There was no seclusion of women at any time among the ancient Egyptians. The figure of the wife on the early monuments constantly accompanies that of her husband. She is his associate in all his occupations. Her subordination is indicated by her representation being on an unduly smaller scale, and by her ordinary position, which is behind the figure of her "lord and master." In statuary, however, she appears seated with him on the same seat or chair. There is no appearance of her having been either a drudge or a plaything. She was regarded as man's true "helpmate," shared his thoughts, ruled his family, and during their early years had the charge of his children. Women were entombed with as much care, and almost with as much pomp, as men. The right of women to ascend the throne is said to have been asserted by one of the kings who preceded Sneferu; and from time to time women actually exercised in Egypt the royal authority.
The Ancient Egyptians had no formal marriage ceremony as such. marriage was seen as a sacred institution. A man and a woman set up home together and the Ancient Egyptian expression for marriage was 'founding a house'. Setting up a home together and together with legal agreements regarding maintenance and possessions constituted a marriage. An Egyptian woman would marry at the age of 14 whereas the age for a man was about 20. Marriages were usually between men and women of the same social standing. Marriages within the family were also common especially between cousins. Incestuous marriages only occurred within the royal family and involved the Pharaoh who was believed to be a god. The property rights of Ancient Egyptian women were highly favourable compared to other civilizations and women remained the owner of whatever she brought into the household. It must be said, however, that the natural state of Egyptian women was as wife and mother and an unattached woman was treated with some suspicion.
Polygamy was legal for the Ancient Egyptians. Polygamy is the practice of marriage to more than one spouse simultaneously. Although polygamy was legal it was generally only practised by the wealthy - the prospect of paying maintenance to several women must have reduced the practise. Pharaohs practised polygamy which helped to seal alliances, establish their dynasties and resolve questions of succession. In instances were polygamy was practised one of the women would be named as the main wife and enjoyed a special and higher status compared to any other wives.
Divorce was allowed in the Ancient Egyptian society and a divorce was obtained by one partner renouncing the other with or without the consent of the other person. If either partner did not get on with the other it was sufficient grounds for a divorce. Wanting to marry another person was also seen as a perfectly good reason for a divorce. A man could choose another woman as a wife in order to improve his social standing in the Ancient Egyptian society. Adultery was another reason for divorce but even if the woman was the guilty party she would retain certain rights of maintenance from her previous husband and of course her property was still her own. In the event of a divorce a woman would receive one third of the assets which were acquired during the period of the marriage.
The Ancient Egyptians believed in the concept of women's rights. The terms of marriage and divorce were not unfavorable to women and they also had additional rights. Egyptian women were allowed to farm land, sell land and produce produce which they could sell. A woman was equal to a man under law and if she broke the law she was answerable to the consequences.
Although Egyptian women were equal according to the law the men were still seen as the masters in many other respects. The most accepted role of a woman in Ancient Egyptian society was that of a wife and a mother. Most of the Pharaohs were male and female Pharaohs often wore the false beard as a symbol of royal power as only kings should be Pharaohs. Women were excluded from roles such as court officials and although some women were educated this was far more common for men. Even as young girls women were expected to serve men. Many jobs were based on the strength and stamina of men so women undertook less physical tasks. Women were not allowed to carry any blades so any jobs requiring the use of such a tool was banned to women. Even the job of washing clothes was deemed as a job for a man as it was possible that a crocodile could attack someone undertaking this occupation.
The most important role for Egyptian women was that of a mother. Producing children was the main reason why Egyptians married. Delivery of children usually took place on a special shaded pavilion and women were tended by their close female relations. Their was a high mortality rate and women who became mothers then took on the responsibility of raising their children as safely as possible.


Today, I am too lazy to go out and just procrastinate some household chores. When I woke up, I just check my emails and back to my lounge area. I am too tired for the past days of unpacking and arranging. It is endless! So, I decided to just watch TV and glued my eyes on Food Network, one of my favorite channels. Well, late in the evening, I decided to fix my walk-in closet a lil bit. I guess, this day is not afterall wasted.


As described in Item 5.07 below, Uranium Resources, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on July 18, 2017. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Uranium Resources, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2013 OIP"). The amended 2013 OIP became effective upon stockholder approval and, among other changes, increased by one million the number of shares available under the 2013 OIP, as described under Proposal 5 of the Company's definitive proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2017 and in the supplement thereto filed June 5, 2017, which description is incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing description of the amended 2013 OIP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the amended 2013 OIP, which is set forth in Appendix B to the Company's definitive proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2017.
The Company held the Annual Meeting on July 18, 2017. The total number of shares of the Company's common stock voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 13,028,769, representing approximately 52.7% of the 24,709,673 shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and constituting a quorum. The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, as applicable, with respect to each matter is set out below.
Consistent with a majority of the votes cast with respect to Proposal 4 and with the recommendation of the Company's Board of Directors, the Company will hold a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers annually until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as required to Section 14A(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Uranium Resources, Inc. is engaged in developing energy-related metals. As of December 16, 2016, the Company had developed land position in two prospective lithium brine basins in Nevada and Utah in preparation for exploration and development of any resources that may be discovered there. In addition, it remains focused on advancing the Temrezli in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium project in Central Turkey when uranium prices permit economic development of this project. As of December 16, 2016, it controlled exploration properties in Turkey under nine exploration and operated licenses covering approximately 32,000 acres (over 13,000 hectares) with various exploration targets, including the satellite Sefaatli Project, which is 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of the Temrezli Project. Its projects include Temrezli Project, Kingsville Dome Project, Rosita Project, Vasquez Project, Butler Ranch Exploration Project, Sejita Dome Exploration Project, Cebolleta Project and Juan Tafoya Project.


