The quality upgrading and deashing of inferior coal by chemical method still faces great challenges.The dangers of strong acid,strong alkali,waste water and exhaust gas as well as high cost limit its industrial produc...The quality upgrading and deashing of inferior coal by chemical method still faces great challenges.The dangers of strong acid,strong alkali,waste water and exhaust gas as well as high cost limit its industrial production.This paper systematically investigates the ash reduction and desilicification of two typical inferior coal utilizing ammonium fluoride roasting method.Under the optimal conditions,for fat coal and gas coal,the deashing rates are 69.02%and 54.13%,and the desilicification rates are 92.64%and 90.27%,respectively.The molar dosage of ammonium fluoride remains consistent for both coals;however,the gas coal,characterized by a lower ash and silica content(less than half that of the fat coal),achieves optimum deashing effect at a reduced time and temperature.The majority of silicon in coal transforms into gaseous ammonium fluorosilicate,subsequently preparing nanoscale amorphous silica with a purity of 99.90%through ammonia precipitation.Most of the fluorine in deashed coal are assigned in inorganic minerals,suggesting the possibility of further fluorine and ash removal via flotation.This research provides a green and facile route to deash inferior coal and produce nano-scale white carbon black simultaneously.展开更多
自20世纪90年代起,以Forceville为代表的一批国外学者开始着眼于多模态隐喻的研究,探讨图像、声音、语言等不同模态表征符号中的隐喻构建,研究范围涉及广告、漫画、手势、音乐和电影等,但选取MV为研究对象的却很少,尤其是从体认语言学...自20世纪90年代起,以Forceville为代表的一批国外学者开始着眼于多模态隐喻的研究,探讨图像、声音、语言等不同模态表征符号中的隐喻构建,研究范围涉及广告、漫画、手势、音乐和电影等,但选取MV为研究对象的却很少,尤其是从体认语言学角度研究的几乎没有。有鉴于此,文章选取美国歌手迈克尔·杰克逊以“反种族歧视”为主题的Black or White MV为语料,基于体认多模态隐喻理论,分析其中有关“骄傲”和“愤怒”情感的多模态隐喻建构。分析发现,在该MV中,“骄傲”和“愤怒”情感都涉及非语言听觉和视觉符号的隐喻建构。“骄傲”分别涉及“骄傲是高音”和“骄傲是向上的舞蹈动作”隐喻概念;“愤怒”分别涉及“愤怒是高音”和“愤怒是火”隐喻概念。这些非语言符号隐喻概念都是基于人们的身体体验和认知加工建构起来的,使信息接受主体的情感识解更直接、更快,甚至更强。展开更多
Purpose:What factors influence conscious consumerism,especially related to race and gender identities?This scholarship explores three white women-led social responsibility organizations’(SROs)aspirations to encourage...Purpose:What factors influence conscious consumerism,especially related to race and gender identities?This scholarship explores three white women-led social responsibility organizations’(SROs)aspirations to encourage conscious consumerism as well as factors that influence conscious consumerism.Design/methodology/approach:Using the Black feminist thought and sustainability development theory,the data were analyzed using a thematic analysis to explore the activation of the white savior industrial complex(WSIC)in SROs.Interviews provided in-depth knowledge of the SRO culture including,but not limited to,insight on social exclusion and partnerships.Findings:Noonday Collection,Sseko Designs,and Trades of Hope,all SROs,aspire to be dedicated to people,planet,and profit and encourage conscious consumerism as a means for their customer base and sales consultants to“do their part”,and yet,an unintended consequence of the SROs’work is social exclusion and white saviorism.Originality:This scholarship investigates what can be done to dismantle the overreliance of conscious consumerism in an effort to finally strip white saviorism,and its role in the white savior industrial complex(WSIC),of its power.展开更多
The antimicrobial effect of the Ag-White Carbon Black containing rare earth was investigated. Inorganic antibiotic materials consist of the antibacterial ion, the additive and the carrier. The sol-gel method was used ...The antimicrobial effect of the Ag-White Carbon Black containing rare earth was investigated. Inorganic antibiotic materials consist of the antibacterial ion, the additive and the carrier. The sol-gel method was used to prepare the white carbon black carrier. Ag+ was selected to be the antibacterial ion, and cerous nitrate was selected to be the additive. They were synthesized on the white carbon black carrier. The structures and properties of antibacterial material were characterized by inductively coupled plasma, particle size measurement instrument, fourier transform infrared and enumeration tests (Escherichia coli as experimental bacterium). Results showed that the amount of antibacterial ions and bacteriostasis rate of this new material are higher than those for the general Ag-antibacterial white carbon black (without containing rare earth). Ag+ was bound to white carbon black by ion exchange process and adsorption process. Bacteriostasis rate is over 99%, and the particle size can be extended down to 7 μm with a narrow size distribution. Other advantages of this material are good thermal and light stability. Furthermore, from the antibacterial experiment in rubber and the coating surface of metal, this new material showed promising results. The possible antibacterial mechanism was also proposed through all the experimental data in this study.展开更多
