Mapping rules from nodal line semimetal to topological crystalline insulator in face centered cubic lattice

We study what kind of topological crystalline insulator phase emerges from nodal line semimetal phases in the face-centered cubic system which is not indicated by topological indices when spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is introduced. We construct an effective model which hosts two different nodal lines phases, and calculated mirror Chern numbers in it by introducing SOC. As a result, we find that the two nodal line phases with different nodal line configurations are mapped to different topological crystalline insulator phases. This result shows that turning off SOC and checking the nodal line configuration can distinguish the two topological crystalline insulator phases, which have not been distinguished by previous methods.Comment: 14 pages, 11 figure

"Automobiles: Strategy-based Lean Production System"

The present situations and future prospects of the Japanese automobile industry are discussed. Selected topics in this paper include the following: analyses of the basic product-industry characteristics of the automobile (e.g., product architecture); the mature of the dynamic competition in the world auto industry; competitive performance (e.g., productivity) of the Japanese auto makers; organizational capabilities of better Japanese firms in production, development and procurement; overall environments in the 1990s; the concept of "balanced lean" system and its adaptation to environmental changes; new flexible production systems that cope with volume fluctuation; architectural strategies of the auto firms; modularization of parts; M&A and alliance; future of the automobile technologies and architectures; future of the capability-building competition.

Sedimentology and Basin Analysis of the Paleogene Muro Group in the Kii Peninsula, Southwest Japan

The Oligocene to lower Miocene Muro group in the Kii Peninsula represents the later stage of the Shimanto geosyncline which was widely extended along the Pacific coast of Southwest Japan from late Jurassic to earliest Miocene time. The Muro group is composed mainly of flysch-type alternations of sandstone and mudstone, intercalating conglomerates, thick-bedded sandstones and conglomeratic mudstones. These sequences are well exposed in the southern coast area in the peninsula. Based on the analyses of the sedimentary features such as grading, stratification and clast fabric, and field occurrence as well, the conglomerates are referred to have been transported and deposited by grain flow and turbidity current combined. Thick-bedded sandstones are considered to have been transported and deposited by turbidity current. It is safely concluded that conglomeratic mudstones such as pebbly mudstone and angular fragment-bearing mudstone were transported and deposited by debris flow. All of these coarse sediments were deposited in proximal suit of deposition. There are observed several channel-scours and -fills in the upper formation of the Muro group, which indicate the submarine fan deposition of the formation. Paleocurrent analysis based on sole marks and clast fabrics shows that the provenances existed not only to the north, but also to the south of the basin. General trends of the channels and paleocurrents in channel fillings indicate the distributary channel system developed on the submarine fan in the southern side of the basin. The existence of the Kuroshio Paleoland estimated to the south of the Shimanto terrain by the Kishu Shimanto Research Group is strongly supported by the present study

Greenwashing and Capitalist Production of Urban Space: A case study in Iskandar Malaysia

Production of urban space is an indispensable component of capitalism. Without production of urban space, capitalism cannot sustain capital accumulation and cope with over-accumulation crises. However, as environmental consciousness grows, urban development projects are increasingly exposed to green pressures and demands because of their associated eco-climatic impacts. One possible way for capitalists to reconcile such pressures and demands with capital accumulation is to develop sustainable ‘capitalist’ cities that rely heavily on techno-fixes. However, to make such ‘techno-fixed’ capitalist cities really sustainable from the ‘true’ sustainability perspective is a tall task. Thus, a more feasible and pragmatic strategy for capitalists is to greenwash their urban development projects. By greenwashing, a capitalist urban project can not only seemingly adapt to green pressures, but also increase its exchange values by satisfying the lucrative green demands of environmentally conscious rich consumers. Thus, urban greenwashing can be theorized to have two functions: (1) obscuring environmental damages associated with a project, while, (2) increasing the exchange value of the project. These two functions can be empirically confirmed by analyzing the relation between (i) the degree of environmental destruction associated with the project and (ii) the degree of ‘promised (or advertised)’ greenness of the project; and the relation between (ii) and (iii) the price level of the project. If we can observe a positive relation between (i) a level of environmental destruction and (ii) a promised greenness, we can conclude that the promised greenness of the project is used, as a greenwashing function (1), for obscuring its environmental damage (and this means, by definition, the project is greenwashed). Similarly, if we can observe a positive relation between (ii) the promised greenness and (iii) a price level, we can conclude that the promised greenness of the project is used, as a greenwashing function (2), for enhancing market competitiveness, and thus the exchange value, of the project. Based on an urban greenwashing framework developed in this thesis and using Iskandar Malaysia project as a case study, this thesis operationalizes and quantifies (i) the environmental destruction; (ii) the promised greenness; and (iii) the price level of 38 target residential projects within the Iskandar region, and empirically confirmed positive relations between (i)-(ii) and (ii)-(iii)

Habakkuk 3 : text and meaning

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