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Financial Fitness: Selecting a Credit Card
Consumers who want to save interest charges on large loans, such as a home mortgage or auto loan, usually comparison shop for the best deal. Comparison shopping for a credit card is also an excellent practice because terms and conditions of the account can make a difference in how much consumers pay for the privilege of borrowing. Consumers are often amazed at some of the hidden costs of some credit cards. With information in this fact sheet, Utahns can compare credit card terms they have already accepted with offers received in the mail and or over the telephone. The goal is to assist consumers in finding credit cards with terms best suited for their spending and repayment habits
Scientometric Analysis and Density-Equalizing Mapping
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by the increase of the mean
pulmonary arterial pressure in the lung circulation. Despite the large number
of experimental and clinical studies conducted on pulmonary hypertension,
there is no comprehensive work that analyzed the global research activity on
PH so far. We retrieved the bibliometric data of the publications on pulmonary
hypertension for two periods from the Web of science database. Here, we set
the first investigation period from 1900 to 2007 (t1) due to the cited half
life of articles and the relating difficulties to interpret the citation
parameters. The second evaluation period (t2) covers the time interval from
2008 onwards including the year 2015. The data were analyzed and processed to
density-equalizing maps using the NewQIS platform. A total number of 18,986
publications were identified in t1 that come from 85 countries. The US
published the highest number of publications (n = 7,290), followed by the UK,
Germany, Japan and France. In t2 19,676 items could be found worked out by 130
countries. The raking started just the same with the USA as most publishing
nation with 7,127 publications on PH, followed by the UK and Germany. Japan
fell back on 6th place, whereas China came into view on the 5th position.
Analyzing the average citation rate as a parameter for research quality,
Mexico reached the highest value in t1 and Ireland in t2. While, the country
specific h-index underlined the leading position of the US research in both
evaluation periods again. The average number of international collaboration
items was expanding from none in 1978 to 530 items in 2015 with the USA as the
country with the highest number of collaboration articles. The present study
is the first large scale density-equalizing mapping and scientometric analysis
of global PH research activity. Our data draw a sketch of the global research
architecture in this field, indicating a need for specific research programs
in countries with a lower human development index
Lack of Mutual Respect in Relationship The Endangered Partner
Violence in a relationship and in a family setting has been
an issue of concern to various interest groups and professional organizations.
Of particular interest in this article is violence against women
in a relationship. While there is an abundance of knowledge on violence
against women in general, intimate or partner femicide seems to have
received less attention. Unfortunately, the incidence of violence against
women, and intimate femicide in particular, has been an issue of concern
in the African setting.
This article examines the trends of intimate femicide in an African setting
in general, and in Botswana in particular. The increase in intimate
femicide is an issue of concern, which calls for collective effort to address.
This article also examines trends offemicide in Botswana, and the
antecedents and the precipitating factors. Some studies have implicated
societal and cultural dynamics as playing significant roles in intimate
femicide in the African setting. It is believed that the patriarchal nature
of most African settings and the ideology of male supremacy have relegated
women to a subordinate role. Consequently, respect for women
in any relationship with men is lopsided in favor of men and has led to
abuse of women, including intimate femicide. Other militating factors in
intimate femicide ,are examined and the implications for counseling to
assist the endangered female partner are discussed
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The Effect of Male Incarceration on Rape Myth Acceptance: Application of Propensity Score Matching Technique
The aim is to assess the effect of imprisonment on rape myth acceptance. The research used a sample of male prisoners incarcerated for non-sexual crimes (n = 98) and a sample of males drawn from the general population (n = 160). Simple linear regression did not indicate a significant effect of incarceration on rape myth acceptance. After controlling for background covariates using propensity score matching, analysis revealed a positive significant effect of incarceration on rape myth acceptance. Although further research is required, results indicate that being subject to incarceration has a significant positive effect on stereotypical thinking about rape
Biomagnifcation and body distribution of ivermectin in dung beetles
We thank the staf of Doñana Biological Reserve (DBR-ICTS), Doñana National Park, and Los Alcornocales
