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Spanish like any other language is the product of its history and culture. Numbers are all around us and play a crucial role in our everyday lives; therefore, idioms with both cardinal and ordinal numerals which do not determine their meaning not only are commonly used in Mexican Spanish but also permeate everyday language making it efficient and economical on the one hand yet expressive and eloquent on the other. Most idiomatic expressions with numbers originated in Spain, came to be used by Latin American peoples and are still widespread in the region; others, on the contrary, are in use only in Mexico or other Latin American countries. The etymology of some colloquial phrases is clear, which makes them easy to understand, while others may be of unknown origin. Expressions with cardinal numerals appear to be more productive than those with ordinal numerals. In some cases, idioms with cardinal and ordinal numerals coincide in meaning since idiomatic expressions represent human actions and feelings; as a result, both types of phrases convey meanings related to emotions, opportunity and socio-economic circumstances.

The research discusses Japanese and Indonesian expressions of hospitality at hotels. It is necessary to know how to use Japanese and Indonesian expressions in hospitality, how to welcome guests in time of check-in check out in Japanese and Indonesian. The students can better understand their use when working in Japanese hotels. In addition, this research can provide knowledge to the students when participating in Japanese language professional certification competencies. The method used in this research is the descriptive qualitative method and the research aims to find a systematic, factual, and accurate pictures of the use of expressions in Japanese and Indonesian in the scope of hospitality at hotels; for welcoming hotel guests: Asisatsu no hyogen and Yobikake no hyogen, for serving guests check-in; Aisatsu no Hyogen, Irai no Hyogen, and Gimon no Hyogen and Aisatsu no Hyogen, for serving guests check-out. There is a slight difference between the expressions used in Japanese and Indonesian. In Japanese, they use Hantei Youkyuu no Hyougen to welcome guests to a hotel, but in Indonesian such expressions are not used. In Indonesian, the expression Hantei Youkyuu no Hyougen when serving guests to check-in is not used in Indonesian version.

Songs are an integral aspect of Zulu folklore, as they are performed in almost all ceremonies in Zulu culture. Every ceremony, or occasion in which people come together, such as a wedding ceremony, (coming of (age), mhlonyana (girls ceremony when they reach womanhood) or a funeral gathering, has particular songs associated with it. The aim of this paper was to explore the effectiveness of wedding songs as a means of communication and education in Zulu culture. The researchers first discussed the importance of music in African societies and secondly examined its role as a means of communication and education. The study adopted a qualitative approach located within the interpretivist paradigm. Ten songs were selected to illustrate how artists use songs to convey social messages. The songs were analysed using the critical discourse analysis approach. The researchers argued that the Zulu people compose songs to record a certain event or convey a social message. Thus, wedding songs do not only entertain people at a particular gathering or ceremony but communicate crucial messages that are educational at the same time. This article has revealed that most of the Zulu wedding songs contain repetitions that emphasise a certain word with an important social message. Therefore, the style and linguistic features of a song play a crucial role in emphasising the message embedded in it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background. The viral spike (S) protein and host ACE2 and TMPRSS2 genetic variations may act as a barrier to viral infections or determine susceptibility to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) infections. Objectives. We investigated the relationship between the expression patterns and polymorphisms of the ACE2 and TMPRSS2 receptor genes associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Materials and methods. We examined 147 COVID-19 patients (41 asymptomatic, 53 symptomatic and 53 cases treated in the intensive care unit (ICU)) and 33 healthy controls. The ACE2 and TMPRSS2 expression was determined using the One-Run RT-qPCR kit. Genotypic distributions of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 were obtained using reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Results. The expressions of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 were different between SARS-CoV-2-positive and -negative groups. The ACE2 rs714205GG genotype and G-allele showed significant differences in the asymptomatic SARSCoV-2-positive group. A significant correlation was found between the expression of TMPRSS2 rs8134378GA, rs2070788GA, rs7364083GA, and rs9974589AC genotypes and SARS-CoV-2 positivity. The rs1978124 Callele and rs8134378 A-allele expressions were significant in the symptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive group. The TMPRSS2 rs2070788GA expression was different in all patient groups compared to the control group. There was a difference between SARS-CoV-2-positive and -negative groups regarding the CTTA haplotype formed by ACE2 variants. The AGCAG and AGAAG haplotypes formed by the TMPRSS2 variants were more common in the asymptomatic patient group than in other patient groups. Conclusions. Identifying the relationship between host genetic variants and COVID-19 susceptibility will contribute to further studies, enabling new vaccines and potential therapeutic approaches to be discovered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emotional facial expressions are ubiquitous and potent social stimuli that can signal favorable and unfavorable conditions. Previous research demonstrates that emotional expressions influence preference judgments, basic approach-avoidance behaviors, and reward learning. We examined whether emotional expressions can influence decisions such as choices between gambles. Based on theories of affective cue processing, we predicted greater risk taking after positive than negative expressions. This hypothesis was tested in four experiments across tasks that varied in implementation of risks, payoffs, probabilities, and temporal decision requirements. Facial expressions were presented unobtrusively and were uninformative about the choice. In all experiments, the likelihood of a risky choice was greater after exposure to positive versus neutral or negative expressions. Similar effects on risky choice occurred after presentation of different negative expressions (e.g., anger, fear, sadness, and disgust), suggesting involvement of general positive and negative affect systems. These results suggest that incidental emotional cues exert a valence-specific influence of on decisions, which could shape risk-taking behavior in social situations.

