scholarly journals Shanna H.Swan and StaceyColinoCount Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human RaceScribner, 2021, 304 p., $28.00

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 870-871
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Development ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Sperm Counts ◽  
The Future

Developmental morphology and anatomy of the reproductive structures in sunflower (Helianthus annuus): a unified temporal scale

Botany ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 307-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.I. Lindström ◽  
L.F. Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Helianthus Annuus ◽  
Oil Content ◽  
Genetic Selection ◽  
Reproductive Development ◽  
Developmental Morphology ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Reproductive Structures ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Growing Conditions

In sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), there has been an intense genetic selection for achenes with agronomic value, such as greater mass, oil content, and disease resistance. However, the information regarding the anatomical events that control their growth and maturation is surprisingly scarce. The aim of the present work was to study sunflower male and female sporogenesis and gametogenesis, as well as cell division and enlargement and tissue differentiation in the ovary and the embryo, linking the timing of these events to two frequently used phenological scales and a thermal time scale. In addition, we propose an ontogenetic scale that integrates the results of the present work to that of previous studies on sunflower reproductive development. The unified scales presented here provide a framework for others to investigate the relationships uncovered in this study in different genetic backgrounds and under different growing conditions.

scholarly journals Environmental and Nutritional Aspect in Male Infertility

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamida Begum ◽  
ABM Moniruddin ◽  
Khairun Nahar
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Male Infertility ◽  
Sperm Count ◽  
Sperm Production ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Exogenous Estrogen ◽  
Sperm Counts ◽  
And Function ◽  
Nutritional Aspect ◽  
Anatomical Defects

Male and female partner of a couple must be standard and fit to have the capacity to procreate. Studies confirm that male sperm counts are declining and environmental factors as pesticides, exogenous estrogen, heavy metals negatively impact spermatogenesis without any obvious anatomical defects. So, a number of nutritional therapies have been shown to improve sperm count and motility as carnitine, arginine, zinc, selenium and vitamin B12. Numerous anitioxidants have prove beneficial in treating male infertility as Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Glutathione and Coenzyme Q10. This article aims to highlight the correction of nutritional imbalances to encourage optimum sperm production and function, when there is idiopathic impaired spermatogenesis.   doi:10.3329/jom.v10i1.1997   J Medicine 2009; 10: 16-19   

Christian civilization and Italic civilization: Italian Catholic theses from Gioberti to Pius XII

1997 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 475-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Logan
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
The Future ◽  
Revolutionary Ideology ◽  
Christian Order ◽  
Universal Order ◽  
The Church

‘Civilization’ was a major keyword in the Italian Catholic discourse of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth. Indeed Catholic Christian civilization was seen as synonymous with true civilization itself insofar as the post-classical era was concerned. The concept of ‘Christian civilization’ was closely allied to that of cristianità, as distinct from cristianesimo (Christianity). The terms cristianità and chrétienté, like English ‘Christendom’, had originally had primarily geographical connotations, but in post-Revolutionary Catholic thought they acquired connotations of a Christian order of society under the leadership of the Church, the evils of the modern world being presented as consequences of its breakdown. The allied discourse on ‘Christian civilization’ itself in the Italian Catholic world, as in the French one, was in large measure reactionary in character, associated with Counter-Revolutionary ideology and with opposition to liberalism. It asserted that a return of society to the Church was a precondition of social order. Thus the myth of a lost universal order offered a paradigm for the future.

The Utopianism of the Zhenotdel

Slavic Review ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Evans Clements
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
North America ◽  
Communist Society ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Clothing Design ◽  
The Future ◽  
Women's Emancipation ◽  
Soviet Russia

Much attention has been given lately to the utopianism that flourished in Soviet Russia during the civil war and NEP. Scholars have noted that the idea of women's emancipation figured as an important element in this utopianism, affecting diverse aspects of it—fictional portrayals of the communist society of the future, urban architectural plans, the character of public pageants, even clothing design. The names of the women who participated with men in creating these Utopian projects have been recorded. As yet, however, scholars have not asked whether the female Utopians of NEP shared the utopianism of their male comrades or whether women entertained a vision of their own, distinguishable from men's. If there are discernable differences, how do they compare to those which scholars have found between male and female Utopians elsewhere in Europe and in North America? Why did such diversity arise? What were its consequences?

Digital research in architecture: reflecting on the past, analysing the trends, and considering the future

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Ostwald
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Parametric Design ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Past ◽  
Professional Needs ◽  
The Future ◽  
Industry Applications ◽  
Architectural Research

This paper traces the rising and falling significance of twenty-two topics in digital architectural research. These topics, which are divided into seven primary themes, are examined using a longitudinal analysis (1995 to 2017) of research in the CumInCAD database. This database, which indexes more than 12,000 publications spanning the last four decades, is the largest dedicated resource for digital architectural research. The primary themes examined in this paper include research into: documentation and representation; environmental immersion; transformative methods or approaches; industry applications and impacts; pedagogy and interaction; and cross-disciplinary and sub-disciplinary focus. Some of the specific topics examined within these themes include research trends in BIM, virtual reality, parametric design, rapid-prototyping, the design studio and space syntax. In addition to these primary themes and topics, the longitudinal analysis is also used to examine a further twenty social, cultural and philosophical topics. Some of these secondary themes include crime, homelessness, politics, poverty, gender, emotions, ethics and violence. From this two-part analysis of the prevalence (or lack thereof) of various themes in the last twenty-one years of digital architectural research, the paper identified several challenges for the future. These challenges include the dangers of self-referentiality and insularity, the possible loss of grounding in industrial or professional needs and applications, and the lack of consideration of a growing number of problems facing the modern world.

