Large conspicuous eyespots have evolved in multiple taxa and presumably function to thwart predator attacks. Traditionally, large eyespots were thought to discourage predator attacks because they mimicked eyes of the predators' own predators. However, this idea is controversial and the intimidating properties of eyespots have recently been suggested to simply be a consequence of their conspicuo...

It is well known that silver nanoparticles have been used for centuries as a yellow tint for glasses, which made the silver a revolutionary colorant used to paint the windows of the religious places. An ion exchange non-conventional process comely called medieval pigment without using molten salts has long been used as a method for coloring the glass. In the same subject, this work aims to stud...

OBJECTIVE this study aimed to evaluate the association of breakfast intake with cardiometabolic risk factors in a nationally-representative sample of Iranian pediatrics. METHODS the study participants considered of 5,625 school students aged 10-18 years, studied in the third survey of the national school-based surveillance system (CASPIAN-III). They were classified into three groups based on ...

INTRODUCTION Oral carcinoma accounts for 40-50 percent of all cancers in India. Tobacco chewing, smoking and alcohol consumption are the major risk factors associated with the high incidence of oral cancer in India. Our aim was to investigate the chemopreventive potential of curcumin and piperine during 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis. METHODS...

For centuries painters have predominantly painted portraits with the model’s left-cheek facing the viewer. This has been even more prevalent with females (:68%) than males (:56%). Numerous portraits painted by Rembrandt typify this unexplained phenomenon. In a preliminary experiment, subjects judged 24 emotional and social character traits in 20 portraits by Rembrandt. A factor analysis reveale...

The article is devoted to the analysis of semantics and features functioning textual bond "bolee togo" [moreover]. aim work was identify specifics this bond, taking into account its semantic in texts various functional styles genres. Moreover, following research methods have been applied comprehend bond: traditional descriptive method, including observation, generalization systematization lingu...