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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

How to deal with sudden memory loss

Causes for memory loss: First of all it should be differentiated from dementia due to Alzheimer’s.  The discussion here is about the temporary repressed stage of memory or the memory loss we generally call.  There are many reasons for the memory loss other than growing age.  Any imbalance in physical condition, deficiency in vitamins, thyroid problems may affect your memory and you should find out the reasons for it and rectify it with help of medical intervention.  An injury caused to brain also may affect your power to memorize.  Another factor is excessive alcohol consumption and other intoxication.  Certain drugs also may contribute to memory loss and other imbalances of mind.  If noticed report it to your physician and use alternatives.  Depression is another cause for it. Obsession to certain vices like gambling also may lead to poor memory.
Remedies: Memory loss occurring due to minor reasons can be rectified by simple procedures as follows:
      1.    Reading, writing and debating topics of interests is one way to enhance memory. 
  1. Trying to learn new languages, skills etc. will give good exercise to brain and increase its power.
  2. Practising meditation and other mind exercises for concentration with breadth control are good.
  3. Teaching is a good way for helping memory.  Give importance to the main points and try to develop the idea with different explanations.
  4. Avoid using gadgets for simple jobs like calculation and spelling remembrance.
  5. Try to recollect day’s activities serially before sleep.
  6. Engage in games like chess, which compel you to remember your last move as well as moves ahead.  Try to remember maximum steps ahead anticipating all probable moves by opponent.
  7. Try to reconcile your difficulty to memorize by correlation of events, names of places and persons inter-related.
  8. Put maximum efforts to recollect without accepting defeat.  Try to remember passwords, telephone numbers, car numbers and other items of daily use.
  9. Practise to remember transactions without referring to recorded evidences and repeat it in mind several times.
You can be a victim of memory loss at any time due to different circumstances.  It is very essential to keep power to memorize intact for all success in life.  It will rule out your dependence on others becoming liability to them in extreme cases. 

Sunday, November 21, 2010

FERTILITY A BOON-PRESERVE IT


Modern life styles and conditions compelled men to interfere with nature; the result he stands alienated from it as otherwise, infertility would not have been a problem of such magnitude as on today.  Concepts of conceiving techniques like IVF have become necessary to save mankind from this peril

In the year 2008 WHO declared infertility as a disease, followed by American Society of Reproductive Medicine making it mandatory for Insurance Companies to honor the claims for fertility restoration treatments. In urban societies, that are more susceptible to modern lifestyle, percentage of infertile couples is reaching the level of 15 to 20%. Infertility may be temporary or permanent.  It can be total or partial. Depending on the nature of it treatments are suggested.  However, if the prospective couples give a little more attention to their lifestyles and routines, this unfortunate situation can be averted.

Food Habits & exercises: Insist on natural foods containing plenty of minerals and vitamins. Avoid foods and beverages containing preservatives, artificial coloring and flavoring agents. Avoid eating meat of hormone injected animals and vegetables containing pesticide residues.
Engage in a moderate exercise regime enabling to make body mind and fit.

Creating conducive work atmosphere: Avoid stress of any kind. Evaluate the work atmosphere and try to make it healthy.   Problems at your work bear direct relation to comfort level and enjoyment of life of which sex play vital role.  And it is a fact that in case of less frequency chances of infertility is more.

Smoking & drinking: Excessive indulgence is bad for both the partners.  It may lead to low sperm count in male coupled with erectile dysfunction.  In case of female frigidity may be the result.

Medical check ups: In case of difficulty in conceiving after a considerable period of cohabitation, couple should go for preliminary check ups.  For male, infection in reproductive system including a urinary track infection may lead to infertility.  In case of female, it is hormone imbalances, fibroids, infection in fallopian tubes etc., are the cause of sterility.  All these can be reversed by medical interference and a timely check up is needed for these. 

 Above described precautions are elementary measures one should adopt for a healthy conception and if one cannot achieve the goal in spite of this, then only drastic measures are required. 

