Uneven blastomere cleavage in human embryos of 'good morphology', i.e. those normally used for transfer, is a phenomenon which has been poorly investigated. The main objective in this study was to probe deeper into the aetiology behind previous findings that embryos with uneven cell cleavage have a lower developmental capacity in comparison with evenly cleaved embryos. Our hypothesis was that u...

T his paper investigates the effect of monetary policy on the distribution of economic activity and agglomeration economies within a country. The considered channel for this effectiveness is the availability of credit to firms in various regions and the effects on the labor and consumer welfare. For this purpose, data for manufacturing firms located in 30 different provinces in Iran ...

This paper proposes a novel algorithm for humanoid robots to walk on unknown uneven terrain by using the Modifiable Walking Pattern Generator (MWPG). The proposed algorithm runs with a finite state machine including ascending and descending states. If the landing time of a swinging leg on unknown uneven terrain is shorter than the assigned single support time, the state is switched to the ascen...

Here, we used an obstacle treadmill experiment to investigate the neuromuscular control of locomotion in uneven terrain. We measured in vivo function of two distal muscles of the guinea fowl, lateral gastrocnemius (LG) and digital flexor-IV (DF), during level running, and two uneven terrains, with 5 and 7 cm obstacles. Uneven terrain required one step onto an obstacle every four to five strides...

A shift from even-aged forest management to uneven-aged management practices leads to a problem rather different from the existing straightforward practice that follows a rotation cycle of artificial regeneration, thinning of inferior trees and a clearcut. A lack of realistic models and methods suggesting how to manage uneven-aged stands in a way that is economically viable and ecologically sus...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine whether the incidence of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) varies throughout the year. STUDY DESIGN This study is a retrospective case review. SETTING This study was conducted at a tertiary referral center within a teaching hospital. PATIENTS Inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of ISSHL confirmed by audiometric data. Exclu...

We show that there are infinitely many binary strings z, such that the sum of the on-line decision complexity of predicting the even bits of z given the previous uneven bits, and the decision complexity of predicting the uneven bits given the previous event bits, exceeds the Kolmogorov complexity of z by a linear term in the length of z.

T he textbook paradigm of economywide development rests on the premise of “balanced growth”: that is, on the presumption that all sectors will grow in unison over time as a country gets richer. This view has served us reasonably well in several circumstances, particularly those pertaining to macroeconomic models of long-term growth. An implicit view that growth is balanced across sectors, or so...