To reconstruct the phylogenetic position of the extinct cave lion (Panthera leo spelaea), we sequenced 1 kb of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from two Pleistocene cave lion DNA samples (47 and 32 ky B.P.). Phylogenetic analysis shows that the ancient sequences form a clade that is most closely related to the extant lions from Africa and Asia; at the same time, cave lions appear to be highl...

There is a large body of research devoted to hunting lions in the Sahara Desert [2]. In none of these, however, is any concern given to feeding the lion once it is captured. In this note, we propose feeding Stan Wagon to the lion. Place an orange in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Cut it up into a finite number of pieces and rearrange the pieces to form the Sun. The gravity of the Sun will the...

In this paper a novel steganographic method has been proposed to improve the security of embedded data with high capacity and imperceptible visual quality, the proposed method is based on four-pixel block differencing, modified LSB substitution and Knights tour. Secret data is embedded randomly using knights tour in each 8×8 pixels block of cover image and n-bit modified LSB substitution has be...

Bas-reliefs of scenes from the epics Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata are extremely common in temples all over India, but depictions a Sanskrit drama (mahānāṭaka) places worship virtually unheard of. A few bas-reliefs at Lokeśvara Temple Trailokyeśvara Paṭṭadakal depict centring around female figure, who is arguably Śakuntalā. The story Śakuntalā first mentioned was subsequently dramatised by Kālidāsa ...

in order to study the anatomy and histology of the testis and epididymis of caspian miniature horse, five adult stallions were used. routine anatomical and histological methods were used. anatomical study indicated that there were no differences between the testis and epididymis of the caspian miniature horse with the ordinary horse, except with the smaller sizes. the epididymis is attached to ...

Precocious Puberty in a 2-year-old boy  A 2-year-old boy with precocious isosexual matura- (3) Lion is reported.  The pubertal values of serum LH, FSH and Testoste- (4) on and lack of any other pathologic finding were in favour of diagnosis of idiopathic sexual precocity.  The L.R.F. response test was of the adult pattern. The serum LH, FSH and Testosterone decreased following (5) treatment ...