Monday, November 8, 2010

How to remember your wedding

Ten ways to keep your wedding memorable

     Wedding is an important event happening in everybody’s life.  Every body cherishes to make it memorable.  There are ways to make your wedding more memorable.  Step by step you have to follow the directions if you want to rewind the entire episode with sweet memories. Wedding is a ceremony you want to make more colorful so that it is remembered forever throughout your life.  It is an occasion for a get-together of near and dears and a happy occasion to receive guests and relatives and seek their blessings. I think the following arrangements will make it very pleasant and memorable:
1)      Selecting a suitable partner:  First and foremost of the steps is to select a suitable partner for the wedding. It may be a love marriage or arranged one depending upon your choice.  But an ideal couple seated on the podium will be an attraction.
2)      Arrangement of venue:  You should choose a convenient place for all participants with no traffic restrictions and sufficient parking space. There should be sufficient space to accommodate all invitees with comfortable seating arrangements giving uninterrupted views.
3)      Invitation letter: You should take care with invitation letter suitably worded and attractive.  You should never forget to proof read it before finalizing as a printers error will create chaos.
4)      Celebrity guest: Never forget to include celebrity guests as their inclusion makes the function more memorable. You will get photo opportunity with them and it will be useful on future occasions.
5)      Event managers:  There are professionals much experienced and never forget to engage them as they will look after the arrangements in detail without errors and omissions.
6)      Photography & videos: You should engage experienced photographers more reasonable with their budgets.  No doubt, there are greedy lots trying to dry their hay when sun shines. You should avoid them.  Always make it a point to brief them before the event with instructions to cover event by even.
7)      Wedding dresses:  You can either choose designer suits or made to fit dresses but the material used should be appealing and suitable to weather conditions and the couple should be comfortable in their dresses.  The dress so chosen should in way interfere with the picture quality of photos.
8)      Arrangements of food and beverages:  There should be sufficient choice for the guests and experienced caterer known for his expertise should be engaged. It should rather be seasonal and acceptable to all including children.
9)      Budget allocation:  You should make arrangements for sufficient fund well in advance and allocate funds for each and every item in proper manner.  Financial management is a skilled job and you should take advice from experienced elderly members of your family and it will enable you to cover up any shortages with their assistance in case of emergency.
10)  Honeymoon: Last but least, it should be a dream place chosen with consultation with your new partner.  A crowded and thickly populated destination will make you uncomfortable and the very purpose of the trip is defeated.  It is usually an occasion the couple wants to remain aloof for peaceful interaction. So the selection of place should be wisely done.
     I hope I have I have covered all points here and following the above steps you can make your wedding event memorable and pleasant. After all nobody wants to make a retake and it is therefore very important you never miss the opportunity to make it enjoyable.  I wish all aspirants success.


Thursday, November 4, 2010

How to make Mathematics more interesting?



The complaint often associated with the study of Mathematics is that it is a dry subject and students find it less interesting and difficult to memorize.  Many students who are otherwise brilliant fail in examinations due to their inability to grasp mathematical lessons and perform well. Academicians all over the world could not find out ways to make it interesting and attractive to students. During interaction with some students I came across some novel ideas spread among them to make math’s study more interesting. They either personify digits and integers or add up puzzles to make it more memorable.   Some examples are given below which force us think how their brain works.
1)Newton asked his wife:  How do I look?
    Ans: You are  tanC/SinC or SinC/CosC/SinC or 1/Cos C = SecC  or Sexy

2)Power = work/time -- : time =work/power but knowledge= power: and time is
    money. So money=work/knowledge: if knowledge is 0, money = work/0=infinity.
    So why to acquire knowledge or study when you earn infinite amount of money
     With 0 knowledge?

3)Is 3=1? See this.
    Let x be =y:then 2x=2y: or 3x-x=3y-y:or 3x-3y=x-y: or 3(x-y)=x-y ie., 3=1
    What wonderful ideas!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Is Silver more attractive than Gold



This is to reiterate my earlier contention that investing in silver is more attractive than investing in gold. People who have read my earlier blog on June 24th may note that I have predicted appreciation of silver vs. gold.  At that time I did not imagine that extend of appreciation would go to the present level. Gold has reached $1300 level from 1250 then where as silver shot out to $22-23 level from $19 that time.  You can calculate percentage wise appreciation.  The rally is likely to continue in view of the persistent demand from China and people who have sufficient fund to spare should not miss this opportunity.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

steps to avoid divorce


How to avoid divorces?

