While trekking through the forests of Indonesia Borneo far from any urban center, the sound of insects, mammals, reptiles, and the roaring river can be deafening. It is a testament to the forest’s immense biodiver-sity—some of which is found nowhere else in the world. Yet no more than a few kilometers away, the forests open up to an expanse of oil palm tre…
Rachel berjumpa dengan Lopez tanpa gagasan apa pun sebelumnya tentang dia. Ia adalah orang asing baginya. Ia bahkan tidak berbagi latar belakang agamanya. Rachel, barangkali, seorang peziarah pascagereja, yang mencari bagi dirinya kebenaran terdalam dan berjuang dengan masalah-masalah hidupnya sendiri. Ia berjumpa dari hati ke hati dengan Lopez, melintasi keterpisahan lima abad sejarah dan keti…
he town of Taym?? amid the deserts of North Arabia is famous for having been the residence of the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Nabonidus (556–539 BCE), for approximately ten years from 553 to 543 BCE.1 Despite its important position as a trading centre, situated within the network of caravan roads running from South Arabia to the north into the Levant and to the east into Babylonia…
More than 965 million women and men in Africa cannot afford a healthy diet (FAO et al. 2020). Many governments and practitioners in the land sector expect that strengthening smallholder productivity will provide sufficient food and en-able rural Africans to move out of poverty (Gassner et al. 2019; Lawry et al. 2017). Recent literature examining the link between land tenure security (LTS) and …
This is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, and the liberation of the sixties, and analyzes the current situation of women across Europe, in the United States, and elsewhere in the world, particularly the Third World countries. Walters examines the difficulties and inequities that women still face, more than forty years after the "new wave" of 19…
This is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, and the liberation of the sixties, and analyzes the current situation of women across Europe, in the United States, and elsewhere in the world, particularly the Third World countries. Walters examines the difficulties and inequities that women still face, more than forty years after the "new wave" of 19…
This Open Access volume highlights how tree ring stable isotopes have been used to address a range of environmental issues from paleoclimatology to forest management, and anthropogenic impacts on forest growth. It will further evaluate weaknesses and strengths of isotope applications in tree rings. In contrast to older tree ring studies, which predominantly applied a pure statistical approach t…
The mammalian order catacea includes three suborders: the archaeoceti ancient whales, extinct forms known only from fossils. including at least ten living species of baleen or whalebone whale; and the odontoceti or toothed whales, including about 70 living species of dolphins, porpoises, and whales with teeth but no baleen. So far, humans have not driven any cetacean species to extinction, alth…
This book presents interdisciplinary approaches to the examination and documentation of material cultural heritage, using non-invasive spatial and spectral optical technologies.
This open access edited book brings together new research on the mechanisms by which maternal and reproductive health policies are formed and implemented in diverse locales around the world, from global policy spaces to sites of practice. The authors – both internationally respected anthropologists and new voices – demonstrate the value of ethnography and the utility of reproduction as a le…
The demand for secure, affordable and clean energy is a priority call to humanity. Challenges associated with conventional energy resources, such as depletion of fossil fuels, high costs and associated greenhouse gas emissions, have stimulated interests in renewable energy resources. For instance, there have been clear gaps and rushed thoughts about replacing fossil-fuel driven engines with ele…
The principle of investing in children rarely evokes controversy. However we look at it, to invest in a child is to invest in our common future: The world of tomorrow will inherit the children of today. Whether nations grow and prosper will depend heavily on the survival, health, education and protection of their citizens, particularly the youngest. There are several compelling reasons to inves…
In the dusk of the old-fashioned best room of a farm-house, in the faint glow of the buried sun through the sods of his July grave, sat two elderly persons, dimly visible, breathing the odor which roses unseen sent through the twilight and open window. One of the two was scarcely conscious of the odor, for she did not believe in roses; she believed mainly in mahogany, linen, and hams; to t…
In old tales they tell us many wonders of heroes and of high courage, of glad feasting, of wine and of mourning; and herein ye shall read of the marvellous deeds and of the strife of brave men. There grew up in Burgundy a noble maiden, in no land was a fairer. Kriemhild was her name. Well favoured was the damsel, and by reason of her died many warriors. Doughty knights in plenty wooed her, …
There was once a little princess whose father was king over a great country full of mountains and valleys. His palace was built upon one of the mountains, and was very grand and beautiful. The princess, whose name was Irene, was born there, but she was sent soon after her birth, because her mother was not very strong, to be brought up by country people in a large house, half castle, half …
Pernahkah kamuj bermain-main dengan magnet? Kamu tidak dapat menyaksikan bagaimana cara kerja magnet, akan tetapi kamu dapat melihat bagaimana magnet dapat amenarik ptoongan baesi atau baja kecil ke arahnya. Kekuatan untuk menarik logam dinamakan kemagnetan. Beberapa jenis batuan adalah magnet alam, tetapi kebanyakan magnet dibuat dari besi atau baja. Bentuk magnet bermacam-macam, Perhatikanla…
Pernahkah kamuj bermain-main dengan magnet? Kamu tidak dapat menyaksikan bagaimana cara kerja magnet, akan tetapi kamu dapat melihat bagaimana magnet dapat amenarik ptoongan baesi atau baja kecil ke arahnya. Kekuatan untuk menarik logam dinamakan kemagnetan. Beberapa jenis batuan adalah magnet alam, tetapi kebanyakan magnet dibuat dari besi atau baja. Bentuk magnet bermacam-macam, Perhatikanla…
Pernahkah kamuj bermain-main dengan magnet? Kamu tidak dapat menyaksikan bagaimana cara kerja magnet, akan tetapi kamu dapat melihat bagaimana magnet dapat amenarik ptoongan baesi atau baja kecil ke arahnya. Kekuatan untuk menarik logam dinamakan kemagnetan. Beberapa jenis batuan adalah magnet alam, tetapi kebanyakan magnet dibuat dari besi atau baja. Bentuk magnet bermacam-macam, Perhatikanla…
Pernahkah kamuj bermain-main dengan magnet? Kamu tidak dapat menyaksikan bagaimana cara kerja magnet, akan tetapi kamu dapat melihat bagaimana magnet dapat amenarik ptoongan baesi atau baja kecil ke arahnya. Kekuatan untuk menarik logam dinamakan kemagnetan. Beberapa jenis batuan adalah magnet alam, tetapi kebanyakan magnet dibuat dari besi atau baja. Bentuk magnet bermacam-macam, Perhatikanla…