Various of modifiers were used to modify the surface activity of white carbon black. The oil absorption, viscosity, hydrophobic rate and burning loss of white carbon black and the mechanical propertiess of silicone ru...Various of modifiers were used to modify the surface activity of white carbon black. The oil absorption, viscosity, hydrophobic rate and burning loss of white carbon black and the mechanical propertiess of silicone rubber were measured. The influences of the modifiers on the properties of white carbon black and the mechanical properties of silicone rubber were discussed.展开更多
Sesamum indicum has various biological effects,and this study aimed to investigate its hypolipidemic effect.A hyperlipidemia rat model was established by feeding rats with high-fat diets in this study,then the hyperli...Sesamum indicum has various biological effects,and this study aimed to investigate its hypolipidemic effect.A hyperlipidemia rat model was established by feeding rats with high-fat diets in this study,then the hyperlipidemia rats were fed with different doses of black and white sesame seeds and black and white sesame kernels.The serum and liver biochemical indicators of the rats were determined,and liver pathology analysis was conducted to evaluate the hypolipidemic effect of sesame.The results showed that the blood lipid of SD(Sprague-Dawley)rats fed with high-fat diet for three weeks was higher than 200 mg/d L,indicating that the hyperlipidemia rat model was successfully established.At the same dose,the final body weights of the rats of white sesame seed and kernel groups were higher than those of the black sesame seed and kernel groups;and the weights of the black and white sesame seed groups were lower than those of the black and white sesame kernel groups.The liver indexes of the normal control group and the experimental groups were significantly lower than the model control group(P<0.05),indicating that black and white sesame seed and kernel could reduce the lipid accumulation on the liver.The malondialdehyde(MDA)values of the liver in the normal control group and the experimental groups were significantly lower than that in the model control group(P<0.05).The total antioxidant capacity(T-AOC),high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C),glutathione peroxidase(GSH-Px)and total superoxide dismutase(T-SOD)in the liver of each experimental group were significantly higher than those in the model control group(P<0.05).Based on the above results as well as pathological observation and analysis,we found that the black and white sesame seeds and kernels could improve fatty liver lesions and lipid metabolism disorder and could reduce lipid accumulation on the liver,thereby protecting the liver from damage and reducing the risk of fatty liver.Moreover,black and white sesame seeds,black and white sesame kernels can reduce the levels of total cholesterol(TC)and triglyceride(TG)in serum,and high dose of black sesame seeds(30%black sesame seeds)and low dose of black sesame kernels(10%black sesame kernels)were more beneficial for the recovery of hyperlipidemia and fatty liver.The above results indicated that black and white sesame has hypolipidemic effect.展开更多
Background: Evidence that blacks have greater left ventricular mass (LVM) than whites has been demonstrated by large population-based American studies. However, to our knowledge, there is no study to date comparing LV...Background: Evidence that blacks have greater left ventricular mass (LVM) than whites has been demonstrated by large population-based American studies. However, to our knowledge, there is no study to date comparing LVM in Black Sub-Saharan Africans (BSSA) and the Maghreb white population. We compared LVM measured echocardiographically in asymptomatic BSSA and Maghreb. Methods and Results: A total of 100 asymptomatic BSSA and 189 Maghreb, (18 to 55 years old), underwent resting two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. LVM and geometry were assessed according to the 2015 American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging updated guidelines for cardiac chamber quantification. Crude or indexed LVM to body surface area or height2.7 was similar in BSSA and in Maghreb (132.7 ± 37.0 vs. 134.2 ± 35.7 g;73.1 ± 17.8 vs. 72.9 ± 16.2 g/m2;32.1 ± 9.8 vs. 33.6 ± 9.5 g/m2.7). However, the left ventricular posterior wall was thicker in BSSA. Patterns of left ventricular geometry (normal, concentric remodeling, or concentric or eccentric hypertrophy) were equally distributed among the two ethnic groups. Conclusions: Left ventricular posterior wall thickness but not LVM is greater in BSSA than in Maghreb.展开更多
This article focuses on modelling and mapping the productivity of black (Picea mariana) and white spruce (Picea glauca) plantations across the Black Brook forest management area in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada, ...This article focuses on modelling and mapping the productivity of black (Picea mariana) and white spruce (Picea glauca) plantations across the Black Brook forest management area in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada, encompassing about 200,000 ha. This effort involved establishing 3500 50 m2 survey plots, each informing about: plantation age (15 to 43 years), planted species type, stem count, tree height, basal area, and wood volume. All of this was supplemented with location-specific productivity predictors, i.e., xy location and specifications pertaining to soil type, soil drainage (established through digital elevation modelling by way of the depth-to-water index DTW), and years since thinning (pre-commercial and commercial), and. The DTW index, as it emulates the elevation rise away from open water features such as streams, rivers and lakes, allowed the re-mapping of existing soil borders by topographic position and drainage association. Non-linear regression analysis revealed that plantation height, basal area and volume all increased with plantation age, as to be expected. Pre-commercial thinning in plantations <30 years old had a positive while the more recent commercial thinning still had the negative effect on standing wood volume and mean annual volume increment (MAI). White spruce MAI generally exceeded black spruce (MAI) by a factor of 1.25. Poor and excessive soil drainage reduced MAI. Best growth performances occurred on plantations established on well-drained calcareous soils. The best-fitted results so obtained allowed for generating black and white spruce MAI maps across the forest management area by ridge-to-valley soil and DTW location at 10 m resolution. These maps were subsequently used for site-by-site silvicultural evaluation and ranking purposes.展开更多
<strong>Introduction: </strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Female Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-...<strong>Introduction: </strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Female Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">related deaths in the U.S. While the incidence rate is lower in Hispanic-Black, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">mortality rate is higher compared to Non-Hispanic White. This study investigates the trends of incidence and mortality rate of breast cancer in the U.S.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">: </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2000-2016. It further explores the racial disparities between these two races. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Method: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Data for four age groups (15</span></span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">39</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs, 40</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">64</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs, 65</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">74</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs, 75+</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs) of Hispanic-Black and Non-Hispanic White women for breast cancer were extracted from SEER;age</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">adjusted rate (U.S. 2000 standard pop</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ulation). Primary trend analysis was done with PyCharm 2020.3.3. (line </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">charts) and regression models to check any significant increase or decrease over the years were done with JoinPoint 4.8.0.1 (APC, 95% CI, significant p-value: </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><0.05). </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Result: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Incidence rate is higher in Non-Hispanic White women, </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">whereas mortality rate is higher in Hispanic Black. The 40</span></span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">64</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs age groups showed </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">an </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">increase in incidence rate for Hispanic Black women, whereas </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">an </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">decrease for White women. The least vulnerable group, 15</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">39</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs age</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> showed an increase in incidence rate in Non-Hispanic White women. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">mortality rate was declining overall for both races. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Disparities in oncologic healthcare, insurance system and socio-economic factors </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">are</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> possi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">bly responsible for the higher mortality in Black American women. Im</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">provements in these factors may reduce racial differences.</span></span>展开更多
Curator:Monica DemattéOpening:2015.09.12(16:00-18:00)Duration:2015.09.12-11.13(10:00-18:00)OFOTO Gallery &ANART 2F,Building 13,50 Moganshan Rd.,Shanghai,China Black,White,Grey Monica DemattToday looking thr...Curator:Monica DemattéOpening:2015.09.12(16:00-18:00)Duration:2015.09.12-11.13(10:00-18:00)OFOTO Gallery &ANART 2F,Building 13,50 Moganshan Rd.,Shanghai,China Black,White,Grey Monica DemattToday looking through the window of my house I see a world resembling the one outlined by Luo Yongjin in the photographs chosen for展开更多
