Academic theme exhibition introduce the present-day face of Hokkaido University. The section titled “HU: Rising to the Challenge” focuses on the university’s top-notch research, while the “HU Study Quarters” area looks at the education conducted in our 12 schools, spanning the humanities, and the social and natural sciences. “HU’s spirit…
Science and Technology is one of the main field of the state policy that generally affects all aspects in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) is considered as the central agency for science and technology in order to implement state policy in this field. Science policy Main priorities of…
An electric unicycle is a self-balancing personal transporter with a single wheel. The rider controls the speed by leaning forwards or backwards, and steers by twisting the unit using their feet. The self-balancing mechanism uses gyroscopes, accelerometers in a similar way to that used by the Segway PT. Theory of…
During the Edo period, play such as Kabuki became popular, and when the clothing of the actors was introduced in Nishikie and Ukiyo-e, the attire of the common people became more gorgeous and gorgeous. In addition to short sleeves, kimonos and strikes of the Edo period, we will exhibit the…
Ethnoecology is the scientific study of how different groups of people living in different locations understand the ecosystems around them, and their relationships with surrounding environments. Ethnoecological studies are based on a multidisciplinary perspective based on natural sciences and the behavior of human groups, from the perspective of the people…
Sturm und Drang is a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music taking place from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism imposed by the Enlightenment and associated…
Ester Dorothea Almqvist (3 November 1869 – 11 June 1934) was a Swedish artist who was a pioneer of Expressionist painting in Sweden. She was active in Skåne and got her breakthrough in the national romantic tradition, but later paved the way for modernism’s breakthrough in Sweden with an innovative…
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Portuguese: Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) is a Portuguese museum in the civil parish of Avenidas Novas, in the municipality of Lisbon. Founded in conformity with Calouste Gulbenkian’s last will and testament, the museum accommodates the art collection of the similarly-named Foundation, that includes ancient and, some, modern…
Miraikan is a place where we can understand the things happening in our world today from a scientific point of view, and have discussions while considering the future that awaits us. In addition to exhibitions that provide people with a chance to enjoy hands-on contact with science and technology, Miraikan’s…
Neo-Dada was a movement with audio, visual and literary manifestations that had similarities in method or intent with earlier Dada artwork. In the United States the term was popularized by Barbara Rose in the 1960s and refers primarily, although not exclusively, to work created in that and the preceding decade.…
Ecosemiotics is a branch of semiotics in its intersection with human ecology that studies the sign relations established by culture, which deal with other living beings, communities, and landscapes. Ecosemiotics is a field of semiotics that explores semiotic processes related to ecological phenomena. In particular, ecosystem semiotics examines the sign…
It presents since the Portuguese maritime expansion, its causes and consequences, mainly the colonization of Brazil, until the proclamation of Independence by D. Pedro I. It covers: the period of the Iberian Union, with Portugal and Spain governed by the Spanish Crown; the French and Dutch presence in the 16th…
An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither. Aerodromes include small general aviation airfields, large commercial airports, and military airbases. The term airport may imply a certain stature (having satisfied…
Nishikyo Ward is one of the 11 wards that make up Kyoto City. Nishikyo Ward west of the Katsura River and Otokuni District (including Muko City and Nagaokakyo City) are also called Nishiyama. It is one of the newest wards in Kyoto City, which was born at the same time…
A biorefinery is a facility that integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power, heat, and value-added chemicals from biomass. The biorefinery concept is analogous to today’s petroleum refinery, which produce multiple fuels and products from petroleum. The biorefinery principle is similar to that of an oil refinery,…
With the passage of time, the need for expansion has once again become evident, both in terms of the number of patients, as well as the technological advances in medicine and the growing teaching activity, since the hospital is now university in nature. During the second half of the last…
London Design Biennale is a global gathering of the world’s most ambitious and imaginative designers, curators and design institutions. Belgium: Eutopia Belgium mused on today’s EUtopia by producing a new utopian map as a symbolic wake-up call for Europe. Thomas More’s Utopia was first published in the Belgian city of…
