Paul Celan’s speech the “Meridian” addresses the fundamental question of how poetry can be possible in a world “after Auschwitz.” In contrast to the Platonic aesthetic system and classical art traditions, Celan draws upo...
Footbath therapy is effective for health and wellness. We compared the effects of hot water footbaths (HFB), contrast water footbaths (CFB), and warm water footbaths (WFB) using physiological parameters, including blood pressure, calf volume, flexibi...
This paper organizes classical tools from complement topology into a local-to-global framework for primary meridian obstructions under admissible reconstruction. Let
The influence mechanism of the internal pressure fluctuation propagation law of multi-stage submersible electric pump (ESP) is still unclear, which has been a major problem restricting the stable exploitation of deep-sea oil and gas. In order to inve...
Most climate change messages depict a picture of the devastating effects that anthropogenic activities have on the environment, expecting to mobilise human action. Built on the daunting scientific evidence, these gloomy messages can potentially emoti...
The acoustical characteristics of auditory triggers often recommended to generate the autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) on Internet platforms were investigated by parameterizing their sound qualities following Zwicker’s procedure and...
Day and night are regular occurrences in nature, and the organs and tissues in living bodies follow this cycle. The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) at various time points regulates organ excitation to maintain healthy functions in the living body. T...
28 January 2023
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is purposely elicited by some individuals to promote health and mental wellbeing. The aim of the current study was to explore how ASMR is used and its perceived benefits in a student population. We employed...
Objective: This study explores the material basis and biological functions of meridian interstitial channels in mini-pigs proximal to the stomach meridian by analyzing differential proteomics between interstitial channels and adjacent non-interstitia...
Objective: Allergic rhinitis (AR) continues to adversely affect the life quality of a substantial patient population, highlighting the necessity for enhanced treatment modalities. Our research utilized licorice extract (LE) in nasal irrigation for ma...
This preliminary study explored circadian variations in meridian-associated skin temperature using infrared thermal imaging (IRTI). Four healthy adults receive a two-hour IRTI measurement alternately over a 24 h period, with thermal images acquired e...
Acupuncture and meridian channels have been major components of Chinese and Eastern Asian medicine—especially for analgesia—for over 2000 years. In recent decades, electroacupuncture (EA) analgesia has been applied clinically and experimentally. Howe...
23 January 2020
Natural products are the most important and commonly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for healthcare and disease prevention in East-Asia. Although the Meridian system of TCM was established several thousand years ago, the rationale of Merid...
With the aim of investigating the influence of guide vane meridians on the external characteristics and internal flow field of the mixed-flow pump device, this research constructed seven guide vane meridians and applied computational fluid dynamic (C...
15 April 2021
Shiftwork nurses experience physical and psychological health problems related to shift work. This study aimed to examine the effects of Meridian acupressure on stress, fatigue, anxiety, and self-efficacy of shiftwork nurses in South Korea. A quasi-e...
6 November 2022
In a social environment, various types of stress can be overwhelming. Humans frequently encounter these stressful situations in social life. Stress is divided into physical stress and mental stress; the latter is induced by heavy mental workloads and...
The acupuncture point mapped into the body meridian line has been the subject of extensive research; however, the scientific basis of the body meridian line remains unknown. In the present study, a pair of line-magnets was attached along the heart me...
For a long time, the equivalent ionospheric slab thickness τ has remained in the shadow of ionospheric main parameters: the maximum density, NmF2 (or the critical frequency, foF2), and the total electron content. Empirical global models have been dev...
Equinoctial asymmetry of the range of the solar quiet day variation (Sq) of the horizontal geomagnetic field (H) has been found in some low latitude geomagnetic observatories. This study conducted an investigation of its latitude distribution and the...
With the great Clementine Gnomon in St. Maria degli Angeli, a 45 m pinhole meridian line, built in 1700–1702 upon the will of Pope Clemens XI, Francesco Bianchini inaugurated the Roman tradition of solar astrometry. We analyze two thousand dedi...
To establish a geometric framework for scleral fixation planning in secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation that accounts for corneal ellipticity and meridional orientation, and to analyze the limitations of fixed limbus-distance marking. The l...
Skylight polarization provides a significant navigation cue for certain polarization-sensitive animals. However, the precision of the angle of polarization (AOP) of skylight for vehicle orientation is not clear. An evaluation of AOP must be performed...
The Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption (20.536°S, 175.382°W in Tonga) reached its maximum outbreak on 15 January 2022, at 04:15 UT, leading to huge oceanic fluctuations and atmospheric disturbances. This study focuses on the response of the...
The modernization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is significantly impeded by the elusive material basis of its meridian system and by a lack of objective, quantitative diagnostic standards. Recent breakthroughs in photonic technologies and opt...
The supposed meridians of traditional oriental medicine have been a cause of conflict between traditional and modern medical science. A possible resolution has been proposed: That extracellular vesicles, including exosomes, may be the transmitters of...
