirds. Topics discussed include people put out hummingbird feeders or grow flowers that attract hummingbirds in the warmer months that allow them to refuel during their long migratory journeys, mentions about the wings and bones of the bird and various species of hummingbirds such as Plovercrest, crimson Topaz and Western Streamertail.

The article presents questions and answers related to nutrition and Thanksgiving, including whether dairy foods are need to preserve bones, and how to give thanks without being so focused on the food.

The article explores the hidden history of mammoths and mastodons. It is said that the discovery of fossils of mammoths and mastodons overturned the understanding of the entire world. Several species of these giants once lived across North America, Central America, Europe and Asia. Bones of mammoths are found buried at quarries, farms and construction sites in Europe.

A flavonoid fraction of Herba Epimedii, including eight flavonoid glycoside compounds, epimedo-side A, ikarisoside F, baohuoside II, sagittatoside A, sagittatoside B, 7-O-rhamnosyl icariside II, 2"-O-rhamnosyl icariside II, and baohuoside I, was isolated and prepared from the leaves of Herba Epimedii. This study was conducted to assess the potential effect of the flavonoid fraction of Herba Epimedii on osteoporosis in ovariectomized rats. Rats received repeated administration of a vehicle (ovariectomized), the flavonoid fraction of Herba Epimedii (7.5, 15, 30mg/kg/d), and ipriflavone (200 mg/kg/d) once a day for 8 weeks, beginning 4 weeks after ovariectomization. Then, the bone turnover markers, bone biomechanical properties, trabecular architecture, and related protein expressions were evaluated by biochemical assay kits, mechanical testing, microcomputed tomography, immunohistochemical evaluation, and Western blot analysis. Treatment with the flavonoid fraction of Herba Epimedii (15, 30 mg/kg/d) and ipriflavone (200 mg/kg/d) significantly increased bone strength while dramatically inhibiting the serum alkaline phosphatase and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase levels in ovariectomized rats. Furthermore, the flavonoid fraction of Herba Epimedii also increased osteoprote-gerin protein expression and reduced the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand protein expression compared with ovariectomized rats. In addition, the microcomputed tomography results showed that the flavonoid fraction of Herba Epimedii treatment significantly improved trabecular bone mineral density and restored the bone microarchitecture in ovariectomized rats. Therefore, our results indicated that the flavonoid fraction of Herba Epimedii might be beneficial for improving postmenopausal osteoporosis and should be considered as a promising candidate for treating postmenopausal osteoporosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the physiological aspects of male dominance. It includes information on the quotes of philosopher Confucius in the book "Analects" related to gender bias, social power of men, and its relation to the bones of the ancestors of men. It also discusses the impact of diet on the bone chemistry of male and females and includes the views of an archaeologist at Queens College Kate Pechenkina.

The article reports involvement of Tennessee students in the One Million Bones project for creating awareness about the increased genocide incidents in the U.S.

Information about several papers discussed during the National Senior Health and Fitness Day on physical fitness held at the Quilt Inn in Kenmare, North Dakota on May 27, 2009 is presented. Topics highlight on osteoporosis, hand massage, hand washing and stretching exercise. Moreover, the event, sponsored by the Kenmare office of First District Health Unit, has given emphasis on the importance of preserving the bone health.

The article offers news briefs related to technology. In January 2008, Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems broke a record when 31.25 percent of the sunlight hitting a dish was converted into usable power. A team at MIT has altered the common adhesive note, adding RFID tags on each paper square so they can't be lost. A new high-contrast X-ray technique developed by Swiss researchers promises greater accuracy in detecting hairline cracks in bones and airplane wings.

The article focuses on a five-day dinosaur fossil hunting in South Dakota wherein participants are taught the proper way of digging bones and documenting where each piece was found. It discusses the tools used in digging, how to carefully get the bone out of the ground and wrapping it for transporting it back to the Children's Museum. The dug and documented bones include five rib pieces, several pieces of vertebra from the neck to the tail and chevrons, the underside of the tail.

The article discusses the history of cattle herding by the Khoekhoen people at the Cape in South Africa. The study was performed through stable isotope analysis of bones of people in the southern Cape Coast, which links Cape Town, South Africa to Tsitsikamma, South Africa, to depict the diet of the Khoekhoen. Results proved that the Khoekhoen consumed beef and drank milk from cattle, which had become an essential commodity of the ethnic group.

The article offers advice for drawing realistic arms. The author describes the cylindrical form, bone structure, and musculature of the arm. The author offers advice on depicting the proportion of the arm and gestures made by the arm and avoiding common mistakes such as depicting curves too evenly and not depicting shadow accurately. The author presents and analyzes drawings of arms including "Study for St. Lawrence," by Michelangelo Buonarotti.

The article discusses the concepts of size and proportion as they relate to horses. It cites the biomechanical principles that relate size and weight to the bearing strength of a horse's limb. In addition, it explains how size affect the chances of a horse for ongoing soundness and athletic performance. The role of bone substance, structure and density in a horse's size and the differences in the movement of heavy and light horses are also described.

