networks and territories

Networks, Territories, and the Cartography of Ancient States

With broad lines and dark shading, the cartographic depictions of ancient states and empires convey the impression of comprehensive political entities having firm boundaries and uniform territorial control. These depictions oversimplify the complexities of early state growth, as well as overstating the capacity of central governments to control large territories. Archaeological and textual evid...

Habitats and Territories

The time of greatest sensitivity to radiation is during the period of organogenesis in the first twelve weeks of human foetal development. Irradiation of the adult can cause life shortening or increased incidence of leukemia. The last chapter is concerned with the basis and origin of radiation protection standards, the hazards of nuclear power plants, high altitude supersonic aerospace travel, ...

Lands, Territories and Resources

Cybersocial Territories

This paper is intended to give visibility to the Cybersocial Territories concept, as a model of sustainable and fair regional development that tends to benefit from the SCIENCE, generated by American Universities, and the TECHNOLOGY, generated by Asian Knowledge Industries, to locally develop and assembly INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS. The functional characteristics of a Cybersocial Territory are: 1) It ...

Chromosome territories.

Chromosome territories (CTs) constitute a major feature of nuclear architecture. In a brief statement, the possible contribution of nuclear architecture studies to the field of epigenomics is considered, followed by a historical account of the CT concept and the final compelling experimental evidence of a territorial organization of chromosomes in all eukaryotes studied to date. Present knowled...