These benefits may include for example reduced pollution outflow and erosion and better wind protection pest control and pollination.
Old bicycle wheel and lab motor used in experiment Fish school primarily for protection from predators
#New cell component important to tea and wine-makingscientists have discovered where plants build tannins complex chemicals used by plants for defence and protection.
or proanthocyanidins are thought to play diverse roles such as defense against herbivores and pathogens or ultraviolet protection.
and therefore first to manufacture leather laces and soles protecting feet of rough ground. The result was unexpected
Aside from their protective roles in plants tannins are also important in making tea and red wine taste the way they Do it isn't every day that a new organelle is identified
Fruits and vegetables have skins that provide natural protection against drying out discoloration and other forms of spoilage Pavlath explained.
and peeling remove that natural protection allowing deterioration and spoilage to begin. It's visible within minutes for foods like apples
They generally provide the same protection against bacteria as the natural skin if the foods are handled under sterile conditions
Without that protection the packaged food won't be sustainable. It will have a short shelf-life and spoil quickly.
If we can gain a better understanding of the factors causing honeybee decline we may be able to apply this knowledge to protecting other species. Fell cited funding from the Virginia Department of agriculture and Consumer Services the National Honey Board the Virginia Agricultural
and simple measures to deal with itthe bedbug's most closely guarded secrets--stashed away in protective armor that enables these bloodsucking little nasties to shrug off insecticides
In addition to this first-line of defense Zhu's team discovered that bedbugs have developed a second layer of protection.
In case insecticides slip past the armor other genes kick in to prevent the toxins from attacking the nervous system.
Specifically smaller stands of trees--roughly the size of a few football fields--situated throughout crop fields provided better levels of beetle protection than the much larger forest preserves set on the outskirts of farms.
what they might gain in pest protection by protecting certain patches of the landscape. The study was published in the online edition of the peer-reviewed journal Ecology Letters.
At the top China sees environmental protection and poverty alleviation as vital to national security said Gretchen Daily a biology professor at Stanford
and we have seen cases where it can induce protective enzymes in the skin. Someday patients with compromised immune systems may be able to apply sulforaphane to their skin
and dairy products is known to be beneficial for health owing to its protective effects in many chronic diseases according to the study background.
Currently central India's tiger corridors have no legal protection and the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests recently gave permission for coal mining development in a key forest corridor connecting two of the habitats in the study.
and quarantining flocks using protective equipment such as masks gloves and sterile utensils when slaughtering and preparing carcases for consumption
and enable farmers to purchase crop insurance that would provide protection against losses due to fruit-fly crop damage
A sandwich of many layers of such material might provide substantial protection from a blast in a lightweight wearable form though such applications will likely require substantial further research Fang says.
As little as three to five servings of broccoli a week provides a cancer-protective benefit but that isn't true for bags of broccoli that you pluck out of your grocery's freezer she noted.
#Ozone-protection treaty had climate benefits, too, study saysthe global treaty that headed off destruction of earth's protective ozone layer has prevented also major disruption of global rainfall patterns according to a new study in the Journal of Climate.
The 1987 Montreal Protocol phased out the use of chloroflourocarbons or CFCS a class of chemicals that destroy ozone in the stratosphere allowing more ultraviolet radiation to reach earth's surface.
but its expiration at the end of 2012 has led some countries to seek climate protections from the Montreal Protocol.
to reaffirm the protective role of young warriors to help select brave leaders among warrior groups to allow individual warriors to gain prestige to eliminate lions that prey on livestock
Their faces are broad shields the eyes reduced to tiny points at the edges and the fierce jaws bristling with sharp teeth.
and games over the course of a single season the researchers employed sensors in the helmets of 50 players on three teams in two different leagues.
The sensors were installed on an elastic base inside the helmet so that they remained in contact with the head throughout the duration of head impact allowing for measurement of head acceleration rather than that of the helmet.
Data from the sensors were transmitted wirelessly to a computer on the sideline and processed to measure both the linear and rotational head acceleration caused by each impact.
and equipment design especially in developing youth-specific helmets to better reduce accelerations from head impacts Rowson said.
but protecting Wehea Forest and Borneo's remaining forests is vital to the long term survival of the orangutans concluded Loken.
