A Functional Biology of Nematodes

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Variability in the spatial distribution of nematode communities in relation to the structural heterogeneity of the environment was studied in nine different microhabitats within a relatively small area of a natural oak forest in Bulgaria. Maturity and diversity indices, trophic structure and the distribution of colonizer-persister groups were applied to analyze the quality of substrate and ecological processes involved from a functional point of view. Two main groups of nematode communities, below- and above-ground, were distinguished in terms of the location of the microhabitats. Our results indicated a higher percentage similarity between nematode communities inhabiting microhabitats with a higher resemblance in substrate structure, and abiotic and biotic conditions than between microhabitats with more dissimilar microenvironmental conditions. The application of Detrended Correspondence Analysis helped to reveal two ecological gradients. The first one was from microhabitats characterized by smaller fluctuations in microclimatic conditions and nutrient supply to microhabitats with more adverse abiotic conditions and dynamics of food resources. Along this gradient from below- to above-ground microhabitats, the proportion of general opportunists (cp 2 taxa) increased, whereas the diversity, MI and the proportions of persisters (cp (3-5) taxa), decreased. Along the second gradient a gradual decrease in the decomposition rate within above-ground microhabitats was revealed, which was indicated by the proportion of enrichment opportunists (cp 1 taxa). The nematode communities of decaying wood had the most specific cp groups' distribution characterized by a high proportion of enrichment opportunists (colonizers). Each microhabitat has developed nematode communities with a characteristic trophic structure that was related to the relative importance of primary production and decomposition processes occurring within the microhabitat. The nematode communities of mosses growing on soil, stones and tree trunks had similar trophic structure dominated by bacterial-feeding nematode taxa. Our results supported the role of nematode communities as potential indicators of environmental conditions.

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1907. From The Every Child Should Know Series. Contents: When the Dew Falls; The Coming of the Hoar Frost; Etchings by Jack Frost; Mysteries and Beauties of the Snow; Ice and Its Formation; and The Beneficent Rain.

Determining the degree of ambiguity in frost point temperatures as measured by an optical dew point sensor (AFCRL)

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Determining the degree of ambiguity in frost point temperatures as measured by an optical dew point sensor (AFCRL)
Russell M Peirce
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Feasibility of helicopter support seek frost

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Feasibility of helicopter support seek frost
Robert L Merna
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A manually operated dew- or frost-point hygrometer system using COÂ‚Â‚coolant (BRL memorandum report)

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A manually operated dew- or frost-point hygrometer system using COÂ‚Â‚coolant (BRL memorandum report)
James. R Patchell
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To foretell frost (Signal Service notes)

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To foretell frost (Signal Service notes)
James Allen
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The book offers a careful introduction to modern non-linear mechanics. The used mathematical tools, such as tensor algebra and analysis are given in detail. The general theory of mechanical behaviour is particularized for the broad and important classes of elasticity and plasticity. It is intended to bring the reader close to the fields of today's research activities. A list of notations and an index help the reader to find specific topics. The book is based on three decades of teaching experience in this field.

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From the familiar roadrunner and common crow to the exotic quetzal and Andean cock-of-the-rock, this unusual aviary of twenty-one colorful creatures soars with feathery frivolity.

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charming.......2007-08-27

i have several books by this author; my grandchildren (ages 3, 5, 7) love them.

The Early Birds: A Mother's Story for Our Times

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Worthy reading
Wonderful story which touches on all the feelings of a preemie mom
Wonderful honesty, ironically could use editing!
I wish I could love this book
What a beautiful book!

The Early Birds: A Mother's Story for Our Times
Jenny Minton
Manufacturer: Knopf
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ASIN: 1400043832
Release Date: 2006-04-18

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In the winter of 2002, Jenny Minton delivered twin boys. She was thirty-one weeks pregnant, and her boys, conceived through in vitro fertilization, were more than two months early. Both boys were placed on immediate life support, and for sixty-four days they hovered, critically ill, in the neonatal intensive care unit of a New York City hospital. The Early Birds is a record of their time there and the story of Minton's harrowing, triumphant quest to bring her sons home.

