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Waterbirds of Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia
FORKTAIL 25 (2009): 13–70 Waterbirds of Lake Baikal, eastern Siberia, Russia JIŘÍ MLÍKOVSKÝ Lake Baikal lies in eastern Siberia, Russia. Due to its huge size, its waterbird fauna is still insufficiently known in spite of a long history of relevant research and the efforts of local and visiting ornithologists and birdwatchers. Overall, 137 waterbird species have been recorded at Lake Baikal since 1800, with records of five further species considered not acceptable, and one species recorded only prior to 1800. Only 50 species currently breed at Lake Baikal, while another 11 species bred there in the past or were recorded as occasional breeders. Only three species of conservation importance (all Near Threatened) currently breed or regularly migrate at Lake Baikal: Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus, Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa and Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata. INTRODUCTION In the course of past centuries water levels in LB fluctuated considerably (Galaziy 1967, 1972), but the Lake Baikal (hereafter ‘LB’) is the largest lake in Siberia effects on the local avifauna have not been documented. and one of the largest in the world. Avifaunal lists of the Since the 1950s, the water level in LB has been regulated broader LB area have been published by Gagina (1958c, by the Irkutsk Dam. The resulting seasonal fluctuations 1960b,c, 1961, 1962b, 1965, 1968, 1988), Dorzhiyev of water levels significantly influence the distribution and (1990), Bold et al. (1991), Dorzhiyev and Yelayev (1999) breeding success of waterbirds (Skryabin 1965, 1967a, and Popov (2004b), but the waterbird fauna has not 1995b, Skryabin and Tolchin 1975, Lipin et al. -
CSHPS Abstracts 2013 1
CSHPS Abstracts 2013 A Fault in Our Star: Science, Sunspots, and the Economics of W. S. Jevons Calum Agnew University of King's College [email protected] British economist and philosopher of science William Stanley Jevons published a series of papers in the 19th century alleging a connection between sunspots and commercial crises in England. Jevons' work on sunspots has often been criticized by his contemporaries working in statistics and economic--and even historians of economics--for being wrong, silly, or ridiculous; a peculiar blemish on an otherwise exceptional career. In the words of Ekelund and Hébert, his sunspot theory was "the most fanciful and, ultimately, ridiculed idea of his life." Jevons, a trained chemist and the foremost economist and logician in Britain, appears to have made the most basic of statistical errors: confusing correlation and causation--an error that he would never recant. However, an examination of the literature published on the causes of sunspots, and their effects on the weather in the 19th century makes it clear that Jevons's theory was not unprecedented, and had strong theoretical justification. Jevons's work on sunspots was a work of synthesis--an attempt to both make economics scientific, and unite scientific knowledge with economic theory. The Varieties of Scientific Expertise Ben Almassi Department of Philosophy, College of Lake County [email protected] What does it take to achieve scientific expertise? Is it an entirely epistemic achievement turning on one's ratio of true and/or justified -
Andekuse-Geen Ok Autorile
baltisaksa ja eesti suguvõsades m a t i l a a n e baltisaksa ja eesti suguvõsades Ì Kujundanud Janika Vesberg Tekst © Mati Laane, 2013 Fotod © Mari ja Mati Laane, 2013 Reproduktsioonid: Tallinna Ülikooli Akadeemiline Raamatukogu, Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum, Kose koguduse arhiiv, autori erakogu ISBN 978–9985–3– Kirjastus Varrak Tallinn, 2013 www.varrak.ee Trükikoda Greif OÜ 4 Sisukord Lugejale ............................................................................................................................................. 8 Eellugu .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Mõisaparkide loojad................................................................................................................... 12 Engelhardt, Oettingen, Sivers, Tigerstedt, Schrenck, Liphart, Bock Baltisaksa kunstnikud................................................................................................................ 29 Üle 60 isiku, sh. 44 aadlikku, 17 mitteaadlikku Baltisakslastest aunimetuse kavalerid .................................................................................. 48 Ungru krahvid .............................................................................................................................. 48 Stael v. Holstein, Wrangell, Orlov, Klinger, Zoege, Pahlen Lievenid .......................................................................................................................................... 60 Kaupo, -
Alla Ricerca Delle Radici E Dei Caratteri Dei Popoli Russi