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Neelam Badi	September 28, 2018, 12:00 IST
The Supreme Court has junked the 158-year-old patronising and patriarchal adultery law by stating that "husband is not the master of the woman" and the act of adultery is no longer a crime, but it remains a ground for filing divorce.
The adultery law, or specifically Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code criminalised and punished a man who has affair with a married woman "without her husband's consent" with five years of imprisonment. While the law forbade the women from being punished and "protected" them, but it was paradoxically skewed against woman in an adulterous relationship to have consent from her husband, treating her as a property of husband. The law was reviewed by a five-justice bench on the base that it "denuded women from making choices".
The apex court found this Victorian adultery law as arbitrary and testosterone-etched that treats women as "stolen property", and decriminalised the adultery law in India. Junking the Section 497, the 5 justice bench of Supreme Court said that "It's time to say the husband is not the master of the woman. Adultery cannot and should not be a criminal offence." While adultery is no more a criminal offence, like domestic violence is, but it still remains a ground for filing divorce for both the man and the woman.
At the heart of the adultery decriminalisation verdict is to remove the offensive notion of a wife as chattel, or the husband's personal property. However, some experts believe that decriminalising adultery was actually an anti-women decision that will give "license to people for having illegitimate relationships". These experts believe that instead of decriminalising Section 497, the court should have made it gender neutral – which means it will be treated equally, criminalizing the act of adultery for both men and women.
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7 Texas correctional officers plead guilty to racketeering for smuggling drugs and cell phones to prison inmates
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Seven former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correction officers pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a large-scale racketeering case involving the McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.
This case resulted from a four-year joint investigation conducted by the following agencies: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas; TDCJ's Office of Inspector General; Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Corpus Christi Police Department's Gang and Organized Crime Units; U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and the Beeville County District Attorney's Office.
Former McConnell Unit employees Stephanie Deming, 23, of Beeville; Christy Nesloney, 27, of Cuero; Kimberly Koenig, 32, of Victoria; Yvonne Sandoval, 36, of Sinton; Jaime Garza, 38, of Santa Elena, each pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering. Former correction officer Justin Leonard, 23, of Conroe, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The former Texas correction officers admitted to acts of bribery and drug trafficking inside and outside the prison system. Not charged in the racketeering count, former correction officer Jamar Green, 29, of Refugio, who pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute ecstasy. All seven defendants are set for sentencing June 24.
"These defendants were entrusted to serve the public, but violated our trust and became servants to the criminals in their care," said Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of HSI Houston. "As a fitting result, the jailers will now be jailed."
A total of 30 defendants were taken into custody in late February in relation to this case, including 17 former TDCJ officers. Two others remain fugitives. The cases against the other 25 defendants are still pending and they are presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process of law. They are set for trial July 8. The indictment remains sealed regarding those charged but not as yet in custody.
The arrests of those charged were a joint effort between TDCJ's OIG and federal authorities to attempt to break the "culture of corruption" that permeated the McConnell Unit Prison during a period between 2005 to the present. State and federal authorities worked together in a determined effort to disrupt and dismantle the violent criminal gangs who were profiting through the corruption of guards at the prison.
According to the indictment, 14 former TDCJ correction officers were part of a criminal enterprise that engaged in bribery and narcotics trafficking. The indictment details specific acts where correction officers assisted incarcerated prisoners in the TDCJ's McConnell Unit Prison in Beeville by smuggling cellular telephones and drugs into the prison system. The drugs and phones were allegedly sold inside the prison to other inmates. The phones were used by inmates to assist in coordinating their criminal activities outside the prison, according to the allegations.
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3 Positional candidate gene cloning of CLN1
Sandra L. Hofmann, Amit K. Das, Jui Yun Lu, Abigail A. Soyombo
Mutations in the CLN1 gene encoding palmitoyl-protein thiosterase (PPT) underlie the recessive neurodegenerative disorder, infantile Batten disease, or infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL). The CLN1 gene was mapped to chromosome 1p32 in the vicinity of a microsatellite marker HY-TM1 in a cohort of Finnish INCL families, and mapping of the PPT gene to the CLN1 critical region (and the discovery of mutations in PPT in several unrelated families) led to conclusive identification of PPT as the disease gene. PPT is a lysosomal thioesterase that removes fatty acids from fatty-acylated cysteine residues in proteins. The accumulation of fatty acyl cysteine thioesters can be reverse in INCL cells by the exogenous administration of recombinant PPT, which enters the cells through the mannose 6-phosphate receptor pathway. Over two dozen PPT mutations have been found in PPT-deficient patients worldwide. In the United States, all PPT-deficient patients show "GROD" histology but the age of onset of symptoms is later in some children due to the presence of missense mutations that result in enzymes with residual PPT activity. Now that INCL is known to be caused by a defect in a soluble lysosomal enzyme, appropriate therapies may be forthcoming. Prospects for therapy include enzyme replacement, stem cell transplantation gene therapy and metabolic therapy aimed at depleting the abnormal substrate accumulation in the disease.
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Hofmann, S. L., Das, A. K., Lu, J. Y., & Soyombo, A. A. (2001). 3 Positional candidate gene cloning of CLN1. In Advances in Genetics (Vol. 45, pp. 69-92) https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2660(01)45004-8
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Hofmann, SL, Das, AK, Lu, JY & Soyombo, AA 2001, 3 Positional candidate gene cloning of CLN1. in Advances in Genetics. vol. 45, pp. 69-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2660(01)45004-8
Hofmann SL, Das AK, Lu JY, Soyombo AA. 3 Positional candidate gene cloning of CLN1. In Advances in Genetics. Vol. 45. 2001. p. 69-92 doi: 10.1016/S0065-2660(01)45004-8
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Q: Applying patch to subprocess library I am trying to apply patch to subprocess library. Using following script and get the error:
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'module' and 'module'
os.chdir("C:/Users/Downloads")
import patch
patch -subprocess < issue_28168_03.patch

I downloaded the patch from https://bugs.python.org/issue28168
Need help with the error.

