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High?resolution NMR images on three different present?day wood samples and an archaeological wood specimen were presented and discussed. Although the spatial resolution is still low to perform dendrology for the exact identification of the wooden species, the T2?spin?density weighted images exhibit contrasts that are in excellent agreement with optical histological images. On the other hand, T2* and T1?weighted images provide physiological information that is not obtainable by the usual light microscopic investigations.

The outcome of an epidemic is closely related to the network of interactions between individuals. Likewise, protein functions depend on the 3D arrangement of their residues and the underlying energetic interaction network. Borrowing ideas from the theoretical framework that has been developed to address the spreading of real diseases, we study for the first time the diffusion of a fictitious epidemic inside the protein nonbonded interaction network, aiming to study network features and properties.

In recent decades, great progress has been made in our understanding of zonal jets across many subjects - atmospheric science, oceanography, planetary science, geophysical fluid dynamics, plasma physics, magnetohydrodynamics, turbulence theory - but communication between researchers from different fields has been weak or non-existent. Even the terminology in different fields may be so disparate that researchers working on similar problems do not understand each other. This comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume will break cross-disciplinary barriers and aid the advancement of the subject.