Cet article traite des stéréotypes en lien avec les questions du genre en pays baoulé. Le corpus regroupe différents faits de langue, notamment, des concepts permettant de désigner et/ou de distinguer la gent masculine de la gent féminine. Ce sont, également, des expressions (idiomatiques, sentencieuses) en rapport avec la place que chaque genre occupe au sein de la cellule familiale. Nous l’avons inscrit dans une perspective de linguistique générale. Les raisons sont que nous convoquons différentes approches en fonction du domaine (phonologie, morphologie). Aussi, l’étude révèle-t-elle que l’homme et la femme ne jouissent pas du même statut dans la société. L’homme est l’instance dirigeante de la cellule familiale, et sur lui, pèsent de lourdes charges. Quant à la femme, elle a une dimension affective et protectrice. Sa posture la rend dépendante de l’homme et la réduit qu’à de simples tâches ménagères.

The Sundanese script is one of Indonesia's traditional scripts. The existence of Sundanese script is still being preserved by cultural activists and the Sundanese script literacy community, one of which is through calligraphy in Sundanese script. This article will analyze the calligraphy of Sundanese script by Edi Dolan posted on his social media. The Sundanese calligraphy that will be discussed is in the form of puppets, animals, and humans. The Sundanese calligraphy will be reviewed through an iconographic approach. Iconography has three levels in analyzing objects, namely (1) Pre-iconography, which is to describe the formal aspects of the object; (2) Iconography, which is to interpret images, stories, and metaphors; (3) Content analysis through revealing the intricacies of the object. The results of the research elaborate on the formal aspects found in Sundanese calligraphy objects, resulting in multidimensional interpretations built on images, stories, and other multidimensional object meanings, thus showing a complete correlation of all these aspects in expressing Sundanese identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Literature of any kind and genre can never avoid the essence of life. Literature represents numerous aspects and dimensions of life. Literature, culture and society are interlinked. Collectiveness is the soul of Society. This culture and it’s colours reflect in the writings of the writers. Naiyer Masud is renowned short story writer having immense inclination towards culture and it’s different shades. He had great inclination towards the culture of lucknow. Lucknow was the central city of state of Owaad. This article is an effort to bring forth the cultural and social background of Lucknow in the short of Naiyer Masud.