A: I was actually trying to apply the patch to fix issues with Uninterruptible subprocess when opening an exe file. I fixed it using following script.
import subprocess
import time

binary_path = 'path/file.exe'
args = 'arguments' # arbitrary

call_str = '{} {}'.format(binary_path, args)

proc = subprocess.Popen(call_str)

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Stuxnet logbook, Oct 7 2010, 1430 hours MESZ
We continue our rant against the mainstream media for a short while. It is unbelievable how major publications give room to self-proclaimed security experts who have never come closer than 500 miles to a Stuxnet-infected installation, not to speak about having any clue of what an industrial controller is. We have also learned that the major interest of the media is the question who may be behind Stuxnet, which is usually answered by a mysterious 'we will never know' (meaning: I, the journalist, will never know, because I have no desire to figure it out). However, we will know. Stuxnet and its surroundings contain so many traces that sooner or later the organizations behind it will be identified beyond reasonable doubt. Let's give some hints for those who are really interested in following the traces.
Anyone who develops the most sophisticated piece of malware in history in order to attack specific targets is not playing around. We're talking about attackers who are really, really serious about achieving mission success. If operation Myrtus had failed because some geniuses in Hamburg, Germany figured out the plot too early, allowing some admins in Iran to defuse the cyber weapon in time, there was a plan B. It would not have been like 'shoot, we missed it only a week before the blow, now let's all get drunk quickly and forget about that whole Iranian nukes business'. The only logical plan B would have been an air strike, as had been practiced two years ago. Chances are preparations for such had been visible for someone looking for it in the middle East at the end of August: More tankers and AWACS airborne than usual, fighter jets out of the bunkers with crews strapped in their seats and ready to start engines, CSAR copters deployed etc. Plan B had involved two major players: Israel and the US.
Let's get back to plan A, a.k.a. Stuxnet, or operation Myrtus. The main factors to analyze who is behind it are, as always, motivation and capability. Determining who has the motivation to cripple Iran's nuclear program is not a big deal. Israel, for sure. Then look at the 5+1 talks on Iranian nukes that are going on. The US can be found here, too. Now let's look at the second factor, capability. Some of the different pieces of Stuxnet could be developed by many. Many actors are able to steal digital certificates, or to buy these on the black market. Few actors are able to figure out the four zero-days vulnerabilities and to combine that with the peer-to-peer update functionality. The most telling part, however, is Stuxnet's digital warhead, the PLC code injections.
When Ralph told a reporter from BBC Worldwide that presently, perhaps ten people on the globe would be able to invent and implement this attack vector, and three of them could be found in Langner's office, the reporter was smart enough to ask: Did you do it? No, we didn't. But the guy got the point here. Anyone who is interested in determining the forces behind Stuxnet has a good chance of success in following this trace. As another hint, as far as our experience and crystal ball goes, neither Israel nor the US presently have this capability. If you are a movie buff, think about that old black & white movie with Orson Welles, The third man. 'There was a third man.' But his name is not Harry Lime.


Tyson and Kristina's family came and watched Jacob's football game then spent the night and then left for Florida, where they were going to spend Thanksgiving. The dogs loved their girls, we were even surprised that Charlie didn't jump up on them, she just sat there and let them pet her, which she doesn't do very often. She just must like little people her size.


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Q: How to python and excel calculator This is my Python code. I have a 10.xlsx file and I have about 160 rows of data in the E, F, and G columns in the Excel file. I want to create a new Excel file called 11.xlsx by adding one column to each column of E, F, and G, and writing it to column H, how do I modify the code?
import openpyxl

wb = openpyxl.load_workbook('10.xlsx')

ws = wb.active

for row in range(1,ws.max_row):
    if(ws.cell(row,1).value is None):
        break
    print(ws.cell(row,1).value)

wb.save("11.xlsx")
wb.close()

A: From what I understood, if you have values on E1, F1 and G1, you want to have on H1 =E1 + F1 + G1. If that is the case, if you want to write the formula in the cells using python, you can use this command:
for row in range(1, ws.max_row+1):
    ws['H' + str(row)] = '=E'+str(row)+'+F'+str(row)+'+G'+str(row)

Your question was not clear, so if there is anything else, try to formulate it more, maybe editing your original question, or comment here and I'll see what else I can do to help

A: The following code stores the sum of columns E, F and G of file 10.xlsx into column H of file 11.xlsx.
import openpyxl

wb_10 = openpyxl.load_workbook('10.xlsx')
wb_11 = openpyxl.Workbook()

ws_10 = wb_10.active
ws_11 = wb_11.active

colE = ws_10['E']
colF = ws_10['F']
colG = ws_10['G']

for i in range(max(len(colE), len(colF), len(colG))):

    if colE[i].value == None: colE[i].value = 0
    if colF[i].value == None: colF[i].value = 0
    if colG[i].value == None: colG[i].value = 0

    ws_11.cell(row = i + 1, column = 8).value = colE[i].value + colF[i].value + colG[i].value

wb_11.save('11.xlsx')


