Si3N4 single-crystal nanowires grown from silicon micro and nanoparticles near the threshold of passive oxidation

A simple and most promising oxide-assisted catalyst-free method is used to prepare silicon nitride nanowires that give rise to high yield in a short time. After a brief analysis of the state of the art, we reveal the crucial role played by the oxygen partial pressure: when oxygen partial pressure is slightly below the threshold of passive oxidation, a high yield inhibiting the formation of any silica layer covering the nanowires occurs and thanks to the synthesis temperature one can control nanowire dimensions

How Intangible is Japan's Traditional Dietary Culture?

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Remembering Zeami: The Kanze School and Its Patriarch

This is the publisher's official version, also available electronically from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/atj.2003.0027This article examines the history of the reception and popularization of the achievements of nö’s founder, Zeami Motokiyo, as represented by three important actors of the Kanze school: Kanze Motoakira (d. 1774), Kanze Sakon (d. 1939), and Kanze Hisao (d. 1978). Eric Rath describes how memories of Zeami helped these three actors to shape the Kanze school’s performance practices and institutions. He reveals, too, how debate over nö’s direction and essence has come to be framed in respect to the person considered to be its patriarch. Eric C. Rath is assistant professor of premodern Japanese history at the University of Kansas. He is the author of several articles on the history of nö and the forthcoming book The Ethos of Noh: Actors and Their Art (Harvard University Asia Center Press)

Mealtime at a Tibetan Monastery

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Jeffrey W. Alexander, Brewed in Japan: The Evolution of the Japanese Beer Industry. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013, xii + 303. Reprint: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN: 978-0824839536

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Banquets Against Boredom: Towards Understanding (Samurai) Cuisine in Early Modern Japan

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