Dear Ayi,I tried to avoid crowds this Labor Day holiday by visiting a small village in the middle of nowhere.Iended up bored out of my mind.Where can I go that's quiet and fun?
Obesity is recognized as the second highest risk factor for cancer. The pathogenic mechanisms underlying tobaccorelated cancers are well characterized and efective programs have led to a decline in smoking and related...Obesity is recognized as the second highest risk factor for cancer. The pathogenic mechanisms underlying tobaccorelated cancers are well characterized and efective programs have led to a decline in smoking and related cancers, but there is a global epidemic of obesity without a clear understanding of how obesity causes cancer. Obesity is heterogeneous, and approximately 25% of obese individuals remain healthy(metabolically healthy obese, MHO), so which fat deposition(subcutaneous versus visceral, adipose versus ectopic) is "malignant"? What is the mechanism of carcinogenesis? Is it by metabolic dysregulation or chronic inflammation? Through which chemokines/genes/signaling pathways does adipose tissue influence carcinogenesis? Can selective inhibition of these pathways uncouple obesity from cancers? Do all obesity related cancers(ORCs) share a molecular signature? Are there common(overlapping) genetic loci that make individuals susceptible to obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cancers? Can we identify precursor lesions of ORCs and will early intervention of high risk individuals alter the natural history? It appears unlikely that the obesity epidemic will be controlled anytime soon; answers to these questions will help to reduce the adverse efect of obesity on human condition.展开更多
How to Differentiate and Treat Bi-syndrome by Acupuncture and Moxibustion?Bi-syndrome is the syndrome due to invasion of the exogenous pathogenic factors of wind, cold and dampness, which obstruct the channels and col...How to Differentiate and Treat Bi-syndrome by Acupuncture and Moxibustion?Bi-syndrome is the syndrome due to invasion of the exogenous pathogenic factors of wind, cold and dampness, which obstruct the channels and collaterals, leading to stagnated flow of qi and blood, characterized by such clinical manifestations as aching pain, numbness, heaviness, limited flexion and extension of the muscles, tendons and joints, or swelling and burning heat of the joints. This syndrome includes rheumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osseous arthritis, and various neuralgia. The endogenous causative factors for the occurrence of Bi-syndrome are insufficiency of yang-qi, essence and blood, while the exogenous causative factors are the pathogenic wind, cold, and dampness. At the initial stage of the disease, the excessiveness of pathogen usually prevails, and the disease tends to be located in the limbs, skin and muscles, and channels and collaterals; while at the chronic stage, there often exists deficiency of the vital-qi or deficiency and excess intermixed, and the disease tends to be located deeper in the tendons and bones or in the zang-fu organs.展开更多
Teachers’ questions have been regarded as an important component in foreign language teaching context. The present paper aims to present a brief investigation into teachers’ question types and students’ answers in ...Teachers’ questions have been regarded as an important component in foreign language teaching context. The present paper aims to present a brief investigation into teachers’ question types and students’ answers in primary school English teaching, and tries to draw some implications for primary school English teachers. The video was transcribed and analyzed by the researcher. According to what is surveyed in the study, some questioning strategies were put forward for primary English teaching in the future.展开更多
On June 3 1996, Minister of Electric Power Shi Dazhen accepted news-covering of Britain "Financial Times" resident reporter in Beijing Tony Walker, resident reporter in Hong Kong John Ridding and Asian Edito...On June 3 1996, Minister of Electric Power Shi Dazhen accepted news-covering of Britain "Financial Times" resident reporter in Beijing Tony Walker, resident reporter in Hong Kong John Ridding and Asian Editor Peter Montagnon, and answered their questions in the aspects of the 9th Five-year Development Planning of China’s Electric Power and some related issues.展开更多
1)—What is the most useful thing when it is used up? —An umbrella.2)—You can’t buy it in a store.It’s delivered to your house,and you use it every day.What is it? —Electricity.
1.Harry’s mom has three boys.The first boy’s name is Tom.the second boy’s named is David.What is the third boy’s name?2.How can you make a fire with two sticks?3.A boy fell off a 100-foot ladder and did not get hu...1.Harry’s mom has three boys.The first boy’s name is Tom.the second boy’s named is David.What is the third boy’s name?2.How can you make a fire with two sticks?3.A boy fell off a 100-foot ladder and did not get hurt.How can this be?4.I’m full when I am gone.and I’m empty when I am here.What am I?5.What kind of key can not open doors?展开更多
In traditional database applications, queries intend to retrieve data satisfying precise conditions. As a result, thousands of data can be retrieved (overabundant answer) or, even worse, no data at all (empty answer)....In traditional database applications, queries intend to retrieve data satisfying precise conditions. As a result, thousands of data can be retrieved (overabundant answer) or, even worse, no data at all (empty answer). In both cases, the queries must be reformulated to produce more significant results and, typically, many related queries are submitted by a user before he can be finally satisfied. To overcome these problems, this paper proposes a unified solution in the framework of flexible queries with fuzzy semantics. This solution, based on the concept of semantic proximity and implemented in a tool for flexible query answering, allows the automatic reformulation of queries with empty or overabundant answers.展开更多
Dear Ayi,I think my son’s elementary teachers are irresponsible!He always comes home with his water bottle still full,despite my repeated messages to his teachers reminding them to encourage him to drink more water.S...Dear Ayi,I think my son’s elementary teachers are irresponsible!He always comes home with his water bottle still full,despite my repeated messages to his teachers reminding them to encourage him to drink more water.Should I move him to another school next year?展开更多
(But you probably won’t like them)Dear Ayi,all my colleagues are using ChatGPT at work,but I don’t trust machines and I’m scared it will make mistakes.What should I do?
