Editorial: Wired for Life

Editorial: Wired for Life

Fossil fuels and fossil fuel derived chemicals are limited, non-renewable, and foreseen to run out in the near future. To find viable solutions for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals, significant efforts are being made by the scientific community. For example, some microorganisms have been shown to produce fuels or chemicals using renewable electricity charged electrodes as electro...

Embodied Artificial Life - Editorial

Editorial: Laboratory versus Real Life

f you have ever had to testify in court about audiograms and audiometric levels, you are familiar with the favorite question from the attorney for the other side : "Now, doctor (dramatic pause), do we listen through earphones very much in everyday life?" The point is well taken. In our zeal for precise laboratory control of the test situation, we sometimes forget that most people don't spend a ...

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

Wired for obesity?

The central nervous system (CNS) plays an important role in the regulation of appetite, energy expenditure, and body weight. Understanding the neural pathways involved is essential to the development of mechanismbased approaches to the prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes (Fig. 1). Recent advances in MRI of fast acquisition sequences and image-processing software now enable us to no...