2. Development of New Spherical Grid: Yin-Yang Grid Since the finite difference method enables us to make highly optimized programs for massively parallel computers, we exploit the possibility of the finite difference method for simulations in spherical shell geometry with radius r (ri ≤ r ≤ ro), colatitude θ (0 ≤ θ ≤ π), and longitude φ (0 ≤ φ < 2π). Because there is no grid mesh that is ortho...

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Tai-Yin Chiu, Ruei-Yang Huang, Hui-Ju K. Chiang, Jie-Hong R. Jiang, and François Fages Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan EPI Lifeware, Inria Paris-Rocquencourt, France {b992020...

A new study shows that expression of Tsix, an antisense Xist gene, can be controlled by imprinting, and that high Tsix activity during X inactivation can protect the future active X chromosome from silencing by Xist. Tsix and Xist seem to have a yin and yang relationship, with opposite effects on X inactivation.

A numerical model for shallow-water equations has been built and tested on the Yin–Yang overset spherical grid. A high-order multimoment finite-volume method is used for the spatial discretization in which two kinds of so-called moments of the physical field [i.e., the volume integrated average (VIA) and the point value (PV)] are treated as the model variables and updated separately in time. In...

Here, 45 Chinese herbs that regulate blood circulation were analyzed for antioxidant activity using the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay. A recent publication by Ou et al. identified a close relationship between in vitro antioxidant activity and classification of Chinese herbs as yin or yang. The 45 Chinese herbs in this study could be assigned the traditional characteristics of ...

Chinese tonic herbs are generally classified into Yin and Yang categories based on their health-promoting action. Emerging evidence has suggested that in addition to up-regulating mitochondrial functional status, Yang tonic herbs also enhance cellular/mitochondrial antioxidant capacity, and may thus prevent age-related diseases and prolong the healthy part of lifespan (i.e. healthspan). The pro...

Background: Hypertension is a clinical condition that manifests target-organ damage (TOD) with symptoms. This study investigates the association between Zangfu patterns and symptomatic manifestations of TOD. Methods: Datasets with manifestations of Zangfu patterns (Liver-fire blazing upwards; Kidney-yin deficiency and Liver-yang rising; obstruction of phlegm and dampness of Heart/Liver/Gallblad...