I've been meaning to write a summary of the V&V techniques used for Earth System Models (ESMs) for ages, but never quite got round to it. However, I just had to put together a piece for a book chapter, and thought I would post it here to see if folks have anything to add (or argue with)).
Verification and Validation for ESMs is hard because running the models is an expensive proposition (a fully coupled simulation run can take weeks to complete), and because there is rarely a "correct" result – expert judgment is needed to assess the model outputs.
However, it is helpful to distinguish between verification and validation, because the former can often be automated, while the latter cannot. Verification tests are objective tests of correctness. These include basic tests (usually applied after each code change) that the model will compile and run without crashing in each of its standard configurations, that a run can be stopped and restarted from the restart files without affecting the results, and that identical results are obtained when the model is run using different processor layouts. Verification would also include the built-in tests for conservation of mass and energy over the global system on very long simulation runs.
In contrast, validation refers to science tests, where subjective judgment is needed. These include tests that the model simulates a realistic, stable climate, given stable forcings, that it matches the trends seen in observational data when subjected to historically accurate forcings, and that the means and variations (e.g. seasonal cycles) are realistic for the main climate variables (E.g. see Phillips et al, 2004).
While there is an extensive literature on the philosophical status of model validation in computational sciences (see for example, Oreskes et al (1994); Sterman (1994); Randall and Wielicki (1997); Stehr (2001)), much of it bears very little relation to practical techniques for ESM validation, and very little has been written on practical testing techniques for ESMs. In practice, testing strategies rely on a hierarchy of standard tests, starting with the simpler ones, and building up to the most sophisticated.
Simplified tests – e.g. reduce 3D equations of motion to 2D horizontal flow (e.g. a shallow water testbed). This is especially useful if the reduction has an analytical solution, or if a reference solution is available. It also permits assessment of relative accuracy and stability over a wide parameter space, and hence is especially useful when developing new numerical routines.
Dynamical core tests – test for numerical convergence of the dynamics with physical parameterizations replaced by a simplified physics model (e.g. no topography, no seasonal or diurnal cycle, simplified radiation).
Single-column tests – allows testing of individual physical parameterizations separately from the rest of the model. A single column of data is used, with horizontal forcing prescribed from observations or from idealized profiles. This is useful for understanding a new parameterization, and for comparing interaction between several parameterizations, but doesn't cover interaction with large-scale dynamics, nor interaction with adjacent grid points. This type of test also depends on availability of observational datasets.
Idealized aquaplanet – test the fully coupled atmosphere-ocean model, but with idealized sea-surface temperatures at all grid points. This allows for testing of numerical convergence in the absence of complications of orography and coastal effects.
Uncoupled model components tested against realistic climate regimes – test each model component in stand-alone mode, with a prescribed set of forcings. For example, test the atmosphere on its own, with prescribed sea surface temperatures, sea-ice boundary conditions, solar forcings, and ozone distribution. Statistical tests are then applied to check for realistic mean climate and variability.
Double-call tests. Run the full coupled model, and test a new scheme by calling both the old and new scheme at each timestep, but with the new scheme's outputs not fed back in to the model. This allows assessment of the performance of new scheme in comparison with older schemes.
Spin-up tests. Run the full ESM for just a few days of simulation (typically between 1 and 5 days of simulation), starting from an observed state. Such tests are cheap enough that they can be run many times, sampling across the initial state uncertainty. Then the average of a large number of such tests can be analyzed (Pope and Davies suggest that 60 is enough for statistical significance). This allows the results from different schemes to be compared, to explore differences in short term tendencies.
Whenever a code change is made to an ESM, in principle, an extensive set of simulation runs are needed to assess whether the change has a noticeable impact on the climatology of the model. This in turn requires a sub jective judgment for whether minor variations constitute acceptable variations, or whether they add up to a significantly different climatology.
Because this testing is so expensive, a standard shortcut is to require exact reproducibility for minor changes, which can then be tested quickly through the use of bit comparison tests . These are automated checks over a short run (e.g. a few days of simulation time) that the outputs or restart files of two different model configurations are identical down to the least significant bits. This is useful for checking that a change didn't break anything it shouldn't, but requires that each change be designed so that it can be "turned off" (e.g. via run-time switches) to ensure previous experiments can be reproduced. Bit comparison tests can also check that different configurations give identical results. In effect, bit reproducibility over a short run is a proxy for testing that two different versions of the model will give the same climate over a long run. It's much faster than testing the full simulations, and it catches most (but not all) errors that would affect the model climatology.
Bit comparison tests do have a number of drawbacks, however, in that they restrict the kinds of change that can be made to the model. Occasionally, bit reproducibility cannot be guaranteed from one version of the model to another, for example when there is a change of compiler, change of hardware, a code refactoring, or almost any kind of code optimization. The decision about whether to insist on bit reproducibility, or whether to allow it to be broken from one version of the model to the next, is a difficult trade-off between flexibility and ease of testing.
A number of simple practices can be used to help improve code sustainability and remove coding errors. These include running the code through multiple compilers, which is effective because different compilers give warnings about different language features, and some allow poor or ambiguous code which others will report. It's better to identify and remove such problems when they are first inserted, rather than discover later on that it will takes months of work to port the code to a new compiler.
Building conservation tests directly into the code also helps. These would typically be part of the coupler, and can check the global mass balance for carbon, water, salt, atmospheric aerosols, and so on. For example the coupler needs to check that water flowing from rivers enters the ocean; that the total mass of carbon is conserved as it cycles through atmosphere, oceans, ice, vegetation, and so on. Individual component models sometimes neglect such checks, as the balance isn't necessarily conserved in a single component. However, for long runs of coupled models, such conservation tests are important.
Another useful strategy is to develop a verification toolkit for each model component, and for the entire coupled system. These contain a series of standard tests which users of the model can run themselves, on their own platforms, to confirm that the model behaves in the way it should in the local computation environment. They also provide the users with a basic set of tests for local code modifications made for a specific experiment. This practice can help to overcome the tendency of model users to test only the specific physical process they are interested in, while assuming the rest of the model is okay.
During development of model components, informal comparisons with models developed by other research groups can often lead to insights in how to improve the model, and also as a method for confirming and identifying suspected coding errors. But more importantly, over the last two decades, model intercomparisons have come to play a critical role in improving the quality of ESMs through a series of formally organised Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs).
In the early days, these projects focussed on comparisons of the individual components of ESMs, for example, the Atmosphere Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP), which began in 1990 (Gates, 1992). But by the time of the IPCC second assessment report, there was a widespread recognition that a more systematic comparison of coupled models was needed, which led to the establishment of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Pro jects (CMIP), which now play a central role in the IPCC assessment process (Meehl et al, 2000).
For example, CMIP3, which was organized for the fourth IPCC assessment, involved a massive effort by 17 modeling groups from 12 countries with 24 models (Meehl et al, 2007). As of September 2010, the list of MIPs maintained by the World Climate Research Program included 44 different model intercomparison projects (Pirani, 2010).
Model Intercomparison Projects bring a number of important benefits to the modeling community. Most obviously, they bring the community together with a common purpose, and hence increase awareness and collaboration between different labs. More importantly, they require the participants to reach a consensus on a standard set of model scenarios, which often entails some deep thinking about what the models ought to be able to do. Likewise, they require the participants to define a set of standard evaluation criteria, which then act as benchmarks for comparing model skill. Finally, they also produce a consistent body of data representing a large ensemble of model runs, which is then available for the broader community to analyze.
The benefits of these MIPs are consistent with reports of software benchmarking efforts in other research areas. For example, Sim et al (2003) report that when a research community that builds software tools come together to create benchmarks, they frequently experience a leap forward in research progress, arising largely from the insights gained from the process of reaching consensus on the scenarios and evaluation criteria to be used in the benchmark. However, the definition of precise evaluation criteria is an important part of the benchmark – without this, the intercomparison pro ject can become unfocussed, with uncertain outcomes and without the huge leap forward in progress (Bueler, 2008).
Multi-model ensembles – to compare models developed at different labs on a common scenario.
Multi-model ensembles using variants of a single model – to compare different schemes for parts of the model, e.g. different radiation schemes.
Perturbed physics ensembles – to explore probabilities of different outcomes, in response to systematically varying physical parameters in a single model.
Varied initial conditions within a single model – to test the robustness of the model, and to better quantify probabilities for predicted climate change signals.
You mention using more than one compiler to generate different warnings.
If you haven't tried it yet, the commercially available static analysis tool Coverity has gotten fiendishly good at spotting bugs. I've been involved rolling it out on a commercial piece of software with a multi-million line code base, and it is simply amazing. Somewhere between 60% and 90% of the warnings it produces are real bugs which are not found by the compiler or older static analysis tools (such as klockwork), and it produces a surprisingly large number of warnings.
I'd like to see the folks who constantly dismiss climate models as garbage software and beneath contempt actually make an effort to look at the codes and offer constructive criticism. I see too many speaking from utter ignorance when there's no reason for their deliberate lack of knowledge.
And no, I don't mean Gerry Browning and his spiel, either.
Where do we point them to look at the code?
Alfred: Here, for instance. There's a whole list here.
Did you look, before you asked the question?
(and by "whole list" I don't mean to imply that the list at RC is exhaustive).
With only three citations, it appears the climate modeling community has not yet found Essenhigh's developments.
Abstract: There are procedures and methods for verification of coding algebra and for validations of models and calculations that are in use in the aerospace computational fluid dynamics (CFD) community. These methods would be efficacious if used by the glacier dynamics modeling community. This paper is a presentation of some of those methods, and how they might be applied to uncertainty management supporting code verification and model validation for glacier dynamics. The similarities and differences between their use in CFD analysis and the proposed application of these methods to glacier modeling are discussed. After establishing sources of uncertainty and methods for code verification, the paper looks at a representative sampling of verification and validation efforts that are underway in the glacier modeling community, and establishes a context for these within an overall solution quality assessment. Finally, a vision of a new information architecture and interactive scientific interface is introduced and advocated. By example, this Integrated Science Exploration Environment is proposed for exploring and managing sources of uncertainty in glacier modeling codes and methods, and for supporting scientific numerical exploration and verification. The details, use, and envisioned functionality of this Environment are described. Such an architecture, that manages scientific numerical experiments and data analysis, would promote the exploration and publishing of error definition and evolution as an integral part of the computational flow physics results. Then, those results could ideally be presented concurrently in the scientific literature, facilitating confidence in modeling results.


