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2000

Chor, Louis 左永業

This essay, in Chinese, introduces the Buddhist monastery Toshodaiji in Nara city, Japan, a UN world heritage. Toshodaiji monastery was established in the mid-8th century by Monk Jianzhen (Monk Ganjin) who was invited to come to Japan from China. The main theme, however, is on the lotus flowers...

2011-06-21

Hayashi, Naotaka

A short essay about plantations in South Greenland 南グリーンランドの植林事業について

2008-11-05

Hayashi, Naotaka

The forest management regime of Alberta, Canada, was reviewed in light of the three pillars of sustainable forest management: economic, social, and environmental values of forests. It was found that as long as the provincial policy is inclined to the pursuit of economic benefits derived from the...

2010

Paszkowski, C.A., Hanisch, J.R., Tonn, W.M., Scrimgeour, G.J.

Stable isotope analysis has emerged as an important tool in aquatic ecology. For fish, dorsal muscle from sacrificed individuals has traditionally been used in stable isotope studies; however, there are many instances when lethal sampling is undesirable. We evaluated the feasibility of using...

1998

Docherty, K., Chang, J.P., Blázquez, M., Trudeau, V.L., Bosma, P.T.

An RNA-arbitrarily primed PCR differential display strategy was used to identify candidate genes in the pituitary that are up-regulated by endogenously activated g-aminobutyric acid (GABA) systems that may also be involved in the control of reproduction. Goldfish were injected with the GABA...

2022-10-28

Pawan Kumar

We present the electrical properties of zinc phthalocyanine covalently conjugated to cellulose nanocrystals (CNC@ZnPc). Thin films of CNC@ZnPc sandwiched between two gold electrodes showed pronounced hysteresis in their current–voltage characteristics. The layered metal–organic–metal sandwich...

2017-01-01

Scully, Erin N., Campbell, Kimberly A., Congdon, Jenna V, Sturdy, Christopher B., Hahn, Allison H., McMillan, Neil

Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are sexually dimorphic songbirds, not only in appearance but also in vocal production: while males produce both calls and songs, females only produce calls. This dimorphism provides a means to contrast the auditory perception of vocalizations produced by...

1999

Cook, A.M., Cavalier, A.R.

Can young children with severe disabilities learn to use a robot to accomplish tasks? Can they learn that they have some control over their environment? What are new developments in robotics that might benefit these very young children? This article provides the latest in robotics-- exciting news...

2016-08-01

Crawford, Craig

The Zac Posen illuminated fairy princess dress worn by Claire Danes to this year’s Met Costume Institute Gala was a media sensation. Constructed with LED fiber optics, the sky blue ball gown was so large, the actress had to arrive in a private hire bus.

1999

Nelson, Erin, Caulfield, Timothy

[I]t is time the Supreme Court of Canada reconsidered the question of causation in those medical malpractice cases where the negligence alleged consists of a failure to make all reasonable disclosure necessary to an informed decision by the patient on a course of treatment ... the rule in Reibl...