Tree ring, ice core and glacial geologic histories for the past several centuries offer an opportunity to characterize climate variability and to identify the key climate parameters forcing glacier expansion in Kamchatka over the past 400 years. A newly developed larch ring-width chronology (AD 1632–2004) is presented that is sensitive to past summer temperature variability. Individual low grow...

In this paper I review the signifi cant events in the history of the emergence of quantitative inquires in the anthropological fi eld, with a focus on their application to clinical practice. Th e roots of Biometry the meeting between life sciences, instruments and numbers lie in the adventure which began with the overtaking of the Cartesian mechanicism and the Linnean classifi cation of man amo...

following three chapters walk through the first concrete steps of diving into the social media world (setting goals and workflow), measuring outreach success, and how to apply what has been learned through a fictional case study (Clyde's Coffee Shop). For experienced social media administrators , the chapter on listening for comments may be the most worthwhile part of the book. Again, much of t...

[1] We present a reconstruction of global sea level (GSL) since 1700 calculated from tide gauge records and analyse the evolution of global sea level acceleration during the past 300 years. We provide observational evidence that sea level acceleration up to the present has been about 0.01 mm/yr and appears to have started at the end of the 18th century. Sea level rose by 6 cm during the 19th ce...

The article analyzes the monuments of church antiquity, which were stored in Sacristy Holy Trinity and St Alexander Nevsky Monastery. For purpose to ascertain structure author used oldest inventory 1724 year later inventories 18th 19th century. Basing on archival materials several publications establishes facts delivery icons plates from eparchies Petersburg since first quarter subject special ...

We analyzed the characteristics of sounds generated by local taps on a violin top plate. examined gravitational center frequency spectrum tapping and investigated its distribution over The results showed that three categories violins, with two violins in each category, had similar within categories. plates made after 19th century northern Italy high centroid around f-holes, tops older Italian b...