With impeccable restraint, in sharp, unforgettable scenes, Minton takes readers into the heart of an experience that is both singular and with a significant increase in twin births over the last twenty years, and a commensurate rise in premature births increasingly common. She reflects with piercing candor on her persistent, often heartbreaking reckoning with her own guilt, and the inadequacy she feels for not having carried her boys to term. She examines how little she knew, and how little information doctors provided, as she entered the largely unregulated realm of assisted reproduction. She confronts her decision not to go back to work, and the overwhelming sensation that life has swept her away. She offers moving interrogations of science and fate, and the role of providence in conception. And she describes the glorious triumphs of ordinary life, even as she wrestles with the unanswerable questions that remain.

A fiercely intelligent, closely observed, powerfully gripping narrative about conception and childbirth, and a poignant and provocative journey into motherhood in an age of modern medicine, told with precision and indelible grace.

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Worthy reading.......2006-10-06

Nice story of the experience of premature birth and motherhood. My heart goes out to anyone who has had to face such trying circumstances, and I'm very glad the story has a happy ending.

I did get sidetracked by Minton's apparant "blame" of twins to her RE, however. On one level I kept thinking how could she not have thought thru this process, or done her homework or research as an educated health care consumer, instead of blaming everybody else after the fact?

Oh -- and as someone else mentioned, there are far too many irrelevant details or tangents. Minton is really, really proud of going to Groton. I lost count of how many times that fact was mentioned even in places seemingly irrelevant.

Wonderful story which touches on all the feelings of a preemie mom.......2006-08-06

I gave birth to twins at 32 weeks in NYC this year and they spent 6 weeks in the NICU. About a week before they came home, I was sitting on my bed, crying and feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't have them home with me, when I saw Jenny on TV discussing her new book. I immediately picked it up from the library and read it in 2 days. It was so similiar to my own experience and I thought she did a wonderful job of sharing all aspects of life during this time. The major difference being my twins were spontaneous (not from fertility treatments). There were many similiarites in the small details like her husband looking for a job when they were born (mine was too) and her father in law's struggle with cancer (my mother in law was in the midst of her cancer battle at the time as well). Also her feelings about moving out of NYC to a house in the suburbs closer to her husband's new job(we did this about a month after they came home, too) This side information may have seemed irrelevant to some, but when you are so intent on focusing on your babies survival from a premature birth, the other things going on in your life can add such an extra stress that you don't know how you can handle it all. So thank you Jenny for putting together such a wonderful story. I'm so glad you did it because I am such a poor writer. If anyone ever wants to hear how I felt through my experience I can point them to your book and tell them to read it because it says all that I would have wanted to say in an effortless, easy to read format.

Wonderful honesty, ironically could use editing!.......2006-07-25

I came very close to giving this book 5 stars, as I so much appreciated and related to much written in it. I too was a mother of a preemie, and I have had so many of the worries with each of my three children that Jenny had with hers. I loved hearing about her struggle to decide whether to go back to work or not. So many times, mothers make this out to be such a cut-and-dried decision---they are sure they want to, or they would never consider it. I think the process for many women is much like it was for me or for the author here---a hard decision to make, despite loving both the kids and the job so much! I was touched by hearing about how Jenny felt sad whenever she started pumping milk---my 3rd child would never nurse, and I had a horrible wave of sadness every time that machine turned on!

It's somewhat ironic that most of my quibbles with this book are editing related, considering its author was an editor. I think this is perhaps because the subject was so dear to her heart it was hard to leave out much. But we really didn't need random unrelated details about her extended family, or to hear for the third time musings on whether the boys would want to go to Groton, or details of small incidents like when a sister's boyfriend doesn't want to eat dinner with her, that really have o connection to the main story. I didn't feel this way about any details about the boys themselves---I guess mothers love to read about mothering and children---but there were just so many extraneous details here about so many things it almost felt like filler.

However, I do strongly recommend this book to anyone who has had a preemie, twins or is deciding on an infertility treatment. All these are topics which need more memoirs written about them!

I wish I could love this book.......2006-06-19

I wish I could agree with the other reviewers about this book - I have a soft spot for the subject matter considering that I also had a preemie baby at 31 weeks that was conceived through IVF due to infertility. But something about this book just left me cold - I just didn't feel the emotion in the writing. While I could relate on many levels the experience and the feelings of the author, I just didn't seem to connect with her.