The best way to avoid divorce is not to marry.  But that is not a solution or remedy to the much discussed problem of divorce tendencies among the younger generation. So how to avoid divorces?  In certain cases even the middle aged or the older ones contemplate separation.   It is often said “ married in haste to repent at leisure”. It is true that people who make hasty decisions without proper assessment and case study land in trouble.  One should understand that he or she is making most vital decision of ones life time as it is not easy to change wife or husband as they change their motor vehicle

If a marriage occurs all for a wrong reason, the chances of it lasting longer are far remote. For example, if marriage were for mere sexual pleasure and to escape from controls it would be a failure. Similarly a marriage to legitimize a pregnancy or with undue influence and pressure is not likely to survive for long. Sometimes people enter into marriage for financial security without proper interest in the partner. Such marriages too would not last long.

 what should be the ideal condition for a proper marriages
The couple should have attained the age of maturity with a healthy mental and physical condition. Partners should be willing to share the life of each other with proper understanding. They should be ready to tolerate shortfalls of their partners and be always willing to help their partners to fulfill their desires. They should attain sound financial conditions enough for their own upkeep as well as for offspring.  If possible let the partner be from own community speaking same language. Cultural and racial diversity can lead to problems. It is better that couple may be of identical physical standard. And last but least they should be independent.

What is to be avoided to save marriages.
At no time partners should think about separation for individual pleasure and convenience.  They should never have prejudgments and find fault with each other. Never attribute responsibility for misfortunes to partner and own credit for success. They should never entrust the work of conciliation to a third party without communicating with each other. They should never lend their ears to rumors and give opportunity to neighbors and relatives to interfere into their daily life. They should never take up revenge. Avoid flirting and extramarital relations. The physiological reversal and guilty consciousness will drive away all charm from marriage.

In short it is always luck playing its role and if one is cautious and take into consideration above factors, it is possible to avert the misfortune and avoid a divorce.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Career development- selection of course for study


For every child pursuing studies, a time will come to select a course for career development.  After completing elementary schooling, child gets ready to build its career by choosing a right course for higher studies.  All his future depends largely on right selection of the course and only fortunate few achieve it.  So what are the guidelines for choosing appropriate course, the following tips will shed some light.

1)      Parents should never make independent decisions and thrust it upon children.
2)      Children’s tastes should be of prime importance and should be serially set according to priority.
3)      Parents should make wide consultation with friends, relatives and expert career guides and seek their opinion to assess the potential of each course and opportunities it provides.
4)      Once the course is selected, a comparative study of universities conducting the course, their rank and position and acceptability in the market should be made.
5)      The economic aspects, like fee structure and its consistency should be considered before selecting the institution.
6)      If the course chosen is academic, one may explore chances to add in professional color to it by joining affiliate courses simultaneously.
7)      As course selection is primary step towards career development, the present and future trends in the job market should be considered.
8)      Since expenditure incurred in educating the children is most sure and secure way of investment, parents should not hesitate to do it to their best of ability.

To conclude, success in career and life depends on right selection of appropriate course suiting the taste and preference of the student and parents should act their role as guides helping them to achieve their desired targets.  Education expenses are to be considered as long-term investments, which will never go wasted and trusties with whom it is invested ie, the children are sure to benefit by way of more secure future.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

How to buy real-estate




Investment in real-estate is a good idea in the wake of inflation and various uncertainties prevailing in the Economy. Though population grows rapidly, the land never grows and the real estate enjoys an ever-increasing demand.  But all land available on earth is not equally good for investment as some are more habitable due to availability of natural resources and better living conditions.  In modern times, people go for readily built living accommodations with all amenities readily available rather than acquiring land and engage in constructing one.  So the concept of flat, villa and apartment is very much in vogue and one should chose his preference depending on the budget.  While selecting one for accommodation or investment purpose, there are different guidelines to be followed.

