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... This chapter therefore will be devoted mainly to the words needed for leaf description, together with their application. The Leaf.—In the axil of the whole leaf the bud forms for the growth ... of the Honey-locust or the Sumac represent the other end. The scales of many buds are merely extra parts formed for their protection, and fall immediately after the burst[Pg 32]ing of the ... buds; while other buds have the stipules of the leaves as bud-scales; these remain on the twigs for a time in the Tulip-tree, and drop immediately in the Magnolia. Forms of Buds. The size of...

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... under these circumstances would have been entirely destroyed, had it not been for the merchants' unions which were formed by the larger cities for the protection of their interests. These ... opportunity to assert for the public benefit. The railroad companies have generally a lease for ninety-nine years, and their lines become the property of the state after the expiration of that ... at the smallest practical limit of cost. The gain in freights to the people and the direct saving to the[ Pg 45]government of the United States in the use of its naval vessels would pay the...

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... 20 • They may not generate all of their revenue online (as assessed from the description of the revenue in their 10K forms) • Some critical data such as IT capital were not available. • The ... has a value of 1 for digital products companies and 0 for physical dot coms. Further, the α ’s and the corresponding levels of inputs in the last four formulations involving the dummy variable ... included in the model to control for the maturity of a company. Companies operating in the Internet space are expected to improve their conduct of business over time. Since the companies in the data...

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... notorious for the way their populations rapidly increase following environmental disturbances by dams. Their habit of digging around in the bottom and muddying the water can seriously alter the environment ... and Policies for Their Control xiii The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control 5.10 Local traditions As part of their Buddhist ... part of the drift. 20 The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control 4. FISH FAUNA OF THE MEKONG The characteristics of the receiving...

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... from the front lines and participate in the “drab, hard work of supplying” their replace- ments before receiving any type of break in their military duties. 16 Once they did gain some time for themselves, ... over three hundred teams operated in the theater, excluding numerous other informal games. 88 The following year another report claimed that the 70 the game’s the thing 03-N2866 1/7/04 2:47 PM Page ... Kenneth Sears struck the decisive blow for the Navy with a home run in the top of the twelfth inning that resulted in the Army contingent’s third con- secutive loss. The situation for the defeated Army...

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... view that the HRH subgroup was the best forum for formulating a response. Upgrading the capacity of health workers appears as the third strategic programme area in the health chapter of the Lao ... conceived the project, developed the research design, undertook the key informant interviews, prepared the analysis and drafted the manuscript; PSH assisted with the research design, undertook the ... number not for citation purposes) Human Resources for Health Open Access Research Paris on the Mekong: using the aid effectiveness agenda to support human resources for health in the Lao People& apos;s...

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... return to the sea carried by the cycle of water. In Figure 1.1 the ocean on the left supplies the rain to the land on the right, and the water carrying sediments drains back to the ocean. In the original ... only paid to people, money only measures the human service contribution to the process. A method is required that evaluates the contribution of the wetlands and the people in the economy. ... HEAVY METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: USING WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL This book is a story about scientific studies for achieving a better fit of the economy with the earth cycle. We call the development...

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... HEAVY METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: USING WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL While lead has long been known as a toxin, the last 20 years has confirmed the poisonous effects of lead for the neurological ... these elements and their impact on the environment — the field of ecotoxicology. Some of the questions about heavy metals and environment are scientific issues about the way systems self-organize their cycles ... that accounts for the natural distribution of the heavy metals? The tendency for heavy metals to circulate and become concen- trated high in the energy hierarchy of the earth and of the economy...

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... lead since the leaded gasoline maximum in 1980. They calculated lead removal response times (turnover times) as 17 years for northern hardwood forests and 77 years for subalpine spruce–fir forests. Gambrell ... proportional to the concentration in the waters decreased as the bound quantity reaches the capacity limit in the sludge. These limits were calibrated in batch experiments evaluating equilibrium thermal ... the swamp with enclosures 40 × 10 m. The heavy metal solutions were mixed into partially treated sewage flow through one of the enclosures. The other received only the sewage waters. Most of the...

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... for the same emergy flows, which means the transformity increases. If the energy source is solar energy, then the solar transformity of the inflow to the first unit is 100 sej/100 J = 1 sej/J; the ... coefficient). The more tightly they are bound, the less time they remain in river and seawaters (smaller residence time). The shorter the residence time the lower the concentrations in the seawaters. The ... beings, their brains, and their information processing have higher emergy per gram and transformity than heavy metals. In a functioning organization, the humans, their brains, and infor- mation...

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... METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: USING WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL decrease at night. The oxygen increase in daytime is the gross photosynthesis minus the concurrent respiration. You can add the night ... increase during the day, based on the idea that the more sugar made by the plant the more respiration there is. See Appendix A5 A for more details. In Figure 5.4 the respiration (below the line) ... above the horizontal line are increases (positive), and points below the line are decreases (negative). The shaded area above the line is net photosyn- thesis, and the shaded area below the line...

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... 6.2%) of the organic humic molecules diffused in the other direction across the membrane, as measured with an instrument measuring the absorption of ultraviolet light. The lower the pH the more ... from the literature and confirmed with the study of lead fractions (Figure 6.5), much of the lead combines with humic substances. To measure the binding to the humic substances in the waters of the ... SWAMPS 85 bound by the humic substances in solution on the other side. One side of the membrane had lead solution only, whereas the other side had lead solution plus that bound in the organic matter....

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... November and replacing them in April. Thus, there was about 2 months growth before the leaves fell. Growth stopped for about 4 months, resuming after the leaves returned. The rate of growth (centimeters ... was designated for the stabilization of seedlings and the development of a small ecosystem in the container. Figure 7.2 shows the average addition to height of seedlings over the 16 months of ... in the Steele City Bay was duplicated in microcosm by adding sulfuric acid to the dripping waters. pH is the scale of acidity (concentration of hydrogen ions on a logarithmic scale; the lower the...

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... of the frame [the heat sink]). Shown within the swamp (Figure 8.1) are the plants, the organic sediments, and consumers (microbes and small animals). The plants produce the organic matter of their ... relationships. For example, if we believe that the flow of organic matter from the plant storage (P) to the organic sediment storage (D) is in proportion to the amount of plants, the mathematical term for the ... Crossing the boundary into the swamp systems are the flows of sunlight, the wind, and the inflows of water carrying lead. The water inflow includes stream and the rain. Outflows shown crossing the boundary...

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... HEAVY METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: USING WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL 500 m from the Dabrowka Channel outlet. The dike (Figure 9.18) would be 0.80 m high and 2.5 m wide, resulting in the formation of ... simultaneous erosion of the river bottom in the main stream of the wetland. The consequence was a successive disappearance of the wetland progressing downstream from the outlet of Dabrowka Channel. As the wetland ... 9.12 is typical of the analyses, showing higher concentrations of zinc and lead in the sediments than in the plants growing on them. Based on the many plant associations found, their cover, and...

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