This article examines the behavior of gyroscopic orientation systems, which, unlike inertial navigation systems and gyrocompasses (with internal and external correction), are described solely by Euler’s equations. It is shown that, contrary to...
In order to test the theory of Brizhik et al. about the dynamic allocation of acupuncture meridians on human body and their role as hydric paths for solitons, we tested the effect of both acupuncture and exposure to extremely low frequencies (ELF) tu...
This paper reviews the quantum electrodynamics theory of water put forward by Del Giudice and colleagues and how it may provide a useful foundation for a new science of water for life. The interaction of light with liquid water generates quantum cohe...
The article belongs to the field of theoretical research on map projections. It is observed that there is no unique and generally accepted definition of standard parallels in the cartographic literature. For some authors, a standard line is a line al...
Based on the established LIDAR chain along the 120°E meridian in China, the gravity wave (GW) activity between 80 and 105 km and the seasonal behavior of temporal and spatial spectra at Beijing, Hefei and Hainan were studied with three years of c...
Some cancer patients use therapeutic massage to reduce symptoms, improve coping, and enhance quality of life. Although a meta-analysis concludes that massage can confer short-term benefits in terms of psychological wellbeing and reduction of some sym...
Galileo and the telescope revolutionized the concept of the Sun. The discovery of its rotation was possible due to the continuous observation of the sunspots. The faculae and the maculae with umbra and penumbra became accessible daily to new instrume...
L-glutaminase is an important anticancer agent that is used extensively worldwide by depriving cancer cells of L-glutamine. The marine bacterium, Halomonas meridian was isolated from the Red Sea and selected as the more active L-glutaminase-producing...
24 November 2021
Background: The hamstring muscles are described as forming part of myofascial chains or meridians, and the superficial back line (SBL) is one such chain. Good hamstring flexibility is fundamental to sporting performance and is associated with prevent...
The Meridian Project’s sounding rocket mission uses a mass spectrometer to conduct in-situ atmospheric detection. In order to assess the influence of surface material outgassing and the attitude control jet on the spectrometer’s detection...
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic disrupted the delivery of education in our school systems and exacerbated pre-existing health and educational disparities. School administrators and staff from underserved communities struggled with continuously changing medic...
Parallel electric–hydraulic hybrid (PEHH) powertrains offer benefits of lower energy consumption and increased battery lifetime compared to pure electric ones. These merits can be extended with advanced control methods that optimally deploy on-...
The paper proposes a completely new geometric interpretation of intuitionistic fuzzy sets for confidence-aware decision making. Instead of directly using ordered pairs of membership and non-membership degrees, we reinterpret the intuitionistic fuzzy...
Background/Objectives: Modern acupuncture research commonly operationalizes acupoints as standardized sites for needling or electrical stimulation. Although this convention has improved reproducibility, it may obscure how classical acupoint and merid...
Paul Celan’s ‘Speeches’ determine what poetry is and why we need it. He does not want ‘timeless’ poetry but still ‘lays claim to infinity’; he would ‘reach through time’. He neither refuses poetry...
As media consumption through electronic devices increases, there is growing interest in ASMR videos, known for inducing relaxation and positive emotional states. However, the effectiveness of ASMR varies depending on each video’s characteristic...
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the “third pole” of the Earth with an average elevation of approximately 4500 m, offers a unique natural laboratory for probing the dynamic behavior of the global electric circuit. In this study, we con...
The transits of Venus occur in couples every 105/122 years: the observed ones were in 1639; 1761–1769; 1874–1882; and 2004–2012. The next couple will occur in the years 2117 and 2125. We need all four contacts to determine the solar...
The daily path of the Sun across longitude yields night and day, but the Sun also travels across latitude on a belt 47° wide. The solar meridian declination explains the latitudinal budget of natural beam irradiance (NBI), which is defined as the...
The Clementine Gnomon was built in 1700–1702 by the astronomer Francesco Bianchini, upon the will of Pope Clement XI. This meridian line is located in the Basilica of santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, and it is visited by thousands of s...
Many countries use low-cost sensors for high-resolution monitoring of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) to manage public health. To enhance the accuracy of low-cost sensors, studies have been conducted to calibrate them considering environmental va...
This study describes and validates a novel method for assessing anterior crystalline lens curvature along vertical and horizontal meridians using radial measurements derived from Scheimpflug imaging. The aim was to evaluate whether pupil diameter (PD...
The ball-bar instrument is used to estimate a maximum number of hysteretic error sources. Machine error parameters include inter- and intra-axis errors as well as hysteresis effects. An error model containing cubic polynomial functions and modified q...
Retinal shape presents a clinical parameter of interest for myopia, and has commonly been inferred indirectly from peripheral refraction (PRX) profiles. Distortion-corrected optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans offer a new and direct possibility...
The retinal response to particular orientations might start a signaling cascade of events that help to modulate eye growth and respond to myopia control treatments. The purpose of this study was to investigate the retinal electrical activity in respo...
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