Farm ponds in Yunlin County first appeared in 1,622 and have played roles in habitation, production, the ecology, culture, and disaster reduction. Farm ponds largely disappeared with the development of urban areas and the industrial sector; thus, effective preservation of the remaining ponds is critical. The criteria to evaluate the preservation value of farm ponds is established by expert ques...

Because of cost or convenience reasons, patients or elderly people would be hospitalized at home and smart information systems would be needed in order to assist human operators. In this case, position and physiologic sensors give already numerous informations, but there are few studies for sound use in patient's habitation. However, sound classification and speech recognition may greatly incre...

Statural gains were of similar magnitude, ca. 2.0 cm., in each the five categories urbanization defined by population size locality habitation. As a result, regular urbanization-dependent gradient stature, first detected 1976'cohort, reappears little changed form 10 years later. No significant secular changes and no gradients can be seen weight-for-height.

Survey around Porto Rafti Bay in Greece reveals evidence of a prosperous community that exploited near-shore islets for habitation and craft production following the Late Bronze Age collapse. Surface assemblages provide insights into strategies undertaken by this mercantile maritime group aptly navigating dynamic socioeconomic environment.

Irredentism conflicts are ravaging human lives across the globe. These co@icts arise not only from the aggressive abrogation of settled boundaries, but from real pressures to accommodate population growth, migration, changes in solidarity patterns, and increased political mobilization. Any intellectually interesting criterion for evaluating claims to territories must be formulated without ascri...