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Résumé : Cet article examine l’émotion intense de la douleur et la déchirure dans Le désenfantement publié en (2002) par l’écrivaine, psychiatre, psychanalyste et anthropologue marocaine Rita EL KHAYAT. En effet, la lecture de ce récit donne une conviction approfondie d’une écriture purement expressive une sorte d’émancipation, de libération, un soulagement profond d’une douleur affreuse et traumatisante qu’a connue l’écrivaine suite à la mort tragique de sa fille bien-aimée Aïni.C’est ici, que l’écrivaine s’investit corps et âme dans l’exercice de l’écriture, elle utilise son crayon comme une arme, un moyen de véhiculer cette émotion brute de perte, cette éruption violente du désenfantement, elle écrit comme elle parle et crie, transcrit sa souffrance, sa douleur, sa peur, son angoisse, et sa solitude. Elle est à la fois l’actrice, l’auteure, et même la musicienne de son histoire traumatique. Chaque ligne d’écriture est un fil tendu entre la vie et la mort, elle traîne, âme en peine. L’écriture permet de tendre vers le tout de son vivant. En ce sens, nous optons donc pour une étude analytique de l’audite écriture expressive et émotive adoptée par l’écrivaine que nous volons entamées par cette interrogation : Comment Rita El KHAYAT transcrit ses émotions et quelle est la modalité de leurs expressions. Corrélativement, nous essayons de montrer de façon claire et nette que l’écriture est un miroir qui nous fait voir au-delà des mots les états d’âmes de son auteur. Postulant ainsi que le fait de parler de ses émotions permet de se libérer de toutes les contraintes.

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Today, robots play an important role in the daily lives of people with disabilities and even ordinary people, so that in almost all areas of treatment and assistance, education and rehabilitation, games and entertainment, we see the presence of all kinds of social robots. Because working in the above areas requires a strong spirit and performing a specific action with constant quality many times, robots can take the place of humans well and do their job without fatigue and boredom and with a constant quality. However, one of the disadvantages that may exist in human-robot interactions is the lack of emotional mutual understanding, which means that usually the robot has no emotional understanding of human moods and sometimes this is the reason why the quality of interactions decreases. Perhaps, the perception of people's satisfaction can be considered as a major parameter in our interactions between humans and robots, meaning that creating a proper interaction always increases the level of satisfaction in humans and on the other hand, people express dissatisfaction. They can express their unwillingness to continue an interaction. Hence, this paper attemts to use a canonical neural network model to find people's level of acceptance when facing a predetermined scenario. Unlike numerous and valuable studies that use deep neural network to diagnose facial expressions and the raw image of the person as the input of the network, in this paper, the histogram vector of directional slopes of face as a characteristic vector describing the level of acceptance and a small neural network model is used as classifier. The obtained model, in addition to the high power of satisfaction, has the ability to generalize and recognize unlearnt negative emotions. Small size and low processing cost are two very important elements in the efficiency of separate systems, which are considered as two basic constraints in the model. Sometimes, other parameters are ignored to achieve these two important ones.

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Since Law n. 11.232/05, with the entry into the 1973 Code of Procedure of the sentence fulfillment stage, the doctrine has been divided into treating it, sometimes as part of the process that has been called syncretic, sometimes as part of its own execution proceedings, both under the guise of executive protection or civil enforcement, which would encompass the two forms already mentioned. The study will prove that this doubt remained in the Code of Civil Procedure of 2015, in a frustrating meeting of terms of one form of enforcement in the other, confusing the identity of each of them even after 15 years of the law establishing the dichotomy on Brazilian soil.

Emotional facial expressions are ubiquitous and potent social stimuli that can signal favorable and unfavorable conditions. Previous research demonstrates that emotional expressions influence preference judgments, basic approach-avoidance behaviors, and reward learning. We examined whether emotional expressions can influence decisions such as choices between gambles. Based on theories of affective cue processing, we predicted greater risk taking after positive than negative expressions. This hypothesis was tested in four experiments across tasks that varied in implementation of risks, payoffs, probabilities, and temporal decision requirements. Facial expressions were presented unobtrusively and were uninformative about the choice. In all experiments, the likelihood of a risky choice was greater after exposure to positive versus neutral or negative expressions. Similar effects on risky choice occurred after presentation of different negative expressions (e.g., anger, fear, sadness, and disgust), suggesting involvement of general positive and negative affect systems. These results suggest that incidental emotional cues exert a valence-specific influence of on decisions, which could shape risk-taking behavior in social situations.

