02942nam 22004933 450 991014920570332120231110233202.00-7564-1144-0(CKB)3710000000932942(MiAaPQ)EBC6051869(Au-PeEL)EBL6051869(OCoLC)962065565(EXLCZ)99371000000093294220210901d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAlien Nation :DAW,2016.©2016.1 online resource (601 pages)Alien Novels ;v.140-7564-1143-2 Sci-fi action meets steamy paranormal in Gini Koch's Alien novels, as Katherine "Kitty" Katt faces off against aliens, conspiracies, and deadly secrets. * "Futuristic high-jinks and gripping adventure." -- RT Reviews It's a typical day of bureaucracy and stress for President and First Lady Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, made more stressful when alien spacecraft are spotted making a beeline for Earth, none of them from the Alpha Centauri system. Then a cryptic request from an old adversary pulls Kitty out of the White House and into an explosion--and an even more explosive situation. Not only is the Mastermind back in the game, influencing the Club 51 True Believers to find and destroy all Centaurion bases, but he's also found a dangerous benefactor and created some frightening new cloning abilities. And, just to make things a little more challenging, those alien spacecraft are coming to ask Kitty for protection, and asylum on Earth. Police stations being blown up and war helicopters in play aren't enoughto keep Kitty down, especially when she's got some new alien friends helping out. But what these aliens share will rock the world--the other aliens on theirway to Earth are fleeing an enemy so terrifying that even a Z'porrah ship is trying to get to Earth for safety and protection. And if Earth isn't able to stop this threat, there may not be anything left of humanity. Now Kitty and Company have to figure out where the Mastermind is and stop him, before any new aliens land. And then they have to save the world from a deadly invasion. Or, as Kitty calls it, Thursday.Alien Novels Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction.Human-alien encounters--Fiction.Science fictionScience fiction.gsafdExtraterrestrial beings--Fiction..Human-alien encounters--Fiction..Science fiction.813.6Koch Gini1369957Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910149205703321Alien Nation3397086UNINA03773nam 2200481z- 450 991013639050332120210211(CKB)3710000000612021(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/52686(oapen)doab52686(EXLCZ)99371000000061202120202102d2015 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierManipulative approaches to human brain dynamicsFrontiers Media SA20151 online resource (246 p.)Frontiers Research Topics2-88919-479-5 In this EBook, we highlight how newly emerging techniques for non-invasive manipulation of the human brain, combined with simultaneous recordings of neural activity, contribute to the understanding of brain functions and neural dynamics in humans. A growing body of evidence indicates that the neural dynamics (e.g., oscillations, synchrony) are important in mediating information processing and networking for various functions in the human brain. Most of previous studies on human brain dynamics, however, show correlative relationships between brain functions and patterns of neural dynamics measured by imaging methods such as electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In contrast, manipulative approaches by non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) have been developed and extensively used. These approaches include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electric stimulation (tES) such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), alternating current stimulation (tACS), and random noise stimulation (tRNS), which can directly manipulate neural dynamics in the intact human brain. Although the neural-correlate approach is a strong tool, we think that manipulative approaches have far greater potential to show causal roles of neural dynamics in human brain functions. There have been technical challenges with using manipulative methods together with imaging methods. However, thanks to recent technical developments, it has become possible to use combined methods such as TMS-EEG coregistration. We can now directly measure and manipulate neural dynamics and analyze functional consequences to show causal roles of neural dynamics in various brain functions. Moreover, these combined methods can probe brain excitability, plasticity and cortical networking associated with information processing in the intact human brain. The contributors to this EBook have succeeded in showcasing cutting-edge studies and demonstrate the huge impact of their approaches on many areas in human neuroscience and clinical applications.NeurosciencesbicsscCoregistrationFunctional magnetic resonance imaging fMRINear-infrared spectroscopy NIRSnon-invasive brain stimulation NIBSTMS-EEGtranscranial alternating current stimulation tACStranscranial direct current stimulation tDCStranscranial electric stimulation tESTranscranial magnetic stimulation TMStranscranial random noise stimulation tRNSNeurosciencesTakashi Hanakawaauth1278730Risto Juhani IlmoniemiauthKeiichi KitajoauthCarlo MiniussiauthBOOK9910136390503321Manipulative approaches to human brain dynamics3025099UNINA