Visual contents such as movies and animation evoke various human emotions.We examine an argument that the emotion from the visual contents may vary according to the contrast control of the scenes contained in the contents.We sample three emotions including positive, neutral and negative to prove our argument.We also sample several scenes of these e

A review of the ticks (Acari, Ixodida) of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, Gift Card was completed as a step towards a definitive list (currently indicated as 12) of such species, their hosts and distribution.The ticks: Argas miniatus (poultry), Ixodes loricatus (opossums), Amblyomma aureolatum (dogs), A.calcaratum (anteaters), A.co

TS-1 zeolites with different grain sizes were prepared under hydrothermal conditions by tuning the amount of template agent, chelating Stove Clockwork Timer agent, and temperature, which were further used as supports for the NiMo/TS-1 catalysts.The optimization of synthesis conditions has achieved controllable synthesis of grain sizes from nano-sca

Language and culture are two elements that predominate in our existence.According Home Cleanser to Grzegorczykowa, language is like air.It is needed in order to create and depict culture.It is a form of behaviour, a way of thinking and understanding the world around us.The language versatility and resourcefulness means that it can convey everything

[First paragraph] Coloring the Nation: Race and Ethnicity in the Dominican Republic.DAVID HOWARD.Oxford: Signal; Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2001.x + 227 pp.(Paper US$ 19.95) Race and Politics in the Dominican Republic.ERNESTO SAGAS.Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.xii + 161 pp.(Cloth US$ 49.95, Paper US$ 24.95) Peasants an