Around the year 1850 Milwaukee became well-known for brewing beer. German immigrants, with the know-how for brewing, were quick to set up breweries when they arrived here. By 1856 there were more than two dozen breweries in Milwaukee, most of them German owned and operated. By 1880, native Germans made up 27 percent of the city's population — the highest concentration of a single immigrant group in any American city. Among these immigrants were Frederick Miller, who leased a brewery in town in 1855, Joseph Schlitz, who did the same in 1856 and Frederick Pabst, who followed a decade later. Along with Valentin Blatz, these four men represented the biggest breweries in town. One event in particular helped the rise in success of the Milwaukee breweries: at about noon on October 8, 1871, a fire started near a barn in Chicago — which was in the midst of a severe drought — and spread to over 3 square miles of the city, destroying 11 of the city's 23 breweries, much of its water works and the housing for a third of the population. In response, many breweries in Milwaukee, following Schlitz's lead, floated vast shipments of free beer to Chicago through Lake Michigan. Word got out and Schlitz became known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous." A year before the fire Schlitz produced around 6,800 barrels of beer. By the end of 1871, Schlitz produced 12,381 barrels.
Beer halls and taverns are abundant in Milwaukee to this day, although the breweries are fewer in number. Besides Miller and the heavily automated Leinenkugel's brewery in the old Blatz 10th Street plant, the only other currently operating stand-alone breweries in Milwaukee are Milwaukee Brewing Company, a microbrewery in the Walker's Point neighborhood, and Lakefront Brewery, a microbrewery located in Brewers Hill. The suburb of Glendale is home to Sprecher Brewery, another locally popular microbrew. Various brewpubs can be found throughout the Milwaukee area, including Milwaukee Ale House and Water Street Brewery. There has also been recent news that Pabst Brewing Co. will again brew beer in Milwaukee at the site of its historic former brewery, which the company shut down nearly 20 years ago. The company plan to open a microbrewery in 2016, including a tasting room, at the former Pabst Brewing complex on downtown's west side. Stories like this remind us that Milwaukee's rich brewing history is far from over, and it is exciting to consider what other regeneration projects might occur in the future.


