Given the enormous number of perfumes available on the market, it is of interest to guide consumers in their purchase of a new fragrance.One approach is to project the multidimensional perceptual space of scents on a two-dimensional sensory map based on meaningful dimensions.One of the pioneering studies on this issue mapped 94 commercial perfumes
Investigation of the atmospheric boundary-layer structure in urban areas can be challenged by landscape complexity and the heterogenous conditions this instills.Stuttgart, Germany, is a city situated in a bowl-shaped basin and troubled by the accumulation of pollutants during weak-wind conditions.The center of Stuttgart is surrounded by steep slope
Sensory inputs in nervous systems are often encoded at the millisecond scale in a precise spike timing code.There is now growing evidence in behaviors ranging from slow breathing to rapid flight for the prevalence of precise timing encoding in motor systems.Despite this, we largely do not know at what scale timing matters in these circuits due to t
Rice production in China has more than tripled in the past five decades mainly due to increased grain yield rather than increased planting area.This increase has come from the development of high-yielding varieties and improved crop management practices such as nitrogen fertilization and irrigation.However, yield stagnation of rice has been observe
Skin aging is a complex process involving both internal (chronological aging) and external (biological aging) factors.Slowing down the proliferative and immune processes in the epidermis, reducing the activity of fibroblasts and vascularization of the dermis during chronological aging lead to thinning, dryness, hypersensitivity, vulnerability and s