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- 701: The Autumn and the Fall of Leaves
- ... make a little sound, less than the least of sounds. No bird at night in the marshes rustles so slightly, no men, though men are the most refined of living beings, put so passing a stress upon their sacred whispers or their prayers. The leaves are hardly heard, but they are heard just so much that men also, who are destined at the end to grow glorious and to die, look ...
- 702: Involvement of K+ in Leaf Movements During Suntracking
- ... interception of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). In some plants, but not all, his response occurs particularly during the morning and late afternoon, when the light is coming at more of an angle and the water stress is not as severe (Donahue and Vogelmann). Under these conditions the lamina of the leaf is within less than 15° from the normal to the sun. Many plants that exhibit diaheliotropic movements also show paraheliotropic ...
- 703: Historical Development of Atomic Structure
- ... of one, and has no positive or negative charge (i.e. it is neutral). It is found in the nucleus of atoms, along with the proton.Chadwick was one of the first British scientists to stress the development of a possible atom bomb. His name was strongly associated with the British atomic bomb effort, especially during World War II. During the last two years of W.W.II (1943-1945) Chadwick ...
- 704: Robert Wright's Article "The Evolution of Despair"
- ... in a sense of life's pointlessness or beset for days by unresolved anxiety; whether deprived by long workweeks from quality time with offspring or drowning in quantity time with them whatever the source of stress, we at times get the feeling that modern life isn't what we were designed for" (1). Everyone, at some point, has experienced the feelings that Wright describes. And with the pronoun we' Wright tells ...
- 705: Turner Syndrome
- Turner Syndrome There are many possible reasons why a child may grow slowly, including: hereditary factors (short parents), diseases affecting the kidneys; heart, lungs or intestines; hormone imbalances; severe stress or emotional deprivation; infections in the womb before birth; bone diseases; and genetic or chromosomal abnormalities. The Turner Syndrome (known as Ullrich-Turner Syndrome in Germany) is a congenital disease. A German doctor named Ullrich ...
- 706: Sharks
- ... by. When a fish must swim to survive, its skeleton should be lightweight so the water pressure doesnt push the fish down towards the bottom. Sharks also hunt. The cartilage helps relieve the stress of the water resistance as the shark swims. The sharks skeleton is hollow on the inside. Each bone is filled with a mixture of air and fluid. The shark can regulate the amount of air ...
- 707: Salt Pollution
- ... effects the soil vegetation grows in, it also can directly effect vegetation itself. Vegetation can be dehydrate to the point of death when in contact with high levels of salt. This occurs because the osmotic stress put on the plant make it react like it was in a drought. A decrease in roots production and burns to leaf tips cause the plant to go into shock. Salt injury will also occur ...
- 708: Carnivorous Plants
- ... Life briefly describes the process of the Venus fly trap closing once triggered by saying that: trigger cells at the foot of the hair are deformed, as if pried by a lever. Stimulated by the stress, trigger cells generate an electric signal that flows from cell to cell through the leaf. Specialized motor cells receive the signal, change shape, and cause the trap to close. About ten days are needed for ...
- 709: The Roots of Judaism and Christianity
- ... s revelation. The Roman Catholics and Orthodox give greater importance to the tradition of the church in defining the content of faith, believing it to be divinely guided in its understanding of scriptural revelation. They stress the role of ecumenical councils in the formulation of doctrine, and in Roman Catholicism the pope, or bishop of Rome, is regarded as the final authority in matters of belief. Christian societies have exhibited great ...
- 710: Religion Support and Education
- ... changed dramatically over the past number of years and the Traditional Nuclear Family is no longer the predominant family unit. Canada is now made up of what one writer has called, The Pluralistic Family. The stress being brought to bear on families and marriages today from all sides is horrendous. 5 It is not an overstatement to say that the survival of any society rests with the family. We are born ...
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