scholarly journals Knap & Keep

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 2-11
Author(s):  
Andrey V. Tabarev ◽  
Darya A. Ivanova ◽  
Yoshitaka Kanomata
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
East Europe ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Local Variability ◽  
Technological Analysis ◽  
Special Strategy ◽  
High Diversity

The tradition of lithic caches illustrates a special strategy of storing lithics which were extracted from chaîne opératoire for some time to be kept/hidden in a special place with/without subsequent return and use. For the Palaeolithic – Neolithic/Jōmon of the Far East (Russian part and the Japanese Archipelago) within the frame of 35 000–2400 cal BP, this tradition demonstrates an impressive multiplicity (more than 400 cases), high diversity, duration, dynamics, and local variability. Such an abundant source of data opens rich perspectives for detailed technological analysis, functional interpretations, and interregional correlations, with analogies in the Stone Age cultures of the Near East, Europe, and North America.

scholarly journals Présence d’Asellides stygobies (Crustacea, Isopoda, Aselloidea) dans la région du Primorye, Sibérie sud-orientale

1993 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-P. Henr ◽  
G. Magniez
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Far East ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Mandibular Palp ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Arctic Siberia

Two species of anophthalmous, unpigmentedasellids have been found in springs and groundwaters of S.E. Siberia (Primorye region). Asellus (Asellus) primoryensis n. sp. is closelyrelated to the epigean species A. (A.) hilgendorfii Bovallius, 1886, as is the case for all stygobiont Asellus (Asellus) species previously known from the Japanese archipelago. Sibirasellus parpurae n. g., n. sp. is closely related to the microphthalmous species Asellus dentifer Birstein & Levanidov, 1952 from the Ussuri Basin (Khor region), now type-species of the new genus Sibirasellus. These two species show several original characters: body covered by numerous cuticular squamulae, mandibular palp reduced (glabrous and 2-segmented), and coxopodites of pereopods reduced and coalescent with their sternites, pointing to certain affinities with the stygobiont Japanese genus Nipponasellus Matsumoto, 1962 and probably to the epigean species of the “latifrons” group of the genus Asellus, presently restricted to arctic Siberia and western Alaska. The different asellid lines living in the Far East and Pacific North America are much more related with each other than with all other lines of the family.All these forms possess a copulatory system built on the “Asellus pattern”: Endopodite of 2nd male pleopod with a spur-shaped basal apophysis or “processus calcariformis”, an afferent spermaticopening with a labial spur or “processus cylindriformis”, and 2nd exopodite segment with a tergal or “catch lobe”. This phyletic system includes the genus Asellus Geoffroy, 1762 (the present status of which is discussed herein), its subgenera Asellus Dudich, 1925, Mesoasellus Birstein, 1951, and Phreatoasellus Matsumoto, 1962, and its related genera Calasellus Bowman, 1981, Nipponasellus Matsumoto, 1962, Uenasellus Matsumoto, 1962, and Sibirasellus n. g.

Transeurasian unity from an archaeological perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 794-805
Author(s):  
Tao Li
Keyword(s):  
Northeast China ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Human History ◽  
Cultural Contact ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Archeological Evidence ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago

Northeast Asia attracts researchers’ attention for its environmental, cultural, linguistic, and genetic diversity. Population migration and cultural contact both go back early in human history there. The Transeurasian (TEA) model hypothesizes about the relatedness among the Mongolic, Tungusic, Turkic, Koreanic, and Japonic languages; also, it sees farming as the driving force for the dispersal of the Proto-Transeurasian across Northeast Asia. This chapter reviews the finds of millets or rice from key archeological sites, as well as the perspectives on the beginning of millet or rice farming, in Northeast China, the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula, and the Japanese Archipelago. Then, focusing on evidence related to agriculture, some assumptions underlying the TEA model are examined. The conclusion is that the TEA model has both merits and weaknesses and that archeological evidence in different regions and periods supports the Transeurasian unity to varying degrees.