What a beautiful book!.......2006-05-16

I happened to see author Jenny Minton on the Today Show yesterday morning, and although I'm not a mother, I was so moved by the depth of Jenny's feeling for her prematurely-born babies that I bought her book yesterday afternoon. I stayed up most of the night reading it. Early Birds is a marvelously intelligent memoir, crafted with wit as well as passion, and I'd recommend it for any woman concerned with premature delivery -- or any person who simply wants a fantastic read.

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Feathered Dinosaurs

Feathered Dinosaurs
Christopher Sloan
Manufacturer: National Geographic Children's Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0792272196
Release Date: 2000-10-01

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Feathered Dinosaurs.......2002-11-16

Feathered Dinosaurs written by Christopher Sloan is a well-written and highly illustrated book about dinosaurs having feathers, either as young or as adult for display during mating.

This book is an easy read and could be read in the age group of 9 to 12 years old. With that said, adult readers will get information from the book as well. The theory that dinosaurs had feathers has been around since the 1970's, but the fossil record is now being tapped and as paleontologists probe further into the fossil they are uncovering more and more evidence that, indeed, certain dinosaurs did have feathers.

Dinosaurs, being endothermic, that is warm-blooded, needed protection from hot and cold and feathers work well for this purpose. Like birds of today, the use of feathers make for a good display during mating and also, for recognizing like-kind, but more importantly to help regulate body temperature.

After 65 millions years since the extinction of the dinosaurs took place, we find that the flying dinosaurs made it and advanced through time to the present. One of the amazing stories of nature and her will to survive, the reason should be obvious... they could fly great distances and avoid climatic changes.

Searching for clues for the connectionbetween dinosaurs and birds of today, one has to have a keen sense of observation and compare the two. Using your sense like a detective, you must check the bones, eggs, and, of course, the feathers. More and more evidence is being unearthed every day and making the connection between early birds and dinosaurs is becoming clearer.

This book is part of the National Geographic Society collection of books on dinosaurs and is well worth the money. If you have a child who likes dinosaurs this is a book to check out and consider to purchase for them. So, after 65 million years we are finding out that the birds we see out and about our front and backyards are indeed descendants of a time long since gone.

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Over the Hill???

Early Bird Special!!! And 174 Other Signs that You Have Become a Senior Citizen
Mike Piedmonte , and Jean Piedmonte
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1410705382

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Over the Hill???.......2003-05-25

Started to read this book and couldn't put it down. It depicts many "right on" life events and had me and my wife shedding real tears of laughter running down our cheeks.
Some examples: "QUICKIE -- A sudden need to go to the bathroom." And: "You still enjoy sex. You're just not sure why." This is a great read for those sitting times on the 'john', and I'd recommend buying one for all your "over the hill" friends and neighbors. It would make a great gift for senior birthdays, wedding anniversaries etc. and they'll love you for it!

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Baby duck is great
Baby Duck's New Friend
A humorous adventure

Baby Duck's New Friend
Devin Asch , and Frank Asch
Manufacturer: Gulliver Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152022570

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Fun, friendship, and adventure!
Baby Duck's mama warns him not to swim past the old stone bridge unless he's with a duck who can fly. Luckily, Baby Duck meets what appears to be the perfect new friend--it can swim and fly, and it isn't afraid of anything. The two of them make an incredible journey to the sea. And when Baby Duck has to find his own way home, he discovers something amazing about himself.
Award-winning author Frank Asch and his son, Devin, have written a heartwarming story about a little duckling who finds it within himself to spread his wings . . . and fly!

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Baby duck is great.......2004-01-20

Baby Duck is an everyman (everyduck?) who, without expecting it, finds himself led into a great adventure. Kind of like Frodo in Lord of the Rings (well, maybe not exactly). Anyway, the book is very engaging. The text is well-written and literate, and the illustrations are gorgeous. At first glance they appear a little cartoonish, but on closer examination you can easily see many subtle features, including Baby Duck's facial expressions and those of the other characters (except for the new friend, who is rubber!). I gave this book to several young friends this Christmas and it was very enthusiastically received. I would definitely recommend it.

