Anomalous Seismo-Electromagnetic Emission Related with Seismic Waves
This paper reports the rare high intensity electromagnetic pulses associated with earthquakes, with different to atmospherics spectrum signature. On the base of actual data records, the cases of generation of anomalous seismo-electromagnetic emission founded. These natural sub-millisecond electromagnetic pulses have been associated with passage of seismic waves through the place of electromagnetic field observations. The waveform, spectrum and time characteristics of sub-millisecond electromagnetic pulses have been described. The deeper the source the lower frequencies can be observed in the spectrum on the surface.
Airborne electronic equipment immunity to the very low frequency electromagnetic field influence (civil aviation standards problems)
Airborne electronic equipment reliable operation is critical in ensuring flight safety. The civil aviation RTCA/DO-160E and EUROCAE/ED-14E standard procedures and environmental test criteria for testing airborne equipment aimed on the aircraft onboard electromagnetic emission sources. Taking in an account the possibility of external very low frequency electromagnetic field influence on the electronic onboard equipment it is possible to find a number of severe problems. Analyses of unspecified frequency bands and requirements for the testing aircraft electronic onboard equipment were conducted in this paper.
Emotion, religious practice, and cosmopolitan secularism
Abstract Philip Kitcher has recently proposed a form of ‘cosmopolitan secularism’ which he suggests could enable the members of a future secular society to continue to access and benefit from the moral and existential resources of the world's religions. I criticize this proposal by appeal to contemporary work on the role of emotion and practice in religious commitment. Using the work of John Cottingham and Mark Wynn, two objections are offered to the cosmopolitan secularists' claim that the moral resources of a religion could be both preserved by and employed within a secular society whose members lack emotional commitment to and practical engagement with the religions in question. I conclude that, pace Kitcher, cosmopolitan secularism cannot fulfil its promise to preserve the moral resources of religion in the absence of genuine religious traditions and communities.