the dictionary of ecology and environmental science

... number of meanings or other uses; here they have been defined only in the context of their usage in transport and logistics operations, leaving aside any other meanings or application they may ... member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport. It should also be of interest to newcomers to the industry, to those in the business who have only limited technical understanding and to anybody ... would find the book to be an essential source of reference in preparing for the professional competence examinations in either or both of these disciplines. The original idea for this dictionary

Ngày tải lên: 30/08/2013, 23:58

... number of eggs (En) and the other line for egg weight (Ew). The selection was based on the performance during 20-42 weeks of age in both lines. The average rate of inbreeding ... genetic component of variance and the environmental component increased with advancing age for the trait egg number, as shown in figures 1 and 2. The slope of the linear regression ... protein) and housed in single-hen cages. A more detailed description of the 2 lines and the environmental conditions can be found in Liljedahl and Weyde (1980). The traits

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... the light of its global success as a field of academic research and university courses Therefore it might be useful to re-examine some historical and thematic analyses of the development of the ... rather, to try to pick apart some of the influences which have given rise to the disciplinary schizophrenia of social science and managerialism in marketing studies, and to gain a sense of the ... example, the Journal of Macromarketing and the Journal of Marketing and Public Policy) and countless contributions on marketing and society, marketing ethics and consumer policy in other journals

Ngày tải lên: 02/01/2023, 15:00

... Dictionary of Business 7136 7918 Dictionary of Computing 7475 6622 Dictionary of Economics 7136 8203 Dictionary of Environment and Ecology 7475 7201 Dictionary of Food Science and Nutrition 7136 7784 Dictionary ... shows the boundary of any of the divisions of a playing area or race track (in American football) either of the two rows of opposing players facing each other on either side of the line of scrimmage ... down the middle of the body from the head through the navel to the point between the feet midsection midsection noun the middle part of something, especially the area of the human body between the

Ngày tải lên: 04/01/2023, 22:09

... behaviour and appetite neurophysiology neurophysiology noun the study of the physiology of nerves neuroscience noun the scientific study of the molecular and cellular levels of the neuroscience ... regulates the monthly cycle and slows bone loss off off noun the side of the cricket field facing the batsman taking strike off-break off-break noun in cricket, a ball with a bounce that spins from the ... bundle of fibres that can transmit electrochemical impulses and that forms part of the network that connects the brain and spinal cord to the body’s organs the sensitive tissue in the root of a

Ngày tải lên: 04/01/2023, 22:09

... to the offense and prevent further similar offenses. The size of the organization, the likelihood that certain offenses may occur because of the nature of its business, and the prior history of ... back of head. ectoderm The outermost of the three primitive germ layers of the embryo; from it are derived the epidermis and epidermic tissues, such as the nails, hair, and glands of the skin, the ... group of viruses, the name of which was derived from the first letters of the description "enteric cytopathogenic human orphan." At the time of the isolation of the viruses, the diseases

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 04:20

... starts the flow of air by inserting of the hose (which leads from the facepiece) into the regulator of self-contained breathing appara- tus, and stops the flow of air by disconnection of the hose ... section The quarter of a section of land according to the divisions of a government survey, deter- mined by dividing the section into four equal parts by north and south and east and west, and containing ... in which the arc length of the subtended angle at the center of a circle equals the radius (approximately 57.3 degrees). See also plane angle. radiance (L) The value of the ratio of the radian

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 04:20

... height V The narrower the barrier, the smaller the mass of the particle and the smaller the difference between V and E, the greater the tunnelling probability If the amplitude ... state theory) – of the energy barrier that controls the reaction rate The important criterion thus becomes the ability of the enzyme to distort and thereby reduce barrier width, and ... structure of the reactant at the top of the barrier is energetically unstable, and is known as the ‘transition state’ The energy required to pass over the barrier is the so-called

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 12:09

... of: the void that generates the “ten thousand things,” the whole array of created beings The roaring of the ocean waves arises out of the silence of the ocean This is the ... of shared suffering, of which he and his grandfather are the witnesses And the pain in the grandfather, which led him to be so hard? Unspoken, the food of truth denied, the ... a different kind of silence 16 Chapter 1 The Awe Before There Are Words The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:48