Natural Park, especially D. Paz, F. Ibáñez, P. Bayón, M. Malla and D. Ruiz for logistic facilities for the field
work and permissions (2019107300000904/IRM/MDCG/mes) to collect cattle dung and dung beetles. We
are grateful to J. Castro and A. Rascón for technical assistance. We also thank A. V. Giménez-Gómez for her
technical assistance in the laboratory work. We thank also F.-T Krell and the two anonymous reviewers for their
constructive comments. Financial support was provided by the project CGL2015-68207-R of the Secretaría de
Estado de Investigación–Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad.A terrestrial test system to investigate the biomagnifcation potential and tissue-specifc distribution
of ivermectin, a widely used parasiticide, in the non-target dung beetle Thorectes lusitanicus (Jekel)
was developed and validated. Biomagnifcation kinetics of ivermectin in T. lusitanicus was investigated
by following uptake, elimination, and distribution of the compound in dung beetles feeding on
contaminated faeces. Results showed that ivermectin was biomagnifed in adults of T. lusitanicus
when exposed to non-lethal doses via food uptake. Ivermectin was quickly transferred from the gut to
the haemolymph, generating a biomagnifcation factor (BMFk) three times higher in the haemolymph
than in the gut after an uptake period of 12 days. The fat body appeared to exert a major role on
the biomagnifcation of ivermectin in the insect body, showing a BMFk 1.6 times higher than in the
haemolymph. The results of this study highlight that the biomagnifcation of ivermectin should be
investigated from a global dung-based food web perspective and that the use of these antiparasitic
substances should be monitored and controlled on a precautionary basis. Thus, we suggest that an
additional efort be made in the development of standardised regulatory recommendations to guide
biomagnifcation studies in terrestrial organisms, but also that it is necessary to adapt existing methods
to assess the efects of such veterinary medical products
Photolithographic Approaches for Fabricating Highly Ordered Nanopatterned Arrays
In this work, we report that large area metal nanowire and polymer nanotube arrays were successfully patterned by photolithographic approach using anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates. Nanowires were produced by electrochemical deposition, and nanotubes by solution-wetting. The highly ordered patterns of nanowire and nanotube arrays were observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and found to stand free on the substrate. The method is expected to play an important role in the application of microdevices in the future
A wake-active locomotion circuit depolarizes a sleep-active neuron to switch on sleep
Sleep-active neurons depolarize during sleep to suppress wakefulness circuits. Wake-active wake-promoting neurons in turn shut down sleep-active neurons, thus forming a bipartite flip-flop switch. However, how sleep is switched on is unclear because it is not known how wakefulness is translated into sleep-active neuron depolarization when the system is set to sleep. Using optogenetics in Caenorhabditis elegans, we solved the presynaptic circuit for depolarization of the sleep-active RIS neuron during developmentally regulated sleep, also known as lethargus. Surprisingly, we found that RIS activation requires neurons that have known roles in wakefulness and locomotion behavior. The RIM interneurons-which are active during and can induce reverse locomotion-play a complex role and can act as inhibitors of RIS when they are strongly depolarized and as activators of RIS when they are modestly depolarized. The PVC command interneurons, which are known to promote forward locomotion during wakefulness, act as major activators of RIS. The properties of these locomotion neurons are modulated during lethargus. The RIMs become less excitable. The PVCs become resistant to inhibition and have an increased capacity to activate RIS. Separate activation of neither the PVCs nor the RIMs appears to be sufficient for sleep induction; instead, our data suggest that they act in concert to activate RIS. Forward and reverse circuit activity is normally mutually exclusive. Our data suggest that RIS may be activated at the transition between forward and reverse locomotion states, perhaps when both forward (PVC) and reverse (including RIM) circuit activity overlap. While RIS is not strongly activated outside of lethargus, altered activity of the locomotion interneurons during lethargus favors strong RIS activation and thus sleep. The control of sleep-active neurons by locomotion circuits suggests that sleep control may have evolved from locomotion control. The flip-flop sleep switch in C. elegans thus requires an additional component, wake-active sleep-promoting neurons that translate wakefulness into the depolarization of a sleep-active neuron when the worm is sleepy. Wake-active sleep-promoting circuits may also be required for sleep state switching in other animals, including in mammals
Detecção de resíduos de enrofloxacina por ensaio imunoenzimático e cromatografia líquida acoplada à espectrometria de massas em ovos comerciais de galinha após tratamento
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