In their interesting and thorough Review (Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 17, 307–321 (2016))1, Koch and colleagues argue that the fronto-parietal network is not directly related to consciousness as was previously thought. Instead, they argue that consciousness is related to what they call the ‘posterior cortical hot zone’ as well as to differentia...

Based on the observation of geochemical characteristics 19 hot springs in Litang Fault Zone (LFZ) from 2010 to 2019, major elements, trace and stable isotopes were investigated, a conceptual model ground fluid circulation LFZ was established. The main hydrochemical type spring water samples is HCO3−-Na+. δ2H values range −157.6‰ −123.4‰ δ18O −24.5‰ −15.4‰. fault zone mainly recharged by infiltr...

abstract background and purpose:climate change has an important role on the health and productivity of the occupant of the building. the objective of this study is to estimate the effects of climate change on thermal comfort in hot and wet areas, as in the case of the city of douala. materials and methods:the general circulation model (csmk3 model, scenario b1) was adopted for this purpose.outd...

The coupling relationship between regional seismic activity and the hydrogeochemical field provides an important theoretical basis for earthquake precursor exploration. intersection area of Red River fault zone (RRF) Xiaojiang (XJF) in southeast Yunnan province has become focus monitoring prediction because its special tectonic position China. There were 20 hot springs that sampled analyzed lab...

BACKGROUND Screening is a routine procedure for isolation of microorganisms which are able to produce special metabolites. Purified thermostable α-amylase from bacterial sources is widely used in different industries. In this study we analyzed samples collected from three different hot springs in Iran to detect any strains capable of producing thermostable α-amylase. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hot...

Full-band Monte Carlo simulation offers a very accurate simulation technique, but is often limited by its high demand on computation time. The advantage of a numerical representation of the band structure over an analytical approximation is the accurate representation of the energy bands in the high energy regime. This allows accurate treatment of hot carrier effects in semiconductors. In this ...

Brevibacillus borstelensis cifa_chp40 is a thermophilic, strictly aerobic gram positive motile bacteria isolated from the alkaline hot water spring located in the Eastern Ghats zone of India. It could grow in a wide range of temperature and degrade low-density polythene at 37°C. The strain cifa_chp40 produces essential enzymes like protease, lipase, esterase and amidase at 50°C. Here, we report...

The prolonged extraction of the tubercle bacillus with boiling ethyl alcohol, followed by one or more reprecipitations by chilling the hot alcoholic solution, easily yields a preparation very active as antigen in the complement fixation reaction. This preparation gives a precipitation reaction with high dilution of the normal blood serum of a number of species. The precipitation reaction presen...

Email is the most common and comparatively the most efficient means of exchanging information in today's world. However, given the widespread use of emails in all sectors, they have been the target of spammers since the beginning. Filtering spam emails has now led to critical actions such as forensic activities based on mining spam email. The data mine for spam emails at the University of Alaba...

Saturn's poles exhibit an unexpected symmetry in hot, cyclonic polar vortices, despite huge seasonal differences in solar flux. The cores of both vortices are depleted in phosphine gas, probably resulting from subsidence of air into the troposphere. The warm cores are present throughout the upper troposphere and stratosphere at both poles. The thermal structure associated with the marked hexago...