Fortunately 60%of Wehea Forest falls under Indonesia's logging moratorium which helps give legal protection to a large part of the forest for a few more years.
but protecting Wehea Forest and Borneo's remaining forests is vital to the long term survival of the orangutans concluded Loken.
Fortunately 60%of Wehea Forest falls under Indonesia's logging moratorium which helps give legal protection to a large part of the forest for a few more years.
Lastly unlike the molecules in chemical plant-protection products viruses are able to mutate which limits the development of resistance in their host.
A top priority the researchers assert should be the protection of megafauna such as forest elephants
which are more consistent and protective of human health. Dr Ashok K Giri who led the Indian research team added:
In the Wake Forest Baptist study the researchers measured the head impact exposure in 40 high school football players by using sensors placed in their helmets to record linear and rotational acceleration.
The research team hopes that this work may ultimately improve helmet safety and design to make football a safer sport.
what even today is still a virtually forgotten and neglected area of##ur planet the Guiana Shield in the north of South america.
The region accounts for more than 25 percent of the world's tropical rain forests and is one of the four remaining extensive pristine forested areas left in the world (Amazon Congo Papua new guinea and Guiana Shield.
The results will lead in the medium term to a sustainable development plan for the area with Atelopus receiving the role here of a so-called flagship species i e. a species which stands as representative for the protection of the entire area.
The Guiana Shield: Worthy of protectionnot least because of the high number of endemic species the region is one of the most important centres of biodiversity in the tropics of the New world.
Even though the forests of the Guiana Shield have had among the lowest deforestation rates of the world with very little change over the past decades rapid economic and social changes are posing increasing pressures on these relatively wellconservedforest ecosystems.
The study assigned a score to pinpoint the most important areas for protection. The analysis revealed more than 60 important primate areas including national parks game reserves forest reserves conservation areas and currently unprotected landscapes.
However the adequate protection of just nine sites including six national parks (Kilimanjaro Kitulo Mahale Saadani Udzungwa
However Tanzania has the second highest rate of forest loss in Sub-saharan africa despite considerable conservation investment and a large amount of land nominally under protection.
which cranberries may impart protective properties against urinary tract and other infections. Two new studies spearheaded by Prof.
One such trait involves an enzyme that bacteria commonly use for creating space within their protective cell wall
As it rather generically cleaves the protective bacterial cell envelope it needs to be regulated very tightly.
because females are focused more on protecting clutches than avoiding predators Sandercock said. What's quite typical for these birds is most of the demographic losses are driven by predation.
Protecting children has been uncontested an premise of public health and the evidence clearly supports the claim that children model the behavior of a parent or other close adult.
They're so effective that they are the only insecticides the World health organization uses with their mosquito nets they distribute around the globe.
The authors of the paper accept that the intensification of agriculture will have some implications for other important policy goals such as preserving biodiversity animal welfare human nutrition protecting rural economies and sustainable development.
''Sustainability requires consideration of economic environmental and social priorities'added Dr Michael Appleby of the World Society for the Protection of Animals.'
Monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies Protecting people from tobacco smoke Offering help to quit tobacco use Warning people about the dangers of tobacco Enforcing bans on tobacco advertising Promotion
Legal protection of an area followed by intensive management can reduce the level of human disturbance
And carbon is a big deal--any carbon sinks that we find we should be protecting Mitsch says.
It appears that something about the high fructose levels was causing the intestines to be less protective than normal
and also appears to attack the protecting wax on tree leaves and needles. Bonn University scientists have discovered now a responsible mechanism:
-and-prey dynamics that drive the carbon cycle and so protecting lands and storing carbon could be linked at the same time.
Protection concepts fall short of requirementsone worrying result from the study is that the impact of pesticides on these tiny creatures is already catastrophic at concentrations
which are considered protective by current European regulation. The authors point out that the use of pesticides is an important driver for biodiversity loss
Pesticides will always have an impact on ecosystems no matter how rigid protection concepts are but realistic considerations regarding the level of protection required for the various ecosystems can only be made
if validated assessment concepts are implemented. The threat to biodiversity from pesticides has obviously been underestimated in the past.
