Structural transparent material systems are critical for many military and civilian applications. Transparent armor systems can consist of a wide variety of glass laminate assemblies with polymeric bonding interfaces and backing as well as the inclusion of polycrystalline ceramic (AlON, spinel) and single crystals (sapphire) as front facing materials. Over the last 20 years as the threats have ...

The legal concept of burden of proof is notoriously complex and ambiguous. Various kinds of burdens of proof have been distinguished, such as the burden of persuasion, burden of production and tactical burden of proof, and these notions have been described by different scholars in different ways. They have also been linked in various ways with notions like presumptions, standards of proof, and ...

FIG 2. Axial T2-weighted turbo spin-echo sequence (3900/120) at C7–T1 level showing increased signal in the paraspinal soft tissues close to the right exiting root. This finding was interpreted as cerebrospinal fluid leakage. FIG 3. Anatomic landmarks for measurement of vertical brain displacement on sagittal T1-weighted MR images (1, cerebellar tonsils; 2, fourth ventricle; 3, infundibular rec...

women's movement as Victorian women's mission to women in the home became extended to more public settings, particularly in local rather than national contexts. And this leads to a third theme: women's welfare activities, especially, but not only, before they gained parliamentary suffrage, were to be found mainly at the local level, often embedded in specifically female networks. Chapters on Oc...

this experiment were carried out to compare different short-term oestrous synchronization methods in farahani ewes to determine of the best method, so were used 123 ewes from a herd in delijan city in markazi province. after ensuring their health, ewes were divided  to five experimental groups randomizely. the oestrous cycles of the ewes were synchronized using these five methods: 1) use of cid...

Abstract Study question How does a multiple fresh blastocyst transfer policy impacts live birth rate (LBR) and rates (MLBR) in relation to maternal age ? Summary answer Fresh transferring of ≥ 2 blastocysts only increases LBR women above the 36 substantially risk multiples all categories. What is known already Multiple pregnancies after ART are recognized as major complication it significantly ...

A heuristic search procedure for inventing legal arguments is built on two tools already widely in use in argumentation. Argumentation schemes are forms of argument representing premise-conclusion and inference structures of common types of arguments. Schemes especially useful in law represent defeasible arguments, like argument from expert opinion. Argument diagramming is a visualization tool ...

Dear Editor: Pergularia daemia Forsk (Asclepiadaceae) is a perennial twining herb commonly known as veliparuthi in Tamil. The plant has anthelmintic, laxative, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory activities [1] . The pharmacological properties of this plant come from bioactive phytochemicals such as alkaloids, triterpenes, saponins and flavonoids. Phytochemically, the plant has...

A ,neural ‘nM?tUJOrk is tro.in,ed by using CL set of ~Z’lJaib nble exn.m,ples to minimize the twining error sv.ch th,nt the network pnra,meters ,fit the eznmples well. However, it is desired to min.imize the generalization error to which no direct access is possible. There are discrepa,ncies between the training error an.d the gen,eralization error due to th,e statistical fluctuation of exnmple...

Monozygotic (MZ) twins have been used for decades in genetic-epidemiological studies to tease out the relative contributions of genes and the environment to a trait. Phenotypic discordance in MZ twins has traditionally been ascribed to non-shared environmental factors acting after birth, however recent data shows this explanation as being far too simple. We review here other reasons for discord...