To be valid, the pre-emption agreement has to be executed in the form of a deed. … If the holder of the pre-emption right wants to exercise the right, he or she is obliged to inform the seller within a period of three months, or if it is the ownerRead More →
Adding exercise, meditation, diaphragmatic breathing, or a worry break into your day may help ease your mind. But if anxiety, nervousness, or worrying becomes excessive or begins to impact your life, it might be time to seek professional help. How do I know it’s anxiety and not something else? AnxietyRead More →
“Crowing is a warning signal advertising territorial claims. Our preliminary data suggest that the highest ranked rooster has priority in breaking the dawn, and lower roosters are patient enough to wait and follow the highest ranked rooster each morning,” said Yoshimura. Does a rooster crow at dawn? That said, althoughRead More →
The four aminoquinoline antimalarial drugs are schizontocidal and gametocytocidal in nature. The four aminoquinolines include chloroquine, amodiaquine, and piperaquine. Primaquine, which is an eight aminoquinoline, acts against hypnozoites. What is the mechanism of action of chloroquine? The major action of chloroquine is to inhibit the formation of hemozoin (Hz) fromRead More →
President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21, 1972, placing the Philippines under Martial Law. Some sources say that Marcos signed the proclamation on September 17 or on September 22—but, in either case, the document itself was dated September 21. What happens when martial law is declared?Read More →
Livy places the first Roman gladiator games (264 BC) in the early stage of Rome’s First Punic War, against Carthage, when Decimus Junius Brutus Scaeva had three gladiator pairs fight to the death in Rome’s “cattle market” forum (Forum Boarium) to honor his dead father, Brutus Pera. Where did theRead More →
Noctilucent clouds are the highest clouds on Earth, and are located in the coldest part of planet Earth, the high-latitude summertime mesopause region (80–90 km). Composed of water-ice particles, they are nucleated by meteoric smoke particles. Are noctilucent clouds rare? Noctilucent clouds are extremely rare very high clouds seen inRead More →
Being angered, Laius either rolled a chariot wheel over his foot or hit him with his whip, and Oedipus killed Laius and all but one of his attendants, who claims it was a gang of men. Laius was buried where he died by Damasistratus, the king of Plataea. Where wasRead More →
Álvarez de Pineda became the first European to see the coastal areas of what is now western Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, lands he called “Amichel”. What country was Pineda exploring for? A Spanish explorer and mapmaker, Captain Alonso Alvarez de Pineda and his crew were probably the firstRead More →
Hydrophobic sols are often formed when solid crystallizes rapidly from a chemical reaction or a supersaturated solution and very small crystals are formed. These small crystals are prevented from settling out by the random thermal motion of the solvent molecules, which continue to buffet them. Why Lyophilic sols Cannot beRead More →