文摘Dear Ayi,I tried to avoid crowds this Labor Day holiday by visiting a small village in the middle of nowhere.Iended up bored out of my mind.Where can I go that's quiet and fun?
文摘Obesity is recognized as the second highest risk factor for cancer. The pathogenic mechanisms underlying tobaccorelated cancers are well characterized and efective programs have led to a decline in smoking and related cancers, but there is a global epidemic of obesity without a clear understanding of how obesity causes cancer. Obesity is heterogeneous, and approximately 25% of obese individuals remain healthy(metabolically healthy obese, MHO), so which fat deposition(subcutaneous versus visceral, adipose versus ectopic) is "malignant"? What is the mechanism of carcinogenesis? Is it by metabolic dysregulation or chronic inflammation? Through which chemokines/genes/signaling pathways does adipose tissue influence carcinogenesis? Can selective inhibition of these pathways uncouple obesity from cancers? Do all obesity related cancers(ORCs) share a molecular signature? Are there common(overlapping) genetic loci that make individuals susceptible to obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cancers? Can we identify precursor lesions of ORCs and will early intervention of high risk individuals alter the natural history? It appears unlikely that the obesity epidemic will be controlled anytime soon; answers to these questions will help to reduce the adverse efect of obesity on human condition.
文摘How to Differentiate and Treat Bi-syndrome by Acupuncture and Moxibustion?Bi-syndrome is the syndrome due to invasion of the exogenous pathogenic factors of wind, cold and dampness, which obstruct the channels and collaterals, leading to stagnated flow of qi and blood, characterized by such clinical manifestations as aching pain, numbness, heaviness, limited flexion and extension of the muscles, tendons and joints, or swelling and burning heat of the joints. This syndrome includes rheumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osseous arthritis, and various neuralgia. The endogenous causative factors for the occurrence of Bi-syndrome are insufficiency of yang-qi, essence and blood, while the exogenous causative factors are the pathogenic wind, cold, and dampness. At the initial stage of the disease, the excessiveness of pathogen usually prevails, and the disease tends to be located in the limbs, skin and muscles, and channels and collaterals; while at the chronic stage, there often exists deficiency of the vital-qi or deficiency and excess intermixed, and the disease tends to be located deeper in the tendons and bones or in the zang-fu organs.
文摘Teachers’ questions have been regarded as an important component in foreign language teaching context. The present paper aims to present a brief investigation into teachers’ question types and students’ answers in primary school English teaching, and tries to draw some implications for primary school English teachers. The video was transcribed and analyzed by the researcher. According to what is surveyed in the study, some questioning strategies were put forward for primary English teaching in the future.
文摘On June 3 1996, Minister of Electric Power Shi Dazhen accepted news-covering of Britain "Financial Times" resident reporter in Beijing Tony Walker, resident reporter in Hong Kong John Ridding and Asian Editor Peter Montagnon, and answered their questions in the aspects of the 9th Five-year Development Planning of China’s Electric Power and some related issues.
文摘1)—What is the most useful thing when it is used up? —An umbrella.2)—You can’t buy it in a store.It’s delivered to your house,and you use it every day.What is it? —Electricity.
文摘1.Harry’s mom has three boys.The first boy’s name is Tom.the second boy’s named is David.What is the third boy’s name?2.How can you make a fire with two sticks?3.A boy fell off a 100-foot ladder and did not get hurt.How can this be?4.I’m full when I am gone.and I’m empty when I am here.What am I?5.What kind of key can not open doors?
基金supported by CNPq(Brazilian National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development),under grant numbers 305484/2012-5 and 104200/2013-8.
文摘In traditional database applications, queries intend to retrieve data satisfying precise conditions. As a result, thousands of data can be retrieved (overabundant answer) or, even worse, no data at all (empty answer). In both cases, the queries must be reformulated to produce more significant results and, typically, many related queries are submitted by a user before he can be finally satisfied. To overcome these problems, this paper proposes a unified solution in the framework of flexible queries with fuzzy semantics. This solution, based on the concept of semantic proximity and implemented in a tool for flexible query answering, allows the automatic reformulation of queries with empty or overabundant answers.
文摘Dear Ayi,I think my son’s elementary teachers are irresponsible!He always comes home with his water bottle still full,despite my repeated messages to his teachers reminding them to encourage him to drink more water.Should I move him to another school next year?
文摘(But you probably won’t like them)Dear Ayi,all my colleagues are using ChatGPT at work,but I don’t trust machines and I’m scared it will make mistakes.What should I do?