Abstract Background Hypospadias, the most frequent congenital male external genitalia abnormality, is usually associated with curvature of the ventral penis, i.e. chordee. Abnormality of darto tissue has been suggested as the pathophysiology of chordees. Collagen is one of the most abundant fibrous proteins within the extracellular matrix. In this study, we determined the expression of collagen 1 (COL1A1) and COL6A1 in patients with hypospadias and associated them with the severity of penile curvature. Methods We included 60 children 60 degrees). Results qPCR showed that COL1A1 and COL6A1 expression was significantly downregulated in the distal (0.88 (0.38–2.53) and 0.54 (0.16–4.35), respectively) and proximal 0.76 (0.33–2.57) and 0.57 (0.18–1.38), respectively) hypospadias groups compared to controls (1.85 (0.24–4.61) and 0.93 (0.17–4.06), respectively) with p-values of 0.024 and 0.018, respectively. Furthermore, there was a moderate correlation between COL1A1 and COL6A1 expression (r = 0.458, p

Facial expressions are a vital way for humans to show their perceived emotions. It is convenient for detecting and recognizing expressions or micro-expressions by annotating a lot of data in deep learning. However, the study of video-based expressions or micro-expressions requires that coders have professional knowledge and be familiar with action unit (AU) coding, leading to considerable difficulties. This paper aims to alleviate this situation. We deconstruct facial muscle movements from the motor cortex and systematically sort out the relationship among facial muscles, AU, and emotion to make more people understand coding from the basic principles: We derived the relationship between AU and emotion based on a data-driven analysis of 5,000 images from the RAF-AU database, along with the experience of professional coders. We discussed the complex facial motor cortical network system that generates facial movement properties, detailing the facial nucleus and the motor system associated with facial expressions. The supporting physiological theory for AU labeling of emotions is obtained by adding facial muscle movements patterns. We present the detailed process of emotion labeling and the detection and recognition of AU. Based on the above research, the video's coding of spontaneous expressions and micro-expressions is concluded and prospected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Disorder in sex development (DSD) refers to a variety of diagnoses in which the development of chromosomal make-up, gonadal development, or anatomical development is abnormal. The most prevalent XY, DSD diagnosis is Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS), in which an individual has XY chromosomes but is phenotypically feminine. Objective: To analyze the clinical features, management along with findings of diagnostic procedures like Ultra sounds and genetic testing of XY female reporting at tertiary care infertility clinic of KSA. Study type, settings & duration: This retrospective study of 6 months duration was conducted on the basis of a five year data i.e. (2013-2018) of the female presented with amenorrhea at A Tertiary Care Infertility Clinic of KSA. Methodology: Data of 110 female fulfilling the inclusion criteria was retrieved from institutional data base on a predesigned questionnaire. Data was collected regarding patient's demographics characteristics, clinical presentation and management, along with findings of ultrasound and genetic testing. Results: Total 110 patients of primary amenorrhea reported to the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Medicine Department (REIMD) from 2013-2018. Among them 40 had uterine/cervical/vaginal abnormalities, 30 had Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser(MRKH)/Obstructed Hemi-vagina and Ipsilateral Renal Anomaly (OHIRA) syndrome, 35 had primary Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) and 5 patients with Disorder of Sex Development (DSD) XY females were identified. Median age of patients was 18 years (interquartile range (IQR) 15-22) with a median BMI of 25.6 (IQR 20.5, 37.2). In three (60%) patients there was complete androgen insensitivity, while two (40%) had partial androgen insensitivity. All of them presented with positive family history. Examination revealed blind ending vagina (80%), clitoromegaly (20%) with tall stature (100%). The genetic study carried out for four patients showed SRD5A2 gene mutation. Treatment was with hormonal replacement therapy after laparoscopic gonadectomy and cystoscopy with multidisciplinary team in four cases (80%). Conclusion: The diagnosis of XY females can be challenging, and awareness of this condition is needed, particularly as the mental health issues are increasing. There appears to be a clear association between number of family members affected and XY females. Though consistent management strategy was evident in our series, mental health issues were challenging. Moreover, genetic analysis results necessitate the need for Whole Genome Sequencing (WES) to find out the exact mutational variability in the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Facial expressions are a vital way for humans to show their perceived emotions. It is convenient for detecting and recognizing expressions or micro-expressions by annotating a lot of data in deep learning. However, the study of video-based expressions or micro-expressions requires that coders have professional knowledge and be familiar with action unit (AU) coding, leading to considerable difficulties. This paper aims to alleviate this situation. We deconstruct facial muscle movements from the motor cortex and systematically sort out the relationship among facial muscles, AU, and emotion to make more people understand coding from the basic principles: We derived the relationship between AU and emotion based on a data-driven analysis of 5,000 images from the RAF-AU database, along with the experience of professional coders.We discussed the complex facial motor cortical network system that generates facial movement properties, detailing the facial nucleus and the motor system associated with facial expressions.The supporting physiological theory for AU labeling of emotions is obtained by adding facial muscle movements patterns.We present the detailed process of emotion labeling and the detection and recognition of AU.Based on the above research, the video's coding of spontaneous expressions and micro-expressions is concluded and prospected.

