Behaviors that pose threats to safety and health, including binge drinking and unprotected sex, increase during a week-long break from university. Understandings with peers regarding these behaviors may be important for predicting behavior and related harms. College students (N = 651; 48% men) reported having understandings with their friends regarding alcohol use (59%) and sexual behavior (45%...

This article examines the relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty in the Turkish economy in this period 2004:01-2014:12. This relationship is explored in two ways: a) with the effect of structural breaks; b) without the effect of structural breaks. In fact, with regard to the main structural break have occurred over this period, we examine whether structural break has affected ...

This paper reports a case of spontaneous Descemet's Membrane (DM ) detachment 20-years after penetrating keratoplasty (PK). The patient presented with acute onset blurred vision in the right eye associated with mild ocular discomfort. There was no prior history of trauma. The patient had undergone PK in the right eye 20 years back. Detailed ophthalmic examination showed best corrected visual ac...

Some marine bacterial species form mucosal layers, called veils, on sulfidic marine sediment. The bacteria attached to this veil actively swim and exert force on the surrounding fluid. The bacteria can break free of the veil and swim, chemotacting back to the veil. Over time the veil forms holes arranged in a hexagonal pattern. Motivated by this system, we present a simplified model to describe...

Inside Back Cover In article number 2200232, Jaklenec, and co-workers break the mold. Direct fabrication of shape-specific, discrete, 3D microstructures is reported from any thermoplastic polymers irrespective their chemical structures or molecular weights using a newly designed, highly non-wetting template. This exceptional surface property emanates preferential orientation pendant, fluorinate...

Santa likes to run a lean and efficient toy-making operation. He also likes to keep up with the latest math developments. So naturally, when Santa was building a new factory a few years back, he designed an interesting factory and method for assigning workers to toys that was based on a recent article he read in the Monthly ??. Here were some of Santa’s constraints. As it turns out, each toy re...

Central composite rotatable of response surface methodology experimental design was used to determine effect of mash quantity and roasting duration on physical, pasting and sensory properties of gari. Five levels of quantity (317, 400, 600, 800 and 882.2 g) and roasting time (37.1, 35, 40, 45 and 47.1 min) were used at a fixed roasting temperature (95oC). The responses were moisture, pH, bulk d...

DSR algorithm is applied to selects best path for communication between two nodes in a highly dynamic environment. As highly dynamic environment changes frequently, the probability of breakage of established path is high in such environment. Every time when established path breaks, a new route has to be discovered for communication between the nodes. In order to avoid path discovery every time,...