The Anthropology of Globalization: Cultural Anthropology Enters the 21st Century

The Anthropology of Globalization: Cultural Anthropology Enters the 21st Century. Ted C. Lewellen. Westport: Bergin and Garvey, 2002. 282 pp.     

Continuing the Quest of Dialectical Anthropology in the 21st Century: Reflections on the Igbo of Nigeria

Dialectical Anthropology -     

21世纪的菌根学

进入21世纪第1个10年,菌根学(mycorrhizology)研究进入菌根学发展史上第2个辉煌时期。文中总结了21世纪首个10年期间菌根学研究的特点,预测了今后40年(21世纪上半叶)的发展趋势。这对于推动菌根学进一步研究及其菌根生物技术应用具有深刻的现实意义。     

The fight against epizootics in the 21st Century

The fight against epizootics is today better organized. The tools, methods and strategies used work well and are constantly being improved, which is necessary since disease epidemiology is evolving extremely fast, dominated by a growing complexity associated to global changes and the emergence of new pathologies. The foundation of the strategy is still based on a permanent epidemiological surveillance and the immediate use of appropriate measures. Among the essential prerequisites there is the existence of effective veterinary services, for which support programmes have been developed, notably by the OIE, which is also responsible for the definition of the norms applicable in animal health. Three examples of control programmes against major epidemics are discussed here: Rinderpest (declared eradicated worldwide in 2011), Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1), and Foot and Mouth Disease.     

Microalgal studies for the 21st Century

Microalgal photosynthesis is efficient enough to fix CO₂ in both atmosphere and industrially discharged gases, and is a possible future alternative for CO₂ reduction. This paper describes physiological responses of microalgal cells to extremely high CO₂ concentrations, capability of microalgal cells to fix CO₂ at both indoor and outdoor culture experiments, and efforts to establish a culture collection of marine microalgae. Recent researches indicate that microalgae are likely to play a key role in worldwide issues of the coming century.