In this paper we give a new approach to the concepts of glyph and character, applied to the study of the Unicode encoding. After a thorough discussion of these two concepts, we describe the other fundamental ingredients of the encoding: privileged glyphs, character descriptions, combining characters, and properties. In each case we try to show the importance of the given notion and at the same ...

We are living in a golden era of improvements to human health. Our average life expectancy globally has increased from 47 years in the 1950s to 69 years in 2010; maternal death rates, under-5 mortality, and poverty rates have plummeted. However, this has come at a great cost, one we are only beginning to appreciate. The price for these improvements has been the destruction of Earth’s life-suppo...

objective: diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic disorders which have several oral complications such as hypofunction of salivary glands. the aim of present study was to compare the unstimulated whole saliva (uws) flow rate in diabetic type ii patients and healthy peoples who admitted in yazd diabetic center. materials and methods: in this analytic-observational study, 78 patien...

Adolescence is marked by the emergence of human sexuality, sexual identity, and the initiation of intimate relations; within this context, abstinence from sexual intercourse can be a healthy choice. However, programs that promote abstinence-only-until-marriage (AOUM) or sexual risk avoidance are scientifically and ethically problematic and-as such-have been widely rejected by medical and public...

BACKGROUND The Healthy Carolinians community microgrants project provided microgrants to community-based organizations (CBOs) across North Carolina. These grants were made to serve as a catalyst to engage the CBOs in health promotion activities that addressed Healthy People 2010 objectives. The purpose of this initiative was to increase the awareness of Healthy People 2010 objectives, mobilize ...

Losses from the proton and antiproton beams of the Fermilab Tevatron have been shown to produce a halo which contribute to backgrounds to physics signals in the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). To provide a measure of the beam halo and losses, we have installed arrays of scintillation counters on both sides of the CDF detector. We describe here the physical configuration of these counters, ...