Abstract Background Tzu Chi University in Taiwan offers a unique mentoring program. This program differs from others as it comprises triple mentorship, namely, faculty mentors, Cheng/Yi De (TC/YD; senior volunteers), and school counselors. study aimed to survey the role functions of mentors perspective medical students. Methods The Role Functions Mentoring Program Scale (RFMPS) was developed on...

Abstract The timing of Laurentide Ice Sheet deglaciation along its southwestern margin controlled the evolution large glacial lakes and has implications for human migration into Americas. Accurate reconstruction ice sheet's retreat also constrains isostatic adjustment models is important understanding ice-sheet sensitivity to climate forcing. Despite significance, (SWLIS) poorly constrained by ...

T he cause of past climate change has been the focus of many studies in recent years. Various explanations have been advanced to explain the record of Quaternary climate change identified in sediments on continents, in oceans, and in the ice caps of Greenland and Antarctica. Important in this is the scale of change—both temporal and spatial—and our best records, especially in terms of chronolog...

A carbon-rich black layer, dating to approximately 12.9 ka, has been previously identified at approximately 50 Clovis-age sites across North America and appears contemporaneous with the abrupt onset of Younger Dryas (YD) cooling. The in situ bones of extinct Pleistocene megafauna, along with Clovis tool assemblages, occur below this black layer but not within or above it. Causes for the extinct...

α-mangostin is a dietary xanthone which has been shown to have antioxidant, anti-allergic, antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects in various types of human cancer cells. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms responsible for the apoptosis-inducing effects of α-mangostin on YD-15 tongue mucoepidermoid carcinoma cells. The results from MTT...

Graphical Markov models are multivariate statistical models which are currently under vigorous development and which combine two simple but most powerful notions, generating processes in single and joint response variables and conditional independences captured by graphs. The development of graphical Markov started with work by Wermuth (1976, 1980) and Darroch, Lauritzen and Speed (1980) which ...

Climatic warming from the last glacial maximum to current interglacial period was punctuated by a ?1300 years long cold period, commonly referred as Younger Dryas (YD). Several hypotheses have been proposed for mechanism triggering abrupt inception of YD, including freshwater forcing, an extra-terrestrial impact, and aerosols volcanic eruptions. Here, we use synchronised sulphate sulphur record...

The cost effectiveness of using exogenous phosphorus to remediate heavy metals in soil, which would alter the structure soil microbial community, had been widely acknowledged. In present study, phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) technology was taken as breakthrough point, and rhizosphere microorganisms different growth stages (jointing stage maturity stage) Minghui 86 (MH) Yangdao No.6 (YD) rice we...

The purpose of this study was to (a) develop a functional field test to assess the role of the core musculature and its impact on sport performance in an athletic population and (b) develop a functional field test to determine how well the core can transfer forces from the lower to the upper extremities. Twenty-five DI collegiate football players performed medicine ball throws (forward, reverse...