Teikyo University of Science

The recovery paradox: integrating symptom, restoration, and lifeworld evidence for long-term disaster recovery management

Purpose This paper reconsiders long-term disaster recovery assessment by distinguishing declining psychological symptoms, visible restoration of housing and services, and the recovery of everyday roles, relationships, routines, place relations, and future possibilities through wh...

The First Evidence of Intermittent Rectal Prolapse in a Wild Chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes )

BACKGROUND: Rectal prolapse in wild chimpanzees has been rarely reported. We document a case of rectal prolapse in a wild young male chimpanzee at Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania. METHODS: An affected young male in the Mahale M group was observed with photographs/video a...

Metabolic balance in the shallow eutrophic Lake Inbanuma, Japan

Metabolism is a pivotal process that governs the biogeochemical carbon cycle by both producing and consuming organic matter. Gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (ER), net ecosystem production ( NEP = GPP − ER ), and the metabolic balance of GPP and ER were analy...