Efficacy of Singing Bowls in Childhood Asthma—A Pilot and Feasibility Study

The potential use of sound and vibration for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes remains largely under-explored and under-estimated.Sound and vibrational energy has great positive impact on the mind and body.It could be particularly useful for psychosomatic diseases as a complementary therapy.Singing bowls,the spiritual ancient therapy has been claimed to aid in mind relaxation and painful and inflammatory conditions.Childhood asthma is an inflammatory airway disease and a psychosomatic disorder.The psychological management in it is often neglected leading to under-treatment or a relapse.Hence,we hypothesized that sound therapy with singing bowls might be useful as complementary therapy in management of childhood asthma.We aimed to study the effect of singing bowl session on child’s asthma severity and control and on the psychological well-being.Children<18 years of age and suffering from childhood asthma were recruited after informed written consent of parents.At the baseline,demographic and clinical details were noted.Anthropometric parameters,PEFR readings,asthma severity,parental and child’s subjective feeling of well-being,asthma control score,and pediatric symptom checklist score(based on age)were determined.The child was given 15 min of singing bowl session as per the set protocol.The subjective and objective evaluation of asthma control and psychological assessment was repeated at 1 month and 3 months follow-up and compared with the baseline results for clinical significance.Eighteen children formed the study group with a mean age of 9.13±2.15 years(range 2–15.25 years).4 children had psychological issues on initial screening.There was a significant improvement in asthma severity,subjective feeling of well-being and asthma control score at 3 months(p<0.05).Singing bowl therapy could be a useful,low-cost complementary therapy in childhood asthmatics.

Animal Bowls 我不是马良,我也没有超能力

小时候有多羡慕＂神笔马良＂,看我做的梦就知道了——我拿着神笔,画了无数的甜甜圈,然后它们全部变成真的,几乎将我淹没。后来看《虫师》,里面有一个右手可以画出生命的少年。我又忍不住开始羡慕——要是我也有超能力就好了!当然神笔和超能力都是假的,我有的只是普通的笔。直到遇到了很多画画大神之后,我才明白,只要拥有一只画笔就可以画尽世界。

Wooden Bowls in Zhongdian

Zhongdian,a smnall town in the Tibetan-irhabited area of Yumnan Province,is affec-tiorately referred to as the Town of Wooden Bowls.Local work-shope belonging to 39 families are mainty concentrated in Shangqiaotou and Yindao villages in Nid.They make about 20,000 wooden bowls a yeat.The craftspensons are local farm.ec who create thare ware during the off peason for agriculrure.

Oxygen functional groups modified amorphous hollow carbon bowls for pseudocapacitive Zn-ion storage

Carbon is a promising capacitive electrode material for Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors(ZHSCs),as it is low-cost,environmentally friendly,controllable and adjustable.By now,achieving both high energy and high power with carbon electrodes is still challenging,limited by their intrinsic properties.In this work,we have designed and presented an amorphous hollow carbon bowl material with surface chemical modifications of oxygen groups to figure out these concerns.The preparation of bowl-like structures and the storage behavior between Zn^(2+)and oxygen functional groups have also been discussed.With the contributions from its unique hollow structure and surface functional groups,it can significantly enhance the electrode pseudocapacitance and the entire electrochemical performance.

吃出小情调 Bowls购买计划

食盆,可以随便搞一个,也可以弄出生活小情调。当然,前提是材质一定要好,无毒、安全、耐用。木质餐台抬高狗狗进食的位置,让狗狗吃得更舒服。食盆采用不粘锅同等材质,方便清洗,无论罐头或牛奶都不易残留。

WASHING BOWLS

Baby:妈妈,我想自己学习洗碗。Panpan:好呀!不过洗干净一只碗也不是那么容易的,你可 得仔细看好哦: ·首先,把碗和洗碗棉放在洗碗池中浸湿; ·然后在洗碗棉上倒一点洗洁精; ·用洗碗棉把碗里外清洗一遍; ·把洗碗棉冲洗干净放回原处; ·用清水漂洗掉碗上的洗洁精; ·把碗放到自己的小提箱里。