Baby Duck's New Friend.......2001-08-15

This is the first book written by Frank Asch with his son Devin. Frank and Devin have created a most adorable book about a little duck who is anxious to explore the world beyond the inlet..but he can't break the rule of not going beyond the bridge without someone else with him...he meets his "new friend" that goes with him and the two have quite an adventure, and baby duck learns to fly by himself in order to get home...I don't want to give away the story line, but his new friend is a rubber ducky that baby duck thinks is real...as always, the illustrations are priceless.

A humorous adventure.......2001-06-28

"Baby Duck's New Friend," by Frank Asch and Devin Asch, is a delightful children's book. The story concerns Baby Duck, who finds a "friend" in a rubber ducky that has fallen off a toy truck into the river. Baby Duck follows his silent friend into an adventure. This is a fun book with beautiful, full-color illustrations. Some of the best-rendered scenes include moonlight playing across the water's surface and a lighthouse beacon illuminating the waves. And Baby Duck is a very appealing character. Overall, a very good book.

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Early Bird Special
Bud Simpson
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595369707

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Forsyth sat on the step of the parking lot office reading the Monday morning newspaper. The same little tombstone notice had appeared in the paper three times now, just like clockwork. He wasn't given to reading the paper's legal notices, but a news clipping containing a foreclosure notice on the lot had been mailed to Harry by Fidelity Union Bank a few weeks earlier, and he'd opened it by mistake. Since then, he'd located it in the paper and read it for himself every week.
He was fascinated to see his brother's name in the paper amidst all that legal jargon. It wasn't often that anything about his family was worthy of print. The last time was his father's obituary. It seemed that the occasions were always sad ones. But then, so was just about everything else in the newspaper.
According to the notice, an auction of the lot would take place on the steps of the county courthouse a week from Tuesday at nine thirty. The public was invited to attend and submit bids. He could go. He was a member. As a matter of fact, the public was the only group he belonged to.

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Beyond The Early Bird Special: Deals & Steals For People Over 50

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Beyond The Early Bird Special: Deals & Steals For People Over 50
Boardroom
Manufacturer: Boardroom, Inc
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LXW50E

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Early Bird Special
Jon Seawright
Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1425759211

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Linda Hartly was happy with her new life. She had recently relocated to Hollywood, California and found immediate employment as a food server at Scoma's restaurant. There she met Sharon, a caring co-worker, with whom she shared rent in the bottom half of a Hollywood Hills home. Linda would gradually start up a relationship with Ken, another waiter at scoma's, as she tried to put memories of unpleasant, past experiences behind her, and begin to enjoy her still youthful life. She had developed a repertoire with the various employees, including: the demanding head chef Sam; the agonizingly slow-moving, bartender Jimmie, and the unemotional, aloof manager Dan. The Bloombergs were about to come in this evening to request a table in Lind's section and order their usual "early-bird special." But Linda never showed up for work, as she suddenly started to experience brief periods of blacking out. These moments of memory lose would create horrifying situations for Linda, as she would awake in strange places with no recall of her actions. She manages to conclude that something had to be done. She had to seek professional help. Across town, lead-Detective Robert Byers was becoming more desperate in solving the case of a possible serial killer. As each murder mounted in numbers, Byers placed more personnel on the case, particularly under-cover agents, to try and catch this assassin, of mostly prostitutes; a killer who dismembered his victims as well. As his last patient of the day slowly disappeared from sight, psychoanalyst, Dr. David Grossman, withdrew from his side window and sank back into his easy-chair. It temporarily relieved the weight of his heavy body, but the weight of his mental bewilderment continued on. He had become more alarmed, as he now realized that, against all odds, he was possibly treating two cases of multiple- personality disorders at the same time. A doctor of his status would probably not have the occasion to treat just one such case in their entire life time.

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Early Bird Special (Poems)
Sr Donald M. Giovinco
Manufacturer: SunStorm Fine Arts Press
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ASIN: 1883269024

Miffy and the Little Bird (Miffy TV Tie in)

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Miffy and the Little Bird (Miffy TV Tie in)
Dick Bruna
Manufacturer: Egmont Books Ltd
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