S OF INVITED TALKS Expander Graphs, Strong Ergodicity, and Superstrong Approximation Alexander Gamburd CUNY Graduate Center Abstract. After introducing expander graphs and briefly discussing classical results and constructions, I will talk about recent developments pertaining to establishing expansion property for congruence quotients of thin groups –discrete subgroups of semi-simple groups whi...

Loperamide, an effective antidiarrheal agent, was investigated in attempts to determine the site of action which underlies the antiperistaltic and other antidiarrheal actions. In in vitro studies, this compound applied in a dose over 10-8 g/ml, inhibited the release of both acetylcholine and prostaglandins during circumferential distension of the intestinal wall, in a dose dependent manner. The...

Existing cross-cultural research often assumes that the independent versus interdependent self-construal process leads to different cultural behaviors, although few studies directly test this link. Extending from prior cross-cultural findings (Schimmack et al., 2002; Suh et al., 1998), two studies were conducted to explicitly test whether self-construal is linked with the differential use of em...