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Current status and future prospects of Lhalu wetland on the Tibetan Plateau. eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management)|eco.mont Vol. 13 No. 2 13 2|
No full textLhalu wetland, located in the northwest of Lhasa city, Tibet, is the highest and largest urban natural wetland in the world. Due to its specific climate and the unique plateau ecosystem, it is a hotspot of endemic and endangered species. Lhalu wetland is an important wetland for Lhasa city for its biodiversity and for enhancing human well-being. However, due to global warming, over-exploitation and the presence of non-native species, it has suffered serious ecosystem damage and biodiversity loss. To protect biodiversity and the functioning of the ecosystem, new measures are needed, and current measures should be better enforced. This study is important for biodiversity conservation and the management of Lhalu wetland in the Qinghai- Tibet plateau
Table of Contents. Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse|Tribes in Modern Yemen: An Anthology Sammlung Eduard Glaser 18|
No full textLeeuwen, Ary van (eig. Arij Jan Jacob Elmert Willem Theodor)
No full text* 25.5.1875 Arnheim/NL, † 6.11.1953 Los Angeles, CA/USA. Flötist, Komponist, Dirigent
Rettungsringe und weitere aquanautische Gegenstände. Objekte erweitern die Historiografie der Psychiatrie. VIRUS - Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin|VIRUS. Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin Band 19. Schwerpunkt: Objekte als Quellen der Medizingeschichte|
No full textThe unexpected discovery of two lifebelts in the storeroom of the Schussenried psychiatricclinic (ZfP Südwürttemberg, Bad Schussenried) was not only a big surprise, but also posed amystery to the medical historians and further staff of our Research Unit. The rural locationsurrounding the former Premonstratensian monastery consisting mainly of fields and forestshad, with the exception of a handful of small ponds, no large bodies of open water. The discoveryof these lifebelts in this seemingly unusual context and their subsequent inclusion intoa permanent museum exhibition documenting the local history of psychiatry, generated notonly research into their history, but also brought to light significant new discoveriesin respectto what was previously known about the everyday life and history of such institutions from thelate 19th to the middle of the 20th century. The objects, so untypical in a psychiatric environment,pointed beyond their obvious meaning as a real swimming aid for patients in a nearby pond:the study of their origin and use deepened the knowledge in other fields such as body care,procurement of foodstuff (fishing) and nutrition, straw and ice making, patient work and leisureactivities (bathing, boating, ice-skating). As progress was made with this research, a newchapter in the local history of psychiatry was revealed, one which was undoubtedly worthpursuing
Analysis of a Recent Bronze Age Amber Bead Fragment from the Site Punta di Zambrone. Orea|Punta di Zambrone I Oriental and European Archaeology Volume 17|
No full textA fragment of an amber bead from the Punta di Zambrone site was analysed to find out the geographic origin of the raw material. The material was identified as succinite, a material, which in prehistory, could only be found on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Sicilian amber (Simetite) can be ruled out. Using fluorescence microscopy, corroded surfaces, which are a result of stratification in the soil, could be distinguished from modern fracture surfaces
The Relative Importance of Female Education on Fertility Desires in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Level Analysis
No full textScholars suggest that in high fertility settings where there is high wanted fertility, lowering the desired family size is a necessary precondition for fertility declines. Though accumulated evidence has linked socio-economic developments to changes in fertility desires, little efforts have taken to disentangle the relative importance of key socio-economic determinants such as education, income, and area of residence in a multi-level context. Combining individual and community-level data from Demographic and Health Surveys of 34 African countries to aggregate level indicators, we have quantified and compared the relative role of female education on fertility desire at the individual, community, and country levels. Results show that at the individual level, female education has a stronger effect compared to household wealth, and area of residence. The high levels of reported desired family size in the rural parts of SSA are mainly a consequence of their relatively lower levels of educational attainment compared to their urban counterparts. At the community level, the relative impact of female education is even more striking. The simulation results revealed that moving the most economically disadvantaged and illiterate woman from a low educated to a high-educated community would reduce her desired family size by about 20 percent. On the other hand, lifting the same woman from the poorest to the wealthiest community would reduce her family size desire only by 6 percent. Our findings are robust to alternative measures of fertility preferences. This study, thus, confirmed the findings of previous studies that have looked at the relationship and causal link between actual fertility and women’s level of educational attainment
Evaluation of Digital Elevation Models Derived from Multi-Date Satellite Stereo Imagery for Urban Areas. GI_Forum|GI_Forum 2021, Volume 1|
No full textHigh-resolution digital elevation models of urban areas can support humanitarian organisations in their work; especially the 3D reconstruction of buildings is desirable because it can be used for population estimation and damage analysis after crises and disaster events. In this paper, we test the quality of multi-date DEMs with 15 Pléiades images from Port-au-Prince, Haiti using the automatic stereo pipeline s2p. We focus on triplet combinations with images taken from different dates. This study investigates the meta-parameters satellite azimuth and incident angle to understand which recording geometry yields a good result in terms of completeness and accuracy. It is assumed that the closer the multi-date constellation gets to an in-orbit triplet, the better the quality of the DEM
