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A Study on Square Improvement by Reorganizing Intersections in Paris: Through Analysis of Planning and Concertation Process of the Project “Reinventons Nos Places (2015-)” Toshiya Suwa, Keita Yamaguchi
No full text本論文は2015-2016年からパリで計画協議が進められた"Reinventons nos places"（私たちの広場の再発明）プロジェクトによる7つの広場の再編計画を取り上げ、その計画の特徴と計画協議のあり方を明らかにするものである。本広場整備の特徴として、1)車道の削減などによる歩行者空間の拡大、2)移動・横断の円滑化、3)異なる交通手段の共存、4)滞留空間の向上、5)歴史性・シンボル性の向上、が共通の方針として掲げられたことを示した上で、その具体的な内容について明らかにした。また代表例の計画協議内容の分析を通じて、パリ市当局による空間的な課題認識や整備により得られる効果の評価、住民意見の反映の方法とその内容、計画・整備における優先順位づけの具体的内容を明らかにした。This paper focuses on the reorganization plan of seven public squares implemented in accordance with the "Reinventons nos places" project, which was planned and discussed in Paris from 2015 to 2016, with a view to clarifying the characteristics of the project and how discussions over the plan were conducted. With regard to the characteristics of this public square reorganization project, the study found that the following policies were set forth as shared guidelines, and then proceeded to explain the contents of each in detail: (1) the expansion of pedestrian space through the reduction of roads, etc., (2) the facilitation of movement and crossings, (3) the coexistence of different transportation methods, (4) the improvement of gathering spaces, and (5) the enhancement of historicity and symbolism. In addition, this paper examines in concrete detail such things as the spatial difficulties recognized by Paris authorities and the estimation of the effects of improvements, the methods and content of reflecting the opinions of residents, and the setting of priorities in planning and implementing improvements
Morophagoides breviculus Osada, Sakai & Hirowatari, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textMorophagoides breviculus sp. nov. [Japanese name: Hime-shiitake-ohirozukoga] Figs. 1 B, 2 B, 4 A–H Diagnosis. In the male genitalia, the uncal lobes are round, the apex of the uncus is acute, the inner surface of the valva is covered with membrane on the basal half and the valva is posteriorly angular. In the female genitalia, the lateral margin of the ostium bursae is angular, the concavity of the posterior margin of the ostium bursae is about 2 / 3 as long as the ostium bursae, the antrum is slender and about 4 / 5 as long as the apophysis anterioris. Description. Length of forewing 7.1 –8.0mm; forewing expanse 15.6–16.2mm. Wing (Figs 1 B, 2 B): Resembling M. moriutii, but differing as follows: fringe of forewing and hindwing shorter than those of M. moriutii. Male genitalia (Figs 4 A–F): Uncal lobes round; apex of uncus acute. Valva with angular posterior lobe; inner surface of valva membranous on basal half. Phallus about 18 times as long as broad in middle. Female genitalia (Figs 4 G–H): Concavity of posterior margin of ostium bursae about 2 / 3 as long as ostium bursae. Lateral margin of ostium bursae angular. Antrum slender and about 4 / 5 as long as apophysis anterioris. Distribution. JAPAN: Honshu (Yamaguchi). Etymology. The name breviculus, “short” in Latin, refers to the fringes, which are shorter than in any other Morophagoides species. Specimens examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, (Type No. 3454) [Honshu] (Yamaguchi Pref.) Kiriyama, Kudamatsushi, 24, vi, 2013, H. Sugimoto leg, deposited in Entomological Laboratory, Kyushu University (ELKU). PARATYPES [Honshu] (Yamaguchi Pref.) 6 ♂ 4 ♀, Kiriyama, Kudamatsu-shi, 22, ix, 2012, H. Sugimoto leg. Remarks. The fringes of the forewing and hindwing are shorter than those of other Morophagoides species. This species only occurs in Yamaguchi Pref., the Chugoku region, Japan. This species is reported as a pest of shiitake mushrooms in Yamaguchi Pref.. The male and female genital morphology of this species is close to that of M. moriutii, but the caudal part of the valva is angular, not blunt as in M. moriutii and the antrum of the female is more slender than in M. moriutii. The apex of the uncus of this species, as well as that of M. moriutii and M. iranensis, is acute and not divergent as in other species.Published as part of Osada, Yohei, Sakai, Makoto & Hirowatari, Toshiya, 2015, A revision of the genus Morophagoides Petersen (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from Japan, pp. 351-368 in Zootaxa 3973 (2) on pages 356-358, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/23748
Primary Sample Space Path Guiding
No full textWe present a scheme for unbiased path guiding. Different from existing methods that focus on constructing structures in spatial-directional domain, we work in primary sample space. We collect records containing a few dimensions of random numbers as well as the luminance that the resulting path contributes. A multiple dimensional structure is built with collected information. After this, random numbers are drawn from this structure and is used to feed the path tracer. Using this scheme, we are able to work completely outside the rendering kernel. We demonstrate that our method is practical and can be efficient. We manage to reduce variance and reduce zero radiance paths by only working in the primary sample space.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Computer Graphics and Visualisatio
"Low-latitude mesopelagic nutrient recycling controls on productivity and export"
No full text<p>The repository contains the version of PISCES that was used to investigate the role played by low latitudes and the Southern Ocean at sustaining export production and PP in the low latitudes. This code is based on version 3.6 of NEMO and the repository only includes routines that have been changed with respect to this version. The code is in Fortran 90.</p>
ASO Author Reflections : Is Hepatectomy Plus Diaphragmatic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Diaphragmatic Involvement Justified?
