Our civilization is facing substantial risks and a growing realization of how climatological ecological tipping points can fundamentally change the premises for life. This rapidly emerging reality compels shift in scope concern humans. Even so, it remains unclear whether our ability to learn, collaborate, address complex problems compatible with this endemic crisis. Here, we existential dilemma...

The upcoming Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting, and adoption of the new Global Biodiversity Framework, represent an opportunity to transform humanity's relationship with nature. Restoring nature while meeting human needs requires a bold vision, including mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in society. We present framework that could support this: Mitigation Conservation Hiera...

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a major success story in gastroenterology, with improvements critical care and transplant resulting significant patient outcomes the current era compared to dismal survival rates pretransplant era. However, ever-increasing list of candidates limited organ pool makes judicious selection use mandatory achieve good prevent wastage. Several scoring systems exist facilit...

This paper explores the feasibility of using EEG in the context of Stimulus Rich Reactive Interfaces (SRRI’s), as a source of feedback on the cognitive state of the user. We have run experiments to evaluate the utility of two potential EEG measures of whether a stimulus has been perceived: 1) reduced EEG power in the alpha band at posterior brain areas and 2) a P3-like positive deflection over ...

Many commercial CD-ROMs are now being marketed as suitable for home and school use, increasingly promoted as covering the National Curriculum. However, such promises are failing to be realised because many CD-ROMS are poorly constructed, consisting simply of a mishmash of images, sounds and video that offer little more than light entertainment. The aim of this paper is to provide guidance on as...

The 351-nm photoelectron spectrum of the negative ion of 1,3-benzoquinodimethane (m-xylylene) is reported. Features are observed in the photoelectron spectrum corresponding to formation of the B2, A1, and B2 states of m-xylylene. The electron affinity of the triplet ground state is found to be 0.919 ( 0.008 eV, and vibrational frequencies of 290, 540, and 1500 cm-1 are obtained. The active mode...

This paper explores the feasibility of using EEG in the context of Stimulus Rich Reactive Interfaces (SRRI’s), as a source of feedback on the cognitive state of the user. We have run experiments to evaluate the utility of two potential EEG measures of whether a stimulus has been perceived: 1) reduced EEG power in the alpha band at posterior brain areas and 2) a P3-like positive deflection over ...

There are many sources of uncertainty in scenarios and models socio-ecological systems, understanding these uncertainties is critical supporting informed decision-making about the management natural resources. Here, we review across steps needed to create scenarios, from narrative storylines representation human biological processes estimation scenario model parameters. We find that would benef...

Increasing the production of food from ocean is seen as a pathway toward more sustainable and healthier human diets. Yet this potential being overshadowed by competing uses resources in an accelerating “blue economy.” The current emphasis on growth, rather than equitable distribution benefits, has created three unexamined or flawed assumptions that growth blue economy will lead to food” product...

Liver transplantation (LT) is the definitive therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease, acute failure, acute-on-chronic hepatocellular carcinoma, and metabolic diseases. The acceptance of LT in Asia has been gradually increasing so expertise to perform LT. Preparing a patient cirrhosis most important aspect successful preparation begins first index decompensation cirrhosis. Patients pla...