Japanese buildings are traditionally built according to the post and lintel principle. They are most often made of wood. Exterior and interior partitioning is flexible and is achieved by screens or shutters. Corridors connect the buildings of a complex. Japanese gardens emerged from the rearrangement of natural clusters of stone in roped-off sacred Shinto shrine areas. The Japanese garden has s...

The Three Streets and Two Alleys is part of the city's historical cultural district, which has obtained an increasing amount importance. This also first Nanning project focusing on establishing recognizable old characteristics. In order to improve way local information conveyed through publicity translation in Nanning's three streets two alleys, this essay will examine current state those locat...

During the main COVID-19 global pandemic lockdown period of 2020 an impromptu set pollination ecologists came together via social media and personal contacts to carry out standardised surveys flower visits plants in gardens. The involved 67 rural, suburban urban gardens, various sizes, ranging from 61.18° North Norway 37.96° South Australia, resulting a data 25,174 rows, with each row being uni...

'Devil's gardens' are nearly pure stands of the myrmecophyte, Duroia hirsuta, that occur in Amazonian rainforests. Devil's gardens are created by Myrmelachista schumanni ants, which nest in D. hirsuta trees and kill other plants using formic acid as an herbicide. Here, we show that this ant-plant mutualism has an associated cost; by making devil's gardens, M. schumanni increases herbivory on D....

Since the formal description of fungi in the genus Escovopsis in 1990, only a few studies have focused on the systematics of this group. For more than two decades, only two Escovopsis species were described; however, in 2013, three additional Escovopsis species were formally described along with the genus Escovopsioides, both found exclusively in attine ant gardens. During a survey for Escovops...

The impacts of Wasmannia auropunctata (the little fire ant) on the native biota and subsistence agriculture in the Solomon Islands are poorly understood. This species was originally introduced as a biological control against nut-fall bugs (Amblypelta sp.) around 30 years ago and in the intervening time has spread throughout the Solomon Islands, aided movement of produce and planting material. I...

BACKGROUND Community gardens can reduce public health disparities through promoting physical activity and healthy eating, growing food for underserved populations, and accelerating healing from injury or disease. Despite their potential to contribute to comprehensive patient care, no prior studies have investigated the prevalence of community gardens affiliated with US healthcare institutions, ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of gardens and outdoor spaces on the mental and physical well-being of people with dementia who are resident in care homes and understand the views of people with dementia, their carers, and care home staff on the value of gardens and outdoor spaces. DESIGN Systematic review. METHODS Fourteen databases were searched from inception to February 2013. Forward an...