First of all, the location of the project should be good, free from all disturbances in an agglomeration of progressive thinking communities where peace and tranquility prevail. It should be a fully developed area in respect of infrastructure with healthy surroundings. For example, a living accommodation near fish market or slaughtering house is never favored.  All facilities like school, community hall, hospital etc should not be far away. There can be more conditions depending upon individual choices. 

After selecting location, various projects available there may be surveyed. Now, we can shortlist them depending on the budget. Make negotiations on the purchase price and find out which one is profitable. Seek the help of experts in the field while defining area and size of the tenement , and for the calculation of its cost.  After finalizing entrust the work of documentation to a legal expert.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

How to choose a stock that will work for you


How to select a good stock for investment?  If you know the answer you will be reaping all profits and no loss. There are several methods of selecting a good stock . The history of the company, its geographical location, position or rank of the company in the respective industry, its financials, the promoters and their holding percentage all are important while choosing a company’s shares.
 Investment Analysis Portfolio Management Solutions ManualHistory of the company includes, when it was originated, has it recovered from the initial teething troubles, is its products maintain standard quality well accepted by the market etc. Geographical location is important because any political turmoil or disturbance can adversely affect its progress. Besides knowing the condition of a particular industry in which the company functions, its rank in it also is very important. A strong company in a weak industry is ideal selection since when industry progresses, it gets outside support and our selected candidate is sure to gain much. When considering the financials, we may thoroughly study its balance sheets for the current as well as preceding years.  We should look into its operating profit, margin, earning per share, PE ratio and also its book value representing its reserve.  Also examine its dividend and bonus records to ascertain viability of holding it for a considerable period of time.  Never touch a share if its trading volume in the stock exchange is very poor since we may get locked up to its holding unable to dispose it at time of our need. Finally, the role of promoters is also very important, as they are the persons who distribute benefits to the shareholders. Their percentage of holding also is to be considered as a low percentage makes them vulnerable and prospective candidate for take over.
 Hence what is wrong in selecting shares of a company, which pays more dividend than bank interest, provided it satisfies all other criteria explained above? A proper study is therefore a must before selecting a company’s share and adding it to our portfolio.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Investment, shift to silver

Gold reserves its prime position owing to its history and background and its price has soared irrationally based on sentiments.  Silver too was appreciating but largely based on its supply and demand condition. In the year 2007, the price of one ounce of gold was around $600, which reached @1250 today.  But silver rose to $19 from $15 for corresponding period. It proves that sentiments played a larger role in the case of gold to double its price owing to recession and credit crisis.  People started accumulating gold as a hedge against value erosion of their wealth.
 Now to think about the future, whether the sentiment- run rally would continue in case of gold or will there be any shift towards silver is a matter of great debate. Silver too has a history like gold in preserving wealth of nations. But silver is scarce than gold as its supply is only one third of latter. Its use in solar cells and nano-technology increases its industrial importance. It is widely used in fabrication, for making utensils and for ornaments. It is poor man’s gold and the affordability further increases its demand. Silver is gradually appreciating by its true value and its demand exceeds supply. There is a growing demand among emerging economies especially China to triple its silver holding. But unfortunately, there is no proportionate effort to enhance its supply; the result being a condition of demand always exceeding supply.  Hence, to summarize, silver is likely to remain a star performer and it may even outsmart gold in future.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Stock Market ideas.


Everyone enters stock market with an idea of making profit.  But how many are making it.  Only quite a few lucky people make it.  Many have burned their fingers and lost their fortune by investing in stock market.  It may be because they entered an area without proper strategy and their emotions overtook their decisions.  The important key to success is that one should stick on to ones own strategy and should not deviate from the path even when they make initial losses.


Shares, as everyone knows is the riskiest form of investment.  Shareholders are the owners of the company and in case of making loss or liquidation they stand to lose.  So while investing in shares, one should consider the track record of promoters, the dividend paying history, its book value, price equity ratio and the balance sheet of the company for the preceding years.  Without studying any of these if anyone purchases the scrip based on its performance in the market and rumors, there is every chance, that the purchaser may make loses.  All who enter the market knows the above-described rules. But with sudden spurt of emotions one forgets all these and enters into a contract.  Playing with emotion is gambling and not an investment method at all. One should clearly understand his niche before starting. Whether he is aiming at short term or long-term investment. A day trader’s strategy cannot be applied to a long-term investor. 