... ChitinolyticenzymesaredefinedasenzymesthatcleaveabondbetweentheC1 andC4oftwoconsecutiveGlcNAcunits.Onthebasisofaminoacidsequencesimilarities, allchitinaseshavebeengroupedintofamilies18,19 ,and2 0,underthemainclassof glycosylhydrolases.Mostofthemicrobialchitinasesbelongtofamily18(61,62).Even ... treatment of tobacco plants, after loss of the effects of the initial treatment, restored the enhanced sensitivity of the tissues to xylanase The continual presence of ethylene ... ‘‘recognition’’ of the host, positive chemotropic growth, attachment, and de novo synthesis of a set of cell-wall-degrading enzymes that aid the parasite in penetrating the host and completing

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... oxidation, and/ or solution Accumulation of carbonates Accumulation of gypsum cemented, ireversible (FAO): g - mottling, - strong reduction juvenile, weak expression of development Indicates presence of ... Correlation of Horizon Definitions and Designations Canadian U.S FAO Comments ss sa ss y or z y or z u v x y z o x f u x i Indicates presence of slickensides (Can limit): includes gypsum (U.S and FAO ... great groups, Mollisols and AlÞsols Natric great groups, Mollisols and AlÞsols Natric great groups, Mollisols and AlÞsols Glossic Natriborolls, Natralbolls Haplocryerts Boralfs and Udalfs Hapludalfs

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KUMASI COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES FACULTY OF RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OFWILDLIFE AND RANGE MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF THE ECOLOGY OF FRUIT ... impact of the presence of the bat population on their ability to disperse seeds for natural regeneration and how they affect the trees they... despite their relevance in understanding ... students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Forest Resources Technology, for their invaluable help during the monthly counts The competent and active support of Mr

Ngày tải lên: 03/03/2016, 11:17

... been discovered out of the study, the finding thereof and the relevant recommendation made that would lead to clear understanding of the impact of bank innovations on performance of universal banks ... 5.2 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS The arrival of the Internet and the proliferation of mobile telecommunication companies in the Ghanaian economy have offered both an opportunity and a test for the Ghanaian ... revenue generation and profitability of the universal banks The arrival of the Internet and the proliferation of mobile telecommunication companies in Ghana present both an opportunity and a challenge

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2016, 17:16

... define the impact of collectivistic values and individualistic values on the attitude toward the individual consequences of the purchase - 28 4.4.2 MRA: to evaluate the impact of collectivistic ... collectivistic values and individualistic values on the attitude toward the environmental consequences of the purchase 32 4.4.3 Multiple regression analysis: to justify the influence of the attitude ... to justify the influence of the attitude toward the individual consequences of the purchase and the environmental consequences of the purchase on environmental commitment

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2017, 20:57

... correspond to the stable and unstable equilibrium, respectively and 1 are the y-values in the intersections between the null cline of dy dt =0 other than the y-axis and the boundary x = h(y), and I put ... ,i=1, 2, ,n. (3) Here, n is the number of patches, x i represents the population density of the species in the i-th patch and f i (x i ) is the per capita rate of change of the population in this ... bz , 4 The Effects of Migration on Persistence and Extinction 67 C. The death rate of the mature population in the i-th patch is of a logistic nature, i. e., proportional to the square of the population...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 17:20

... Department of Labor, and the science granting agencies—including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture, the Department ... of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Coun- cil ... president of the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 19:20

... masculine behavior in themselves and others, and that the beliefs and behaviors fostered in men and boys, the resources available to demonstrate masculinity, and the resources boys and men use to ... increases the risk of not detecting the cancer until it is advanced, and often incurable. In the only empirical, population-based Key Determinants of the Health and Well-Being of Men and Boys ... summary of key determinants of the health and well-being of men and boys in the United States. I identify 31 key determinants of physical and mental health from an extensive review of literature....

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... solidification behaviour of the sample differed from tip to the end of the wedge. The thinner part of the specimen was cooled rapidly than the base of the wedge. The XRD pattern of this part is given ... α and β, to asses the GFA of BMGs. According to the fact that the low T l could be an indicator of the high stability of the liquid and that high T x was of a high thermal stability, they ... ZrB 2 Figure 4.8 The SE images of the (a) outer and (b) inner regions of the cylindrical sample magnified 1000 times to the actual sizes. The thermal analysis of the cylindrical sample...

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