Unity and opposite are the two basic attributes of contradiction and the basic law of the materialistic dialectics.And the Taoist color view of"black and white"directly reflects such a law of unity of opposi...Unity and opposite are the two basic attributes of contradiction and the basic law of the materialistic dialectics.And the Taoist color view of"black and white"directly reflects such a law of unity of opposites.This paper attempts to discuss the relationship between the unities of opposites—black and white,uncovering the interdependent,inter-infiltrating and inter- conversional relationship of changes in temperature,movement and lightness,false and true and existence and non-existence of black and white.At the same time,this paper expounds the dialectical relationship of unity and opposite,trying to have a better understanding of the cosmology,view of life and philosophical connotation of Taoism from the two opposite colors— black and white.展开更多
. Alice Walker in “The Color Purple” clearly depicts a male under the rule of black women grow old. Twist of fate hostess not only because the boot of the same sex, but also because the ? nal out of the black male .... Alice Walker in “The Color Purple” clearly depicts a male under the rule of black women grow old. Twist of fate hostess not only because the boot of the same sex, but also because the ? nal out of the black male barriers of reproducing black unwilling to face this period of history, and the purpose is to require black people to face themselves, change themselves, rather than passively waiting to change the external world. In this paper, we interpret the most prominent contemporary American black woman writer Alice Walker’s masterpiece “The Color Purple.” First revealed the roots of black male violence against black women, that supreme value of repression under the compensation for its inferiority in American society whites; secondly, the elaboration of the tortuous process of self-consciousness of the female characters and the evolution of black male characters thoughts trajectory analyzes the motivation of Walker’s writing, it explains the doctrine preached by women, that is, black women and black men at the same time the liberation of thought blacks gender relations in order to harmony.展开更多
Chinese Color Words two words have a higher degree turn and turn-grade class degree,they are "white"(white) and "black"(black),these two sets of words are generally located on human color perceptio...Chinese Color Words two words have a higher degree turn and turn-grade class degree,they are "white"(white) and "black"(black),these two sets of words are generally located on human color perception of the system the top three,we believe that the typical basic color terms most likely to turn and turn-grade class,but different history,culture and other aspects of cognition,cross-grammatical category they are different order.Based on this,in English and Chinese Basic Color Terms "Black" and "White" Cognitive Semantic Analysis of the research topic,this in-depth study of this aspect of the study hope to be beneficial to help.展开更多
We propose that the trapped antimatter in super massive black hole ergoregions acts as detonators that triggers black hole to white hole transitions creating huge BHs explosions that generate BH spray that acts as see...We propose that the trapped antimatter in super massive black hole ergoregions acts as detonators that triggers black hole to white hole transitions creating huge BHs explosions that generate BH spray that acts as seeds for new galaxies creation. We propose that by mapping and simulating the cosmic web structure, it may be possible to learn if the universe was created in a single big bang that started a single chain of BH explosions mini-creation event cycles, or alternatively, the BH explosions mini-creation event cycles are uncorrelated spacelike events, and the universe had no single primeval atom beginning. .展开更多
文摘The quality upgrading and deashing of inferior coal by chemical method still faces great challenges.The dangers of strong acid,strong alkali,waste water and exhaust gas as well as high cost limit its industrial production.This paper systematically investigates the ash reduction and desilicification of two typical inferior coal utilizing ammonium fluoride roasting method.Under the optimal conditions,for fat coal and gas coal,the deashing rates are 69.02%and 54.13%,and the desilicification rates are 92.64%and 90.27%,respectively.The molar dosage of ammonium fluoride remains consistent for both coals;however,the gas coal,characterized by a lower ash and silica content(less than half that of the fat coal),achieves optimum deashing effect at a reduced time and temperature.The majority of silicon in coal transforms into gaseous ammonium fluorosilicate,subsequently preparing nanoscale amorphous silica with a purity of 99.90%through ammonia precipitation.Most of the fluorine in deashed coal are assigned in inorganic minerals,suggesting the possibility of further fluorine and ash removal via flotation.This research provides a green and facile route to deash inferior coal and produce nano-scale white carbon black simultaneously.
