ABSTRACT Measurements of the lunar surface in the visible and near infrared wavelength regions provide a new and intriguing method of determining changes in the sensitivities of Earth observing radiometers. Lunar measurements are part of the calibration strategy for the instruments in the Earth Observing System (EOS)' and part of the calibration strategy for the Sea Viewing Wide Field of View S...

The aim of the article is to investigate the development of blood and lymph systems in human parathyroid glands in prenatal and postnatal periods. The first capillaries are observed in these glands already in the lunar month 2. At the middle of pregnancy blood supply is increased, being extremely abundant in lunar months 9 and 10, as well as during the first year of life. As parts of the lymph ...

Marine organisms adapt to complex temporal environments that include daily, tidal, semi-lunar, lunar and seasonal cycles. However, our understanding of marine biological rhythms and their underlying molecular basis is mainly confined to a few model organisms in rather simplistic laboratory settings. Here, we use new empirical data and recent examples of marine biorhythms to highlight how field ...

Drawing on the familiar material from NASA’s lunar explorations and a serendipitous encounter with a memento from the Apollo 11 mission, I am working on an animated film featuring a single, looping orbit around the moon. Rendered from a computer model where planetary positions and orbits are plotted to correspond as far as possible to actuality, the lunar surface itself is based on data collect...

background: fasting during the holy month of ramadan (fasting) for muslims is a religious duty. the impact of fasting on some diseases has been reported in medical literature. this study evaluated the effects of fasting on appendicitis. in this population-based descriptive study, we investigated whether the incidence of acute appendicitis differs during fasting compared to other non fasting lun...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate an ancient hypothesis; the moon effect might increase incidence of injuries and hence admission of patients with trauma to Emergency Rooms (ERs) on full moon days. METHODS During thirteen months, 58000 trauma patients admitted in three hospitals that had the highest load of trauma patients in Tehran were studied. Due to lack of complete d...

Introduction: It is known that the present Moon has no global magnetic dipole field. Data from former lunar exploration programs show that the lunar magnetic field is very weak, usually just a few nT. Variations in field strength are noted in different lunar areas, e.g.: the average magnetic field in young basins and craters is between 0.5-1.5 nT, with exceptions that antipodal of Nectaris, Ser...

We obtained direct global measurements of the lunar surface using multispectral thermal emission mapping with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment. Most lunar terrains have spectral signatures that are consistent with known lunar anorthosite and basalt compositions. However, the data have also revealed the presence of highly evolved, silica-rich lunar soils in ki...