"And it was then that all these kinds of things thus established received their shapes from the Ordering One, through the action of Ideas of Numbers" (Plato: in Timaeus). Indeed, the Hamilton's 'Principle of Least Action' is a mathematical discrimination between inorganic and organic systems. The geometrical progression of organic life has the property of producing by simple addition, a succession of numbers or similar shapes making the homothetic (gnomonic) growth-work by 'imbibition' (from inside outwards). Whereas, inorganic matters (crystals, snowflakes, rocks) grow by 'agglutination' (from outside inwards) and final distribution of energy to cause no further motion. While in inorganic growth (hexagonal), the Principle of Least Actions tends to save energy, in organic or gnomonic growth (pentagonal) there is a tendency to save the substance. Involving the avid travelers "father jaguar and the cub," this tourbook of the "snow gallery" mathematically and geometrically analyzes the deposition, aggregation, capacitance, and velocity of the snowflake formation, vis a vis the hexagonal (honeycomb) tendency. When the tour is over, the cub classifies his most favorite snowflakes, giving them names.

There is this hen Otthilda, who hates her own land and the soporific lifestyle in the farm, town Spitak. Under the frequent attacks of fame-fever, she dreams of becoming a celebrity in a 'big' city, like Trenton/NJ or Roxbury Crossing/MA. With timely aid of her fairy godmother Galina-Alba, her dreams are about to come true. Alas, when the fairy godmother is on vacation, her replacement scams and mixes-up Otthilda's files, proposals, and wishes. Since then, Otthilda gets small and junk surprises and eventually makes her living on a yard sale.

Research in health of women who partner with women (WPW) operates in a context of multiple factors: local legislations, political pressures, community attitudes, methodological and ethical challenges in the study design and process, respondent identification issues, and funding availability. The reluctance to conduct research based on the above mentioned reasons results in lack of randomized control trials. As such, the risk of cervical cancer in WPW remains ambiguous due to the lack of data on specific aspects of its continuum. Secular trends in cervical cancer and sexuality inferences, as well as determinans and barriers in this nexus, are difficult to interpret. A meta-analysis of 73 studies of the empirical and vigorous evidence, current effort determines: (1) the risk of cervical cancer in WPW beyond the theory of papillomavirus infection; and (2) the barriers for WPW to preventive screenings. A "sexuality-oriented cervical-cancer research index" (SOCRI) is designed to inform the ratio of WPW involved in cervical cancer studies per country or region. The SOCRI indicates on how the research on cervical cancer in certain countries or regions reflects issues of sexuality. Firm conclusions await the results of additional studies that specifically address some of the methodological shortcomings of the previous investigations. At this stage we conclude that further research is essential to elucidate metabolic factors (leptin, Cu/Zn ratio), histological variances of the tumor, distant or central recurrence/survival ratio, and mortality rates based on sexuality choices. Likewise, country or state-oriented research would address the statistical challenges related to the undercounts of registered or civil WPW units in the census data.

"Four things in life are the older the better: wine, cheese, rug, and friendship." Cheese is more than a rich food, an iconic or cultural object. Cheese is information, an authentic element of heritage that brings people together. What's in the air, water and soil of a particular region, influences the flavor of cheese. Touching our palates cheese informs us about the place it was made, about people mastering it, and about the grass the cattle has consumed. The business of judging a crumb of cheese has been taken with a great seriousness over the centuries. The 'abracadabra' of a cheese-fancier and connoisseur is comparable to that of the wine, tea, sumptuous sauce or caviar tasters. Each type of cheese is ripened by a certain microflora which then interacts with lactobacilli in our intenstine. These lactobacilli are the 'white knights' that enhance our health, immune defense, appetite and sense of fullness. But their own requirements and outputs change every moment. That is why today you may wish a hard Gouda, tomorrow light Feta, the next day an extra-nutritious Saint Andre. But you will not wish eating them all together in one meal. With unique stories and illustrations, this book intends to entertain both the junior and adult, with the whereabouts, descriptions, and content of the 37 world-class cheeses. Designed as a pourquoi tale, it involves two scavengers, raccoons Maitre Fromager (cheese masters), who help the residents of the fictitious Alpine town Cheesebaden to improve their cheesemaking technology, by sharing with them their natural secrets of cheese aging inside the oak-logs, Kaselagerung."