文摘自20世纪90年代起,以Forceville为代表的一批国外学者开始着眼于多模态隐喻的研究,探讨图像、声音、语言等不同模态表征符号中的隐喻构建,研究范围涉及广告、漫画、手势、音乐和电影等,但选取MV为研究对象的却很少,尤其是从体认语言学角度研究的几乎没有。有鉴于此,文章选取美国歌手迈克尔·杰克逊以“反种族歧视”为主题的Black or White MV为语料,基于体认多模态隐喻理论,分析其中有关“骄傲”和“愤怒”情感的多模态隐喻建构。分析发现,在该MV中,“骄傲”和“愤怒”情感都涉及非语言听觉和视觉符号的隐喻建构。“骄傲”分别涉及“骄傲是高音”和“骄傲是向上的舞蹈动作”隐喻概念;“愤怒”分别涉及“愤怒是高音”和“愤怒是火”隐喻概念。这些非语言符号隐喻概念都是基于人们的身体体验和认知加工建构起来的,使信息接受主体的情感识解更直接、更快,甚至更强。
文摘Purpose:What factors influence conscious consumerism,especially related to race and gender identities?This scholarship explores three white women-led social responsibility organizations’(SROs)aspirations to encourage conscious consumerism as well as factors that influence conscious consumerism.Design/methodology/approach:Using the Black feminist thought and sustainability development theory,the data were analyzed using a thematic analysis to explore the activation of the white savior industrial complex(WSIC)in SROs.Interviews provided in-depth knowledge of the SRO culture including,but not limited to,insight on social exclusion and partnerships.Findings:Noonday Collection,Sseko Designs,and Trades of Hope,all SROs,aspire to be dedicated to people,planet,and profit and encourage conscious consumerism as a means for their customer base and sales consultants to“do their part”,and yet,an unintended consequence of the SROs’work is social exclusion and white saviorism.Originality:This scholarship investigates what can be done to dismantle the overreliance of conscious consumerism in an effort to finally strip white saviorism,and its role in the white savior industrial complex(WSIC),of its power.
基金National Nature Science Foundation of China (50574045)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20050674003)the Science Research Fund of Yunnan Provincial Department of Education (07Y41398)
文摘The antimicrobial effect of the Ag-White Carbon Black containing rare earth was investigated. Inorganic antibiotic materials consist of the antibacterial ion, the additive and the carrier. The sol-gel method was used to prepare the white carbon black carrier. Ag+ was selected to be the antibacterial ion, and cerous nitrate was selected to be the additive. They were synthesized on the white carbon black carrier. The structures and properties of antibacterial material were characterized by inductively coupled plasma, particle size measurement instrument, fourier transform infrared and enumeration tests (Escherichia coli as experimental bacterium). Results showed that the amount of antibacterial ions and bacteriostasis rate of this new material are higher than those for the general Ag-antibacterial white carbon black (without containing rare earth). Ag+ was bound to white carbon black by ion exchange process and adsorption process. Bacteriostasis rate is over 99%, and the particle size can be extended down to 7 μm with a narrow size distribution. Other advantages of this material are good thermal and light stability. Furthermore, from the antibacterial experiment in rubber and the coating surface of metal, this new material showed promising results. The possible antibacterial mechanism was also proposed through all the experimental data in this study.
文摘Various of modifiers were used to modify the surface activity of white carbon black. The oil absorption, viscosity, hydrophobic rate and burning loss of white carbon black and the mechanical propertiess of silicone rubber were measured. The influences of the modifiers on the properties of white carbon black and the mechanical properties of silicone rubber were discussed.
