Like most readers of the Victorian novel, they immersed themselves in a world teeming with vital characters jostling through different social landscapes; they encountered people from town and country, from the outposts of empire, and from across the Atlantic; they read about London high life, the...
Addiction is a condition in which a person engages in use of a substance or in a behavior for which the rewarding effects provide a compelling incentive to repeatedly pursue the behavior despite detrimental consequences. Two...
Raman spectroscopy can also be used for quantification, meaning the Raman signal of a substance within a mixture can be related to its concentration. What is the limit of detection (LOD) for Raman spectroscopy? The limit of detection of specific compounds depends on details of the instrument ...
This chapter presents a thorough discussion of the ubiquitous problem of alcohol and drugs and their relationship to aggression. The substance abuser is described as a potentially dangerous patient. The problem of substance addiction is divided into five basic issues and the complexities of trying to...
Energy and matter, one is an intangible "substance," and the other is a tangible "substance," and they …
DCs orchestrate the presentation of processed antigens to other immune cells, thereby orchestrating the initiation of a targeted and adaptive immune response tailored to the encountered threat [12]. DCs are a population of specialized antigen-presenting cells (APCs) consisting of different subtypes, am...
Nevertheless, the study encountered limitations. Like most traditional Chinese medications, LBP is a composite substance of multiple monosaccharides and amino acids. Further exploration is needed to identify the precise active component accountable for LBP’s immunomodulatory effects. The wide-ranging ...
Spock describes how he sensed the consciousness of the intruder, from a source more powerful that he has ever encountered, with perfect, logical thought patterns. He believes that it holds the answers he seeks. Uhura tells Kirk over the intercom that they have made visual contact with the ...
Arbitrainess of langauge makes it potentially creative, and conventionality of language makes learning a language laborious.任意性赋予语言潜在的创造力,而语言的约定性又使学习语言变得费力。 There are two different schools of belief concerning arbitrariness. Most people, especially structural linguists ...
Bernard de Gordon was called to treat an apothecary who had accidentally received a fatal dose of theriac: “It happened that a certain apothecary had sold a toxic substance and some remained behind the nail of his thumb. When he began to pick his nose with his thumb, his color began to...