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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,23 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Deep diving
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,23 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Deep diving
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Author : George A. Scott
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 22,9 MB
Release : 2009-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1437905722
Since 2001, the U.S. Dept. of Labor has spent nearly $900 million on three workforce employment and training grant initiatives: High Growth Job Training Initiative (High Growth), Community-Based Job Training Initiative (Community Based), and the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED). This report examines: (1) the intent of the grant initiatives and the extent to which Labor will be able to assess their effects; (2) the extent to which the process used competition, was adequately documented; and (3) what Labor is doing to monitor individual grantee compliance with grant requirements. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Author : Tennessee Valley Authority
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 18,57 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Electric utilities
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Author : Howard Temperley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 11,53 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1135782237
A collection of essays in which every contributor focuses upon some aspect of slave emancipation with the aim of assessing to what extent the outcome met with expectation. The hopes and disappointments that characterized the transition from slavery to freedom are depicted.
Author : P.A. Keddy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401006946
Competition is one of the most important factors controlling the distribution and abundance of living creatures. Sperm cells racing up reproductive tracts, beetle larvae battling inside single seeds, birds defending territories, and trees interfering with the light available to neighbours, are all engaged in competition for limited resources. Along with predation and mutualism, competition is one of the three major biological forces that assemble living communities. Recent experimental work, much of it only from the last few decades, has enhanced human knowledge of the prevalence of competition in nature. There are acacia trees that use ants to damage vines, beetles that compete in arenas for access to dung balls, tadpoles that apparently poison their neighbours, birds that smash the eggs of potential competitors, and plants that associate with fungi in order to increase access to soil resources. While intended as an up-to-date reference work on the state of this branch of ecology, the many non-technical examples will make interesting reading for those with a general interest in nature. Greatly expanded from the first prize-winning edition, there are entirely new chapters, including one on resources and another on competition gradients in nature. The author freely ranges across all major taxonomic groups in search of evidence. The question of whether competition occurs is no longer useful, the author maintains; rather the challenge is to determine when and where each kind of competition is important in natural systems. For this reason, variants of competition such as intensity, asymmetry and hierarchies are singled out for particular attention. The book concludes with the difficulties of finding general principles in complex ecological communities, and illustrates the limitations on knowledge that arise out of the biased conduct of scientists themselves. Competition can be found elsewhere in living systems other than ecological communities, at sub-microscopic scales in the interactions of enzymes and neural pathways, and over large geographic areas in the spread of human populations and contrasting ideas about the world. Human societies are therefore also examined for evidence of the kinds of competition found among other living organisms. Using an array of historical examples, including Biblical conflicts, the use of noblemen's sons in the Crusades, the Viking raids in Europe, strategic bombing campaigns in the Second World War, and ethnic battles of the Balkans, the book illustrates how most of the aspects of competition illustrated with plants and animals can be extended to the interactions of human beings and their societies.
Author : Taiwo Ebenezer Abioye
Publisher : Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,75 MB
Release : 2024-07-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3036414096
Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology Annual Conference 2023 (2023 SEET Conference) Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology Annual Conference 2023 (2023 SEET Conference), November 07-09, 2023, Akure, Nigeria
Author : John N. Sofos
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 42,17 MB
Release : 2005-08-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780849334276
The safety of fresh meat continues to be a major concern for consumers. As a result, there has been a wealth of research on identifying and controlling hazards at all stages in the supply chain. Improving the Safety of Fresh Meat reviews this research and its implications for the meat industry. Part I discusses identifying and managing hazards on the farm. There are chapters on the prevalence and detection of pathogens and on chemical and other contaminants. A number of chapters also discuss ways of controlling such hazards in the farm environment. Part II of the book reviews the identification and control of hazards during and after slaughter. There are chapters on both contamination risks and how they can best be managed. The book also discusses the range of decontamination techniques available to meat processors as well as such areas as packaging and storage. With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Improving the Safety of Fresh Meat will be a standard reference for the meat industry.
Author : Eric G. Flamholtz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0787996211
Since it was first published in 1986, Growing Pains has become a classic resource for understanding how start-ups can make the transition to become large, professionally-managed organizations that maintain the special spark that launched them. In the fourth edition of Growing Pains, authors Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle have thoroughly revised and updated the book to include new ideas and concepts including information about strategic planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, family businesses, and overcoming growing pains, as well as new examples and cases of companies.
Author : Paul A. Keddy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1316727858
Presenting a global and interdisciplinary approach to plant ecology, this much-awaited new edition of the book Plants and Vegetation integrates classical themes with the latest ideas, models, and data. Keddy draws on extensive teaching experience to bring the field to life, guiding students through essential concepts with numerous real-world examples and full-colour illustrations throughout. The chapters begin by presenting the wider picture of the origin of plants and their impact on the Earth, before exploring the search for global patterns in plants and vegetation. Chapters on resources, stress, competition, herbivory, and mutualism explore causation, and a concluding chapter on conservation addresses the concern that one-third of all plant species are at risk of extinction. The scope of this edition is broadened further by a new chapter on population ecology, along with extensive examples including South African deserts, the Guyana Highlands of South America, Himalayan forests and arctic alpine environments.
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Page : 976 pages
File Size : 44,52 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Ecology
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Publishes essays and articles that report and interpret the results of original scientific research in basic and applied ecology.