基金supported by the Construction of Modern Agricultural Industrial Technology System(CARS14-1-29)。
文摘Sesamum indicum has various biological effects,and this study aimed to investigate its hypolipidemic effect.A hyperlipidemia rat model was established by feeding rats with high-fat diets in this study,then the hyperlipidemia rats were fed with different doses of black and white sesame seeds and black and white sesame kernels.The serum and liver biochemical indicators of the rats were determined,and liver pathology analysis was conducted to evaluate the hypolipidemic effect of sesame.The results showed that the blood lipid of SD(Sprague-Dawley)rats fed with high-fat diet for three weeks was higher than 200 mg/d L,indicating that the hyperlipidemia rat model was successfully established.At the same dose,the final body weights of the rats of white sesame seed and kernel groups were higher than those of the black sesame seed and kernel groups;and the weights of the black and white sesame seed groups were lower than those of the black and white sesame kernel groups.The liver indexes of the normal control group and the experimental groups were significantly lower than the model control group(P<0.05),indicating that black and white sesame seed and kernel could reduce the lipid accumulation on the liver.The malondialdehyde(MDA)values of the liver in the normal control group and the experimental groups were significantly lower than that in the model control group(P<0.05).The total antioxidant capacity(T-AOC),high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C),glutathione peroxidase(GSH-Px)and total superoxide dismutase(T-SOD)in the liver of each experimental group were significantly higher than those in the model control group(P<0.05).Based on the above results as well as pathological observation and analysis,we found that the black and white sesame seeds and kernels could improve fatty liver lesions and lipid metabolism disorder and could reduce lipid accumulation on the liver,thereby protecting the liver from damage and reducing the risk of fatty liver.Moreover,black and white sesame seeds,black and white sesame kernels can reduce the levels of total cholesterol(TC)and triglyceride(TG)in serum,and high dose of black sesame seeds(30%black sesame seeds)and low dose of black sesame kernels(10%black sesame kernels)were more beneficial for the recovery of hyperlipidemia and fatty liver.The above results indicated that black and white sesame has hypolipidemic effect.
文摘Background: Evidence that blacks have greater left ventricular mass (LVM) than whites has been demonstrated by large population-based American studies. However, to our knowledge, there is no study to date comparing LVM in Black Sub-Saharan Africans (BSSA) and the Maghreb white population. We compared LVM measured echocardiographically in asymptomatic BSSA and Maghreb. Methods and Results: A total of 100 asymptomatic BSSA and 189 Maghreb, (18 to 55 years old), underwent resting two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. LVM and geometry were assessed according to the 2015 American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging updated guidelines for cardiac chamber quantification. Crude or indexed LVM to body surface area or height2.7 was similar in BSSA and in Maghreb (132.7 ± 37.0 vs. 134.2 ± 35.7 g;73.1 ± 17.8 vs. 72.9 ± 16.2 g/m2;32.1 ± 9.8 vs. 33.6 ± 9.5 g/m2.7). However, the left ventricular posterior wall was thicker in BSSA. Patterns of left ventricular geometry (normal, concentric remodeling, or concentric or eccentric hypertrophy) were equally distributed among the two ethnic groups. Conclusions: Left ventricular posterior wall thickness but not LVM is greater in BSSA than in Maghreb.
文摘This article focuses on modelling and mapping the productivity of black (Picea mariana) and white spruce (Picea glauca) plantations across the Black Brook forest management area in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada, encompassing about 200,000 ha. This effort involved establishing 3500 50 m2 survey plots, each informing about: plantation age (15 to 43 years), planted species type, stem count, tree height, basal area, and wood volume. All of this was supplemented with location-specific productivity predictors, i.e., xy location and specifications pertaining to soil type, soil drainage (established through digital elevation modelling by way of the depth-to-water index DTW), and years since thinning (pre-commercial and commercial), and. The DTW index, as it emulates the elevation rise away from open water features such as streams, rivers and lakes, allowed the re-mapping of existing soil borders by topographic position and drainage association. Non-linear regression analysis revealed that plantation height, basal area and volume all increased with plantation age, as to be expected. Pre-commercial thinning in plantations <30 years old had a positive while the more recent commercial thinning still had the negative effect on standing wood volume and mean annual volume increment (MAI). White spruce MAI generally exceeded black spruce (MAI) by a factor of 1.25. Poor and excessive soil drainage reduced MAI. Best growth performances occurred on plantations established on well-drained calcareous soils. The best-fitted results so obtained allowed for generating black and white spruce MAI maps across the forest management area by ridge-to-valley soil and DTW location at 10 m resolution. These maps were subsequently used for site-by-site silvicultural evaluation and ranking purposes.