By keeping a protective layer of plant matter on the soil surface no-till practices reduce the loss of soil
Kongming Wu director of the Institute for Plant Protection at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing said This review paper will be very helpful for understanding insect resistance in agricultural systems
Green-leaf volatiles--which are also responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass--have been observed to provide plants with both direct protection by inhibiting
and indirect protection by attracting predators of the herbivores themselves. Attracting the enemies of the herbivoresthe hawkmoth Manduca sexta lays its eggs on various plants including tobacco and Sacred Datura plants (Datura wrightii.
New plant protection strategiesa similar behavioral pattern is known from potato beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata. An artificial application of (Z)- 3-or (E)- 2-hexenol (E)- 2-hexanal or 1-hexanol to potato plants lead to a disoriented behavior observed in egg-laying potato beetles.
On the basis of these results plant protection strategies seem possible which utilize artificial odor application
The protection of children and adolescents from taking up smoking is essential to the future health of Europeans
and adopt optimal public health protection measures. Stopping young people taking up smoking is a key goal of the ESC joint guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease. 4 Other recommendations are to avoid smoking
The study found that protecting natural forests avoids emissions that would otherwise result from logging
Article 5. 3 relates to the protection of public health policies with respect from tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry.**
but the graphene provides protection against oxidation. That might be one of the big things about graphene that you can have a noninvasive coating that keeps the property of the substrate
Environmental protection and restoration of the forests have so far been hindered severely by the irregularity of the mass flowering intervals
In order to examine the protective effects of parent-college student communication on student eating and physical activity behaviors the researchers recruited 746 first-year students at a large university in the U s. to complete a baseline survey plus 14 daily surveys.
The researchers led by Ram Sasisekharan the Alfred H. Caspary Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT also found that current flu vaccines might not offer protection against these strains.
Dietary nicotine may hold protective keynew research reveals that Solanaceae--a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine--may provide a protective effect against Parkinson's disease.
if nicotine or other components in tobacco provide a protective effect or if people who develop Parkinson's disease are simply less apt to use tobacco because of differences in the brain that occur early in the disease process long before diagnosis. For the present population-based study Dr. Susan Searles Nielsen
Researchers noted that the apparent protection from Parkinson's occurred mainly in men and women with little or no prior use of tobacco
Similar to the many studies that indicate tobacco use might reduce risk of Parkinson's our findings also suggest a protective effect from nicotine or perhaps a similar but less toxic chemical in peppers and tobacco.
Instead of the substantive innerworkings of standards'principles such as protections for air water soil biodiversity and community values debate has centered on the level of participation
and protection of endangered species but in Europe there's a broader program specifically designed for agricultural contexts to comply with environmental law
These researchers found that all 10 modern helmets provided significantly more protection than leather helmets used in the first half of the twentieth century
and demonstrated that differences also exist between modern helmets. Details on their methods and findings are found in Biomechanical performance of leather and modern football helmets.
Each helmet in turn was placed on the head form which was dropped in a controlled fashion from heights of 12 24 36 48 and 60 inches onto a standardized anvil to simulate impacts delivered from blows to the head during play.
and 2011 Virginia Tech Helmet Rating The measures were: 5 stars best available; 4 stars very good;
Each modern helmet was subjected to all 20 drop tests (four impact locations at five drop heights.
Each vintage leather helmet was subjected to 12 drop tests; the 48-and 60-inch drop tests were undertaken not
when covered by vintage helmets. Drop testing of modern helmets was conducted during an earlier study at
which time the modern helmets were assigned star ratings. Drop testing of vintage helmets was undertaken for the present investigation.
The ten modern helmets were split into two groups: six helmets with a four-or five-star rating in the first group and four helmets with a three-star or lower rating in the second group.
The two vintage helmets constituted a third helmet group. Based on the results of the drop tests the researchers calculated each helmet group's average peak accelerations for each head form position and each drop height.