Full Scale Measurement of a Large Container Carrier on the Far East - Europe Route

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Yu ◽  
J. W. Choi ◽  
G. I. Park ◽  
S. Y. Han ◽  
S. C. Tai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Ship Motions ◽  
First Year ◽  
East Europe ◽  
Hull Girder ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Large Container

There is limited long term service experience with the modern generation of large container carriers and hence there is great interest in improving our understanding of the performance of these vessels. In an effort to assess the actual structural service performance of a large container carrier, a comprehensive full-scale measurement system was developed to measure the wave environment, ship motions and structural response. The system was installed on an 8063 TEU container carrier built in 2006, and the first year measurement campaign has successfully been completed. This paper presents a summary of noteworthy observations during the first year’s voyage records which includes ship motion, wind and wave conditions, and hull girder strains and derived hull girder bending and torsional moments. The observed vibratory responses of the hull girder are also presented.

scholarly journals TO COOPERATE OR TO COMPETE: A GAME THEORETIC ANALYSIS ON PORTS IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1776-1800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Ignatius ◽  
Tian Siang Tan ◽  
Lalitha Dhamotharan ◽  
Mark Goh
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Far East ◽  
Theoretic Model ◽  
Hub And Spoke ◽  
East Europe ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Container Ports ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
Trade Route

The busiest container ports in the world are mostly situated in the Asian region, thus intensifying inter-port competition. Particularly unique in this region, is the shared history between Malaysia and Singapore, which was once ruled-under the British empire, has since become economic rivals for the Far East – Europe trade route. This provides a suitable context to investigate whether competition or a strategic alliance should be adopted for ports in terms of its benefit to the industry in the region as a whole. Specifically, this paper analyses the ocean freight traffic demand for the Far East-Europe route among three main transshipment ports located in Malaysia and Singapore: Port of Singapore (PSA), Port Klang (PKL), and Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP). The paper provides a scenario analysis of the 3-way interaction through a game theoretic model. The results suggest that a strategic alliance between PSA and PTP generates greater profitability to the current hub and spoke network, while PKL should not commit to any cooperative strategy with either PSA or PTP.

Transeurasian unity from a population-genetic perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 784-793
Author(s):  
Choongwon Jeong ◽  
Chuan-Chao Wang ◽  
Chao Ning
Keyword(s):  
Northeast China ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Gene Pools ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Eurasian Steppe ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The Russian Far East

Contemporary Transeurasian-speaking populations reside in a wide geographic area encompassing the Eurasian steppe, Northeast China and the Russian Far East, as well as Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago. From population genetic studies of contemporary Transeurasian-speakers, it is well known that they are genetically heterogeneous, probably due to historical mixing with non-Transeurasian populations during their migration. Here, we provide an up-to-date overview of the genetic relationship among Transeurasian populations. Specifically, we focus on highlighting i) studies of contemporary populations explicitly taking into account the above stated recent admixture, and ii) paleogenomic studies of ancient genomes to directly recover prehistoric gene pools predating recent admixture events. These studies show an underlying shared genetic substratum among the Transeurasian populations, which is best represented by ancient populations from Northeast China and the Russian Far East, as well as present-day Tungusic-speaking populations.

BIOGEOGRAPHY AND ORIGINS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STONEFLIES (PLECOPTERA)

1988 ◽  
Vol 120 (S144) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.B.N. Hynes
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Far East ◽  
Bering Strait ◽  
The West ◽  
East Europe ◽  
The North ◽  
The Far East

AbstractThe present distributions of stonefly genera in North America, their occurrence as endemics, or as shared with the Far East, Europe and South America, are considered in conjunction with geological history. It is concluded that the Plecoptera of North America have four sources of origin.There was an ancient eastern fauna shared with Europe before the formation of the North Atlantic Ocean. A second group moved in from the west during the formation of the western mountains. After formation of the isthmus one genus moved northward from South America. After the Pleistocene period several species migrated from the Bering Strait region, possibly from an Alaskan refugium. Some of these have clearly moved eastward, but a few may have moved westward.

scholarly journals First records of a blind centipede, Cryptops navis Chamberlin, 1930 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Cryptopidae), from Japan

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 865-869
Author(s):  
Taro Jonishi ◽  
Takafumi Nakano
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Far East ◽  
First Record ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Ryukyu Islands ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Ryukyu Islands

Eight specimens of a scolopendromorph centipede collected in Tokashiki Island and Minamidaito Island (both in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan) represent the first record of Cryptops (Cryptops) navis Chamberlin, 1930 from the islands of the Far East (i.e., Japanese Archipelago, Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan). This material also provides new details of the morphological variability of C. (C.) navis and the first data on natural habitats of C. (C.) navis, which previously was known only from soil samples from Singapore and China.

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