Pristine inner experience is that which is directly present in awareness before it is distorted by attempts at observation or interpretation. Many psychological methods, including most introspective methods, attempt to measure some aspect of pristine inner experience (thoughts, feelings, mental imagery, sensations, etc.). We believe, however, that these methods produce unspecifiable combination...

The effect of temperature (25, 40, 55 and 70°C) and weight fraction of MWCNTs (0.125, 0.25 and 0.5 %wt) on the viscosity of nanofluids containing pristine and functionalized MWCNTs have been investigated. For this purpose, all of the measurements were carried out in triplicate and were analyzed using two factors completely randomized design and comparison of data means is carried out with Dunca...

Tibetans view the environment as an interrelated balance upon which humans and nature coexist. Overconsumption of resources is discouraged, and the taking of life is forbidden by Buddhist practice. However, as traditional people meet the modern world, checkerboard patterns are carved into forested mountain slopes, pollution runs freely in once pristine waters, erosion lays grasslands bare, and ...