" There's a perception that global warming is something that will happen smoothly into the future, but some of these ecosystems go into abrupt decline when warming reaches a certain threshold, " said Tim Lenton, an environmental scientist at the University of East Anglia, and lead author of the study. " If we know when the different tipping points are, we can use them to inform targets to limit...

Research on consumer, grower, and landscape manager perception of azalea lace bug, Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott), feeding and on plant productivity parameters, including gas exchange and growth, has increased our understanding of the nature of feeding injury. These studies made it possible to develop decision-making guidelines for cost-effective maintenance of aesthetically pleasing azaleas. Cr...

The use of programmed cell death (PCD) to remodel plants at the cellular, tissue, and organ levels is particularly fascinating and occurs in such processes as tracheary element differentiation, lysigenous aerenchyma formation, development of functionally unisexual flowers from bisexual floral primordia, and leaf morphogenesis. The formation of complex leaf shape through the use of PCD is a rare...

Lace bug infestationsmay have health consequences, including nuisance biting and cutaneous and systemic reactions. Clinicians should be aware of the existence of this insect with its newly recognized bloodsucking ability as potentially responsible for skin lesionsandpruritus thatcancause real discomfort and anxiety. Bites from the lace bugmay also beconsidered in thedifferential diagnosisofbedb...

Corset and Lace are runtime environment interfaces. Corset is an interface specification for a compact runtime support environment for tasking, for Ada. Lace is a specification for a low-level adaptable common executive that implements a model of real-time, lightweight tasks. These interfaces are designed to promote a wide range of implementations and extensions, tailored to the needs of divers...

Purpose: To determine the more effective ankle brace (lace-up or Aircast ankle brace) at providing dynamic postural control in volleyball players with unstable ankle under functional fatigue conditions. Methods: Subjects of this study participated in 3 separate testing sessions and did not use or used a different brace at each session i.e. no brace (NB), lace-up ankle brace (AB), and Airca...