Carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas and a major agent of climate change. This study quantified carbon (C) emissions from energy consumption and C storage and uptake by greenspace for three cities in middle Korea: Chuncheon, Kangleung, and Seoul. Carbon emissions were estimated using C emission coefficients for fossil fuels consumed. Carbon storage and uptake by woody plants were compu...

1. Significance of Land Reclamation 2. Evaluation of Possible Expansion of Arable Lands 3. Peculiarities and Principles of Efficiency Evaluation 4. History of the Question 5. Expenses for Construction of Reclamation Systems and Land Development 6. Running Costs. Income 7. Methods of Economic Efficiency Evaluation 7.1 Traditional Methods 7.2 Discounting methods. 7.3 Uncertainty and Risk Calculat...

Soil salinity is one of the problems threatening agricultural lands. Parts of this phenomenon are related to geologic formations and saltpans, while some major factors are resulted from irrelevant agricultural activities, issue of irrigation, and improper cultivation systems which lead to increase in soil salinity. To avoid such consequences that would end up with ecosystem degradation, suitabl...

Active zones are the sites of neurotransmitter release, but their assembly mechanisms are poorly understood. In this issue of Neuron, Graf et al. perform a genetic screen in Drosophila and uncover a novel role for the Rab3 GTPase in organizing the active zone at the neuromuscular junction.

loaded and a portion of the nitrate is absorbed by the blood stream as nitrate and nitrite. Some of the nitrate Nitrate contained in forage may pose performance and health risks that is absorbed recycles back to the rumen through to ruminants. With timely and accurate assessment of forage nitrate levels, steps to reduce the risks of excessive nitrate intake by livestock saliva thereby adding ag...

The 53.1 acre Stone Road Retail property, located on the northeast corner of Edinburgh & Stone Road in Guelph, is comprised of the following: 9.9 acres Edinburgh Market Place constructed in 1996; 6.4 acres zoned service/commercial, 9 acres high density residential and 27.7 acres institutional/research park. The 9 acre property, leased to Richmond Properties Ltd is comprised of private sector re...

i iii Acknowledgment My deepest gratitude goes to my advisor, Ira Gessel, without whom this work would not be possible; I would like to thank him for his generosity in sharing his insight and time with me, and his constant patience and encouragement. It was and will always be my pleasure to work with him.

This paper focuses on the response of the Royal Society to the increasing contact with parts of the globe beyond Europe. Such contact was in accord with the programme of Baconian natural history that the early Royal Society espoused, but it also raised basic questions about the extent and nature of the pursuit of natural history. In particular, the paper is concerned with the attention paid to ...

Relations between the rural populace and the grass-roots levels of government vary enormously across China. A key reason, we have discovered during research in a range of rural districts, is that the very nature of the power wielded by a local rural government today is strongly influenced by the extent of local industrialization and, just as importantly, by the type of factory ownership that pr...