Anthropogenic heat and modified landscapes raise air and surface temperatures in urbanized areas around the globe. This phenomenon is widely known as an urban heat island (UHI). Previous UHI studies, and specifically those based on remote sensing data, have not included cities north of 60◦N. A few in situ studies have indicated that even relatively small cities in high latitudes may exhibit sig...

The health of a district in a province may be taken to be an index of the health of the whole province. Lately, I got an opportunity of visiting Purnea Short as my stay was, I made the best use, I possibly could, of my opportunities in studying the topographical and sanitary aspects of the district, the habits and manners of the people, their life and health, and the medical works so far instit...

Remote sensing and field evidence are used to describe sand deposits found in associated pathways of emplacement in the eastern Mojave Desert. Two separate pathways are identified here: one extending eastward from the Bristol Playa through the Cadiz and Danby Playas and Rice Valley to the Colorado River, and a second parallel path extending eastward from Dale Playa through the Palen and Ford Pl...

1L.V. Kirensky Institute of Physics, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia 2Department of Photonics and Laser Technology, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk 660079, Russia 3Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk 660079, Russia 4Faculty of Physics and International Laser Center, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia *Corresp...

We isolated 11 Siberian subtype tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV) strains from Ixodes persulcatus ticks from a TBEV-endemic focus in the Kokkola Archipelago, western Finland. Thus I. persulcatus and the Siberian TBEV are reported in a focus considerably northwest of their previously known range in eastern Europe and Siberia.

The article presents the results of landscape differentiation territory Kilemarsky section projected National Park Nizhegorodskoe Zavolzh'e, performed at hierarchical level types. national park lies in Eurasian taiga (coniferous forest) botanico-geographical area, subzone southern taiga. According to zoning European part Russia, its belongs Kama-Pechera-West Ural subprovincion Ural-West Siberia...

Asian and Siberian ginsengs contain glycosides with structural similarities to digoxin. We studied potential interference of ginseng in 5 digoxin immunoassays in 3 Asian (2 liquid extracts, 1 capsule) and 3 Siberian ginseng preparations (1 liquid extract, 2 capsules). With the fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA), we observed apparent digoxin activity in 1 Asian liquid preparation and i...

Siberian hamsters use spontaneous daily torpor, a state of hypometabolism and hypothermia, to save energy during winter. Multiple neuroendocrine signals set the scene for spontaneous torpor to occur, and several brain areas have been identified as potential sites for torpor regulation. Here, we summarize the known mechanisms of a fascinating physiological state in the Siberian hamster.