The aim of this paper was to indicate the similarities and differences between the expressions with the component Tür/vrata (Eng. door) in German and Serbian. The corpus of this research consists of 25 expressions excerpted from the appropriate monolingual and bilingual dictionaries of both languages, where the source language is German and the target is Serbian. The corpus was first subjected to a contrastive analysis in order to determine the degree of equivalence between the two languages, with a distinction made between complete, zero and partial equivalence. The corpus was also subjected to a conceptual analysis, with the aim to establish whether the expressions were based on metaphor or metonymy and identify the differences in conceptualisation between the two languages. The results of the analysis showed that German and Serbian largely coincide when it comes to expressions with the mentioned component, and that metonymisation occurs more often in relation to metaphorisation. The expressions with the component Tür/vrata overlap to a considerable extent when it comes to conceptualisation. Doors usually represent obstacles or boundaries between interior and exterior space. In many examples, the key point is whether the door is open or closed. While the closed door implies the inaccessibility of what is in the closed space to all those who are in the external environment, the open door does the opposite. Based on that, we can conclude that phraseological semantics largely preserves the traces of symbolic and semantic values of this term. The differences in the conceptualization of the two languages are most noticeable in the examples where the contrastive observation identified a match only at the semantic level. The scientific methods used in this paper are the interlingual contrastive and conceptual analysis.

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The general objective of this text is to review violent humor through theories and functions of humor, first. Second, and specifically, to carry out a characterization of the types or forms and the expressions or modes, in their daily practice in general and especially in teaching-learning. This is done with the participation of young university students who express opinions and relate experiences, through a survey, focus groups and narratives. As the main result, it is possible to affirm the validity of violent humor and even its magnitude in our days, in life and in the educational space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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(Title: Aimai Hyougen as a reflection of Japanese implicit Communication) Japanese is known for its politeness in communication. There are many ways to express politeness in Japanese, having an implicit communication is one of them. This may cause some troubles to foreigners to understand Japanese communication. So, it is important to know the style of Japanese communication to avoid misunderstandings. The purpose of this study is to describe japanese implicit communication style. This study is done by searching some references from trusted sources so that the style of Japanese implicit communication can be concluded. The results of this study are there are some keywords in Japanese that usually contain implicit meaning such as chotto, saa, demo, muzukashi, ii desu. Those word represent Japanese communication style. Japanese who use those words are highly predicted that there are something that is hard to tell to the interlocutor. Beside those word, understanding Japanese culture especially communication culture is also important.

Facial expressions are an important communicative tool not for humans only, but also for other species. Indeed through them the intentions and the emotional state of an individual are communicated. Due to Pandemic crisis, social distancing and wearing masks had became necessary in order to protect our health. The cover-up of a part of our face, in particular that of our facial expressions, leads to a different way of communication which could change our way to handle the interpersonal relationships and facilitates, at the same time, social distancing.

