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Eastern Han: A great invention of Zhang Heng’s seismoscope

open access: yes地震科学进展
The Eastern Han Dynasty was a period of rapid development in science, technology and culture. The invention of Zhang Heng’s seismoscope is the most outstanding.
Rui Feng
doaj   +1 more source

IPPP Research Bulletin, Volume 7, Number 2, 2007 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Previously known as IPPP UM Research Bulletin and now, known as UMR ...
University of Malaya, Institute of Research Management & Monitoring
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FRACKING AND HISTORICIZING: On Deepened Time in West Texas

open access: yesCultural Anthropology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 354-382, May 2025.
ABSTRACT This article draws on ethnographic research in the oil fields of West Texas to reflect on the imperial‐modern compulsion to historicize—to explicate more and more of the world in terms of contingent, indeterminate historical process. A century ago, petroleum drilling turned West Texas into a vast extractive zone and simultaneously historicized
CAMERON HU
wiley   +1 more source

How Many Floods Have Occurred in China in the Past Decade? A Perspective From Social Media

open access: yesEarth's Future, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2025.
Abstract Global climate change has led to frequent and widespread flood disasters in China. Traditional flood disaster investigations mainly focus on major flood events, and small‐scale flood events are often overlooked. This study utilized the Sina Weibo social media platform to detect flood events in 370 cities in China from 2012 to 2023.
D. Shen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Science advice to governments: diverse systems, common challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This briefing paper formed the basis of discussions at the 'Science Advice to Governments' summit, which took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 28-29 August 2014, and was attended by science advisors and policymakers from 48 ...
Allen, Kristiann   +2 more
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近代日本における「記念植樹」に関する文化史的研究―1879年グラント将軍訪日記念植樹式一考― [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
本研究では近代日本において実施された「記念」に樹を植えるという行為、即ち「記念植樹」に関する文化史の一つとして、明治12(1879)年に国賓として来日した米国第18代大統領U.S.グラント、通称グラント将軍による三ヶ所(長崎公園・芝公園・上野公園)の記念植樹式に焦点をあて、それが行われた公園という空間の歴史的変遷を分析することによって、何故そうした儀式的行為が営まれたかという意図とその根底に備わっていると見られる自然観を考察した。 なぜ記念植樹か ...
Kikuko OKAMOTO   +2 more
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Long-range fiber-optic earthquake sensing by active phase noise cancellation. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2023
Noe S   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Cowl - v.56 - n.3 - Oct 10, 1991 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 56, Number 3 - October 10, 1991.

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