Involving avid travelers father jaguar and the cub, and a supersmart kid Evan Messenger, this book is packed with descriptions of the rare pediatric diseases that are poorly attended due to the health insurance constraints: Batten disease, Carpenter syndrome, Ellis van Creveld syndrome, Fucosidosis, Gaucher disease, Krabbe disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and Prune Belly syndrome. An awareness raising brochure, it is dedicated to the Global Health Humanitarian Summit that takes place each year at Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

The intriguing phenomena of the night sky are tempered by intimidation but meantime in the held of reverence of the apparitions observed. Current classification of meteorites suggests that there is a gap between and within different meteorite families. Taking into account meteoroid measurements by in situ experiments and oblique angle hypervelocity impact studies, it is found that the observed size distributions of lunar microcraters usually do not represent the interplanetary meteoroid flux for particles with the masses of minus 9 degree grams. With many more meteorites waiting to be found in deserts and strewn fields, it is likely that we shall uncover distinct new types, to the extent of tiny monocomponent interstellar grains composed of a few tens of atoms of carbon, nitrogen, iron, manganese, silicon, or radium. With predictive knowledge in meteor showers, regarding the 'senders, ' the ambassadors of coded messages, ' the patterns, the azimuth and timing, we would better understand the stability of our solar system, refine the chronology of its tricks and miracles, and develop more robust timescales for the accretion, or parent-body processes, like aqueous alteration, metamorphism, and differentiation. Of the books about meteorites are apparently no end, but this particular effort is an oddity with its design to entertain and persuade a junior reader. Through a tour with avid travelers - father jaguar and the cub, it lands us on colorful scenes of the annual meteor showers, accommodating us to the right lunar phase (so the moonlight would not steal the show), geographical location, and the month. Witnessing the fall of the 'shooting stars, ' we then find odd and conventional meteorites with the help of various quests and tests. The spatial density of the meteoroids is presently increasing with the time. With the wealth of knowledge in these 'messengers' we may define the reason our unique planet was created, the path it goes through, and the fate it complies.

FROM THE AUTHORS: Bound not for the connoisseurs or 'rockhounds, ' this book is for children aged 6-13 years. With a feast on eyes, witty illustrations, through a gem-mining adventure of two exotic animals (patas monkey and matamata turtle), it explains the chemical compositions and physical properties (hardness, refraction, flaw, saturation, asterism, hue) of 18 popular gemstones, their mine locations, mastery of the cut, value criteria, popularity among the pop and cardinal jewelry clientele. It displays variances and looks of each gems from different geographical regions. Displaying the worlds biggest ten signature diamonds (Cullinan, Orloff, Centenary, Regent, Kohi-i-Noor, Idols Eye, Taylor-Burton, Sancy, Blue Hope, and Hortensia) it runs their history, inclusive for Tiaras and Cameos belonging to many Queens. Equally referred to the boys and girls, basic knowledge in gems is important for the growing minds. This book is not for a 'junior gemologist.' Studying gems should be included in default in elementary education for many reasons. First and foremost, it exercises their common sense to appreciate the difference between 'good and great, ' 'great and crown.' Gemology incorporates several discplines: geology, chemistry, visual arts, craft, fashion, and even alternative medicine. It is about knowing our land, its secrets and treasures. It helps our children to ponder why gems containing aluminium or cadmium cations are deposited in hydro thermally formed rhyolites, while gems consisted of iron or copper cations are set at the volcaninc base in a different location; it makes them to think of unbeatable caprice of pure carbone that makes it famously hard to convert the graphite into diamond. It offers them many 'whereabouts, and 'hows.' It also upgrades their preparation for a savvy lifestyle. It would be noble, if instead of star-war games or fantasy footballs, children and teens would spend their spare time on studying gems, uncovering their beauty and value. A wake -up call, this book also reminds us about the rare animals, which require more attention than we actually pay.

Germination is a fascinating process. Seeing the life-preserving secrets of seeds, and a tiny seedling emerge from a dry, wrinkled seed and watching its growth and transformation is observing the mystery of life unfolding. While studying the seeds morphology ask yourself a simple question whether or not, a viable, fertile seed and optimal conditions for germination are enough to transform a tiny grain into a mature plant, bush, or tree? There is something else, isn't it, something mysterious that breathes life and vigor into a new development Designed for the Nature-lovers, this book provides with comprehensive knowledge on the anatomy of seeds, bio-compounds, modes of dispersal (gravidity, wind, hydrochory, ballistochory, plant-plant interaction, epizoochory, endozoochory, myrmecochory, and livestock mode by humans), dormancy, fecundity, and germination on a variety of examples and schemes ranging from Kentucky coffee, maple tree, violet, to jewelweed, lotus, or apricot. By its core it intends to promote the culture of garbage, and to contribute in the recovery of our exhausted soilbank. Never trash seeds Return them to the soil.