The rapid rise of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) during the last few decades among South Asians has been largely attributed to a major shift in lifestyles including physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary patterns, and an overall pattern of sedentary lifestyle.Genetic predisposition to these cardiometabolic
Understanding plant community responses to combinations of biotic and abiotic factors is critical for predicting ecosystem response to environmental change.However, studies of plant community regulation have seldom considered how responses to such factors vary with the different phases of the plant growth cycle.To address this deficit we studied an
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease of great magnitude in the world.Of patients with extrapulmonary disease, ocular manifestations are rare but among reported cases the most common ocular manifestation is uveitis.The diagnosis of ocular TB should be made as early as possible so that treatment is initiated and the risks of ocular com
This paper develops an account of the nature of imagination as a discrete mental process Door Stop Bracket underpinned by a specialised neural and computational architecture.The account integrates evidence from cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychology with philosophical arguments about the nature of imagination.We situate the account aga
According to the design requirements of high-temperature combustion chamber, an advanced shaped hole structure was designed for film cooling.Numerical method was applied in this study to investigate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of shaped holes and compared with those of cylindrical holes.The influence of the forward expansion angle of