The summer activities of the 44th Japanese click here Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-44) in 2002-2003 on board the Antarctic research vessel Shirase and at and around Syowa Station, Antarctica are reported.JARE-44 members on board the Shirase included forty members of the wintering party and seventeen members of the summer party.The summer par
The research is carried out from the perspective of urban communication studies and uses the analytical sociolinguistic framework, which provides an opportunity to reveal the role of different semiotic signs in creating the image of a big city as an existential space.The paper focuses on surveillance as a common communication practice and investiga
Bats are protected by national and international legislation in European countries, yet many species, particularly migratory aerial insectivores, collide with wind turbines which counteracts conservation efforts.Within the European Union it is legally required to curtail the operation of wind turbines at periods of high bat activity, yet this is no
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) were estimated with the Mark-Recapture Model from a boat-based photo-identification survey at Khanom, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand from July 2008 - June 2009.Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins were encountered at a water depth of 1.1 - 7.5 m, a distance off shore of 21 - 1,021 m and water transparency o
Water supply systems are one of the main hydraulic systems with significant potential for the installation of micro-hydropower devices.Although there are already some mini-hydropower applications in water supply systems, it is still a huge potential that continues to be under-exploited.The arrangement based on an kt196 torque converter axial turbin