Rowson and colleagues found that vintage leather helmets were associated with substantially greater peak accelerations for each drop height than all modern helmets.
In addition the researchers found modern helmets reduced the concussion risk by 45 percent for the 24-inch drop height and 96 percent for the 36-inch drop height.
Modern helmets with lower star ratings had greater peak accelerations for each drop height than modern helmets with higher star ratings
and the differences in peak accelerations between the two modern helmet groups increased with each increase in drop height.
All comparisons were statistically significant at a level of p<0. 001. The authors state that the purpose of the technical note is to provide insight as to how a previous study (Bartsch A et al.
Impact test comparisons of 20th and 21st century American football helmets. Laboratory investigation. J Neurosurg 116: 222-233 2012) could find little difference between older and modern helmets with respect to head impact doses
and head injury risks at the severity level of subconcussive injury. Rowson and his coauthors state that they offer biomechanical analysis based on helmet testing methodologies that compare relative helmet performance.
The source of their disagreement with the Bartsch study centers on the different methods used by the authors of the two studies.
Much of the discussion explains how differences in impact testing methodologies can influence the resulting data.
In an editorial companying the paper by Rowson and his colleagues (Editorial. Leather football helmets by Adam Bartsch Edward Benzel M d. Vincent Miele M d. and Vikas Prakash also published today online ahead of print in the Journal of Neurosurgery Bartsch
and his colleagues defend the study they published in the Journal of Neurosurgery in 2012 and state that differences in results between the two studies are based on the different testing methodologies used by the two groups of researchers
These researchers call for continued examination of experimental protocols that may lead to better quantification of helmet performance during simulated on-field conditions.
and roots from fig trees are used for manufacturing items such as barkcloth handicrafts shields and buildings. The authors provide examples of barkcloth manufacture from Mexico Uganda and Sulawesi.
if creating an iron shield around the rice roots will slow arsenic movement into other parts of the plant Bais said.
One of Schroeder's research advances led to the discovery of a sodium transporter that plays a key role in protecting plants from salt stress
and plans for their conservation thanks largely to University of Birmingham plant scientist Nigel Maxted a long time champion for their protection and Khoury's master's degree adviser.
it's just that protecting and managing them becomes more complicated. Now that the inventory is completed figuring out how to protect
and maize can significantly cut the use of crop protection agents and at the same time reduce the need for fertilizers.
In order to meet the food demand of nine billion people in 2050 and at the same time reduce our impact on the environment such as the use of crop protection agents
and is on the rise in the U s. Our study suggests that a grape-enriched diet may play a critical role in protecting against metabolic syndrome
The protective effect of berries against inflammation has been documented in many studies. Diets supplemented with blueberries
To evaluate the protective effects of berries on brain function specifically the ability of the brain to clear toxic accumulation researchers from the Human Nutrition Research center on Aging at Tufts University
After 30 days on the same berry diet the rats experienced significant protection against radiation compared to control said investigator Shibu Poulose Phd.
Current fertilization practices may not match the uptake capabilities of hybrids that contain transgenic insect protection
The study examined six hybrids each with transgenic insect protection at two Illinois locations Dekalb and Urbana.
#Chink in the armor of Schmallenberg virus identifieda key building block in the Schmallenberg virus could be targeted by antiviral drugs according to a new study led from the University of Leeds. The disease
That could be the chink in its armour. It would stop the protein wrapping up the RNA
but there has to be an investment in management and protection on the ground. You can't just have a'paper park'where an area is ring-fenced on a map
and build protective coatings--are at work in the survival of the human pathogen Salmonella. One out of every six Americans becomes ill from eating contaminated food each year with over a million illnesses caused by Salmonella bacteria according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
in addition to protecting Salmonella from heat-processing and sanitizers such as bleach biofilms preserve the bacteria in extremely dry conditions
protecting water resources and restoring an economically vital coastline we will need to invest in the characterization of our water microbiological communities and shift the pollution science paradigm toward an understanding of risk and resilience under global change.
Protecting young people from active smoking is essential since nearly 80 percent of adults who smoke begin smoking by 18 years of age said Navas-Acien.