Sirmione is a comune in the province of Brescia, located in the center on Lake Garda. For centuries a military outpost, for the presence of Roman and medieval remains today the main industry of the town is tourism. Known by all as “the pearl of the islands and peninsulas”, Sirmioneis…
Take a tour through the historic rooms of 10 Downing Street. A selection of three of the most famous rooms in 10 Downing Street The Cabinet Room The Cabinet Room is at the heart of collective Government. The Prime Minister holds weekly meetings on a Tuesday morning with their entire…
Jean-Honoré Nicolas Fragonard (born April 5, 1732 in Grasse and died on August 22, 1806 in Paris), is one of the main French classical painter and printmaker of the eighteenth century. A painter of history, genre and landscapes, he specialized fairly quickly in the libertine genre and gallant scenes, as…
Contracted from the term micro reciprocal degree, the mired is a unit of measurement used to express color temperature. It is given by the formula: where M is the mired value desired, and T is the color temperature in kelvins. Close up of the Planckian locusin the CIE 1960 color space, with…
The Naval Museum of Madrid is a national museum in Madrid, Spain. It shows the history of the Spanish Navy since the Catholic Monarchs, in the 15th century, up to the present. The displays set naval history in a wide context with information about Spanish rulers and the country’s former…
Biosecurity has multiple meanings and is defined differently according to various disciplines. The original definition of biosecurity started out as a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases in crops and livestock, quarantined pests, invasive alien species, and living modified organisms (Koblentz, 2010).…
Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (埼玉県立歴史と民俗の博物館) is a prefectural museum in Saitama, Japan, dedicated to the history and folklore of Saitama Prefecture. The museum opened in 1971. The Saitama Prefectual Museum of History and Folklore, established as the Prefectual museum of Saitama in 1971 and renewed through an…
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Academic theme exhibition, Hokkaido University Museum
Academic theme exhibition introduce the present-day face of Hokkaido University. The section titled “HU: Rising to the Challenge” focuses on the university’s top-notch research, while the “HU Study Quarters” area looks at the education conducted in our 12 schools, spanning the humanities, and the social and natural sciences. “HU’s spirit…
Read moreScience and technology in Azerbaijan
Science and Technology is one of the main field of the state policy that generally affects all aspects in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) is considered as the central agency for science and technology in order to implement state policy in this field. Science policy Main priorities of…
Read moreElectric unicycle
An electric unicycle is a self-balancing personal transporter with a single wheel. The rider controls the speed by leaning forwards or backwards, and steers by twisting the unit using their feet. The self-balancing mechanism uses gyroscopes, accelerometers in a similar way to that used by the Segway PT. Theory of…
Read moreEdo period costume and Ukiyoe print, Tokyo National Museum
During the Edo period, play such as Kabuki became popular, and when the clothing of the actors was introduced in Nishikie and Ukiyo-e, the attire of the common people became more gorgeous and gorgeous. In addition to short sleeves, kimonos and strikes of the Edo period, we will exhibit the…
Read moreEthnoecology
Ethnoecology is the scientific study of how different groups of people living in different locations understand the ecosystems around them, and their relationships with surrounding environments. Ethnoecological studies are based on a multidisciplinary perspective based on natural sciences and the behavior of human groups, from the perspective of the people…
Read moreSturm und Drang 1760 – 1790
Sturm und Drang is a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music taking place from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism imposed by the Enlightenment and associated…
Read moreEster Almqvist
Ester Dorothea Almqvist (3 November 1869 – 11 June 1934) was a Swedish artist who was a pioneer of Expressionist painting in Sweden. She was active in Skåne and got her breakthrough in the national romantic tradition, but later paved the way for modernism’s breakthrough in Sweden with an innovative…
Read moreCalouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Portuguese: Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) is a Portuguese museum in the civil parish of Avenidas Novas, in the municipality of Lisbon. Founded in conformity with Calouste Gulbenkian’s last will and testament, the museum accommodates the art collection of the similarly-named Foundation, that includes ancient and, some, modern…
Read moreMiraikan – National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan
Miraikan is a place where we can understand the things happening in our world today from a scientific point of view, and have discussions while considering the future that awaits us. In addition to exhibitions that provide people with a chance to enjoy hands-on contact with science and technology, Miraikan’s…
