Contribution and role of a pyramid/square box on the wound healing suppressant effect of dexamethasone was studied in rats of either sex using excision wound model to record the wound contraction rate and epithelization period. The results showed enhanced wound contraction rate and decreased epithelization period in the pyramid-exposed rats as compared to controls. Thus, it appears that pyramid...

The USDA is now in the process of revising its pyramid. It is a golden opportunity to create a newer, healthier guide. The latest version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the document upon which the Pyramid is supposed to be based, represents a step forward in nutrition advice from the government. Whether or not the new Pyramid or some other shape embodies what we now know about healthy...

We present Power Mean Pyramid Scores (PMP), an evaluation metric that extends the Pyramid evaluation scheme for summarization by combining Sentence Content Units (SCU) scores using Power Mean. The Pyramid method generates a summarization score by linearly combining component SCU scores. We find that by combining SCU scores using Power Mean, we can optimize a single parameter, α, leading to sign...

t has been said that the Mediterranean regions have the most healthful dietary traditions in the world, especially when compared to other industrialized countries, like the United States. This statement is supported by epidemiological studies done in the region. In order to improve our own dietary habits it can be beneficial to look at other cultures' cuisine and incorporate some of their habit...

the water deficit is the most important limiting non-biological factor to achieve the potential yield of crops. to evaluate the effect of silicon application on yield of millet under drought stress in field an experimental was carried out. treatments were included three irrigation regimes after 60 (non-stress), 90 (moderate stress) and 120 (severe stress) mm evaporation from evaporation pan, cl...

Saqqara pyramid lies to the south west of Cairo near the epicenter of Cairo earthquake that took place on 12 October 1992. The Pyramid is severely damaged by the earthquake with epicenter at about 14 km away. As a result numerous efforts are exerted to restore the pyramid and to prevent it from total collapse. The current work is motivated by such efforts with focus on the potential of using th...

The scale invariant property of an ensemble of natural images is examined which motivates a new early visual representation termed the higher order pyramid. The representation is a non-linear generalization of the Laplacian pyramid and is tuned to the type of scale invariance exhibited by natural imagery as opposed to other scale invariant images such as 1/f correlated noise and the step edge. ...

This paper presents a new automated method for evaluating the content of a text summary. The proposed method is based on a combination of features encompassing scores of content and others of linguistic quality. This method relies on a learning technique called linear regression. The objective of this combination is to predict the PYRAMID score from the features used. In order to evaluate the p...

Coxeter decompositions of hyperbolic simplices where studied in math.MG/0212010 and math.MG/0210067. In this paper we use the methods of these works to classify Coxeter decompositions of bounded convex pyramids and triangular prisms in the hyperbolic space IH.