... straightforward and comprehensible way the facts as I see them surrounding theoriginand formation ofthe Chinese script in the second half ofthe second millennium B.C., andof its reformation and standardization ... There are two senses in which one can speak oftheoriginand develop ~ ment of writing For want of better labels I shall call these the material andthe linguistic The former refers to theorigin ... been These two parts, taken as a unit, account for the whole ofthe linguistic history, in the sense de fined above, oftheoriginandearly development ofthe Chinese writing system Except for the...
... genomics ofthe ancestral composition ofthe key functional systems ofthe LECA, such as the nuclear pore [28,69], the spliceosome [29], the RNA interference machinery [70], the proteasome andthe ... involving the uptake of an α-proteobacterium by an archaeal cell led to the generation ofthe mitochondria This was followed by the evolution ofthe nucleus andthe compartmentalization ofthe eukaryotic ... destroyed the biological underpinning ofthe near-root positions ofthe (former) early branching groups of protists by showing that none of them ancestrally lack mitochondria, as they all have genes of...
... the U.S.) Such was the weight ofthe NSFNET program’s COMMUNICATIONS OFTHE ACM February 1997/Vol 40, No 105 ecumenism and funding ($200 million, 1986–1995) andthe quality ofthe protocols themselves ... specifications ofthe protocols The beginnings ofthe ARPANET andthe Internet in the university research community promoted the academic tradition of open publication of ideas and results However, the normal ... is the Director ofthe Computer Networks Division ofthe Information Sciences Institute ofthe University of Southern California Lawrence G Roberts (lroberts@atmsys.com) is the President of ATM...
... exemplary missions, SOFIA as the successor ofthe airborne Kuiper Observatory ofthe 1980s andearly 1990s, JWST as the successor of Hubble, andthe space probes Herschel and GAIA SOFIA and Herschel ... the Formation of Stars 21 where M andand L are the mass and luminosity ofthe Sun and M and L the same for the star [858] Clearly, this development put an end to the perception that the Draper ... About the Book The study ofthe formation andearly evolution of stars has been an ever growing part of astrophysical research Traditionally, often in the shadow of its big brothers (i.e., the...
... biomass and there was no consistent pattern in the way undercutting affected lateral and fine root biomass of birch and beech on the one hand and oak and ash on the other Thus, the reason for the ... Seedling morphology By the end of production at the nursery, the height ofthe birch seedlings was more than double the height ofthe other three species (figure 1a); however, there was uncut much ... another at cm above the root collar, dry weights of stem, tap roots, lateral roots and fine roots, andthe number of lateral roots emerging from the undercut point and from other points on the...
... Voice is the form ofthe verb, which shows the relation between the action and its subject In Englishand Vietnamese, there are two voices: the active andthe passive If the subject performs the action, ... benefit from the findings ofthe analysis of headlines in Vietnamese andEnglish It can assist the teacher to be aware ofthe structural conflicts ofthe headlines ofthe two languages and, as a ... Under the head we understand a word in the phrase ″around which the other components cluster and which dictates concord and other kinds of congruence with the rest ofthe sentence outside the phrase″...
... teachers of English? Scope ofthe study Due to the limit in time and within the framework of an M.A thesis, it is impossible for a study to deal with all the features of language theory and practice ... consists of chapters Chapter discusses the review of related literature and theoretical background of every matter mentioned in the title ofthe study Chapter and are the analysis ofthe headlines ... Design ofthe study This thesis consists of three parts: Part A is the introduction which shows the reasons why the topic is chosen, what the study aims at as well as the scope ofthe study and...
... restoration and research in China Journal of Plant Ecology, 2(2), 45-54 Chen, L Z., Wang, W Q & Lin, P (2005) Photosynthetic and physiological responses of Kandelia candel L Druce seedling to duration of ... rise influence propagule establishment, early growth and physiology of Kandelia candel and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 306(2), 197-215 Youssef, T., ... anglica marshes in the Waihopai River Estuary, New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Botany, 19(1), 115-121 Jackson, M B., & Drew, M C (1984) Effects of flooding on growth and metabolism of herbaceous...
... from pre-dispersal herbivory and dispersal, they have to overcome multiple constraints to establishment andearly development of mangrove seedlings These constraints either act in isolation or synergistically, ... further expands knowledge beyond two species as the data collected corresponds to the spatial distribution of mangroves across 14 species and life stages (seedling, sapling and trees) Taken together, ... The thesis provides support that strengthens the main guiding principle of EMR whereby rehabilitation should work within the physical boundary conditions that control mangrove establishment and...
... with the lowest Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC) value (Akaike, 1974) The AIC is a measure ofthe parsimony of models, and is based on a trade-off between deviance reduction andthe number of ... Aerial view of experimental set-up, (b) side and (c) aerial view of each pair of reservoir and experimental tank 49 Figure 4.2: Photographs of (a) the actual mesocosm set-up andthe experimental ... days and Avicennia propagules, 10 days Anchored seedlings were then randomly assigned to one ofthe three experimental treatments: (i) short inundation of h (ii) medium inundation of h and (iii)...
