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Brain Networks in Aging: Reorganization and Modulation by Interventions
Old adults undertake multiple reduced cognitive abilities in aging, which are accompanied with specific brain reorganization in forms of regional brain activity and brain tissues, inter-region connectivity, and topology of whole brain networks in both function and structure. The plasticity changes of brain activities in old adults are explained by the mechanisms of compensation and dedifferentiation. For example, older adults have been observed to have greater, usually bilateral, prefrontal activities during memory tasks compared to the typical unilateral prefrontal activities in younger adults, which was explained as a compensation for the reduced brain activities in visual processing corti...
China's New Voices
This is the most comprehensive study to date of the rich popular music scene in contemporary China. Focusing on the city of Beijing and drawing upon extensive fieldwork, China's New Voices shows that during the 1980s and 1990s, rock and pop music, combined with new technologies and the new market economy, have enabled marginalized groups to achieve a new public voice that is often independent of the state. Nimrod Baranovitch analyzes this phenomenon by focusing on three important contexts: ethnicity, gender, and state politics. His study is a fascinating look at the relationship between popular music in China and broad cultural, social, and political changes that are taking place there. Baranovitch's sources include formal interviews and conversations conducted with some of China's most prominent rock and pop musicians and music critics, with ordinary people who provide lay perspectives on popular music culture, and with others involved in the music industry and in academia. Baranovitch also observed recording sessions, concerts, and dance parties, and draws upon TV broadcasts and many publications in Chinese about popular music. keywords: Ethnicity
Mechanical Engineering and Materials
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The present papers, drawn from both academia and industry, reflect the international flavour of this event; devoted to the topics of: Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Properties, Measuring Methods and Applications, Methodology of Research and Analysis and Modelling, Materials Manufacturing and Processing, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Manufacturing, etc.
China's New Cultural Scene
Portrays the ongoing revolution in cultural production that has transformed contemporary life in the People's Republic of China.
Mapping Psychopathology with fMRI and Effective Connectivity Analysis
There is a growing appreciation that many psychiatric (and neurological) conditions can be understood as functional disconnection syndromes – as reflected in aberrant functional integration and synaptic connectivity. This Research Topic considers recent advances in understanding psychopathology in terms of aberrant effective connectivity – as measured noninvasively using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Recently, there has been increasing interest in inferring directed connectivity (effective connectivity) from fMRI data. Effective connectivity refers to the influence that one neural system exerts over another and quantifies the directed coupling among brain regions – and ...
Overeating and Decision Making Vulnerabilities
Overeating is rapidly becoming a central public health challenge around the world. In this book, we assemble articles from a number of scientists who have made important contributions to this evolving field. This book dives into the basic underlying mechanism for overeating and decision-making vulnerabilities, and provides insights for weight management, treatment of overweight and obesity.
Nature-based Solutions for Urban Resilience and Human Health
Climate change and rapid urbanization have significant impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. Nature-based solutions (NBS) is an action to work with and enhance nature to solve social challenges, and NBS is an "umbrella concept" for other mature nature-based approaches. Blue-green spaces (BGS) can provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including mitigation of urban heat island effects, reduction of flooding, mitigation of air pollution, and provision of recreational spaces, thereby promoting physical and mental health. Hence, NBSs can serve as cost-effective climate mitigation and adaptation tool that contribute to additional co-benefits for ecosystem health and h...
