Polymers have been used since decades as carriers for chemotherapeutic drugs. Among the various controlled release polymer technologies PLGA [poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)] has the greatest clinical impact till date. Precisely engineered PLGA’s is the need of the hour (Figure 1). For the first time, Elizabeth Enlow and colleagues have come out with a new strategy of fabricating PLGA via th...

beekeeping as a technology package disseminated to target farmers in nigeria seems to suffer setbacks ranging from negative perception of farmers about the technology to technical contents of the package. this study therefore analyzes the technology attributes that influence non adoption of apiary technology packages in cross river state, nigeria. purposive and multistage random sampling techni...

Representation of till rheology in glaciological models of ice motion over deformable sediments has, until now, focused largely on two end-member cases: (1) linear, or mildly non-linear, viscous rheology and (2) (nearly) plastic rheology. Most laboratory and in situ experiments support the latter model. Hindmarsh (1997) and Fowler (2002, 2003) proposed that experimental results represent the be...

This study examined the use of intermediate groundcover sideral crops, such as perennial leguminous herbs, to conserve soil fertility though enriching with fresh organic matter, an effective and low-cost method. Studies show that direct sowing technology allows preservation all plant residues on surface, which ensures best accumulation snow in winter. Through numerous biodrenes from root system...

In this paper, we present our expressive body-gestures animation synthesis model for our Embodied Conversational Agent(ECA) technology. Our implementation builds upon a full body reach model using a hybrid kinematics solution. We describe the full pipeline of our model that starts from a symbolic description of behaviors, to the construction of a set of keyframes till the generation of the whol...

Med distans till distansen – hur kan vi tolka den så hastigt påtvingade omställningen under pandemin och vilka lärdomar tar med oss? I här utökade ledaren vill lyfta fram åtta publicerade bidrag som ingår i tidskriftens särskilda tema om högre utbildning coronapandemin. Vi ger också våra egna reflektioner kring påverkade Sverige utifrån roller pedagogiska utvecklare forskare. De hittills har pu...

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a key enzyme in termination of fast cholinergic transmission. In brain, acetylcholine (ACh) is produced by cholinergic neurons and released in extracellular space where it is cleaved by AChE anchored by protein PRiMA. Recently, we showed that the lack of AChE in brain of PRiMA knock-out (KO) mouse increased ACh levels 200-300 times. The PRiMA KO mice adapt nearly ...

Self-signaling models predict less selfish behavior in a probabilistic giving setting as individuals are expected to invest pro-social identity. However, there is also substantial evidence that people tend exploit situational excuses for choices (for instance, uncertainty) and behave more selfishly. We contrast these two motivations (identity management self-deception) experimentally order test...