scholarly journals Integrative Medicine—Acupuncture on Yourself?

Sci ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Gerhard Litscher
Keyword(s):  
Integrative Medicine ◽  
East China ◽  
The West ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Laser Medicine ◽  
Important Evidence

The aim of this editorial is to demonstrate publications on self-acupuncture from both the East (China) and the West and to bring new variants such as self-applied laser medicine into the focus of interest. Self-acupuncture with needles may of course only be carried out according to the applicable laws of the respective country and these are naturally very different. However, important evidence from the studies published so far has not yet been clearly proven. The answer to a question resulting from the editorial, how tradition and innovation in the field of self-acupuncture can be efficiently combined, will have to be proven by future studies.

scholarly journals The iron-responsive genome of the chiton Acanthopleura granulata

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Varney ◽  
Daniel I. Speiser ◽  
Carmel McDougall ◽  
Bernard M. Degnan ◽  
Kevin M. Kocot
Keyword(s):  
Iron Transport ◽  
West Indian ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
Major Clade ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Genetic Mechanisms ◽  
Molluscan Evolution ◽  
And Function

ABSTRACTMolluscs biomineralize structures that vary in composition, form, and function, prompting questions about the genetic mechanisms responsible for their production and the evolution of these mechanisms. Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) are a promising system for studies of biomineralization because they build a range of calcified structures including shell plates and spine- or scale-like sclerites. Chitons also harden the calcified teeth of their rasp-like radula with a coat of iron (as magnetite). Here we present the genome of the West Indian fuzzy chiton Acanthopleura granulata, the first from any aculiferan mollusc. The A. granulata genome contains homologs of many biomineralization genes identified previously in conchiferan molluscs. We expected chitons to lack genes previously identified from pathways conchiferans use to make biominerals like calcite and nacre because chitons do not use these materials in their shells. Surprisingly, the A. granulata genome has homologs of many of these genes, suggesting that the ancestral mollusc had a more diverse biomineralization toolkit than expected. The A. granulata genome has features that may be specialized for iron biomineralization, including a higher proportion of genes regulated directly by iron than other molluscs. A. granulata also produces two isoforms of soma-like ferritin: one is regulated by iron and similar in sequence to the soma-like ferritins of other molluscs, and the other is constitutively translated and is not found in other molluscs. The A. granulata genome is a resource for future studies of molluscan evolution and biomineralization.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTChitons are molluscs that make shell plates, spine- or scale-like sclerites, and iron-coated teeth. Currently, all molluscs with sequenced genomes lie within one major clade (Conchifera). Sequencing the genome of a representative from the other major clade (Aculifera) helps us learn about the origins and evolution of molluscan traits. The genome of the West Indian Fuzzy Chiton, Acanthopleura granulata, reveals chitons have homologs of many genes other molluscs use to make shells, suggesting all molluscs share some shell-making pathways. The genome of A. granulata has more genes that may be regulated directly by iron than other molluscs, and chitons produce a unique isoform of a major iron-transport protein (ferritin), suggesting that chitons have genomic specializations that contribute to their production of iron-coated teeth.

scholarly journals Crohn's Disease Phenotype at Diagnosis is More Severe in the East (China) Than the West (Australia) and is Managed Differently.

2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. S-788
Author(s):  
Lani Prideaux ◽  
Siew C. Ng ◽  
Michael A. Kamm ◽  
Peter P. De Cruz ◽  
Sally Bell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
East China ◽  
Disease Phenotype ◽  
The West

scholarly journals Climatological Features of Korea-Landfalling Tropical Cyclones

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Won Choi ◽  
Yumi Cha ◽  
Hae-Dong Kim ◽  
Sung-Dae Kang
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Interdecadal Variation ◽  
East China ◽  
The West ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Fuzzy Clustering Method

The present study analyzed the interdecadal variation by applying the statistical change-point analysis to the frequency of the tropical cyclone (TC) that landed in the Korean Peninsula (KP) for the recent 54 years (1951 to 2004) and performed cluster classification of the Korea-landfall TC tracks using a Fuzzy Clustering Method (FCM). First, in the interdecadal variation analysis, frequency of TC that landed in the KP was largely categorized into three periods: high frequency period from 1951 to 1965, low frequency period from 1966 to 1985, and high frequency period from 1986 to 2004. The cluster analysis result of the Korea-landfall TC tracks produced the optimum number of clusters as four. In more detail, Cluster A refers to a pattern of landing in the southern coast in the KP starting from East China Sea followed by heading north while Cluster B refers to a pattern of landing in the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, also starting from East China Sea followed by heading north. Cluster C refers to a pattern of landing in the southern region of the west coast in the KP moving from mainland China while Cluster D refers to a pattern of landing in the mid-north region of the west coast in the Korean Peninsula, also moving from mainland China.

