Externalism about psychological kinds is the thesis that certain of a subject's mental states and events are dependent for their individuation on the subject's environment. The thesis opens up the possibility that a subject's mental state and event kinds might vary with variations in the subject's environment, even while her physical properties, including her functional properties and her physi...

It appears fairly obvious that life could evolve only in the presence of water. However, from the outset the Earth and Mars had very little water (~0.03%) and protoorganic substances (several orders of magnitude less than that), which poses two problems, namely, (1) a concentration gap, where a reasonable original concentration of aminoacids in water could not be higher than ∼10 kg/l, which mad...

Magnetotelluric (MT) method is an electromagnetic technique that uses the earth natural field to map the electrical resistivity changes in subsurface structures. Because of the high penetration depth of the electromagnetic fields in this method (tens of meters to tens of kilometers), the MT data is used to investigate the shallow to deep subsurface geoelectrical structures and their dimensions....

the fundamental elements of nature, namely earth, water, air and sunshine should be in a healthy state, well balanced with the criteria of equilibrium and untainted so that the environment would remain pleasant and lively. hence, there will be plant, animal and human in a existential balance. man himself is the major polluter and destructor of environment. the environment, in turn, is a large c...

earth-shelter construction is one of the aspects in architecture where the thermal mass of the earth behind the outer walls are applied in order to reduce heat loss and keep the internal temperature at human comfort range. in case of earth-shelter buildings, housing is especially important. as for its applicability the earth-shelter provides good housing. typological studies of earth-shelter co...

Ammonia Generation In article number 2202403, Roland Marschall and co-workers utilize two earth-abundant materials, namely defective polyheptazine pyrite, in combination to generate ammonia under light irradiation. Generating decentralized by photocatalysis is a promising approach sustainable alternative Haber-Bosch.

Detergents are a viable method for earwax removal. Specifically, bile salts such as cholate and deoxycholate, work well for this function especially when placed in alkaline solution provided by sodium phosphate in the presence of 0.1 M sodium chloride. In vitro studies reveal these agents to quickly penetrate earwax, as visualized by yellowish color of the solution and lack of cohesion of the r...