Determination of radiation interchange factors

Method utilizes an analytical model, a method of solution which is compatible with digital computer analysis, and a generalized computer program to carry out the computations

The effect of individualised homeopathic treatment on low sexual desire in perimenopause

Abstract: Purpose: The aim of the study was to ascertain the effect of individualised homeopathic treatment on low sexual desire in perimenopausal females between the ages of 40 and 60 years old. Method: This descriptive case study design recruited thirteen perimenopausal females between the ages of 40 and 60 by means of purposive sampling. Nine participants completed the study. Participants were treated with an individualised homeopathic remedy. Procedure: The study consisted of four consultations per participant over a period of 12 weeks. A single individualised homeopathic remedy was administered to each participant and the potency, dosage and frequency of administration was tailored to each person in accordance with the principles of classical homeopathy. The desire and arousal subscales of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was completed at each consultation in order to assess changes in sexual desire and arousal across time. Item 13 of the Female Sexual Distress Scale - Revised (FSDS-R) was utilised to assess changes in distress related to low sexual desire. Results: Results suggest that individualised homeopathic treatment may be beneficial in alleviating low sexual desire in seven out of nine perimenopausal females between the ages of 40 and 60 years old. Conclusion: The results of this small pilot study suggest that individualised homeopathic treatment was effective in alleviating low sexual desire in perimenopause. The results also appear to confirm the beneficial effect of individualised homeopathic treatment on the additional symptoms associated with perimenopause. In order to verify the results, the study should be repeated using a larger sample group over a longer period of time

Financial Deregulation and Financial Development, and Subsequent Impact on Economic Growth in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

Results support Arestis’s theory, that low real interest rates do not prevent economic growth (though he related it to the regulation debate). Here in the deregulation environment, it also stands. Results also support Shaw’s assertion that financial liberalisation increases the monetary sector. Stiglitz’s theory, that government intervention leads to improved quality of loans, is contradicted as the reduction of state involvement led to bad loans falling. Support is given to Everett and Kelly’s view that financial liberalisation supports growth. Finally King and Levine studies are supported -- banking sector development leads to faster growth, and also Barth’s view that state involvement leads to poorly developed banks.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57208/1/wp828 .pd

Aerospace systems pyrotechnic shock data /ground test and flight/. Volume 6 - Pyrotechnic shock design guidelines manual, revision A Final report, Jun. 1968 - Mar. 1970

Design of structures and equipment to reduce shock loads induced by pyrotechnics and explosive devices - Vol.

Aerospace systems pyrotechnic shock data /ground test and flight/. Volume 4 - Lockheed data and analyses Final report, Jun. 1968 - Mar. 1970

Compilation of shock loads on spacecraft structures produced by actuation of pyrotechnics and explosive devices - Vol.

Molecular evolution of sex-biased genes in the Drosophila ananassae subgroup

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genes with sex-biased expression often show rapid molecular evolution between species. Previous population genetic and comparative genomic studies of <it>Drosophila melanogaster </it>and <it>D. simulans </it>revealed that male-biased genes have especially high rates of adaptive evolution. To test if this is also the case for other lineages within the <it>melanogaster </it>group, we investigated gene expression in <it>D. ananassae</it>, a species that occurs in structured populations in tropical and subtropical regions. We used custom-made microarrays and published microarray data to characterize the sex-biased expression of 129 <it>D. ananassae </it>genes whose <it>D. melanogaster </it>orthologs had been classified previously as male-biased, female-biased, or unbiased in their expression and had been studied extensively at the population-genetic level. For 43 of these genes we surveyed DNA sequence polymorphism in a natural population of <it>D. ananassae </it>and determined divergence to the sister species <it>D. atripex </it>and <it>D. phaeopleura</it>.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Sex-biased expression is generally conserved between <it>D. melanogaster </it>and <it>D. ananassae</it>, with the majority of genes exhibiting the same bias in the two species. However, about one-third of the genes have either gained or lost sex-biased expression in one of the species and a small proportion of genes (~4%) have changed bias from one sex to the other. The male-biased genes of <it>D. ananassae </it>show evidence of positive selection acting at the protein level. However, the signal of adaptive protein evolution for male-biased genes is not as strong in <it>D. ananassae </it>as it is in <it>D. melanogaster </it>and is limited to genes with conserved male-biased expression in both species. Within <it>D. ananassae</it>, a significant signal of adaptive evolution is also detected for female-biased and unbiased genes.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our findings extend previous observations of widespread adaptive protein evolution to an independent <it>Drosophila </it>lineage, the <it>D. ananassae </it>subgroup. However, the rate of adaptive evolution is not greater for male-biased genes than for female-biased or unbiased genes, which suggests that there are differences in sex-biased gene evolution between the two lineages.</p