The Future of Flow Cytometry in Biotechnology: The Response to Diversity and Complexity

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry A. Sklar
Keyword(s):  
Flow Cytometry ◽  
Scattered Light ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Main Function ◽  
Hydrodynamic Focusing ◽  
Los Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
The Future ◽  
Dependent Cell

Flow cytometry is a mature technology: Instruments recognizable as having elements of modern flow cytometers date back at least 30 years. There are many good sources for information about the essential features of flow cytometers, how they operate, and how they have been used. For the purposes of this book, it is necessary to know that flow cytometers have fluidic, optical, electronic, computational, and mechanical features. The main function of the fluidic components is to use hydrodynamic focusing to create a stable particle stream in which particles are aligned in single file within a sheath stream, so that the particles can be analyzed and sorted. The main functions of the optical components are to allow the particles to be illuminated by one or more lasers or other light sources and to allow scattered light as well as multiple fluorescence signals to be resolved and be routed to individual detectors. The electronics coordinate these functions, from the acquisition of the signals (pulse collection, pulse analysis, triggering, time delay, data, gating, detector control) to forming and charging individual droplets, and to making sort decisions. The computational components are directed at postacquisition data display and analysis, analysis of multivariate populations and multiplexing assays, and calibration and analysis of time-dependent cell or reaction phenomena. Mechanical components are now being integrated with flow cytometers to handle plates of samples and to coordinate automation such as the movement of a cloning tray with the collection of the droplets. The reader is directed to a concise description of these processes in Robinson’s article in the Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. This book was conceived of to provide a perspective on the future of flow cytometry, and particularly its application to biotechnology. It attempts to answer the question I heard repeatedly, especially during my association with the National Institutes of Health–funded National Flow Cytometry Resource at Los Alamos National Laboratory: What is the potential for innovation in flow cytometer design and application? This volume brings together those approaches that identify the unique contributions of flow cytometry to the modern world of biotechnology.

scholarly journals Applied Art: Innovative Thinking From a Material Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anneli Hoel Fjærli ◽  
Ida Haugland
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Applied Art ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Society ◽  
On The Road

The modern world is continuously engaged in a racing processes aimed towards building a favourable future society. In this development, the apparent tools seem to be related to theoretical thought, new technology, avant-garde approaches and innovation. The bodily focus and the societal micro level processes are often left behind in this race. Though, in our aspiration towards urban development and the future society, we should not forget that the bodily functions and the possibilities that these give, represent one of the most fundamental and basic tools we have. This article would like to form an argument carrying out the seeming advantage of bringing in not just technological and theoretic avant-garde to the term of innovation and development, but to invite the whole body into the forming of the future, thereby seeing the term innovation from a material perspective. As the art field today is more often approaching subject matters that are primarily societal, we would like to introduce the potential of a mutual approach from the other end, seeing the art field as a central part in the creation of engagement and progress that can instigate another form of efficiency and present an expanded understanding of what innovative activity can be, and how it can be perceived and comprehended. We would like to debate an art form that takes the bodily, active and relational focus and its social context as a base and starting point on the road towards societal consciousness and potential development. Looking at the example of the art project «The Collectivity Project», this article takes it’s starting point in the following question; How can applied art projects in connection to social contexts, like The Collectivity Project, show the art field and the bodily sensuousness as a tool in the forming of values pointing towards an alternative way of thinking societal consciousness and development?

Big Data Analytics and Models

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-33
Author(s):  
Ferdi Sönmez ◽  
Ziya Nazım Perdahçı ◽  
Mehmet Nafiz Aydın
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Important Implication ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Financial Econometrics ◽  
Optimization Models ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Financial Instability ◽  
The Future ◽  
Social Environmental

When uncertainty is regarded as a surprise and an event in the minds, it can be said that individuals can change the future view. Market, financial, operational, social, environmental, institutional and humanitarian risks and uncertainties are the inherent realities of the modern world. Life is suffused with randomness and volatility; everything momentous that occurs in the illustrious sweep of history, or in our individual lives, is an outcome of uncertainty. An important implication of such uncertainty is the financial instability engendered to the victims of different sorts of perils. This chapter is intended to explore big data analytics as a comprehensive technique for processing large amounts of data to uncover insights. Several techniques before big data analytics like financial econometrics and optimization models have been used. Therefore, initially these techniques are mentioned. Then, how big data analytics has altered the methods of analysis is mentioned. Lastly, cases promoting big data analytics are mentioned.

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