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Importing hemp into U.S. remains 'total crapshoot'
Although the 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp and its derivatives with a THC concentration of no more than 0.3% from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), government agencies reportedly face technological challenges testing for the THC threshold at the U.S. borders.
Josh Long | Dec 16, 2019
Despite the publication of interim regulations from USDA regarding domestic production of hemp, businesses striving to import and export hemp clones, materials and finished products to and from the U.S. face risks of enforcement actions, several attorneys said.
"As a matter of practice, if you want to import hemp into the United States, your chances of succeeding are just a total crapshoot," said Jessica Wasserman, a former USDA lawyer who is now a partner in Washington with Greenspoon Marder LLP. "Some ports allow it in. Some ports don't."
She added, "If you call DEA headquarters, they're like, 'Oh, I don't know. Talk to the ports.' They're [DEA officials] just letting them [Customs officials] do what they want."
Although the 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp and its derivatives with a THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) concentration of no more than 0.3% from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), government agencies reportedly face technological challenges testing for the THC threshold at the U.S. borders.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) "are not implementing the law," Wasserman said, "because they are saying, 'We don't have any way of measuring 0.3% above and below … we're just de facto having a zero THC tolerance.'"
USDA says hemp seeds and plants can be imported into the United States from Canada and other countries if they meet certain requirements. But USDA's interim regulations, hemp lawyers observed, don't address the import or export of hemp finished products like lotions, gummies and vapes.
Complicating matters, there may be no way to test for the THC content of early-stage hemp clones, said Garrett Graff, managing attorney in Denver with Hoban Law Group, in an interview.
"How do you distinguish hemp genetics from marijuana genetics?" he asked. "At the genetic stage, prior to germination, those genetics may express very similar potencies. Could someone have a marijuana genetic obfuscated as a hemp genetic simply because it hasn't flowered and blossomed as intended?"
He also suggested DEA's testing capabilities are limited. Graff and his colleagues have had numerous conversations with CBP officials over the last five years or so.
"The Customs field agent will conduct a field test, and that test is simply … equivalent to a pregnancy test," the lawyer said. "It simply provides a 'yes' or 'no' for the presence of either THC specifically or cannabinoids generally."
Graff added no regulatory process has been undertaken to provide tariff codes for such things as bulk hemp flower, bulk hemp oil or bulk hemp-derived cannabinoids. According to a federal government official who spoke on background, the U.S. International Trade Commission—not the CBP—is responsible for creating and maintaining harmonized tariff schedule codes.
Businesses importing and exporting hemp are using "generic tariff codes," Graff said. "Instead of saying, 'This is a hemp product,' they're saying, 'It's a botanical extract,' something of that nature because there is a lack of regulatory clarity or guidance or specific tariff code to be used."
Although Congress treated hemp in the 2018 Farm Bill as an agricultural commodity, THC—the psychoactive compound found in significant quantities in marijuana—greater than 0.3% is considered a Schedule I controlled substance subject to DEA's jurisdiction.
CBP must coordinate with DEA and other regulatory agencies like FDA and follow their policies, lawyers in Denver and the nation's capital said. Importing and exporting certain finished hemp products into the U.S. could be problematic even if the THC falls within the Farm Bill's definition because FDA has long asserted hemp-derived CBD cannot be added to food or marketed as a dietary supplement.
Further complicating efforts to import or export hemp, attorney Shawn Hauser cited "a patchwork of state laws" governing hemp cultivation and whether it can be lawfully grown. And countries outside the U.S. may impose a different THC limit or prohibit THC altogether, she said in an interview.
"It's complicated nuance to ensure compliance with the laws of both jurisdictions" and use appropriate tariff codes, said Hauser, partner and chair of the hemp and cannabinoids practice group at Vicente Sederberg LLP in Denver. "There's risk in engaging in cross-border transactions even though there's legality now."
Even if hemp is lawfully grown, and businesses have carefully studied the laws of the country of import or expert, a government agency may have a different interpretation of the law, she pointed out.
A DEA spokeswoman, Mary Brandenberger, referred questions about hemp imports and exports to USDA and CBP. "With the passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, (known as the 'Farm Bill'), USDA regulates hemp export," she said in an email.
Rend Al-Mondhiry, senior counsel in Washington to Amin Talati Wasserman LLP, said CBP hasn't described its expectations for imports of hemp plants or products. In an interview, she expressed hope CBP would develop "guidance that will give companies some certainty as to what they need in terms of documentation or anything else when they're bringing products in to avoid detention and seizures."
Kelly Cahalan, a CBP spokesperson, said the 2018 Farm Bill "contains several important changes regarding agricultural production and trade of the Cannabis Sativa L. plant and products derived from it," but she noted marijuana remains a Schedule I controlled substance under DEA's jurisdiction.
"In light of these changes, CBP is working closely with its partner government agencies (PGAs), including DEA, USDA, FDA and others, that have regulatory purview over Cannabis Sativa L. and its by-products (around and beyond the CSA) to assess the policy and regulatory changes and verify all importation requirements that will be necessary as a result of the 2018 Farm Bill," Cahalan said in an email. "CBP administers and enforces importation laws and regulations on behalf of its PGAs, and coordinates with them actively at the border."
Commenting on USDA's interim regulations related to the U.S. production of hemp, she added, "While this interagency regulatory process is ongoing, and until updated requirements are finalized and implemented, existing importation and exportation protocols and trade filing guidance will remain in place."
Ashley Garrigus, a USDA spokesperson, said the agency "continues to work with other federal agencies in areas of interest such as hemp imports and exports."
"At this time, USDA is focused on receiving feedback from the public about the interim final rule to help us develop a final rule that provides the best tools possible for the industry," Garrigus added in an email.
In USDA's interim regulations, the agency described the circumstances in which hemp seeds from Canada and other countries can be imported into the United States. The agency noted its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will assert jurisdiction over "any pest-related issues if they arise" linked to imports of hemp plant materials.
But USDA's interim regulations don't impact the exportation of hemp and state, "Should there be sufficient interest in exporting hemp in the future, USDA will work with industry and other federal agencies to help facilitate this process."
In an interview in early November 2019, Graff cited a decrease in the volume of hemp seizures over the past several months. But lawyers stressed additional guidance from CBP and others would be helpful to industry.
Without appropriate tariff codes, for example, companies may have an incentive to mislabel hemp products, Graff acknowledged.
"In the absence of regulatory guidance, industry is left to its own devices," he concluded. "Obviously, we recommend best practices and being good actors and good stewards. But of course, not everyone will subscribe to that same perspective."
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The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police have arrested two members of an Irani gang, Sameer Syed, 26, and Asadulla Jaffrey, 30, both from Mumbai, and booked them under the Goonda Act.
The duo were known for diverting the attention of women and committing robbery. They formed a gang along with other Iranians and continued to pose as policemen, cook up stories, drag women into conversation before robbing them of their gold ornaments. They would commit a series of robberies in a day and vanish, police said.
The police had arrested the other members of the gang on December 4, 2013, and reportedly recovered gold chains weighing 400 gram. The gang was involved in 14 chain-snatching cases, especially in the west division of the City. Bangalore Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar ordered that the suspects be booked under the Goonda Act.