... polyculture These ponds were created in theearly 1980s and originally operated by a Korean venture They were then bought and managed by the University of Muhammadiyah, Makassar (UNISMUH) In the past, ... sea level, thereby promoting the occurrence of sufficiently long inundation-free periods for the establishment of stranded propagules The creation of substrate mounds in the middle of ponds could ... through the trial deployment of a pile of broken branches over an area of 770 m2 and surface elevation range of 0.641 m to 0.748 m WGS 84 Compared to other areas which had been graded up andof similar...
... implications on the stranding and subsequent rooting of propagules, before 20 propagule viability is lost Propagule buoyancy, period of obligate dispersal, rooting time, andthe action of tides and currents ... this theory statistically The study quantified the relationship between species’ dominance and hydroperiod (defined in the study as the duration of inundation in a year), soil salinity and water ... hydroperiod and surface elevation, andthe establishment and subsequent survival of mangrove vegetation has been acknowledged by rehabilitation practitioners, and is evident in their use of a comparable...
... and objectives The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of hydrologic management in the success of mangrove rehabilitation projects The focus is on how surface elevation and ... deforestation and aquaculture activities were responsible for huge expanses of derelict land For example, Philippines lost 67% of their mangroves between 1951 and 1987, of which conversion of mangroves ... mangroves The study focused on (i) tidal inundation regime – by restoring a gradient of tidal regime in the abandoned ponds to study the effects of inundation and (ii) surface elevation – regrading the...
... succession The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of hydrologic management in the success of mangrove rehabilitation projects The focus is on how tidal inundation and surface ... wetlands, andthe aims and objectives of this thesis in contributing to this set of rehabilitation knowledge Chapter starts with an introduction and review of literature regarding coastal wetland ... Rehabilitation (EMR) 1.4 Aims and objectives Chapter – Literature Review 2.1 The roots of restoration science 2.2 The restoration of coastal wetlands 2.2.1 The evolution of coastal wetlands restoration 2.2.2...
... historyofthe law of bills and notes A study ofthe origins of Anglo-American commercial law JAMES STEVEN ROGERS THEEARLYHISTORYOFTHE LAW OF BILLS AND NOTES A STUDY OFTHE ORIGINS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN ... distorted The holder in due course rules were important, but they were not the be all and end all ofthe law of bills The orthodox accounts ofthehistoryofthe law of bills and notes push to the ... to other areas Most accounts ofthehistoryofthe law of bills and notes are based on the assumption that the main focus of this body of law has always been the concept of negotiability, in the...
... mentioned The men, especially the husband andthe grandfather, sip alcohol and tell their family members what they see and hear or remind them of right or wrong things in life The others also ... denoting the objects covered by the scope ofthe notion expressed in the word, andthe significative function is the function of expressing the content ofthe respective notion The function of rendering ... difficult The oldest or the husband ofthe family sits at the head ofthe table and others sit in descending order according to age or wherever they like The meal starts when everyone has their own...
... England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, containing in columns the names ofthe officers’ Note that the proportions of unpaid staff were higher in Scotland (39 per cent) and in England and Wales ... on the whole they were given greater discretion over both the range of assets they could hold andthe rate of interest they could pay In 1818 the state of Maryland granted the Savings Bank of ... shunned the deposits ofthe less well off, and usually paid no interest on deposits The bond and stock markets were beyond the reach of all but the comfortably off, and were risky to boot The previous...
... England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, containing in columns the names ofthe officers’ Note that the proportions of unpaid staff were higher in Scotland (39 per cent) and in England and Wales ... on the whole they were given greater discretion over both the range of assets they could hold andthe rate of interest they could pay In 1818 the state of Maryland granted the Savings Bank of ... shunned the deposits ofthe less well off, and usually paid no interest on deposits The bond and stock markets were beyond the reach of all but the comfortably off, and were risky to boot The previous...
... amongst other things, the continuous creation of matter to keep the density ofthe expanding Universe constant The steady-state universe was abandoned in the 1960s because ofthe properties ofthe ... be the case in theearly years ofthe 20th century when the first steps were taken, by Einstein and others, towards a scientific theory ofthe Universe Little was then known empirically about the ... provide an estimate of H0 , together with a strong confirmation ofthe validity ofthe Hubble law and, therefore, ofthe Cosmological Principle Another test of this principle is the so-called Hubble...
... The spin axes ofthe Sun andthe planets 7.4.1 Spin axes andthe Solar Nebula Theory 7.4.2 Spin axes andthe Modern Laplacian Theory 7.4.3 Spin axes andthe Accretion Theory 7.4.4 Spin axes and ... complete picture oftheoriginand evolution ofthe solar system is the Capture Theory developed by the author and colleagues since theearly 1960s This explains the basic structure ofthe solar system ... scientic theory and there are many examples in thehistoryof science that tell us so The geocentric theory ofthe solar system, the phlogiston theory of burning andthe concept of chemical alchemy...