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Why Tibetan antelope can live at elevations of 4,000-5,000m on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau? In a collaborative research published in Nature Communications, investigators from Qinghai University, BGI, and other institutes provide evidence that some genetic factors may be associated with the species' adaption to harsh highland environments. The data in this work will also provide implications for studying specific genetic mechanisms and the biology of other ruminant species. The Tibetan...
The number one holiday specialist for Turkey and Northern Cyprus is excited by the new figures that show tourism in Northern Cyprus has risen drastically. (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 New figures released show that tourism in Northern Cyprus has risen 43% over the last ten years. Southern Cyprus has been popular with holidaymakers for a long time, often attracting all of the limelight, whereas Northern Cyprus has previously been overlooked by visitors. Although these new figures suggest that this...
"Encouraging trade figures indicate return to sustained growth" GUANGZHOU, China, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Figures from the spring session of the Canton Fair, which closed on May 5, show that China's most prestigious trade show outperformed market expectations. The 113th session of the Fair welcomed over 200,000 overseas purchasers, up 7 percent on the previous session. The value of trade deals struck at the biannual event reached US$ 35.5 billion, an increase of nearly 9...
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- During last week, Eco Wave Power's founders, Mr. David Leb (Founder and CEO) and Ms. Inna Braverman (Co-Founder & Marketing Director) arrived to Kempinski Hotel in Beijing in order to sign an initial collaboration agreement between EWP and a Chinese Governmental fund. The agreement was executed in an official signing ceremony, attended by high ranked members of the Israeli and the Chinese Governmental and business sphere, among which...
SHANGHAI, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asia Cleaning Industry Joint Meeting was held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center on April 1, 2013. The meeting was organised by UBM Sinoexpo, the organiser of the 14th China Clean Expo, with the aim of discussing the development of Asia's cleaning industry and exchange industry experience, as well as establishing the interconnection between matters of mutual interest and possible exchange mechanisms. The Joint...
Earnings Conference Call and Webcast to be Held on May 30, 2013 at 8:00 am (Eastern)/5:00 am (Pacific)/8:00 pm (China) ZHONGSHAN, China, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY; "Ming Yang" or the "Company"), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, today announced that it expects to report its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 before the market opens in the United States on Thursday, May 30, 2013. The...
HONG KONG, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a crisis of faith among senior managers about how commercial law is enforced on the ground in today's China, according to "China's Current Commercial Law & International Competitiveness" -- a survey recently conducted by Global Sources' (NASDAQ: GSOL) Chief Executive China Online, China's premier management portal. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b ) A high percentage of respondents do not...
The international video platform co-founder, Suk Park meets South Korea's President, Park Geun-hye. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 South Korean President, Park Geun-hye recognized DramaFever as one of the leading entrepreneurial ventures standing at the intersection of technology and culture, representing the kind of industry she hopes to promote in Korea. The Leaders’ Meeting for Creative Economy, held in Los Angeles on May 9, brought the South Korean government and...
King presented at the 3rd Forum of Societal Partnership, “Scientific Research and Knowledge Exchange,” in Saudi Arabia, April 22-24, 2013. Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Sofia University (formerly Institute of Transpersonal Psychology) President Neal King recently returned from the 3rd Forum of Societal Partnership, “Scientific Research and Knowledge Exchange,” held at Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. There, he served as a presenter on...
Asia Society Texas Center to host exhibition of famed Japanese artist's work HOUSTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Society Texas Center will host a major exhibition of the work of Tawara Yusaku (1932-2004), a Japanese artist whose evocative gestural paintings convey the world as unstable and constantly changing. Organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where it debuted, Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Yusaku comprises 77 works, mostly ink on paper, and runs June 19...
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The Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica), also known as the nerpa or the Lake Baikal seal, is a true seal in the Phocidae family that is native to Lake Baikal located in Siberia. This species is one of three seals that reside solely in fresh water areas. It is not known exactly how these seals came to inhabit such an isolated area, but some experts assert that a sea-passage was formed that linked the Arctic Ocean and Lake Baikal. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest of all true seal species,...
The Hajar Mountains, which is Arabic for stone mountains, is located in northeastern Oman and the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range within the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Lying 50 to 100 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Oman coast, they divide the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert plateau. The mountains start in the north, creating the Musandam peninsula. From there, the Northern Hajjar runs southeast, parallel to the coast but also moving gradually...
The Persian Gulf is located in the western part of Asia between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It’s an addition to the Indian Ocean. The Gulf was the focal point of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, which each side assaulted the other’s oil tankers. In the year 1991, the Persian Gulf again was the background for what was known as the “Persian Gulf War” or otherwise known as the “Gulf War”, despite the fact that this disagreement was mainly a land conflict, when Iraq raided Kuwait...
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. It is located mainly in the eastern and northern hemispheres covering 8.7 percent of the Earth’s whole surface area and making up 30 percent of its land area. With about 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60 percent of the world’s current human population. This continent has a high growth rate in the modern era. For example, during the 20th century, Asia’s population almost quadrupled. This continent is defined as making up the...
Europe is, by regulation, one of the world’s seven continents. Consisting of the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Black and Caspian Seas, and the waterways that connect the Black and Aegean Seas. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean towards the north, Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast....