Daily attendance marking is a common and important activity in schools and colleges for checking the performance of students. Manual Attendance maintaining is difficult to process, especially for a large group of students. Some automated systems developed to overcome these difficulties, have drawbacks like cost, fake attendance, accuracy, intrusiveness. To overcome these drawbacks, there is a need for a smart and automated attendance system. Traditional face recognition systems employ methods to identify a face from the given input but the results are not usually accurate and precise as desired. The system described in this we aim to deviate from such traditional systems and introduce a new approach to identify a student using a face recognition system, the generation of a facial Model. This describes the working of the face recognition system that will be deployed as an Automated Attendance System in a classroom environment. The proposed smart classroom system was tested for a classroom with 20 students at K L University Andhra Pradesh, Vijayawada, India and we got the experimental results to demonstrate the train and test accuracy of 97.67% and 96.66%, respectively. In this paper we selecting of the face recognition and detection giving result using Python language in PYCHARM tool. This requires high end specifications of a system in order to get better results. It won't run on all the small specification systems. So, this can run only a small database and compare them with the face required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ze-Long Liu,* Xi-Wen Bi,* Pan-Pan Liu,* De-Xin Lei, Yu Wang, Zhi-Ming Li, Wen-Qi Jiang, Yi Xia Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: E2F transcription factors (E2Fs) are a family of transcription factors involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Their important roles in the development and metastasis of breast carcinoma (BC) have been discovered by previous in vitro and in vivo studies. Yet, expressions and distinct prognostic values of these eight E2Fs in human BC remain unclear in many respects. In this study, we aimed to reveal their roles in BC through analyzing the transcription and survival data of the E2Fs in BC patients from four online databases including ONCOMINE, Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Miner v4.1, cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics, and Kaplan–Meier Plotter. We found the overexpression of E2Fs in BC tissues compared with normal breast tissues, except for E2F4. Higher expression levels of E2Fs, except for E2F4 and E2F6, were associated with higher levels of Scarff–Bloom–Richardson grade of BC. Alterations of E2Fs were found to be significantly correlated with poorer overall survival of BC patients. Through plotting the survival curve in the Kaplan–Meier Plotter, it was found that higher mRNA levels of E2F1, E2F3, E2F7, and E2F8 were associated with poorer relapse-free survival in all BC patients, indicating that they are potential targets for individualized treatments of BC patients. Conversely, higher mRNA expression level of E2F4 predicted better RFS in BC patients, suggesting E2F4 as a new biomarker for BC prognosis. Considering currently available limited evidence, further studies need to be performed to investigate the roles of E2Fs in BC. Keywords: E2Fs, breast carcinoma, expressions, prognostic values, Kaplan–Meier plot

The teaching of English-expressions has always been done through conversation samples in form of written texts, audio recordings, and videos. In the meantime, the development of computer-aided learning technology has made autonomous language learning possible. Game, as one of computer-aided learning technology products, can serve as a medium to provide educational contents like that of language teaching and learning. Visual Novel is considered as a conversational game that is suitable to be combined with English-expressions material. Unlike the other click-based interaction Visual Novel Games, the visual novel game in this research implements speech recognition as the interaction trigger. Hence, this paper aims at elaborating how visual novel games are utilized to deliver English-expressions with speech recognition command for the interaction. This research used Research and Development (R&D) method with Experimental design through control and experimental groups to measure its effectiveness in enhancing students’ English-expressions mastery. ANOVA was utilized to prove the significant differences between the control and experimental groups. It is expected that the result of this development and experiment can devote benefits to the English teaching and learning, especially on English-expressions.

Problems users are having searching for known works in current OPACs are summarized, and it is suggested that a better understanding of AACR2R/MARC 21 authority, bibliographic, and holdings records would allow us to FRBR-ize our current OPACs using existing records. The presence of work and expression identifiers in bibliographic and authority records is analyzed. Recommendations are made concerning better indexing and display of works and expression/manifestations. Questions are raised about the appropriateness for the creation of true catalogs of client-server technology which delivers records over the Internet.

In the present study, the effect of manganese (Mn) on antioxidant status and the expression of the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene in cultured primary myocardial cells collected from the chick embryos was investigated. The hypothesis that Mn supplementation would enhance the expression of MnSOD in cultured primary myocardial cells of chick embryos was tested. Eggs collected from Mn-depleted Arbor Acres laying breeder hens were incubated for 10 days and then myocardial cells were isolated and cultivated for 8 days. The embryonic myocardial cells on day 6 were treated with Mn in the cell culture medium at different time points when the proportion of cells showing spontaneous contraction was over 95% after the 3-day primary culture. A completely randomized design involving a 3 Mn levels (0, 0.5 and 1.0 mmol L−1)×3 incubation time points (12, 24 and 48 h) factorial arrangement of treatments (n=6) was used in the current experiment. The results showed that MnSOD activity and mRNA expression level were induced by Mn and increased with incubation time, which supported the hypothesis that Mn would enhance the expression of the MnSOD gene, and thus might protect myocardial cells from oxidative stress during the chick embryonic development.