This article presents a snap of a sleeping dog and asks the readers to write on a piece of paper a description of this dog's dream. The clue is that when you see a sleeping dog's eyes or feet twitch, the pooch may be dreaming of a big, tasty bone.

The special extract of CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA (CR) BNO 1055 was shown to have bone protective effects without exerting estrogenic effects in the uterus or mammary gland. Whether the effects of CR BNO 1055 would be exerted in other organs that also express estrogen receptors (ERs) but in which the effects of estrogens and of the selective estrogen receptor modulator raloxifen (Ral) were not thoroughly studied was therefore investigated in the present contribution. Rats were ovariectomized (ovx) and their food immediately substituted with estradiol benzoate (EB), Ral or 2 doses of CR BNO 1055 for 3 months. Expressions of estrogen receptor alpha (ER?), estrogen receptor beta (ER?) and of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) genes were determined in the vagina, liver, thyroid gland, lung, spleen, colon and kidney by means of quantitative RT-PCRs. Body weights in all treatment groups were significantly reduced and uterine weights in the EB treated animals were largely and in the Ral treated animals slightly but significantly increased. CR BNO 1055 was without effects in the uterus. We tested 3 genes: ER? gene expression was significantly reduced in the vagina, liver and kidney and remained unaffected in all other organs with the exception of the thyroid gland where ER? gene expression was stimulated by EB, Ral had - if any - similar effects in these organs. The CR extract BNO 1055 was devoid of any effect on ER? gene expression. ER? gene expression was suppressed in the vagina and colon by EB and this effect was shared by Ral in the colon. In the thyroid, EB and Ral stimulated ER? gene expression. Expression of IGF-1 gene was stimulated by EB and CR BNO 1055 in the vagina and kidney and inhibited by EB and Ral in the liver. No effects were observed by CR BNO 1055 in these organs. The effects of Ral, if occurring, were similar to those of EB while CR BNO 1055 was ineffective in all organs but the vagina. In the colon, reduced ER? gene activity may augment ER? mediated effects. In all other organs the effects of ER await further investigation. The CR BNO 1055 did not show any activity pattern which would be similar to the pattern observed under EB or Ral. Therefore the observed effects of CR BNO 1055 in these organs are most likely not estrogenic in nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paleontologist Robert Bakker has seen lots of bones in his day. As one of the world's foremost dinosaur experts— he introduced the idea that the creatures were warm-blooded and later consulted on the film Jurassic Park— Bakker visits dino exhibits as often as many of us go to the grocery store. Traditionally, children's museums have made do with plaster knock-offs— until about four years ago, when Bakker was helping a fossil dealer find a home for a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named "Tinker."

Presents correspondence about evolution. Debate about the depictions of prehistoric animals dressed up to look human; How early humans needed a large brain to leave Africa; Consideration of the Dmanisi skulls; Others.

This article reports on a study conducted by ecologist Martin Wikelski of Princeton University, in which he found that the Galapagos marine iguanas he had been studying for nearly 20 years seemed to be changing size from one year to the next. At first he put the anomaly down to measurement error, but the results kept rolling in, some showing shrinkage of 20 per cent. Since the changes in body length are too large to be explained simply by weight loss, Wikelski is convinced that he has found the first evidence of shrinking in a healthy adult vertebrate. He also thinks that he knows why their size fluctuates so much. His work could eventually be useful to bone researchers at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and to those studying osteoporosis.

The article features painter Karen Nossaman. Nossaman grew up in Leadville where her fascination with bones and skulls started with dead animals around. She studied at the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver where she learned craftsmanship and developed professionalism. It was at the University of Colorado, Denver Center where she worked in sculpture and linear drawings. Studio "Z" was where she took an anatomy course that graphically showed the simplified human skeleton.

The article presents the discussion on the collection of bone records including the discarded x-rays and cutting grooves into them using homemade lathes.

Smokey Bones, a casual dining brand, has added a second virtual brand to its repertoire, in addition to its virtual Wing Experience, according to a spokeswoman for the brand. As a result, she told QSRweb that this means Smokey Bones is essentially adding 122 restaurants overnight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PAUL DEVEREUX digs up the latest archæologicaldiscoveries from around the world A MAMMOTH MYSTERY Mammoth-bone circles built in Russia around22,000 years ago, at the approach of the lastIce Age, are well known to archæologists andare usually interpreted, due to the evidencefound at them, as dwelling and refuge sitesconstructed against the increasingly harsh,frigid conditions. This area is rich in Palæolithicsites, and the recently discovered featureis the third mammoth-bone circle to befound there, at a site known as Kostenki11. "The DNA evidence basedon those bones completely upends thetraditional view", observed Barry Cunliffe, anemeritus professor of archæology at Oxford.So modern Irish people have older genomicorigins than any Celtic cultural influences,even if these have latterly been acquired. [Extracted from the article]