A submarine eruption started off the south coast of El Hierro, Canary Islands, on 10 October 2011 and continues at the time of this writing (February 2012).In the first days of the event, peculiar eruption products were found floating on the sea surface, drifting for long distances from the eruption site.These specimens, which have in the meantime
Scrub typhus (ST) is a vector-borne rickettsial infection causing acute febrile illness.The re-emergence of ST in the Asia-Pacific region represents a serious public health threat.ST was first detected in Bhutan in 2008.However, the disease is likely to be under-diagnosed and under-reported, and the true impact is difficult to estimate.At the end o
The right parietal lobe plays an important role in body image, and disorders of body image emerge after lesions in the parietal lobe or with parietal lobe epilepsy.Body image disorder also often accompanies upper-limb amputation, in which the patient misperceives that their missing limb is still part of their body.Cortical reorganization is known t