Specimens of a new species of the non-marine ostracod genus, Tanycypris Triebel, 1959 were found in samples from water plant containers, displayed in a greenhouse of the botanical garden in Munich, Germany. Beside the ubiquitous species Cypridopsis vidua O.F. Müller, 1776, the samples contained four alien species of the subfamily Cypricercinae, namely Chlamydotheca arcuata Sars, 1901, Strandesi...

This study aims to evaluate the link between economic growth and consumer price index (CPI) in Japan for the period of 1980-2014. Initial series were adjusted for stationarity using the Augmented Dickey- Fuller (ADF) test for unit root followed by the application of Johansen Co-integration Test in order to examine the long-run relationship among the variables, while the causalities were evaluat...

behçet’s disease (bd) which is classified among vasculitides is a systemic disease with various manifestations. its clinical course is characterized by attacks and remissions. till now, two nationwide surveys of bd from iran and japan and 4 major case series from turkey, korea, morocco and england have been reported. clinical picture of bd is dominated by mucous membrane manifestations, includi...

Long-term care (LTC) must be carefully delineated when expenditures are compared across countries because how LTC services are defined and delivered differ in each country. LTC’s objectives are to compensate for functional decline and mitigate the care burden of the family. Governments have tended to focus on the poor but Germany opted to make LTC universally available ...

Earthquake Early Warning Systems (EEWS), based on real-time prediction of ground motion or structural response measures, may play a role in reducing vulnerability and/or exposition of buildings and lifelines. In fact, recently seismologists developed efficient methods for rapid estimation of event features by means of limited information of the P-waves. Then, when an event is occurring, probabi...

ran and japan are two asian countries which in confrontation with west superiorities, started the reforms and modernization in the modern shape. the two countries reformist and modernistic elites found it necessary to be leved with the west in the fields of military, economy, training and so on the reforms and modernization. japan reforms and modernization with restitution of power to the emper...

the disposal of nuclear wastes is one of the most controversial issues faced by authorities in japan. in this regard, a survey was conducted among 172 university students to analyze the attitude towards the sitting of a nuclear waste repository in the country. the study focused on a number of variables that influenced the perception of risks before the 2011 tohoku earthquake and tsunami. result...