文摘<strong>Introduction: </strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Female Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">related deaths in the U.S. While the incidence rate is lower in Hispanic-Black, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">mortality rate is higher compared to Non-Hispanic White. This study investigates the trends of incidence and mortality rate of breast cancer in the U.S.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">: </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2000-2016. It further explores the racial disparities between these two races. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Method: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Data for four age groups (15</span></span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">39</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs, 40</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">64</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs, 65</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">74</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs, 75+</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs) of Hispanic-Black and Non-Hispanic White women for breast cancer were extracted from SEER;age</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">adjusted rate (U.S. 2000 standard pop</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ulation). Primary trend analysis was done with PyCharm 2020.3.3. (line </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">charts) and regression models to check any significant increase or decrease over the years were done with JoinPoint 4.8.0.1 (APC, 95% CI, significant p-value: </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><0.05). </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Result: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Incidence rate is higher in Non-Hispanic White women, </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">whereas mortality rate is higher in Hispanic Black. The 40</span></span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">64</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs age groups showed </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">an </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">increase in incidence rate for Hispanic Black women, whereas </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">an </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">decrease for White women. The least vulnerable group, 15</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">39</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">yrs age</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> showed an increase in incidence rate in Non-Hispanic White women. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">mortality rate was declining overall for both races. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Disparities in oncologic healthcare, insurance system and socio-economic factors </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">are</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> possi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">bly responsible for the higher mortality in Black American women. Im</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">provements in these factors may reduce racial differences.</span></span>
文摘Curator:Monica DemattéOpening:2015.09.12(16:00-18:00)Duration:2015.09.12-11.13(10:00-18:00)OFOTO Gallery &ANART 2F,Building 13,50 Moganshan Rd.,Shanghai,China Black,White,Grey Monica DemattToday looking through the window of my house I see a world resembling the one outlined by Luo Yongjin in the photographs chosen for
基金the staged achievement of the 2010 humanities and social science youth fund project of the Education Department of Sichuan Province-Research on the Designing Factors of the Traditional Dyeing and Weaving Techniques
文摘Unity and opposite are the two basic attributes of contradiction and the basic law of the materialistic dialectics.And the Taoist color view of"black and white"directly reflects such a law of unity of opposites.This paper attempts to discuss the relationship between the unities of opposites—black and white,uncovering the interdependent,inter-infiltrating and inter- conversional relationship of changes in temperature,movement and lightness,false and true and existence and non-existence of black and white.At the same time,this paper expounds the dialectical relationship of unity and opposite,trying to have a better understanding of the cosmology,view of life and philosophical connotation of Taoism from the two opposite colors— black and white.
文摘. Alice Walker in “The Color Purple” clearly depicts a male under the rule of black women grow old. Twist of fate hostess not only because the boot of the same sex, but also because the ? nal out of the black male barriers of reproducing black unwilling to face this period of history, and the purpose is to require black people to face themselves, change themselves, rather than passively waiting to change the external world. In this paper, we interpret the most prominent contemporary American black woman writer Alice Walker’s masterpiece “The Color Purple.” First revealed the roots of black male violence against black women, that supreme value of repression under the compensation for its inferiority in American society whites; secondly, the elaboration of the tortuous process of self-consciousness of the female characters and the evolution of black male characters thoughts trajectory analyzes the motivation of Walker’s writing, it explains the doctrine preached by women, that is, black women and black men at the same time the liberation of thought blacks gender relations in order to harmony.
文摘Chinese Color Words two words have a higher degree turn and turn-grade class degree,they are "white"(white) and "black"(black),these two sets of words are generally located on human color perception of the system the top three,we believe that the typical basic color terms most likely to turn and turn-grade class,but different history,culture and other aspects of cognition,cross-grammatical category they are different order.Based on this,in English and Chinese Basic Color Terms "Black" and "White" Cognitive Semantic Analysis of the research topic,this in-depth study of this aspect of the study hope to be beneficial to help.
文摘We propose that the trapped antimatter in super massive black hole ergoregions acts as detonators that triggers black hole to white hole transitions creating huge BHs explosions that generate BH spray that acts as seeds for new galaxies creation. We propose that by mapping and simulating the cosmic web structure, it may be possible to learn if the universe was created in a single big bang that started a single chain of BH explosions mini-creation event cycles, or alternatively, the BH explosions mini-creation event cycles are uncorrelated spacelike events, and the universe had no single primeval atom beginning. .