For the leaf succulent Agave deserti and the stem succulent Ferocactus acanthodes, increasing the ambient CO(2) level from 350 microliters per liter to 650 microliters per liter immediately increased daytime net CO(2) uptake about 30% while leaving nighttime net CO(2) uptake of these Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants approximately unchanged. A similar enhancement of about 30% was found ...

Rapid progress in gastroenterological research, during past century, was initiated by the discovery by W. Prout in early 18th century of the presence of inorganic, hydrochloric acid in the stomach and by I.P. Pavlov at the end of 19th century of neuro-reflex stimulation of secretion of this acid that was awarded by Nobel prize in 1904. Then, J. W. Black, who followed L. Popielski's concept of h...

The three recent Special Reports of the IPCC provide an opportunity to understand overarching climate risk, as they cover a wide diversity risks natural and human systems. Here we develop scoring system translate qualitative risk assessments into scores that, when aggregated, describe global from change. By end this century, will increase substantially with greenhouse gas emissions compared tod...

Abstract As a presentation of the dossier “From Independence to Empire: health and disease in Brazil nineteenth century,” article contrast “modern Brazil” imagined by medical political elites on occasion First Centenary 1922 with numerous problems challenges field that republic, its third decade, had inherited from colonial Imperial periods. In addition, it highlights issues history 19th centur...

The second half of the twentieth century can be called the age of individualization when individual values and differences are recognized and respected. Intelligence is among the various aspects of individual differences which affect education and language learning. As such, the present study aimed at investigating the relationship between Multiple Intelligence and Reading Comprehension Abiliti...