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10 Tracks By Chet Baker I Can't Live Without…by jazz singer/pianist Robin Phillips
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In our series in which musicians do a "deep dive" into the music of their inspirations, singer/ pianist Robin Phillips describes ten tracks by Chet Baker. Robin writes:
My relationship with Chet has become a bit chicken-and-egg: did I start listening more closely to him because I was being likened to him as a jazz singer? Or was it because his singing just moved me? To begin with I felt a bit uneasy about the comparison (and, to be honest, when people found echoes of Mel Tormé as well), considering that these kinds of remarks were people's polite way of suggesting that my vocals lacked depth…but I am now arriving at a point where I'm grateful when anyone makes these connections between me and these two complete masters of delivering a melody.
Chet's vocal quality is nothing extraordinary, certainly not soulful, often perhaps 'weak' or 'nasal' sounding. But the vocal tone is almost irrelevant, Chet had the ability to do what almost all musicians aspire to: he could sing like an instrumentalist (and play like a singer…). It's almost impossible to name just 10 tracks, but here are the tracks I really would miss if I could never hear them again:
1. Blue Room (a capella)
Close your eyes, wear headphones, Chet is singing in your ear. One of those fortuitous moments in a studio with a ribbon mic, and not released for years afterwards. Recorded at the end of a strings session in December 1953, little over a minute long and complete with studio noises in the background, this 'outtake' says everything you need to know about Chet's ability as a vocalist, not in a dynamic way, but just the sheer ability to deliver a melody and lyric.
2. Forgetful from Embraceable You
Almost inconceivable to me that this exquisite track (and album) could have been recorded in 1957 yet not released until 1995, considered at the time of recording to be a little too 'downbeat' for release. Chet loved space, you can see and hear it in his decisions about the musicians that played with him over the years, and was probably learned during his times with Gerry Mulligan. Chet on vocals and trumpet, Dave Wheat on guitar, Russ Savakus on bass, this is one of my favourite Chet albums ever, and this track in particular moves me deeply every time I hear it. I cannot believe a better recording exists, or could exist. The perfect mix of melody, lyrics and delivery.
3. Hotel 49 from Chet Baker in New York
Ok, maybe this is more of the player Chet wanted to be here. Chet held Miles in the highest esteem, often tried to get closer to his sound, and I don't think ever really got over Miles' apparent indifference to his recordings. But here, buoyed on by Johnny Griffin, who never takes prisoners, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, Chet delivers a straight-ahead play-it-like-it's-your-last-session performance. Chet also stands as a great example as to why we should follow who we are and not who we're trying to be, just like Satchmo spent so long trying to smooth out his voice to fit the popular smooth tone of the time.
4. Line For Lyons (vocal) from Chet Baker & Crew
The instrumental version of this track written by Gerry Mulligan is a pure example of West Coast jazz along with all the required space that goes with it. But it really comes into its own here when Chet sings Bill Loughborough's lyrics – his 'lazy' delivery sounds simple but requires utter conviction. The recording also features one of the worst bits of tape splicing solo editing I've ever heard.
5. Chetty's Lullaby from Chet Is Back!
I remember this track causing me some confusion when I first heard it before I really got into the Chet story (thanks to Matthew Ruddick's fantastic My Funny Valentine biography); how could a trumpet-hocking heroine addict learn to sing so exquisitely in Italian? It turns out Chet learned Italian whist living in Italy and especially whilst talking with the guards during his stay in an Italian prison for narcotics offences; many of those Italians who spoke with him say he spoke with the fluent accent of a local. Chet didn't write many originals, and many tunes attributed to him as a composer are studio improvisations over a chord sequence. But this, the lyrics, melody and utterly perfect trumpet solo, blow me away every time. I sing it in Italian in my 'Robin Phillips Sings & Plays: Chet Baker' performances, and the specific Italian words in this song are always a challenge to deliver with any convincing authenticity.
6. It Could Happen To You from It Could Happen To You
I love this Van Heusen / Burke composition at the worst of times, but this is my favourite delivery of the standard. It actually has very little to do with the delivery of the lyric and more about this incredible improvised, albeit rather short, 'perfect' scat solo. In fact, it sounds so much like a trumpet solo being vocalised I wonder if he's scatting a previously recorded/played trumpet solo…
7. The Thrill Is Gone from Chet Baker Sings
Chet's debut singing album and 70 years later I'm still bowled over by it. The impact of this song is so strong that it was the inspiration for Almost Blue by Elvis Costello; a song which in my mind (and I think Elvis') Chet didn't deliver his best performance on whilst recording. It's also one of the only (the only?) recordings where Chet accompanies himself on trumpet with the benefit of overdubbing. Apparently, Chet didn't like doing this with recordings, he was very much a 'play it, take the cash, and head off to see his fixer' kind of guy. But I disagree with him and wish he'd done it more; who better to accompany Chet, than Chet himself?
8. Little Girl Blue from Embraceable You
Another from the 'lost' Embraceable You album. This Rodgers & Hart song is beautiful on its own but once again Chet's is my favourite version. Although I have to say recently Anita Wardell's vocalese version has joined it. It's always funny to me when you hear an artist singing about a child / baby (is that what this song was about when written by Rodgers & Hart for Jumbo?), when you know the artist themselves did not prioritise their own duties as a parent. However, sometimes I suppose their songs inspire what is required from so many others, and I for one am very glad that this version exists.
9. Just Friends from Chet Baker Sings And Plays
It seems wrong to discuss Chet without mentioning Russ Freeman who worked so closely with him and was undoubtedly an influence on the Chet sound we all know, so I'm glad to find the excuse to mention him here. This track just has West Coast jazz vibe written all over it; an easy going medium-up swinger with the utterly relaxed vocal delivery of Mr Baker nailing it. The album also has I Remember You and Let's Get Lost, both of which deliver exactly the magic described above, and I thoroughly enjoyed writing my own vocalese lyrics to the Let's Get Lost solo, choosing to describe one of those fun nights out at the 'late late show' at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London, pre-pandemic.
10. You Don't Know What Love Is from Chet Baker Sings And Plays
Another from the Sings And Plays album, although I could have easily chosen I Get Along Without You Very Well from Chet Baker Sings for the same vibe. Amazing to think that Chet had to fight tooth and nail to get the chance to record himself as a singer (was that why he laid down a capella tracks in the studio in between other tracks?), as he was after all seen as a trumpet player first and foremost. And let's face it, whilst I utterly dig his trumpet playing, could I list 10 tracks I can't live without from Chet Baker the trumpet player? Maybe, maybe not…
LINKS: 'Robin Phillips Sings & Plays: Chet Baker', featuring James Brady on trumpet/flugelhorn
Matthew Ruddick's 'My Funny Valentine' Chet biography
Find out more about Robin Phillips on his website
Robin also presents 'The Jazz Show With Robin Phillips' every Friday on Delux Radio
Categories: 10 Tracks I Can't Do Without, Feature/Interview
Tagged as: Chet Baker, Matthew Ruddick, Robin Phillips
Ariel Bart – 'In Between'
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (19. 'Loose Change' – Joe Henderson, 1985)