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Topic for a blog

I was drifting like a rudderless ship in the cyber ocean searching to find  an ideal blog.  I checked blogs belonging to my contacts. I read blogs categorized as blogs of note.  I  doubt whether some of them  can even be called blog since they do not convey any message to the reader. From the commercial point of view and  terms of internet business online, any thing which attracts traffic gets qualified. But the pertinent point is whether these blogs do any service to any body other than the writers themselves.
The content is to be impressive and generate some interest in the reader. If possible, let it convey some message or guidelines to the reader, chosen out of experiences of the blogger.  These are purely my opinion. Do you think otherwise?

Sunday, June 13, 2010

entrepreneurship

Every enterprise is started with four basics namely land, capital,labor and organizational skill. But the governing factor is ideas and initiative. Without ideas and initiatives all four factors become irrelevant and no enterprise come into existence. In fact, if ideas and initiatives are there the four factors will follow and the enterprise can be made successful. Ideas without initiatives will only help day dreaming and one can travel to any extend without achieving any result. A search into track record of any successful company will reveal the role of ideas and initiatives in its formation and success.  So where from these ideas and initiative arise. It is through understanding basic nature of an industry and the progress one can make in the field. One has to be a student always analyzing the trends to select right area, proper accumulation of assets and arrangement of proper qualified working hands with organizational skills. So a successful entrepreneur should always be alert  to be up-to-date  on his subject business. 

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Integration of IT with other branches of Science & Technology.

It is very important to have sufficient interaction between a computer scientist and others in different fields of their science. Proper knowledge and functioning of the system will only deliver results as tasks are awarded to computers to undertake procedures of scientific research and analysis. So any scientist unaware of the technicalities and functioning of the computer system may not achieve  his target  due to lack of integration of both the branches of  science. E books available are a source to overcome this difficulty. The older generation of scientific community who are not well versed with the complexities of computer system should spend their pass time on E books to make them up to date on development  in the field of  IT.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Bi-cycle riding

Search Amazon.com for bicycleBi-cycle has been an invention ever made by man with all benefits and no loss at all. Bi-cycle is a very convenient mode of transport for covering short distances which is fuel saving and generating necessary cardiac vascular exercise for the rider. No tread meal or any other exercise is a substitute to it. Early morning ride is much advantageous and rider will surely regulate his blood pressure. It is equally good for controlling diabetes and to keep good health.
Governments world wide should propagate this mode of transportation with a view to save huge amounts spent on fuel account and also to control green house effect due to  carbon dioxide . By way of encouragement there should be duty exemption on this item and also subsidy on purchase if possible. More and more fashionable designs should evolve to attract young people and pathways should be reserved for bi-cycle riders  adjacent to the motor road allowing free and uninterrupted vehicle movements and  to avoid traffic accidents.

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Necessity is the mother of invention. But where is the father?

IT is predominant in the fields of technology &science and all other wings of science is playing second fiddle to it. There is a crazy trend among the young intelligent and bright generation to follow the mass and seek shelter in IT field. It is similar to over enthusiasm shown in cricket sidelining all other sports.As a result most of the crying  needs of our generation by way of inventions remain unfulfilled. We for example need more inventions at this stage to improve our energy generating methods substituting all hazardous and nonviable methods of fossil fuels, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar  etc. Our predecessors  were more brilliant to utilize their energy diversified and in a more intelligent way suiting the needs of the society, as we are today enjoying the fruits  of  it. So if there is concentration only in the field of IT and utilizing all our resources on it, not encouraging other fields as well, it will have a telling effect on the coming generations retarding the pace of progress of the civilizations.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

marriage institution in America

What is happening to marriage as an institution in America. Mates of pretty long years of union say 40 to 50 are contemplating for split. Why? has the institution lost all its charm, or the candidates still maintain hopes for another trial and error even when they have crossed their ages productive level, say 60 and above. One has to scientifically examine the causes for such an ailment to the society. Is it an absence of a mentor, absence of moralistic and spiritual guides or reduced role of religion creating problems. When life becomes more self oriented caring little for others such things may occur. However, when people of repute like former Vice-president does it, the matter is more serious.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