The language of chemistry consists of symbols, words and expressions. The symbols of the chemical elements are the most common ones in practically any text in chemistry – the words denote chemical entities and chemical properties while the expressions are used to explain the meaning of the characteristic words. The chemical symbols are internationally agreed and are written in the same way in any language and independent of the script (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic or any other). Among the words characteristic for chemistry, the most important are those denoting the basic units of matter (e.g. atoms, molecules etc.), the general or specific forms of matter and, of course and the chemical names of substances. The characteristic expressions, as already pointed out, are needed to give the meaning of words, either characteristic for chemistry (such as chemical names) or more general. Although the language of chemistry tends to be universal in character, local terms are used and it is the aim of this communication to point out to problems (local, regional or wider) in this field and, when possible, to suggest the way to improve the present situation.

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The current paper is the result of the research project called “Discriminatory and Anti-Discriminatory Languages in Discursive Narratives in Children”. The purpose was to analyze discriminatory and anti-discriminatory language expressed in the discursive narratives of children after reading children’s stories that alluded to sexual, ethnic and gender diversity. This research was based on a qualitative paradigm with a hermeneutical approach, which allowed us to establish as a main conclusion that these languages are expressed so as to modify, qualify, approve and disapprove. This shows the children’s way of thinking through stereotypes, prejudices, imaginaries and social representations which reflect upon the ways children accept or reject the intrinsic differences of every human being.

The frequency of occurrence of moving image versions (i.e., expressions), here called manifestations, the types of differences that can occur from one moving image manifestation (i.e., expression) to another, and the kinds of visible indicators, accessible to catalogers, that are associated with these differences were measured. It was found that continuity, i.e., intellectual and artistic content, varies frequently, 39% of the time; an additional 7% of works had added subsidiary matter, and an additional 12% of works have differences in language and sound track. In other words, a total of 58% of the works sampled had at least one instance of difference in intellectual and artistic content between two items. Only 8% of the works in the sample were mentioned as having manifestations (i.e., expressions) in standard reference sources such as Maltin. Visible indicators and physical format of films are very unreliable indicators of actual difference in intellectual and artistic content; 48% of the time, visible indicators vary with no underlying difference in continuity; 23% of the time, continuity varies with no difference in visible indicators. Length differences of three minutes or more are the most reliable indicators of actual difference in intellectual and artistic content. Of the titles with difference in continuity, 72% of these manifestations (i.e., expressions) were detectable by means of length difference. This corresponds to previous findings for books, which indicate paging is the most reliable indicator of true differences in manifestation (i.e., expression).

Differences between manifestations (i.e., FRBR expressions) and near-equivalents (i.e., FRBR manifestations) that might be considered significant by catalog users are examined. Anglo-American cataloging practice concerning when to make a new record is examined. Definitions for manifestation (i.e., expression), title manifestation, and near-equivalent (i.e., FRBR manifestation) are proposed. It is suggested that current practice leads to making too many separate records for near-equivalents. It is recommended that practice be changed so that near-equivalents are more often cataloged on the same record. Next, differences between manifestations (i.e., expressions) and near-equivalents (i.e., FRBR manifestations) of moving-image works are examined, and their significance to users of moving-image works is assessed. It is suggested that true manifestations (i.e., expressions) result when the continuity, i.e., visual aspect of the work, or the soundtrack, i.e., audio aspet of the work, or the textual aspect of the work actually differ, whether due to editing, the appending of new material, or the work of subsidiary authors creating subtitles, new music tracks, etc. Title manifestations can occur when the title or billing order differs without there being any underlying difference in continuity. Distribution information can differ without there being any underlying difference in continuity, creating a near-equivalent (i.e., FRBR manifestation). Finally, physical variants or near-equivalents (i.e., FRBR manifestations) can occur when physical format differs without the involvement of subsidiary authors.

Introduction: Schizophrenia is a grave mental illness, that hampers a person’s ability to think clearly, manage emotions, make decisions and relate to others. Counsellors are the primary care giver of the patients in the setting where the study was conducted. Therefore, a need was felt to study their experiences while caring for the patients. Aim: To explore psychiatric counsellor’s experiences of caring for inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Materials and Methods: The setting was a Psychiatric Nursing home in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Psychiatric counsellors were recruited. Semi structured interviews were conducted. The data included demographic profile of the counsellors and structured interview questionnaire. To participate in this study, individuals had to be the psychiatric counsellor. Interpretative phenomenological design was used for the present study to understand the experiences of psychiatric counsellors caring for the schizophrenic patients for more than one year. Results: Two main categories developed: challenging and collaborative relationship between counsellor and patient, promoting well-being through counselling and support. The primary meaning of the main categories was interpreted and formulated as a hidden theme; promoting person-centered counselling support to patients suffering from schizophrenia. Conclusion: The study highlighted that psychiatric counsellors use different methods and strategies when promoting the wellbeing of schizophrenic patients.