Study on a Bowl-based Mechanism for Transplanting Potted Strawberry Seedlings

To improve the efficiency of fetching and transplanting seedlings for the mechanization of strawberry planting,an integrated transplanting mechanism was designed with protruding,fetching and planting performance to achieve rapid fetching and pushing bowl movements.According to the working principle of the slewing mechanism,a kinematics model and the optimization goal were established,respectively.Based on visual auxiliary analysis software,optimal parameters were obtained.A three-dimensional model was established to obtain a simulation trajectory by means of a virtual simulation design analysis.Three-dimensional printing technology was used to manufacture the test prototype,and the actual working trajectories of the test prototype were extracted using high-speed photography technology,which verified the consistency of the actual trajectory with the theoretical and simulated trajectories.A prototype transplanting experiment was performed with the success rate of seedling extraction of 91.2%and excellent planting rate of 82.8%,which met the requirements for integrated strawberry harvesting,planting and transplanting.The experimental results verified the correctness and feasibility of the design of integrated transplanting mechanism.

Typical American:The Construction of a New American Identity

This thesis tries to explore the novel with the view of cultural identity and multiculturalism.Facing the multicultural American society,Gish Jen voices her strong support for American multiculturalism as symbolized by "American salad bowl" in the novel Typical American,and insists that contemporary Americans should try to be new Americans by blending the best of various cultures existing in the United States.

Adsorption of Rare Earth Ion La(Ⅲ) on Yunnan Bowl Tea Surface from Aqueous Solution

The adsorption characteristics of rare earth ion La(Ⅲ) on Yunnan bowl tea surface from aqueous solution and effects of various surfactants on the adsorption were studied. It was found that Yunnan bowl tea can adsorb strongly La(Ⅲ) and pH may affect drastically the adsorption amount of La(Ⅲ). The adsorption law of La(Ⅲ) on Yunnan bowl tea surface follows the Langmuir equation. The maximum adsorption amount of La(Ⅲ) can reach 15 mg·g (-1). A comprehensive adsorption model is suggested according to the experimental results.

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION RATE OF ZG35 STEEL WITH SEMI－ELLIPTICAL SURFACE CRACK

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THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND ALLOWABLE DEFECT ASSESSMENT OF THE CENTRIFUGE BOWL BODY

For the first time,an allowable defect analysis of the bowl body of XZZ 1200-G Centrifuge was made by using fatigue fracture mechanics method;and,again for the first time,the design fatigue curve of the dangerous section of the bowl body was given out、which may form the basis for the design and use of the centrifuge.

The Roses of Durham

This paper recalls the 1942 Rose Bowl game,which was relocated from its traditional site at Pasadena,California,to Duke University in Durham,North Carolina.The Tournament of Roses nearly cancelled the game after a government request to avoid large crowds on the West Coast,in light of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Duke,originally selected as the visiting team to play Pacific Coast Conference champion Oregon State University,resolved the dilemma by offering to stage the game at its campus stadium.Duke Stadium had a capacity of only 35,000,much smaller than the Rose Bowl stadium,and 20,000 temporary seats from nearby University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University were added to accommodate fans.On the strength of a 13-point third quarter,Oregon State upset undefeated Duke,20-16,in the 28th Rose Bowl game.The game returned to Pasadena the following year.With Allied victory at the Battle of Midway and stabilization of the Pacific Theater of war,the West Coast was considered secure enough to host large events.The move of the 1942 Rose Bowl was the first of many impacts on sport generally and college football in particular caused by World War II.With male enrollment reduced drastically,many colleges and universities did not field a football team for one or more seasons during the war.Prominent players were killed in action,including some who competed in the 1942 Rose Bowl.Coaches likewise joined the war effort,notably Wallace Wade of Duke.Following the war,the readjustment of servicemen extended to the gridiron,as football rosters included many veterans.Yet the 1942 Rose Bowl has new relevance beyond its 75th anniversary.The 2008 Southeastern Conference men’s basketball tournament was moved when a tornado struck Atlanta.In 2015 terrorists attacked a soccer stadium in Paris,raising new consciousness of the global threat of terrorism.Sport managers strive to make events safe,not only at the venue,but within an expanding perimeter.