Protecting this vital resource and helping governments in desert areas worldwide find new untapped sources of it is the wiser approach in the long run Vengosh said.
Developed countries have much more efficient systems for preserving storing transporting and protecting food from spoilage and pests.
and other advantages has fostered interest in using it in everything from lightweight armor and ballistic glass to wound dressings and scaffolds for growing replacement organs for transplantation.
The data can help agencies better manage the protection of infrastructure including levees in the New orleans area.
and breeding out undesirable traits her team added a second layer of protection: one or both of two natural genes known to resist the so-called TOSPO viruses
For UC anthropology graduate student Ryan Washam that find--in which he took part--helped spark his current research in how federal agencies are conducting archaeological and environmental protection and preservation efforts in a time of tight budgets.
Washam 23 of Florence Ky. will present a case study of protection and preservation efforts in two locales.
He also examines protection and preservation efforts in about eight square miles of the adjacent Kaibab National Forest managed by the U s. Forest Service and the Department of agriculture.
and protection of the dense archaeological record within the Grand canyon national park includingsaid Washam From the moment a visitor enters the Grand canyon by the main gateway he
However differing policies and fewer available protective resources mean that archaeological sites and finds in Kaibab National park have greater likelihood for destruction.
The little crustacean grazers some resembling tiny shrimp are critical in protecting seagrasses from overgrowth by algae helping keep these aquatic havens healthy for native
and buffer our coastal communities by providing shoreline protection from storms Grace said. These tiny animals by going about their daily business of grazing are integral to keeping healthy seagrass beds healthy.
A strategy widely used to prevent pests from quickly adapting to crop-protecting toxins may fail in some cases
and they propagate like cracks in a windshield said Vasilii Artyukhov a postdoctoral researcher at Rice
There isn't a lot of protection for natural areas against invasive species despite the fact that there is an executive order requiring federal agencies to prevent
Endres said no that the recommendations offer protection for the industry rather than punishment. The biggest threat to the biofuels industry is unsubstantiated accusations
This gave us a preliminary look at what areas are important to consider for protecting cognition during our planning for radiation treatment.
Understanding how nutrient concentrations are changing over time in reference streams is vital for informing best management practices that are aimed at protecting water resources Argerich said.
and rural societies have developed paths to coexistence through protection of livestock and control of wolf populations.
Ola Olsson would like to see better protection for nature reserves and national parks and better information and education of local people in the villages.
but the protection is said insufficient Ola Olsson. The trees also have other ecosystem functions in the form of carbon sequestration and effects on nutrient cycling and retention.
In 2009 only 173 km of grassland were under some form of protection but by 2011 even these protected areas were shrinking--with 28 per cent lost to intensive cultivation.
Only a strong political commitment to protection and restoration can prevent the impending loss of the last major flooded grassland in Southeast asia.
According to our analysis current noxious weed laws do not provide adequate protection to prevent invasions in natural areas
This will help take the expense of noxious weed control away from taxpayers while protecting conscientious biofuels developers some of
and form part of the protective coating on seeds. Phytoliths vary in appearance under a microscope depending on the kind of plant.
A drastic increase of funding and an immediate focus on the most effective protection strategies are essential to avoid future huge losses to the remaining elephant populations.
and they need protection. Unprotected roads most often associated with exploitation for timber or other natural resources push deeper and deeper into the wilderness tolling the death knell for forest elephants.
and the roads that do exist must have effective wildlife protection plans if forest elephants are to survive.
and based extensively on historical specimens from the American Museum of Natural history and nine other bee collections the study informs conservation efforts aimed at protecting native bee species
On both the political and technical sides WCS aims to ensure that future large ivory shipments are sampled for their DNA to allow the point of origin of the ivory to be determined thereby facilitating increased protection of those populations.
#Improving climate protection in the agricultural sectoragriculture is responsible for around ten to twelve percent of all greenhouse gases attributable to human activities.
The study is financed by Germany's Federal Ministry of Food Agriculture and Consumer Protection and by the Federal Program for Organic agriculture and Other Forms of Sustainable agriculture (Bundesprogramm Ãologischer Landbau und andere Formen
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