The term ‘financialization of real estate’ (FoRE) refers to the method connecting financial markets with geographical location estate assets. Therefore, unevenness regional development is closely tied FoRE. In Japan, FoRE’s initial focus was Tokyo; however, interest has recently spread periphery. This shift occurred owing changes in investment actors and their strategies, which also changed imp...

Sediment traps were used to evaluate the frequency, cause, and relative intensity of sediment mobility/resuspension along the fringing coral reef off southern Molokai (February 2000-May 2002). Two storms with high rainfall, floods, and exceptionally high waves resulted in sediment collection rates>1000 times higher than during non-storm periods, primarily because of sediment resuspension by wav...

approving the children’s protecting laws, we confront with the samples of criminal and ethic policies taken in order to keep children safe against any discrmination. taking a short brief of issues disscussed in this framework, we can recognize that the lawmakers are under the influence of children rights convention and the facts related to it. the law which is based on children abuse, brings th...

Sci en tists an a lyzed tem po ral vari a tions of lo cal data re corded in Tai wan and re ported anom a lous re duc tions in the ion o spheric to tal elec tron con tent (TEC) on days 4 and 3 be fore (17 and 18 Sep tem ber) the Chi-Chi earth quake (Mw 7.6, ML 7.3), and days 3 and 1 prior to (19 and 21 Oc to ber) the Chia-Yi earth quake (ML 6.4) in Tai wan. In this pa per, we pro pose a spa tial...

Tetrapod fore-and hindlimbs have evolved from the pectoral and pelvic fins of an ancient vertebrate ancestor. In this ancestor, the pectoral fin appears to have arisen following the rostral homeotic recapitulation of an existing pelvic appendage (Tabin and Laufer (1993), Nature 361, 692-693). Thus the basic appendage outgrowth program is reiterated in both tetrapod fore- and hindlimbs and the p...

The electrophoretic banding pattern of esterase isozymes were examined in eighteen different tissues of Nile tilapia after staining with α and β naphthyl acetate as substrate. The tissues were anterior-, mid-, tailmuscle (ventral and tip region), buccal muscle, stomach, fore-, mid-, hind-gut, liver, gill, heart, kidney, eye (lens), eye (iris), fore-, midand hindbrain. Altogether five bands name...

We measured variability of foot placement during gait to test whether lateral balance must be actively controlled against dynamic instability. The hypothesis was developed using a simple dynamical model that can walk down a slight incline with a periodic gait resembling that of humans. This gait is entirely passive except that it requires active control for a single unstable mode, confined main...

The strong association of iodine with organic material and the presence of the cosmogenic radioisotope I make the iodine isotopic system useful in tracing and dating studies of organic materials and their derivatives. We present here results from two new applications of this system, investigations of gas hydrates from the Peru Margin (ODP 201, Site 1230) and of fluids collected from the fore ar...

Geckos with adhesive toe pads rapidly climb even smooth vertical surfaces. We challenged geckos (Hemidactylus garnotii) to climb up a smooth vertical track that contained a force platform. Geckos climbed vertically at up to 77 cm s(-1) with a stride frequency of 15 Hz using a trotting gait. During each step, whole body fore-aft, lateral and normal forces all decreased to zero when the animal at...

VEGF-targeting anti-angiogenic drugs have enabled significant advances in cancer therapy. However, acquired resistance to VEGF-targeting drugs occurs, leading to disease progression. How tumors become the resistance remains fully uncertain. One of possible mechanisms for the resistance may be the direct effect of VEGF inhibitors on tumor cells expressing VEGF receptors (VEGF-R). We investigated...