Meatoplasty: A novel technique and minireview

We describe a modified aural meatoplasty technique. The technique has been mainly used for mastoid surgery but it may also be used to address other causes of meatal stenosis. It involves removing most of the cartilage in the conchal bowl and soft tissue in the external auditory meatus. Cartilage from the helical root may also be sacrificed as part of this procedure. Our technique produces an excellent cosmetic result and an adequate meatoplasty which is easy to monitor in the outpatient setting.

New ￣(40)Ar/￣(39)Ar age evidence for the Cretaceous volcanic rocks of the Mount Bowles Formation in Livingst

The age of the volcanic rocks of the Mount Bowles Formation (MBF) on the eastern part of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is redetermined by using 40Ar/39Ar and laser microarea isochron age dating method with a continuous laser system and mass spectrometer. The isochron ages of an andesite sample and a basaltic andesite sample are (105.62±2.11) Ma and (111.48±2.23) Ma with the 40Ar/36Ar initial ratios of 295.3 and 294.6 respectively, being almost the same as the atmospheric value, which proves that there exists no excess argon in these rocks. The 40Ar/39Ar plateau age of an aplite sample is (96.7±1.6) Ma and the calculated isochron age is 96.6 Ma, which indicates that the aplite occurred after lava eruption. These data suggest that the MBF volcanic rocks were formed during Cretaceous.

Utilization of Milk as an Oral Contrast Agent in CT Scan of the Abdomen

The present study aimed to evaluate using the whole milk as alternative oral contrast for the as-sessment of gastrointestinal CT enterography. Fifty patients undergo (18 female and 32 male) aged from 21 to 79 years (mean 45 years) undergo abdominal CT at the department of diagnostic radiology of King Abdulaziz University Hospital. They receive 1 - 1.5 liter whole milk. Siemens SOMATOM definition CT Scan Machine with 64 slices and dual source was utilized to image all pa-tients in research population group where iodinated oral contrast media was replaced by a whole milk available in the local market. Patients were scanned as per the routine protocol used for CT Abdomen at KAUH-CT Unit: Helical Mode with 0.7 Pitch was performed on all paints in supine po-sition using a 16-detector row scanner (Bright Speed S, General Electric-Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA). The following parameters were applied: collimation of 16 × 0.625 (1.25 - 3.75) mm, pitch of 3, Slice thickness: 5 mm, gantry rotation time of 400 mAs, tube voltage of 120 KV and scan time 11.05 second. The images of all cases were reviewed by two qualified radiologists. Conclusion: The present study suggested that whole milk was found to be an effective alternative negative contrast for the assessment of the jejunum, ileum and terminal ileum in CT enterography. It was excellent for gastric imaging and we recommended replacing milk as negative oral contrast since it is available and cost effective. Further research to be conducted with modified milk drinking timing for better large bowel distention.

Bowling Ball

Today millions of people enjoy the game of bowlingthroughout the world, in which they roll the bowlingball down the wooden lane and try to knock down tenwooden pins. People have played and enjoyed bowling for thou-sands of years. It is believed that during the Stone Agethe aboriginal communities had already started to playa kind of bowling game. They rolled large rocks or peb-

Nutrition Bowl"Double Covering"Cutting Propagation Technique for Llex cornuta var.fortunei S.Y.Hu

Llex cornuta var.fortunei S.Y.Hu is a good ornamental tree species for viewing fruits and leaves,and has a wide range of garden uses.Nutrition bowl cutting seedlings can improve the survival rate of L.cornut a var.fortunei S.Y.Hu transplanting and greening,and has the advantages of no time limit for planting and saving management costs.Based on this,this paper introduced the container seedling double-covering cutting technology for L.cornut a var.fortunei,to provide a reference for the propagation of L.cornut a var.fortunei.

保龄球

G849.4 20031990板球运动中快速保龄球保护带的作用:干预研究=The effect of a fast bowling harness in cricket:an intervention study[刊,英,A]／Wallis R,Elliott B.Koh M／／Journal of sports science.-2002.20(6).-495-506图3表7参29(MYL)保龄球／／保护带／／青少年／／背部／／损伤G849.4