Recent pre-clinical and clinical studies have revealed the C-reactive protein gene (CRP) is related to the degree of acute rise in plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. Moreover, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CRP gene could associate with increased risk of cancer, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, obstructive pulmonary disease,...

The term Logos (Λογος) was widely used in the Greco-Roman culture and in Judaism. It has many meanings such as word, speech, statement, discourse, refutation, ratio, account, explanation, reason. But the meanings which have philosophical and religious implications are basically two: as an inward thought or reason, an intuitive conception, and as an outward expression of thought in speech. In an...

Imaginary companions (ICs) are purported to bolster children’s coping and self-competence, but few studies address this claim. We expected having/not having ICs would distinguish children’s coping strategies and competence less than type of companion (i.e., personified object or invisible friend) or quality of child-IC relationship (i.e., egalitarian or hierarchical). We interviewed 72 3to 6-ye...

Annotation: the main problems of ontological knowledge management for Web are analyzed, e.g. the problem of integration of knowledge from different sources, knowledge acquisition and knowledge retrieval for specific task. Methods of automated generation of metadata described the semantics of informational resources and for personalized search on base of thesauri and ontologies of user subject d...

The paper is devoted to the problems of automatic computer facial animation. Based on the experience of Intel Facial Animation Library (IFAL) development, animation framework, methods, problems and perspectives are analyzed. IFAL is used as a part of “ synthetic video” pipeline, which contains tools for: personified 3D head model creation from video, automatic one-camera face tracking, offline ...

A diet habit, which is developed in childhood, lasts for a life time. In this sense, nutrition education and early exposure to healthy menus in childhood is important. Children these days have easy access to the internet. Thus, a web-based nutrition education program for children is an effective tool for nutrition education of children. This site provides the material of the nutrition education...

Qualitative Reasoning (QR) formalisms provide ontological primitives for capturing conceptual knowledge. Recently QR-based diagrammatic tools are being developed to support learners in creating concept maps as means to acquire such knowledge. However, QR formalisms are complex which hampers their usability. While other approaches address this by simplifying the formalism they use, we seek the s...

As personified in jokers, fools, and clowns, humour is an integral part of human history [44]. Humour can lighten what might otherwise be dull, tense, or tedious situations. Common definitions of humour emphasize "amusement" and "laughter," implying some form of benign diversion. But recent research suggests that jokes are not "events" that are funny or harmful as such. Rather, joking entails a...

Richard Buckminster Fuller, described by some as a visionary and others as a crackpot, and by himself as a "fairly low average man," will be the last speaker in the 1973-74 President's L e c t u r e Series. The renowned engineer, architect, and philosopher will discuss "Humans in the Universe" at 8pm Tuesday, March 19, in the Rice Memorial Center Grand Hall. He will be introduced by David A. Cr...