Problems in CSF and Ophthalmic Disease Research

There has been significant interest and progress in the understanding of cerebrospinal fluid pressure and its relationship to glaucoma and other ophthalmic diseases. However, just as every physiologic fluid pressure fluctuates, cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) is similarly dynamic. Coupling this with the difficulty in measuring the pressure, there are many obstacles in furthering this field of study. This review highlights some of the difficulties in CSFP research, including fluid compartmentalization, estimation equations, and pressure fluctuation. Keeping these limitations in mind will hopefully improve the quality and context of this burgeoning field

Review and analysis of fire and explosion accidents in maritime transportation

The globally expanding shipping industry has several hazards such as collision, capsizing, foundering, grounding, stranding, fire, and explosion. Accidents are often caused by more than one contributing factor through complex interaction. It is crucial to identify root causes and their interactions to prevent and understand such accidents. This study presents a detailed review and analysis of fire and explosion accidents that occurred in the maritimetransportation industry during 1990–2015. The underlying causes of fire and explosion accidents are identified and analysed. This study also reviewed potential preventative measures to prevent such accidents. Additionally, this study compares properties of alternative fuels and analyses their effectiveness in mitigating fire and explosionhazards. It is observed that Cryogenic Natural Gas (CrNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and methanol have properties more suitable than traditional fuels in mitigating fire risk and appropriate management of their hazards could make them a safer option to traditional fuels. However, for commercial use at this stage, there exist several uncertainties due to inadequate studies, and technological immaturity. This study provides an insight into fire and explosion accident causation and prevention, including the prospect of using alternative fuels for mitigating fire and explosion risks in maritime transportation

Body Regions and Early Grammatical Structure

Previous research on early grammatical development has proposed that grammar develops from regularities in linguistic experience. We suggest that these regularities may extend to bodily experiences. A previous study on early-learned verbs suggests strong correlations between verbs and specific body regions. It follows that young children may perceive these regularities and connect the body region with grammatical structure. A corpus of 3000 sentences from a transcription of speech recorded during a free play session between 20 children (20 or 28 months old) and their mothers were analyzed in verb frame appearance and their correlations with body parts. We hypothesized that a particular body region would be more likely to appear within a specific grammatical framework. We then analyzed the correlation between six sentence structures (SV,VNP, VNPNP, VNPLOC, VLOC, VS) and body region (Leg, Hand, Head) using chi-square test of independence and found significant relationships between them