Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulty understanding and concentrating. Several studies explained that using visual therapy media, one of which is cards, can help teachers therapists maintain children’s concentration motivation during learning. Previous research also states ASD children patterns interest/preference for certain displays, in theory explaining displays affect...

Environmental conditions during seed maturation influence germination, but the genetic basis of maternal environmental effects on germination is virtually unknown. Using single and multiple mutants of phytochromes, it is shown here that different phytochromes contributed to germination differently, depending on seed-maturation conditions. Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type seeds that were matured u...

Maternal basking regime can affect gestation length in viviparous squamates, but effects on offspring phenotype in species with extended pregnancies and ability to delay the birth season are unclear. We investigated the effects of three maternal basking regimes on maternal thermoregulation, gestation length, pregnancy outcome and offspring phenotype in the gecko Woodworthia 'Otago/Southland'. T...

[1] Annual precipitation in the central and southern warm-desert region of North America is distributed climatologically between summer and winter periods with two prominent dry periods between them. We used energy and carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes from eddy covariance along with standard meteorological and soil moisture measurements at a semiarid savanna in southern Arizona, United States, to be...

A novel material open to warm air stays below ambient temperature under maximum solar intensities of mid-summer. It is found to be 11 °C cooler than a commercial white cool roof nearby. A combination of specially chosen polymers and a silver thin film yields values near 100% for both solar reflectance, and thermal emittance at infrared wavelengths from 7.9 to 13 μm.

Trans-parinaric acid was used to determine the order/disorder transition temperatures of phospholipids extracted from leaves of warm- and cool-season annuals grown under contrasting thermal regimes. All species were capable of adjusting this property, although there was considerable variation in the extent of the adjustment.

A simple contact stimulator designed to provide quantitative assessments of thermal sensitivity of digital skin is described. The skin is tested at its normal resting temperature and thermal thresholds are given as the least differences in temperature between the skin and the stimulator which give rise to warm or cool sensations.

Abstract We present H i gas kinematics and star formation activities of NGC 6822, a dwarf galaxy located in the Local Group at distance ∼490 kpc. perform profile decomposition line-of-sight velocity profiles data cube (42.4″ × 12.0″ spatial, corresponding to ∼100 pc; 1.6 km s −1 spectral) taken with Australia Telescope Compact Array. For this, we use new tool, so-called baygaud , which is based...