No full textBRONCHIAL ASTHMA DUE TO INSECTS : THE IMPORTANCE OF EVALUATION OF ALLERGENS, ESPECIALLY MOTH AND BUTTERFLY
No full textこの論文は国立情報学研究所の学術雑誌公開支援事業により電子化されました。The importance of evaluation of allergens in patients of asthma was discussed. When the causative allergens were clarified, the patients can be subjected to the fundamental therapy, such as elimination of the causative allergens from environment and the specific hyposensitization. In addition to candida and house dust, which are the most popular allergens in Japan, the author verified that moth and butterfly are as popular allergens as candida and house dust in patients with bronchial asthma and presented the typical case whose severe asthma attack was subsided by the treatment of hyposensitization with moth allergen
1A1-E08 Development of Dinosaur-type Biped Robots and Implement Control System Based on FPGA
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Amh/Amhr2 Signaling Causes Masculinization by Inhibiting Estrogen Synthesis during Gonadal Sex Differentiation in Japanese Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
No full textThe anti-Müllerian hormone (Amh) is a protein belonging to the TGF-β superfamily, the function of which has been considered important for male sex differentiation in vertebrates. The Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) is a teleost fish that has an XX/XY sex determination system and temperature-dependent sex determination. In this species, amh expression is up-regulated in genetic males and in temperature-induced masculinization during the sex differentiation period. However, to the best of our knowledge, no reports on the Amh receptor (Amhr2) in flounder have been published, and the details of Amh signaling remain unclear. In this study, we produced amhr2-deficient mutants using the CRISPR/Cas9 system and analyzed the gonadal phenotypes and sex-related genes. The results revealed that the gonads of genetically male amhr2 mutants featured typical ovaries, and the sex differentiation-related genes showed a female expression pattern. Thus, the loss of Amhr2 function causes male-to-female sex reversal in Japanese flounder. Moreover, the treatment of genetically male amhr2 mutants with an aromatase inhibitor fadrozole, which inhibits estrogen synthesis, resulted in testicular formation. These results strongly suggest that Amh/Amhr2 signaling causes masculinization by inhibiting estrogen synthesis during gonadal sex differentiation in the flounder
Wygomiris Schuh 1984
No full textWygomiris Schuh, 1984 Wygomiris Schuh, 1984: 96 (n. gen.); 1995: 211 (cat.); Yasunaga, 2012: 16 (diag.); Schuh & Menard: 2013: 8 (suprageneric placement). Type species by original designation: Wygomiris mingorum Schuh, 1984. Distinguished from other hallodapine genera by the following characters: brownish to fuscous coloration; with or without weakly contrasting white or pale fascia on hemelytron; distributed with mixed vestiture of recumbent sericeous setae and semierect simple setae on dorsum; tumid antennal segments IĪIV; exposed mesoscutum; moderately protruding ostiolar peritreme; and form of male genital structures. For detailed description see Schuh (1984: 96) and Yasunaga (2012: 16). The genus was described by Schuh (1984), with four species described from the Philippines, Laos and Hong Kong. In recent studies Yasunaga (2012) and Yasunaga & Duwal (2015) added three additional species with several new distributional records for previously known species. We herein, provide further distributional records for W. taipokau and W. kaliyahae. Nothing has been recorded concerning the biology of Wygomiris, but recent investigation by the second author discovered a nymph of W. kaliyahae in Thailand (see below).Published as part of Duwal, Ram Keshari, Yasunaga, Tomohide, Tomokuni, Masaaki, Nakatani, Yukinobu & Hirowatari, Toshiya, 2017, Further records on the plant bug tribe Hallodapini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) in Asia, with proposition of two new species and a new synonymy, pp. 401-424 in Zootaxa 4258 (5) on page 419, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/57039
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