Among the seven (not counting /er/) single vowels in standard Chinese [i, y z , , u, ɤ where z , ] stand for the high vowels following dentialveolars and retroflexes), previous studies have analyzed the surface forms of er-suffixed /u, ɤ, a/ as the original vowel followed by either [ɹ] (Chao, 1968; Cheng, 1973; Pulleyblank, 1984; Lin, 1989; among others) or [ʅ] (i.e. [ ], Li, 1986), while the e...

<span>This paper gives precise summary on the application of stepwise regression model based upon pre-process analysis boxplot for four chemical compounds into different qualities agarwood oil. In global market, oil is acknowledged as a pricey and valuable nature product owing to its benefits. Unfortunately, there no standard grading method grade classification. Intelligent in quality cru...

Under certain circumstances, transposable elements (TE) can create or reverse mutations and alter the genome size of a cell. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is promising for plant transposon tagging due to its small genome size and its low content of repetitive DNA. We developed a marker system based on targeted region amplification polymorphisms (TE-TRAP) that uses the terminal inverted repeats (...

(1) Background: Marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and ɤ-linolenic acid (GLA) are well-known anti-inflammatory agents that may help in the treatment of inflammatory disorders. Their effects were examined in patients with rheumatoid arthritis; (2) Methods: Sixty patients with active rheumatoid arthritis were involved in a prospective, randomized trial of a 12 week supplementation with...

This paper proposes a revised system of Old Chinese back vowels: *ɤ (之), *u (宵), *o (幽), *ɔ (侯) and *a (魚), which is purely monophthongal and may account for more related phenomena. There are such kinds of mixed rhymes in the Shijing: 之 and 幽, 宵 and 幽, 幽 and 侯. It is due to the sound similarity between the rhyme groups of each pair. The back vowels of Old Chinese widely experienced a raising-di...

Xiang (hsn) remains a poorly understood grouping within Sinitic, with no satisfactory conclusions on how to demarcate its boundaries or define subgroupings. One general observation is that there rough typological split between the Northeast and Southwest related contact from northern- southern-type Sinitic varieties, respectively, which can be supported phonological, lexical, syntactic evidence...