Read moreNeo-Dada
Neo-Dada was a movement with audio, visual and literary manifestations that had similarities in method or intent with earlier Dada artwork. In the United States the term was popularized by Barbara Rose in the 1960s and refers primarily, although not exclusively, to work created in that and the preceding decade.…
Read moreEcosemiotics
Ecosemiotics is a branch of semiotics in its intersection with human ecology that studies the sign relations established by culture, which deal with other living beings, communities, and landscapes. Ecosemiotics is a field of semiotics that explores semiotic processes related to ecological phenomena. In particular, ecosystem semiotics examines the sign…
Read morePortuguese in the World, 1415 to 1822, National History Museum of Brazil
It presents since the Portuguese maritime expansion, its causes and consequences, mainly the colonization of Brazil, until the proclamation of Independence by D. Pedro I. It covers: the period of the Iberian Union, with Portugal and Spain governed by the Spanish Crown; the French and Dutch presence in the 16th…
Read moreAerodrome
An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither. Aerodromes include small general aviation airfields, large commercial airports, and military airbases. The term airport may imply a certain stature (having satisfied…
Read moreNishikyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kinki Region, Japan
Nishikyo Ward is one of the 11 wards that make up Kyoto City. Nishikyo Ward west of the Katsura River and Otokuni District (including Muko City and Nagaokakyo City) are also called Nishiyama. It is one of the newest wards in Kyoto City, which was born at the same time…
Read moreBiorefinery
A biorefinery is a facility that integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power, heat, and value-added chemicals from biomass. The biorefinery concept is analogous to today’s petroleum refinery, which produce multiple fuels and products from petroleum. The biorefinery principle is similar to that of an oil refinery,…
Read moreCourtyard of Domènech and Roura Pavilions, Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul
With the passage of time, the need for expansion has once again become evident, both in terms of the number of patients, as well as the technological advances in medicine and the growing teaching activity, since the hospital is now university in nature. During the second half of the last…
Read moreEast Wing of Somerset House, London Design Biennale 2016
London Design Biennale is a global gathering of the world’s most ambitious and imaginative designers, curators and design institutions. Belgium: Eutopia Belgium mused on today’s EUtopia by producing a new utopian map as a symbolic wake-up call for Europe. Thomas More’s Utopia was first published in the Belgian city of…
Read moreTravel Guide of Sirmione, Lombardy, Italy
Sirmione is a comune in the province of Brescia, located in the center on Lake Garda. For centuries a military outpost, for the presence of Roman and medieval remains today the main industry of the town is tourism. Known by all as “the pearl of the islands and peninsulas”, Sirmioneis…
Read moreThree historic rooms of 10 Downing Street
Take a tour through the historic rooms of 10 Downing Street. A selection of three of the most famous rooms in 10 Downing Street The Cabinet Room The Cabinet Room is at the heart of collective Government. The Prime Minister holds weekly meetings on a Tuesday morning with their entire…
Read moreJean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Nicolas Fragonard (born April 5, 1732 in Grasse and died on August 22, 1806 in Paris), is one of the main French classical painter and printmaker of the eighteenth century. A painter of history, genre and landscapes, he specialized fairly quickly in the libertine genre and gallant scenes, as…
Read moreMired
Contracted from the term micro reciprocal degree, the mired is a unit of measurement used to express color temperature. It is given by the formula: where M is the mired value desired, and T is the color temperature in kelvins. Close up of the Planckian locusin the CIE 1960 color space, with…
Read moreNaval Museum of Madrid, Spain
The Naval Museum of Madrid is a national museum in Madrid, Spain. It shows the history of the Spanish Navy since the Catholic Monarchs, in the 15th century, up to the present. The displays set naval history in a wide context with information about Spanish rulers and the country’s former…
Read moreBiosecurity
Biosecurity has multiple meanings and is defined differently according to various disciplines. The original definition of biosecurity started out as a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases in crops and livestock, quarantined pests, invasive alien species, and living modified organisms (Koblentz, 2010).…
Read moreSaitama Prefectual Museum of History and Folklore Saitama-shi, Japan
Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (埼玉県立歴史と民俗の博物館) is a prefectural museum in Saitama, Japan, dedicated to the history and folklore of Saitama Prefecture. The museum opened in 1971. The Saitama Prefectual Museum of History and Folklore, established as the Prefectual museum of Saitama in 1971 and renewed through an…
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