the aim of this study is to determine the formic features of modern sculpture. modern era has been an era filled with ups and downs for art world. in this article, modernism has considered the visual art movements, between 1890 and 1950 that with their innovations, have tried to be separating from the art of the past and have been confronting classical forms. although it is difficult to explain...

The mammalian pit-1 gene encodes a 33 kd transcription factor (1,2) expressed in a subset of endocrine cells of the anterior pituitary (3). Pit-1 is structurally related to the POU family of transcriptional regulators (4), containing a characteristic POU domain divided into two regions, the POU-specific and homeo subdomains. Located in the C-terminal half of the protein, the POU domain is criti...

In a lichen sample collected from a tree in Bârlad town (Vaslui County, Romania), a new tardigrade species belonging to the genus Milnesium (granulatum group) was found. Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. is most similar (in the type of dorsal sculpture) to Milnesium beasleyi Kaczmarek et al., 2012 but differs from it mainly by having a different claw configuration and some morphometric characters....

A large metal sculpture, consisting of four orbs, commissioned for the stairway atrium of the Fitzpatrick CIEMAS Engineering Building at Duke University embodies the important idea that Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art are closely connected. Made from hundreds of pounds of powder-coated, laser-cut aluminum, with an underlying geometric design, it was assembled at a four-hou...

The air-seeding hypothesis predicts that xylem embolism resistance is linked directly to bordered pit functioning. We tested this prediction in trunks, roots, and branches at different vertical and radial locations in young and old trees of Pseudotsuga menziesii. Dimensions of bordered pits were measured from light and scanning electron micrographs, and physiological data were from published va...

replacement or even cause community turnover to a fundamentally different assemblage. It is also crucial that future research addresses how temperature, CO2, or edaphic factors may modify plant responses to precipitation variability. As precipitation is coupled with the processes controlling N availability, ecosystem responses to climate change will depend on how the strength of that coupling v...