DO THE LEAVES OF OUR ORDINARY LAND PLANTS ABSORB WATER?

The Water Circuit of the Plants - Do Plants have Hearts ?

There is a correspondence between the circulation of blood in all higher animals and the circulation of sap in all higher plants-up to heights h of < ∼ 140 m-through the xylem and phloem vessels. Plants suck in water from the soil, osmotically through the roothair zone, and subsequently lift it osmotically again, and by capillary suction (via their buds, leaves, and fruits) into their crowns. I...

[The land of our fathers].

Do Leaves Control Episodic Shoot Growth in Woody Plants?

Failure of the human rectum to absorb electrolytes and water.

Absorption of electrolytes and water from the human rectum was quantified by sequential sampling of physiological solutions instilled into the rectum and by the method of continuous intraluminal perfusion. The absorptive function of the rectum measured by the perfusion technique was also compared with that of the entire large intestine. The rectum did not absorb sodium, chloride, or water from ...

Sprawl Save Our Land , Save Our Towns

Can tourism be the catalyst for urban preservation while permitting the continuation of urban culture? Only if local distinctiveness, rather than preserved monuments, is what attracts tourists to an historic region, argues Orba̧sli. The author advocates preservation through a planning-management approach. This approach avoids façadism (i.e., preservation of the physical elements only), and inste...