all that glitters

Gold prices are reaching rooftops.As we believe in economics the prices are determined by supply and demand. Demand in case of gold is ever increasing and never showing any decrease. The reason is unreliability on any of those man made instruments for protection and security. The plight of US Dollar during recession and fear that it may follow the way of Ruble, the loss of values of credit instruments, real estates and what not all lead to search for a secure investment and finally rests on accumulating yellow metal. When nations too followed individual trends, there was no stopping for gold prices. As everything which goes up has to fall down as per natures law, what would happen when the price starts to fall. Can anyone imagine a situation where gold is cheaper than silver ?Hence, the conclusion is, nothing is sure for men and only alternative  is to follow the trend.

expertise

Experts are persons who met failure many times before they succeed. But once they become experts they forget their past so quickly and get annoyed with novice. Seldom do they realize their expertise is not going to stand for long as time is moving fast and the requirements also changes. So to upkeep the status they have to make efforts to reorient by following changed trends. How do you know? sometimes better ideas come from novice.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Hazardous use and throw practice

The recent trend in consumer articles  is use and throw. But the throwing part makes the situation complex. where to throw? on neighbor's property, public road or on most unsuitable  locations like beaches, streams, waterfalls and lakes places of tourist attraction. Waste disposal is a major problem faced by local authorities especially when it is not biodegradable. What will happen to the electronic and nuclear wastes accumulated day by day will become a very serious problem unless we find a nonhazardous way of its disposal.

Monday, May 31, 2010

political funding in India

India is a country where legitimate political funding is not in practice excepting donations they receive. This leads to wide corruption and malpractices by political bosses most recent being IPL saga. since all are equally involved the issue is covered soon and public whose attention is diverted by emerging  new items in the news forget it easily. But it is high time this problem is solved legitimately  by funding law abiding political parties who strictly adhere to Indian Constitution  and follow the principles ruthlessly desist from dividing people on the basis of language, Religion, Caste, Creed etc.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

maoist menace

Even after causing much damage to the society by killing spree, government has kept open space for negotiation to Maoists. One fails to understand the reason why government is hesitant to take strong action by transferring law and order of the areas to military.

war against terror

The unholy alliance between Pakistan and America on war against terror is now reaching its most difficult situation since the  latter wants Pakistan to produce instant result in view of the latest Time Squire muddle.It has even warned of direct action on Pakistan's territory. The reaction in Pakistan may turn out to be uncontrollable to the present regime and finally Military will take over again and America  will achieve a win win position by posting a puppet general once again.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

cosmetics.

There is a trend to use and try whatever new cosmetics coming up from market. But the users are seldom aware of the consequences of applying whatever available on their body without making a proper study of the reputation of the manufacturer, the certification of the product and also its afford-ability.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Air crash

Statisticians show comparison between air crash and elevator accident as more or less same with even chances. But what about survival rates? In the former it is near zero and the latter is better.

youngsters please change your mindset.

It is a sad fact that youngsters prefer quick money by windfall or through treasure hunting which may ultimately prove to be risky. It may often land them in trouble as there are dozen hawks waiting with their fishing rodes attracting innocent preys. In fact one should understand that no individual has so far developed a scheme for others benefit. Those who fail to grasp it fall prey to all imaginary schemes and repent later.There are heavy investors/speculators in stock market and bullion market who expect their money to get appreciated soon. While doing so they should always think the opposite also can happen. But an individual who makes use of his intelligence and efforts and do hard work to earn his living and saving out of it and systematically investing after proper analysis will have peace of mind. To ward off uncertainties one should not select one type of investment plan. There are many available in the market. Make proper study and proceed. But always remember the force of gravitation: what ever goes upward will definitely fall.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

visa rejection by Canada

Canadians fail to understand that same type of rejection by India will hamper their relations. What India needs to do at this juncture is to react and retaliate. But the problem is India has not yet come out of its old habit of submissiveness and remaining a faithful servant of the west tolerating hegemony
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