Gender Inequality in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”

The difference between male and female is very real and strongly rooted in human nature and physiology. In the olden days, people were not treated equally on the basis of their gender which was considered a social issue. Some differences in genetics, psychology, or social culture may cause this treatment. Even in the current politics when we come across the globe lead, women are the one who suffers loss when we compare to men. Gender inequality leads a major role in women including education, life, expectancy, personality, interest, family, occupation, and health. In many areas, they have shown that gender perceives things differently like education and political allegiance. Different cultures have different ways of dealing with gender inequality, which also has an impact on non-binary people

What Does the Snake Eat? Breadth, Overlap, and Non-Native Prey in the Diet of Three Sympatric Natricine Snakes

We investigated diet breadth and diet overlap in three sympatric snakes of similar body size: Dekay’s Brownsnakes (Storeria dekayi), Red-bellied Snakes (S. occipitomaculata), and sub-adult Common Gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis), by examining recently consumed prey (n = 388) collected from wild-caught snakes (n = 263) in northern Illinois. Storeria occipitomaculata were dietary specialists, feeding nearly exclusively on slugs. Storeria dekayi fed predominately on slugs but also consumed snails and earthworms. Sub-adult T. sirtalis fed predominately on earthworms but also consumed frogs and small mammals. Diet overlap was extensive between Storeria species but relatively low between Storeria and Thamnophis. It is noteworthy that the two most abundant prey types, slugs and earthworms, are non-native. These non-native prey occur in high numbers, which may ameliorate competitive interactions and influence grassland snake abundance and persistence regionally

Local Entropy Characterization of Correlated Random Microstructures

A rigorous connection is established between the local porosity entropy introduced by Boger et al. (Physica A 187, 55 (1992)) and the configurational entropy of Andraud et al. (Physica A 207, 208 (1994)). These entropies were introduced as morphological descriptors derived from local volume fluctuations in arbitrary correlated microstructures occuring in porous media, composites or other heterogeneous systems. It is found that the entropy lengths at which the entropies assume an extremum become identical for high enough resolution of the underlying configurations. Several examples of porous and heterogeneous media are given which demonstrate the usefulness and importance of this morphological local entropy concept.Comment: 15 pages. please contact [email protected] and have a look at http://www.ica1.uni-stuttgart.de/ . To appear in Physica

Local Percolation Probabilities for a Natural Sandstone

Local percolation probabilities are used to characterize the connectivity in porous and heterogeneous media. Together with local porosity distributions they allow to predict transport properties \cite{hil91d}. While local porosity distributions are readily obtained, measurements of the local percolation probabilities are more difficult and have not been attempted previously. First measurements of three dimensional local porosity distributions and percolation probabilities from a pore space reconstruction for a natural sandstone show that theoretical expectations and experimental results are consistent.Comment: 9 pages, see also http://www.ica1.uni-stuttgart.de , Physica

Efektivitas Verifikasi Faktual Partai Politik Peserta Pemilu Tahun 2024 Di Kota Tomohon (Studi Di Komisi Pemilihan Umum Kota Tomohon)

Tujuan dalam penelitian ini adalah Untuk mengetahui Efektivitas Verifikasi Faktual Partai Politik Peserta Pemilihan Umum tahun 2024 di Kota Tomohon yang dilaksanakan oleh Komisi Pemilihan Umum Daerah Kota Tomohon. Dalam suatu pemilu yang melibatkan berbagai pihak seperti partai politik (parpol), Komisi Pemilihan umum (KPU) dibantu oleh Sekretariat Jenderal beserta KPU Provinsi dan KPU Kabupaten, dan masyarakat umum ini, menimbulkan berbagai masalah yang muncul terutama dalam persiapan yang akan dihadapi untuk pemilu kedepan yang terkait dengan verifikasi Daftar Calon Sementara dari beberapa peserta Parpol yang terlibat. Proses verifikasi partai politik peserta pemilu yang dilaksanakan tahun 2022 merupakan aturan untuk melihat apakah sebuah partai politik layak sesuai ketentuan perundangan untuk mengikuti pemilu pada tahun 2024 tak terkecualui di Kota Tomohon. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Penyelenggaraan Verifikasi Faktual partai politik peserta pemilihan umum tahun 2024 di Kota Tomohon berjalan dengan baik sesuai dengan rencana yang ditentukan, dukungan dari pemerintah, TNI, Polri dan Bawaslu sangat menunjang keberhasilann verifikasi partai politik peserta pemilu tahun 2024 di kota tomohon.   Kata Kunci: Efektivitas, Verifikasi, Partai Politik, Pemil

Antibody-Independent Control of γ-Herpesvirus Latency via B Cell Induction of Anti-Viral T Cell Responses

B cells can use antibody-dependent mechanisms to control latent viral infections. It is unknown whether this represents the sole function of B cells during chronic viral infection. We report here that hen egg lysozyme (HEL)-specific B cells can contribute to the control of murine γ-herpesvirus 68 (γHV68) latency without producing anti-viral antibody. HEL-specific B cells normalized defects in T cell numbers and proliferation observed in B cell−/− mice during the early phase of γHV68 latency. HEL-specific B cells also reversed defects in CD8 and CD4 T cell cytokine production observed in B cell−/− mice, generating CD8 and CD4 T cells necessary for control of latency. Furthermore, HEL-specific B cells were able to present virally encoded antigen to CD8 T cells. Therefore, B cells have antibody independent functions, including antigen presentation, that are important for control of γ-herpesvirus latency. Exploitation of this property of B cells may allow enhanced vaccine responses to chronic virus infection

Rescaling Relations between Two- and Three-dimensional Local Porosity Distributions for Natural and Artificial Porous Media

Local porosity distributions for a three-dimensional porous medium and local porosity distributions for a two-dimensional plane-section through the medium are generally different. However, for homogeneous and isotropic media having finite correlation-lengths, a good degree of correspondence between the two sets of local porosity distributions can be obtained by rescaling lengths, and the mapping associating corresponding distributions can be found from two-dimensional observations alone. The agreement between associated distributions is good as long as the linear extent of the measurement cells involved is somewhat larger than the correlation length, and it improves as the linear extent increases. A simple application of the central limit theorem shows that there must be a correspondence in the limit of very large measurement cells, because the distributions from both sets approach normal distributions. A normal distribution has two independent parameters: the mean and the variance. If the sample is large enough, LPDs from both sets will have the same mean. Therefore corresponding distributions are found by matching variances of two- and three-dimensional local porosity distributions. The variance can be independently determined from correlation functions. Equating variances leads to a scaling relation for lengths in this limit. Three particular systems are examined in order to show that this scaling behavior persists at smaller length-scales.Comment: 15 PostScript figures, LaTeX, To be published in Physica