The idea of episodic memory implies the existence of a process that segments experience into episodes so that they can be stored in memory. It is therefore surprising that the link between event segmentation and the organization of experiences into episodes in memory has not been addressed. We found that after participants read narratives containing temporal event boundaries at varying location...

Background Renal nerve ablation under fluoroscopy has emerged as a promising therapy in patients non-responding to oral anti-hypertensive medications. However, a considerable drawback of this technique is the lack of exact and immediate therapy control. CMR has the advantage of simultaneously combining functional imaging, anatomic and intraprocedural guidance in one examination without radiatio...

Angiogenesis is an important biological process that is also related to various diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Currently, the need for angiogenesis imaging is increasing due to the use of anti-angiogenic therapy to treat tumors, and of angiogenesis-inducing therapy to treat vascular diseases. Several techniques can be used to visualize angiogenesis related...

nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale which may exert a revolutionary impact on cancer diagnosis and therapy. nanotechnology is being applied to cancer in two broad areas: i) the development of nanovectors such as nanoparticles which can be loaded with drugs or imaging agents and then targeted to tumours, and ii) high-throughput nanosensor devices for de...

Prior functional imaging studies of moral processing have utilized 'explicit' moral tasks that involve moral deliberation (e.g., reading statements such as 'he shot the victim' and rating the moral appropriateness of the behavior) or 'implicit' moral tasks that involve moral intuition (e.g., reading similar statements and memorizing them for a test but not rating their moral appropriateness). A...

An integrated microscope that combines different optical techniques for simultaneous imaging is demonstrated. The microscope enables spectral-domain optical coherence microscopy based on optical backscatter, and multiphoton microscopy for the detection of two-photon fluorescence and second harmonic generation signals. The unique configuration of this integrated microscope allows for the simulta...

myocardial ischemia (mi) resulting in infarction is an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. acute ischaemia rapidly impairs myocardial contractile function. myocardial dysfunction persisting for several hours after transient non-lethal ischaemia, eventually resulting in full functional recovery is termed as myocardial stunning. hibernation is now thought to be the consequence o...

British science fiction author H.G. Wells wrote that, “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe,” in The Outline of History. This maxim remains as true as ever. Access to education is not only a human right, it is the foundation of a successful and productive society, and it is even crucial for the future of our planet. Numeracy and literacy are skills that a...