At a critical moment in the movie The Unbearable Lightness of Being,1 the audience sees a glass tremble on a table. Because the story is set in Prague Spring of 1968, we know the rattling glass and then the faint rumble signal the arrival of Soviet tanks. But the tremors go unnoticed by the characters, Tomas, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, and Tereza, played by Juliette Binoche, who are arguing ov...

In this article, the use of art and literature as language religious education has been researched evaluations related to subject have given. People did not establish their communication with each other only in prose verbal, but they used a means interaction. Investigation whether there are interaction languages apart from speech makes study important. study, which was carried out reveal import...

"Who is tlie hero? The world replies: " H e who overcomes in battle and subdues nations,—who brings home spoils gained by immense destruction of liuman life. A conqueror who leaves behind nothing but ruin wlieresoe'er he roves." Such are the lauded heroes of the world. He who jjoes forth to battle tilled with an ardent desire of victory for thesake of human applause,—who unrelentingly spares ne...

Introduction: The intricacies and complexities of the primate motor control system are simply mind-boggling. This is evident by looking at the magnitude of theories that are continuously being published, refined, and outright rejected on almost a weekly basis. Many times the problem comes down to the limited scope of the investigation. The primate motor control system is so incredibly multi-dim...

Although a tremendous effort has been made to perform a reliable analysis of images and videos in the past fifty years, the reality is that one cannot rely 100% on the analysis results. The only exception is applications in controlled environments as dealt in machine vision, where closed world assumptions apply. However, in general, one has to deal with an open world, which means that content o...

Plant polyphenolics are receiving increased attention for their influences on belowground processes. Tannins are of particular interest because of their predominance in natural systems, their wide variation in both quality and quantity, and their protein-binding abilities. Current theory holds that simple phenolics increase microbial activity by acting as carbon substrates, while larger tannins...

Fine-root (diameter ≤ 10 mm) standing biomass, length, distribution, production, and decomposition were studied in mixed conifer – broad-leafed forest stands 48, 122, and 232 years after fire on clay soils in the southern boreal forest of Quebec. A combination of ingrowth bags, soil cores, and root litter bags was used. Forest composition changed from trembling aspen(Populus tremuloides Michx.)...

We examined fifth-year seedling response to soil disturbance and vegetation control at 42 experimental locations representing 25 replicated studies within the North American Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) program. These studies share a common experimental design while encompassing a wide range of climate, site conditions, and forest types. Whole-tree harvest had limited effects on planted s...

This paper reviews aspects of the functional ecology of naturally established tree seedlings in the boreal forests of North America with an emphasis on the relationship between light availability and the growth and survival of shade tolerant conifers up to pole size. Shade tolerant conifer species such as firs and spruces tend to have a lower specific leaf mass, photosynthetic rate at saturatio...

The effects of single-season tropospheric ozone (0,) exposures on growth, leaf abscission, and biomass of trembling aspen (Popu1u.s tremuloides Michx.) rooted cuttings and seedlings were studied. Plants were grown in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in open-top chambers with 0, exposures that ranged from 7 to 92 ppm-h. Depending on the genotype, total seasonal 0, exposure in the range of 50-92 p...