Tidal regime change due to the large scale of reclamation in the west coast of the Korean Peninsula in the Yellow and East China Seas

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 254-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sok Kuh Kang ◽  
Kyung Tae Jung ◽  
Eun Jin Kim ◽  
Jae Kwi So ◽  
Jong Jin Park
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
East China ◽  
China Seas ◽  
The West ◽  
Tidal Regime

Remarks on the birds of Mt Kinabalu

1964 ◽  
Vol 161 (982) ◽  
pp. 80-90 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Contour Line ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Great Work ◽  
The West ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Very High

Mr Smythies has very ably brought together what is known about Kinabalu and related high mountain bird faunas. But there remains much that is unclear in this peculiar problem. As I have spent some time near the extreme summit of Kinabalu itself—and all the bird food data mentioned by Mr Smythies for that zone derive from the stomach analyses which I made during one February—and a total of several years above the ‘montane fauna contour line’ further south in the Sarawak and Kalimantan mountains and uplands, I venture to add a few points with a view to future studies. It seems important to be clear that the birds here listed by Smythies are those mainly peculiar to Borneo high levels and all ones not once recorded off the mountains. But there are an appreciable (and significant) further series which all previous authors have considered ‘montane’ (e.g. Banks (1949), and Smythies’s own great work (1960)). Thus when he uses the term characteristic for the 5000 ft. zone and upwards, he means ‘peculiar to'. For instance at the very highest ‘heath scrub’ levels of Kinabalu there are two very common montane birds which he does not mention— because no doubt they have also been recorded at much lower altitudes. In my view they cannot therefore be omitted from top-level consideration. For by that standard the top-level Blackbird should equally be excluded—as common in the lowlands throughout the West Pacific. Indeed, a capacity to be both very high, fully ‘alpine’ and submontane or lowland may provide significant new insight.

scholarly journals The iron-responsive genome of the chiton Acanthopleura Granulata

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca M Varney ◽  
Daniel I Speiser ◽  
Carmel McDougall ◽  
Bernard M Degnan ◽  
Kevin M Kocot
Keyword(s):  
West Indian ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Genetic Mechanisms ◽  
Molluscan Evolution ◽  
And Function

Abstract Molluscs biomineralize structures that vary in composition, form, and function, prompting questions about the genetic mechanisms responsible for their production and the evolution of these mechanisms. Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) are a promising system for studies of biomineralization because they build a range of calcified structures including shell plates and spine- or scale-like sclerites. Chitons also harden the calcified teeth of their rasp-like radula with a coat of iron (as magnetite). Here we present the genome of the West Indian fuzzy chiton Acanthopleura granulata, the first from any aculiferan mollusc. The A. granulata genome contains homologs of many genes associated with biomineralization in conchiferan molluscs. We expected chitons to lack genes previously identified from pathways conchiferans use to make biominerals like calcite and nacre because chitons do not use these materials in their shells. Surprisingly, the A. granulata genome has homologs of many of these genes, suggesting that the ancestral mollusc may have had a more diverse biomineralization toolkit than expected. The A. granulata genome has features that may be specialized for iron biomineralization, including a higher proportion of genes regulated directly by iron than other molluscs. A. granulata also produces two isoforms of soma-like ferritin: one is regulated by iron and similar in sequence to the soma-like ferritins of other molluscs, and the other is constitutively translated and is not found in other molluscs. The A. granulata genome is a resource for future studies of molluscan evolution and biomineralization.

scholarly journals Ulcerative Colitis at Diagnosis is More Extensive Anatomically in the East (China) Than the West (Australia) and is Managed Differently.

2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. S-790-S-791
Author(s):  
Lani Prideaux ◽  
Siew C. Ng ◽  
Michael A. Kamm ◽  
Peter P. De Cruz ◽  
Sally Bell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
East China ◽  
The West

scholarly journals The Imagination of Criminals in Victorian London in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-94
Author(s):  
Hiu Wai Wong
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Narrative Construction ◽  
The West ◽  
Cultural Imagination ◽  
East End ◽  
Important Evidence

In this article I write about the split of London described in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll, decent and belonging to the middle class, fail s to resist the transformation into Mr. Hyde, gross and belonging to the lower class. It represents the fear of the West Enders, who thought that the East Enders were uncivilized and threatening. In order to rationalize their fear, the West Enders imagined the East Enders as criminals, which corresponds to Edward Said’s discussion of Orientalism. In Orientalism, Said discusses how the West represents the Orient as the Other, and produces the category of the Orient grounded on a geographical framework of thinking. In much the same way, the story of Jekyll and Hyde demonstrates a narrative construction of the lower class living in the East End London as criminals. The influence of Cesare Lombroso’s theory of criminology present in the story serves as important evidence of the West Enders’ imagination. In Criminal Man (1876), Lombroso investigates the atavistic criminal, which illustrates the middle-class imagination of the body of the East Enders. Establishing the notion of atavism, Lombroso belittles the lower class by criticizing them as the demonstration of “regression to an earlier stage of evolution.” Examining the details of the geographical demarcation portrayed in the story, this paper hopes to elucidate the cultural imagination of criminals in Victorian London.

The Percy Sladen Trust Excavations, Grime's Graves, Norfolk. Interim Report 1927–1932

1932 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Leslie Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Mining Activities ◽  
Interim Report ◽  
Important Work ◽  
The West ◽  
Important Evidence

Since the publication of the 1926 Report on these excavations much important work has been accomplished, four pits, all of the intermediate mining phase, have been completely excavated and a fifth, (Pit No. 12) commenced. In addition, 32 sections have been dug, chiefly in the West Field, which have confirmed the evidence already published and provided further important evidence as to the extent and nature of the mining activities in general.

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