Wine Wednesdays - Seneca Lake Wine Trail - Chardonnay Moi - Food, Wine, Travel and Fun!
As I mentioned in my first Finger Lakes post, we visited some great wineries along the east and west sides of Seneca Lake. As I also mentioned, there are dozens and dozens of wineries in the region, and not all are created equal.
Our first day we stayed on the west side, traveling from Geneva down towards Watkins Glen and then working our way back up. Our first stop was Lakewood Vineyards. Originally a peach and apple orchard, the Stamp family moved to the area in 1951 and planted grapes that they sold to other wineries and grape juice companies. In 1988, they started making their own wine and today they are home to more than 80 acres of planted vineyards with a winery and tasting room open for daily visits.
What's interesting about the Finger Lakes wineries is that they offer a range of both dry and off-dry (sweet) wines, something you don't really see on Napa tasting room menus.
At Lakewood, my favorites were the Chardonnay (no surprise) and the Candeo, a lightly sparkling, fruity, ever-so-sweet wine that is the perfect "patio pounder" for hot summer days.
An old map showing some of the original vineyards on the lake, there are now over 30 wineries on the wine trail.
For lunch, we headed to FLX Wienery, the perfect pit-stop between tastings. Run by a husband and wife team that have spent years in the wine/restaurant/hospitality world who also own and run Element Winery as well as FLX Table, which unfortunatley wasn't open yet during our visit. Christopher is a Master Somm so he stocks the fridge with some amazing wine choices from local as well as international top producers to enjoy alongside your burger, hot dog and fries!
Post-lunch, we continued up the wine-trail to Hermann J. Wiemer Winery. Hermann emmigrated to the US in 1960's and is one of the pioneers of establishing the Finger Lakes region as one of the preeminnant Riesling-growing regions in the world.
The winery building and tasting room gave me serious #barngoals.
After our trip to Alsace, I have a new appreciation for Riesling. It was great to see an American producer doing it so well.
Our last stop was Fox Run Vineyards. I'm not sure if it was the time of day (late afternoon) or a one-off experience, but we did not enjoy our tasting here. Wines were decent, but service was lackluster. I know tasting room staff are used to the majority of winery visitors just looking to wet their whistle, but I enjoy engaging with tasting staff and learning more about the winery and operations through conversation, that just didn't happen here.
Day 2 of wine tasting took us down the eastern side of Seneca Lake. First stop was Hosmer Winery. Another family owned and operated winery that's been growing grapes in the region for over 40 years.
We heard brunch at Stonecat Cafe was not to be missed, so we headed there after tasting. Food was delicious, service was once again, seriously lacking. On Sundays they have a nice jazz brunch on the patio, be sure to make a reservation as it get's crowded.
Our last stop was at Wagner Vineyards and Brewery. It started to downpour just as we walked inside, so we took respite first in the brewery where we did a tasting of their beers. Not my thing but I did appreciate some of the beers including the maple porter and oatmeal stout. The wines were forgettable and the tasting room was full of drunk bachelorettes. Were it not for the rain, we probably wouldn't have stayed.
We wanted to catch the sunset at Two Goats Brewing but the rain soiled that plan. Other wineries in the region that were recommended: Damiani, Bloomer Creek, and Shaw Vineyards.
And there you have it, two full days of wine and food options should you find yourself in the Seneca Lake Region!


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VOLUME 22 , ISSUE 12 ( December, 2021 ) > List of Articles
Moringa oleifera: Antioxidant, Anticancer, Anti-inflammatory, and Related Properties of Extracts in Cell Lines: A Review of Medicinal Effects, Phytochemistry, and Applications
Shanmugapriya Ramamurthy, Sheeja Varghese, Sabitha Sudarsan, Jayanandan Muruganandhan, Shazia Mushtaq, Prema B Patil, A Thirumal Raj, Alessio Zanza, Luca Testarelli
Keywords : Anticancer, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Moringa oleifera
Citation Information : Ramamurthy S, Varghese S, Sudarsan S, Muruganandhan J, Mushtaq S, Patil PB, Raj AT, Zanza A, Testarelli L. Moringa oleifera: Antioxidant, Anticancer, Anti-inflammatory, and Related Properties of Extracts in Cell Lines: A Review of Medicinal Effects, Phytochemistry, and Applications. J Contemp Dent Pract 2021; 22 (12):1483-1492.
Moringa oleifera (MO), or the common drumstick possesses antioxidant properties, and its pods, seeds, leaves, and bark have been used for the treatment of inflammatory and cancerous conditions. This systematic review attempts to synthesize original studies of MO extracts in cell lines to determine their specific antiproliferative, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and related effects. The literature was obtained from PubMed central, the Cochrane registry, and other sources including Google Scholar, and Embase. Studies fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected. Custom data collection forms were employed and two independent evaluators compiled the relevant information. Eighteen studies were selected after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. In most studies, MO leaves had more potent properties compared to other parts of the plant. Ethyl acetate and ethanolic extractions improved the potency of the extract. Effects were selective (different for normal cells and cancer cells) and dose-dependent. Anticancer and antioxidant activities were consistently reported, with effects exerted at the genetic and molecular levels. MO extracts potentially could be employed for therapeutic applications. The optimal sources, preparation protocols, and dosages have been researched, though further scrutiny is needed for a comprehensive formulation.
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