Sentences with phrase «plants function at»

More knowledge of the basic function of auxin is in itself important to the life sciences: how plants function at various levels, from cell to organs and as a whole.

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«There's a permaculture principle known as stacking functions, the notion that everything you plant in a garden should serve at least three functions.

How can anyone not believe in God????? Just use your head and look at a baby, the universe, plants, seasons, the human body and how it operates with daily functions, and there is not enough paper or rams on my computer to write all the reasons there is a God.

Of course even the potentiality of a fetus has some value, but this value (even plants have some value) is nothing absolute and should be weighed against the values of those — especially the mother — actually functioning at a much higher level (i.e., at the level of sentiency, at the very least, if not at the level of rationality).

«By reducing the capacity, you damage the nuclear power plant at the heart of its economic function.»

At 12:30 p.m., local elected officials, NYSEG ratepayers, and anti-fracking climate activists hold a press briefing on the proposal to keep the Cayuga Power plant functioning by converting it to natural gas, state Capitol, 3rd floor (outside LCA offices), Albany.

Midler recalled when she first mentioned, at a public function, her ambition to plant one million trees.

While French's employment status at the town is being evaluated, Conover says the top priority of officials is to make sure the plant is functioning properly and safely.

Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at the University of Adelaide's Waite campus then investigated the function of this gene.

The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, an industry body, estimates that core cooling systems are not functioning at all three Fukushima Daiichi operating reactors and two of the four reactors at the nearby Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant are relying on backup cooling systems.

«If we want to engineer the right microbiome to support plant growth, we need to understand the real function of the microbiome and not just sequence marker genes,» said study co-first author Asaf Levy, a research scientist at the JGI.

Previous studies that have considered function have mainly looked at a single host - microbe interaction, such as the one between an Arabidopsis plant and a pathogen.

Though it's not yet clear whether these trends hold for all plant eaters, that they exist at all means that ecologists need to keep them in mind as they figure out the dynamics of how ecosystems function.

When Paz Merelo, a postdoc in Heisler's lab at EMBL, examined Arabidopsis plants in which these Class IIs were not functioning, the microRNAs were no longer inhibited in the top side of the growing leaves.

At issue are the plant cell's transcription and translation processes, in which genetic instructions encoded in DNA are transcribed into messenger RNAs, which are then translated into amino acids to create proteins that carry out specific functions.

Nicholas Brereton, a research fellow at Université de Montréal's Plant Biology Research Institute and senior author of the study, adds that «our initial mind - set was that bioinformatics and biology could be more profoundly integrated to see the diversity of function within a challenged root system.

Michael Broberg Palmgren however, thinks there might also be a positive way to look at the double function of the pumps: «Theoretically it could be possible to breed plants that are effective in clearing contaminated soil of cadmium,» he points out.

This system of simple sensors and controllers provides three critical functions — data acquisition, control of power plants, and alarm display — and allows operators who sit at central control stations to perform certain tasks, such as opening or closing a circuit breaker.

Invasive plant species can be a source of valuable ecosystem functions where native coastal habitats such as salt marshes and oyster reefs have severely declined, a new study by scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina - Wilmington finds.

Solving a puzzle of plant manipulation Rather than try to isolate single genes related to secondary cell wall production, the researchers looked at the function of hundreds of transcription factors working within the root xylem's regulatory network.

It was assumed back in the 18th century, when people first realized — like Linnaeus and others — that plants have sex at all, male and female sex, it was assumed that the real function was to produce offspring, that is seeds, and that since they were both there, the plants fertilized itself.

They set out to assess the rate at which plant material decomposed as a function of background radiation, placing hundreds of samples of uncontaminated leaf litter (pine needles and oak, maple and birch leaves) in mesh bags throughout the area.

Interests: Physiological ecology of plants, role of plant species in Arctic ecosystem function, climate change; lead principal investigator at Arctic LTER.

The branch density function depicts the likelihood of finding a branch at any point in the space surrounding a plant.

The microbe is particularly well suited for testing the functions of individual plant genes because bacterial DNA disrupts the genome at the point of insertion.

The novel function of AvrPtoB was «like a new trick,» said co-author Alan Collmer, the Andrew J. and Grace B. Nichols Professor of Plant Pathology and Plant - Microbe Biology at Cornell University.

As matcha is a plant compound it is full of fiber which is necessary to keep your digestive system functioning at an optimum level.

Many beneficial plant compounds, including flavonoids, phenols, and terpenes, are often overlooked, and thus many bodily functions may stop working at their best potential.

You will need to look at the specific key nutrients needed to support healthy thyroid function: like iodine, iron status, assess that you are producing enough stomach acid to convert plant based iron into the absorbable form of iron; you need adequate amounts of selenium, zinc and cofactors that we get from vitamins A, C, E and the amino acid tyrosine.

As part of an attempt to analyze rhythmic phenomena in the long - day plant Sinapis alba L. at the molecular level, we have searched for mRNAs whose concentration varies as a function of time of day.

Although the folks at Ram call the eTorque - equipped power plants mild hybrids, the system essentially amounts to an enhanced start - stop function.

Their livers are poor at removing the toxins found in many plants as they rely on their prey to have already eliminated plant toxins (this poor liver function also makes them susceptible to poisoning - many human - safe drugs and essential oils are toxic to cats).

It is therefore important to examine aspects of plant growth and function at sub-ambient CO2 levels in order to refine our understanding of the relationship between plant function and low CO2 conditions.

«Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labor; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single - product system.»

«Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system.»

Operate and maintain sewage treatment plant and pumping station systems processing 450M gallons of waste daily; keep sophisticated machinery and equipment functioning at optimal performance through detailed inspection, effective troubleshooting, and skillful mechanical / electrical repair.

Project Manager — Barquisimeto Plant • Barquisimeto, Venezuela 12/1999 — 08/2002 Functioned as Laundry Powders and Liquids Project Manager at Barquisimeto Plant, Venezuela.

M a n a g e r Information Officer for the Mercedes - Benz plant Sindelfingen and Head of the Center of Competence (CoC) for Electric / Electronic Systems and Maintenance Applications - Responsible for the coordination of all IT support and service functions at plant Sindelfingen - Responsible for design development and support of all Daimler - wide Flashware distributions systems including development, production and after - sales...

Elsewhere on the site is a display of how cassava was prepared and then made into bread (you can sample a piece at the restaurant here); some replicas of carved «zemis» (sculptural objects which housed a spirit); and another hut that functioned as a clinic where a shaman would wave plants and shake rattles over a patient to get in contact with the god of health and determine the nature of a person's ailment.

Make a personal contact with reporters at a meeting or community function to put a face to the byline, and plant the seed in their minds of using you as a potential news source.

The yard didn't have any structure at all to begin with, so last year we focused on adding shape, interest and function by creating a pea gravel patio for our fire pit, a flagstone walkway, and designated some planting areas.