New evidence for regional pastoral practice and social complexity in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains in the first millennium BCE.

Mobile pastoralism was a key lifeway in the Late Bronze and Iron Age of Northwest China and played a crucial role in the regional socio-cultural development, as well as the formation of transregional networks. In this paper we analyse the complete faunal assemblage from House F2 in Shirenzigou, on the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, in combination with radiocarbon dating and spatial analysis, to explore local animal resources exploitation strategies and related socio-economic implications. Our results show an intensive multipurpose caprine management, while the exploitation of other domestic taxa, cattle, horses and dogs, was limited.

A Phenotype-Based Approach for the Substrate Water Status Forecast of Greenhouse Netted Muskmelon.

Cultivation substrate water status is of great importance to the production of netted muskmelon ( L. var. reticulatus Naud.

Statistical methods and reporting practices in the study of dyslexia.

This report presents findings from a review of the journals Dyslexia and Annals of Dyslexia over a 10-year period from 2005 to 2014. Three hundred articles were reviewed to examine statistical methodology and reporting practices. Articles were coded according to their reported covariates, effect sizes, and statistical methods.

[The effect of yang xue qing nao granule on chronic cerebral ischemia].

Objective: To study the effect of Yang Xue Qing Nao Granule (YXQNG) on the chronic cerebral ischemia (CCI).

Methods: 80 cases with CCI were divided randomly into treatment group (43 cases) and control group (37 cases). Each group was disposed with intravenous drops of energy mixture.