A Reading in the Manuscript "Ma yataalako bi la siy’ama min ahkam" of Ahmed Al-Saja’ This research deals with the study of the "Ma yataalako bi la siy’ama min ahkam", which is among the writings of Ahmed bin Ahmed Al-Sjai Al-Badrawi in grammar, and one of the reasons for doing this study is the importance of the manuscript version on the one hand, and the fact that the letter has touched on In the descriptive and analytical approach, Al-Sajai cited a number of grammatical provisions that are specific to the expression and construction, as well as the various aspects of the grammatical opinions. The author also highlighted in his manuscript his Scientific personality, questions and answer them, and to guide some of the opinions of the grammarians, and the objection to Some of the other, and the likelihood of what strong evidence for him, as he mentioned the conditions of the following '' La siy’ama '' in terms of expression, construction and other provisions, discreet manner free of complexity and fillers. in the end, the researcher concluded to a number of conclusions and recommendations.

E2F transcription factors (E2Fs) are a family of transcription factors involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Their important roles in the development and metastasis of breast carcinoma (BC) have been discovered by previous in vitro and in vivo studies. Yet, expressions and distinct prognostic values of these eight E2Fs in human BC remain unclear in many respects. In this study, we aimed to reveal their roles in BC through analyzing the transcription and survival data of the E2Fs in BC patients from four online databases including ONCOMINE, Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Miner v4.1, cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics, and Kaplan–Meier Plotter. We found the overexpression of E2Fs in BC tissues compared with normal breast tissues, except for E2F4. Higher expression levels of E2Fs, except for E2F4 and E2F6, were associated with higher levels of Scarff–Bloom–Richardson grade of BC. Alterations of E2Fs were found to be significantly correlated with poorer overall survival of BC patients. Through plotting the survival curve in the Kaplan–Meier Plotter, it was found that higher mRNA levels of E2F1, E2F3, E2F7, and E2F8 were associated with poorer relapse-free survival in all BC patients, indicating that they are potential targets for individualized treatments of BC patients. Conversely, higher mRNA expression level of E2F4 predicted better RFS in BC patients, suggesting E2F4 as a new biomarker for BC prognosis. Considering currently available limited evidence, further studies need to be performed to investigate the roles of E2Fs in BC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the last few years, automatic facial micro-expression analysis has garnered increasing attention from experts across different disciplines because of its potential applications in various fields such as clinical diagnosis, forensic investigation and security systems. Advances in computer algorithms and video acquisition technology have rendered machine analysis of facial micro-expressions possible today, in contrast to decades ago when it was primarily the domain of psychiatrists where analysis was largely manual. Indeed, although the study of facial micro-expressions is a well-established field in psychology, it is still relatively new from the computational perspective with many interesting problems. In this survey, we present a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art databases and methods for micro-expressions spotting and recognition. Individual stages involved in the automation of these tasks are also described and reviewed at length. In addition, we also deliberate on the challenges and future directions in this growing field of automatic facial micro-expression analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paulo Coelho, one of the most popular Brazilian writers of recent times, is best known for his practice of writing about life lessons in the light of spiritual and mystical realms. His writings are usually optimistic and full of references to miracles and positive endings. He is not only a wonderful writer but a gifted and a brave person who has an amazing ability to write about feelings that one is even afraid to mention. As he aware of many common human experiences, he writes his novels with strong universal themes such as the importance of love, the need for adventure, the joy of fighting for one's dream, etc. He uses his characters as his mouthpiece to answers some of the life's basic questions and his readers are able to see themselves reflected in the eyes of his characters. He considers the experiences and the knowledge he gained through experiences are the real treasure. His novels are based on many of his own experiences. He gets inspiration from his life experiences, people he knew and the places he visited. Hence, this paper aims at exploring the extraordinary life experiences of Coelho and how it's expressed in the Selected Novels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]