These were probably due to human impacts, most notably in the years after World War II. Four major turning points as the result of human influence were identified: the 10th century, the late 16th century, the Meiji restoration ( a.d . 1863), and the end of World War II. The original...
Dog-mediated rabies kills tens of thousands of people each year in India, representing one third of the estimated global rabies burden. Whilst the World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hav...
In this study, I observed the greeting behaviors of 3,008 people or 1,504 dyads while they were waiting for and meeting another person at a station in Japan. I recorded human greeting behaviors and evaluated the factors that influenced them. I classified the greeting behaviors as body contact...
If the processed water TEPCO discharges into the ocean is so clean to be even "drinkable" and its environmental impacts can be ignored, as some Japanese politicians have claimed, why is the wastewater being discharged into the sea, where the ocean currents will disperse it far from the Japanes...
If the processed water TEPCO discharges into the ocean is so clean to be even "drinkable" and its environmental impacts can be ignored, as some Japanese politicians have claimed, why is the wastewater being discharged into the sea, where the ocean currents will disperse it far from the Japanes...
HIV-1 seroconversion promotes rapid changes in cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and HPV-16 antibodies in female sex workers. The extent to which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection impacts on the ability to mount an effective immune response to HPV is unknown, but is r....
Anthropogenic impacts on mud and organic carbon cycling Thomas S. Bianchi Lawrence M. Mayer Pierre Regnier Nature Geoscience (2024) Linkage between riverbed scouring or deposition and the evolution of central bars: Case study in the Yangzhong reach of the Yangtze River Yunping Yang Xiabo Zhang...
But it was rejected by Japan. Analysts pointed out that in the view of the Japanese government, other ways are time-consuming, laborious and expensive, and only discharging into the sea is the most cost-effective way. On the whole, the problem of nuclear wastewater should not be taken light...
Here we explored human behaviour change impacts on urban climate during the G20 Osaka Summit and the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. The G20 Summit was held in the Asian megacity of Osaka, Japan on 28–29 June 2019. Due to the G20 restrictions, the traffic count in the city cent...
In four studies, Kelly and Sharot reveal that web-browsing both reflects and affects mental health. Poorer mental health leads to more negative content consumption, which in turn worsens mood. Highlighting webpage emotional impacts reduced negative browsing and improved mood. ...