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While gender diversity has become more visible in Vietnam, the topic of transgender is still surrounded by taboos and has received scant academic attention. In this paper, by using historical and ethnographical materials, I examine the participation of transgender individuals as performers at funerals in southern Vietnam. I also want to show that this phenomenon is a vivid example of how the recom

The role of a split injection in the mixture formation and combustion characteristics of a diesel spray in an engine-like condition is investigated. We use large-eddy simulations with finite rate chemistry in order to identify the main controlling mechanism that can potentially improve the mixture quality and reduces the combustion emissions. It is shown that the primary effect of the split inject

Chile and Norway are two ‘natural resource-intensive economies’, which have had different development trajectories, yet are closely similar in industrial structure and geophysical conditions. This paper seeks to contribute to the debate about how and why some economies based on natural resource activities have been more dynamic and innovative than others by indicating contributing factors of key d

Absorbable, nonwoven patches made from polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) were implanted as transannular patches into the right ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary artery in 13 weanling sheep, the test group. Six sheep, in which a transannular Dacron patch was implanted, served as control group. The test and the control patches were harvested 3-24 months later. The results were documented macroscopical

Background: People with a disability affecting their mobility are more likely to be overweight or obese than those without a mobility disability. The guidelines on how to prevent and treat overweight/obese adults in the general population have not been adapted to the needs of people with a mobility disability. A reasonable useful first step in the process of adapting such guidelines is to conduct

Background: Seasonal variation in glucose metabolism might be driven by changes in daylight. Melatonin entrains circadian regulation and is directly associated with daylight. The relationship between melatonin receptor 1B gene variants with glycemic traits and type 2 diabetes is well established. We studied if daylight length was associated with glycemic traits and if it modified the relationship

This thesis deals with PACAP and PACAP type-1 receptors in the sensory and autonomic parts of the peripheral nervous system. In the rat, PACAP is expressed in small-sized sensory neurons and in C-fibers. Unilateral transection of the sciatic nerve (axotomy) causes an upregulation of PACAP in medium-sized and large neurons, whereas the density of PACAP-IR fibers is decrea sed in the dorsal horn. In

Using the level crossing technique with parallel magnetic and electric fields the tensor polarizability of the 7 p 2 P 3/2 level in Rb 87 and the 8 p 2 P 3/2 level in Cs 133 was measured with the results α 2 (7 p 2 P 3/2 Rb 87 ) = -3.2 (2) MHz (kV/cm) 2 and α 2 (8 p 2 P 3/2 Rb 133 ) = -7.6 (3) MHz (kV/cm) 2 Theoretical values, calculated with the Coulomb approximation of Bates and Damgaard, agre

The paper discusses the nature and development of sociology. In particular, it problematizes some aspects of sociology today - sociology in a post disciplinary age and its relate to the novel and the essay as styles of thought. The discussion refers to classical sociology and its provisional, indeed pre disciplinary constitution.