The plane of the moon’s orbit is tilted by 5.1° relative to the ecliptic and so can rise and set more northerly and more southerly than the sun. Due to the effects of the sun’s gravity, the moon’s orbital plane does not stay fixed in space but precesses, causing the monthly ang...
The ketone bodies acetoacetate (AcAc) and β-hydroxybutyrate (βHB) have pleiotropic effects in multiple organs including brain, heart, and skeletal muscle by serving as an alternative substrate for energy provision, and by modulating inflammation, oxidative stress, catabolic processes, and gene express...
“To date,” writes principal investigator Van Gordon, “no study has sought to investigate the phenomenon of a meditation-induced near-death experience (MI-NDE) that is referred to in ancient Buddhist texts.’ The study team carefully recruited meditators from Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana ...
The ‘Unbreakable’ Tea Set alas seem not to have been an early incarnation of Pink Floyd; the July date was in the summer of 1966 – they’d been known as Pink Floyd since late 1965, although the name change may have been prompted by, appearing on the same bill as the ‘unbreakable...
To date, the practical goal of combining information from borehole and tree-ring proxies, or even comparing borehole and thermometer data, to yield an accurate proxy record that simultane- ously resolves timescales of years to centuries, remains unfulfilled. Despite complicating factors such as the...
Immuno-PCR (iPCR), which was first developed by Sano et al. in 1992 [71], could be an alternative approach to increase the detection limit in envenomation diagnosis but has not been explored yet for the diagnosis of envenomed patients. There are other up-to-date methods currently used in...
They were motivated by the desire to spread their civilization to the backward areas of the world. European countries such as Portugal and Spain also wanted to increase their geographical knowledge. Origin of the trans-Atlantic trade. The exact date when the first slave was captured and sold was...
Cry for the moon. 海底捞月。 Custom is a second nature. 习惯是彳爱天养成的。 Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯,事事皆不难。 Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。 Do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。 Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲,勿施於人。 Doing is better than sa...