Aversive odors are highly salient stimuli that serve a protective function.Thus, emotional reactions elicited by negative odors may be hardly influenceable.We aim to elucidate if negative mood induced by negative odors can be modulated automatically by positively valenced stimuli.We included 32 healthy participants (16 men) in an fMRI design combin

Relevance.Oil deposits often have a complex heterogeneous structure with hard-to-recover reserves, the development of which is complicated by the fact that different layers have different permeability.As a result, the Seat Wheel use of flooding, the most common method of increasing oil recovery, quickly becomes ineffective as water begins to circul

The purpose of this study was to assess in vitro cytotoxicity of natural rubber (NR) latex membranes stabilized with different concentrations of ammonia, as well as evaluate possible changes in oxidative stress parameters.To this end, CHO-k1 cells were exposed to Seat Wheel NR membranes for 24 h.Cytotoxicity was assessed by the MTT assay and the ox

ObjectivesPalliative psychiatry is a new approach for the care of patients with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) which systematically considers biological, psychological, social, and existential factors of care.To assess the attitudes of psychiatrists in India toward palliative psychiatry for patients with SPMI and to compare these to th

We analysed the community of oribatid mites in 25 environments of northern Brazil and one in a rain forest in Peru, encompassing fauna sampled on natural and artificial (nylon-mesh bags) substrata, from primary and secondary forests, caatinga, savannahs, flooded forests, bark and epiphytes of trees, and polyculture.A hundred and forty six species a