When in the early summer of 1805 Meriwether Lewis for the first time sights the great mountains of the American West, he merely reports "an august spectacle." The word "august" was not then an aesthetic category, nor did it usually describe visual contact with landscape.Categories used for these purposes were the picturesque and the sublime.Whereas
The extra-sarcomeric cytoskeleton (actin microfilaments and anchoring proteins) is involved in maintaining the sarco-membrane stiffness and integrity and in turn the mechanical stability and function of the intra- and sub-sarcoplasmic proteins.Accordingly, it regulates Ca2+ entry through the L-type Ca2+ channels and the mechano-sensitivity of the s
Ecology and life characteristics of overwintering larvae of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn.) (Lep.: Crambidea) are partly unexplored due to their hidden lifestyle.In plant protection research the best way to study these phenomena is to apply less used, non-destructive, in vivo methods.The objective of our CT survey was to examine t
Practical aspects of the study of financial potential, its relationship with economic potential of an enterprise, the impact of financial potential of the economic performance and strategic goals of an enterprise are highlighted.It is demonstrated that financial potential takes on the role of lever building the mechanism for transforming resource a
Influenced by traditional Chinese natural philosophy and increasing concern for environmental sustainability nowadays, water has been recognized as an embodiment of cultural identity and a desired component of the campus environment in China.This study focuses on the distinctive element, aims to clarify the characteristics of water-featured open sp