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE SOCIALI Dottorato in Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale 28° ciclo Alla ricerca delle radici e dei caratteri dei popoli russi Una prima ricognizione sui percorsi delle scienze antropologiche e della fotografia etnografica in Russia 1700-1900 Coordinatore Prof.ssa Enrica Morlicchio Tutor Prof. Alberto Baldi Dottoranda Tamara Mykhaylyak ANNO ACCADEMICO 2015 - 2016 1 INDICE Introduzione…………………………………………………………………………..…….………………2 PARTE PRIMA Un primo affaccio sul progressivo distinguersi degli ambiti di indagine intorno ai quali si coagula una scienza dell’uomo che matura approcci antropologico-fisici, etnografici e folklorici…………….……….6 I CAPITOLO L’articolarsi delle discipline antropologiche nell’orizzonte definitorio di società di ricerca scientifiche ed amatoriali, statali e private sullo sfondo latente del paradigma evoluzionista 1. Tradizioni di ricerca, assunti epistemologici ed obiettivi scientifici dell'Antropologia russa….…9 2. Le campagne di rilevazione volute dall’Accademia delle Scienze nell’ambito dell’antropologia fisica e dell’etnografia con il sostegno di primi supporti metodologici ed euristici…………..…13 3. L’etnografia in seno alla Società Geografica Russa Imperiale tra approccio diffusionistico e statistico………………………………………………………………………………….………19 4. Verso l’istituzionalizzazione accademica di un’antropologia moderatamente evoluzionistica, fisica e culturale: il ruolo della Società Imperiale Amatoriale delle Scienze Naturali, Antropologiche ed Etnografiche………………………………………………………….……...23 -
Arts and Culture Development And
The 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) is the most inclusive international gathering in the field of Asian Studies. ICAS attracts participants from over 75 countries to engage in global dialogues on Asia that transcend boundaries between academic disciplines and geographic areas. The meeting place for the eleventh edition of ICAS is Leiden, the Netherlands. The historic city of Leiden is home to one of the oldest universities, Leiden University, and several of the most renowned Asia research centers. Leiden University will be the main host of ICAS 11, partnering with the city, research institutions and museums, who share equally rich Asian and global connections. Below is an overview of all accepted proposal titles per theme per submission type. Participant names are not yet visible. These will be included early April, after the registration and participation confirmation deadline of 15 March. Simply click on the theme you wish to view and it will jump to that section. ARTS AND CULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND URBANIZATION ECONOMY EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT HERITAGE AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURE HISTORY KNOWLEDGE AND PHILOSOPHY LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE MEDIA, COMMUNICATION, DIGITALIZATION MIGRATION AND DIASPORAS POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS RELIGION AND BELIEFS SOCIETY AND IDENTITY WELFARE AND HEALTH ARTS AND CULTURE BOOK PRESENTATION ⋅ An Encounter Between Western Modernism and the Japanese House - Villas Designed by Antonin Raymond in 1920s and 1930s Japan ⋅ Engineering Design and Analysis in the art of Wayang Kulit ⋅ Evolving Traditions of the Buddhist Image House. Part II. The world of seduction and generosity between heavenly clouds and hell fires. ⋅ Paper Jewels: Postcards from the Raj ⋅ Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China. -
Overland Through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life
Overland Through Asia; Pictures Of Siberian, Chinese, And Tartar Life By Thomas Wallace Knox Overland Through Asia; Pictures Of Siberian, Chinese, And Tartar Life CHAPTER I. It is said that an old sailor looking at the first ocean steamer, exclaimed, "There's an end to seamanship." More correctly he might have predicted the end of the romance of ocean travel. Steam abridges time and space to such a degree that the world grows rapidly prosaic. Countries once distant and little known are at this day near and familiar. Railways on land and steamships on the ocean, will transport us, at frequent and regular intervals, around the entire globe. From New York to San Francisco and thence to our antipodes in Japan and China, one may travel in defiance of propitious breezes formerly so essential to an ocean voyage. The same untiring power that bears us thither will bring us home again by way of Suez and Gibraltar to any desired port on the Atlantic coast. Scarcely more than a hundred days will be required for such a voyage, a dozen changes of conveyance and a land travel of less than a single week. The tour of the world thus performed might be found monotonous. Its most salient features beyond the overland journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific, would be the study of the ocean in breeze or gale or storm, a knowledge of steamship life, and a revelation of the peculiarities of men and women when cribbed, cabined, and confined in a floating prison. Next to matrimony there is nothing better than a few months at sea for developing the realities of human character in either sex. -
Panel “History, Environment, and Cultural Resources in Northern Asia”
ICAS Panel on “History, Environment, and Cultural Resources in Northern Asia” to be held at ICAS 11 in Leiden, The Netherlands, 18 July 2019, https://icas.asia/ Program: https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ICAS11/agenda.asp?pfp=FullSchedule Venue for general meeting on Wednesday 17 July 14:45-16:30, Lipsius Building, room 3.08 Venue for the two panels on Thursday 18 July 09:00-13:00, Lipsius Building, room 0.11 Abstract: Northern Asia has hardly been the subject of concern at ICAS meetings during the first twenty years of its existence. This despite the fact that sociocultural studies of past and present societies in the region have been undertaken by Russian, German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Chinese, Japanese, American, and other scholars at least since the eighteenth century, when ethnography developed as a systematic program. The ambivalent position of Russia, Siberia, and Mongolia between Europe and Asia, sharing elements of both continents, has led to a neglect in Western scholarship. Northern Asia is the largest but the least populated subregion of Asia, which has been inscribed with many discourses and narratives through time. The vast space stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean suggested emptiness and alterity in a way few other regions had. The vison of this mythical domain faded when the Soviets took power in the early 20th century. Within a few decades the industrial expansion of the Soviet economic system accelerated in such a manner that the traditional hunting grounds and reindeer pastures of the North had become landscapes of major natural resource extraction projects. -
Comprises Trees and Shrubs Native to China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and Taiwan
ABSTRACT A MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS MAACKIA By Carolyn K. Levings The genus Maackia (Papilionoideae, Fabaceae) comprises trees and shrubs native to China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and Taiwan. Morphologically, Maackia appears most closely related to Cladrastis. However, molecular data indicate that Maackia is distantly related to that genus, being more closely allied to some Sophora species, Salweenia, and Euchresta, whereas Cladrastis is basal to the subfamily. Individual floras have mentioned the genus, but none have included all the species in Maackia, and no previous monograph exists. Over 600 specimens were obtained on loan from herbaria around the world. Separate analyses of fruiting and flowering specimens were conducted, because flowers and fruit do not occur simultaneously on one plant. From 130 specimens, 77 vegetative characters, 16 pod and seed characters, and 56 floral characters were measured. Data were analyzed using NTSYS – pc and MINITAB. Eleven species are recognized, one of which is new, another newly named, and a new subspecies combination made. A MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS MAACKIA A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Miami University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Department of Botany By Carolyn Kathleen Levings Miami University Oxford, Ohio 2006 Advisor _________________________________ Michael A. Vincent Reader__________________________________ R. James Hickey Reader__________________________________ Nancy Smith–Huerta TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page Introduction............................................................................................1 -
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ Madis Kõiv Leidsin, et enamikul sektidest on paljuski õigus selles, mida nad väidavad, kuid mitte niivõrd selles, mida nad eitavad. Kiri Remond’ile, Viin, 10.1.1714. (Tlk Ü. Siirak.) ELULUGU Sünd; 1. juuli 1646, Leipzig. Isa: Friedrich Leibniz, moraalifilo- soofia professor Leipzigiülikoolis. Ema, Friedrichikolmas naine (R. Ariew), sünd. Catharina Schmuck, õigusteaduste professori tütar. Isa suri 1652 (Leibniz oli kuueaastane). Läks kooli seitsmeselt; kui õppis küllalt selgeks ladina keele (7–8), siis lubati lugema isa raamatukokku. Luges peamiselt klassikat — poeete, oraatoreid, ajaloolasi, juriste, filosoofe, matemaatikuid ja teolooge (Livius, Cicero, Seneca, Herodotos, Platon, kirikuisad — et mõnda nime- tada). Erihuvi — ajalugu, poeesia, loogika (G1 VII 516). Leib- nizi varajasest ja mõõdutult laiast lugemusest on tehtud mõnikord järeldusi tema hilisemate huvide võrreldamatust (isegi tolle aja kohta) huvide laiusest ning leitud, et Leibnizi looming on nii heterogeenne, et ei ole võimalik teda käsitleda mingit lineaarset juhtlõnga silmas pidades, kuid see väide on tühi: esiteks järeldus võib olla ka ümber pööratud, teiseks, lähem vaatlus näitab, et isegi nii (näiliselt) kauged Leibnizi huvialad nagu praktiline po- liitika (katoliiklike ja protestantlike võimude lepitamine!) ja me- tafüüsika loogilised alused o n tema puhul üksteisega mõtteliselt seotud (mis puutub raskustesse käsitluse lineaarse printsiibiga, 1G. W. Leibniz. Die philosophischen Schriften. Hrsg. v. C. I. Ger- hardt. Berlin: Weidmann, 1875–1890.