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The Pearl in the Oyster

2021
Abstract This chapter considers the phenomenon of posttraumatic growth (PTG) in the context of advanced cancer, drawing upon both theory and empirical research. The concept of PTG refers to improvements that have been postulated to occur in psychological, interpersonal, and spiritual domains as a result of successful coping with trauma ...
Gary Rodin, Sarah Hales
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The Pearl Oyster

2008
Contrary to a generally held view that pearls are found by chance in oysters, almost all are now produced from farms. This book is a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the biology of pearl oysters, their anatomy, reproduction, genetics, diseases, etc.
Southgate, Paul C, Lucas, J S
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Economics of Pearl Oyster Culture [PDF]

open access: possible, 2007
In this paper, the market situation of the pearl industry is examined and changes in its structure are related to new technologies. Differences in the industry’s socio-economic impacts are explored, sources of market supply are specified and factors involved in the marketing of pearls are given particular attention.
Tisdell, Clement A.   +3 more
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Annotation of the Pearl Oyster Genome

Zoological Science, 2013
The initial, manual annotation analysis of the pearl oyster genome is reported in the present issue of Zoological Science. Contributors represent a wide array of research fields, including bioinformatics, molecular and cellular biology, fisheries science, biochemistry, biomineralogy, molluscan biology, evolutionary and developmental biology, and ...
Kazuyoshi Endo, Takeshi Takeuchi
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Pearl Oyster Culture

2008
This chapter covers the culture methods used for pearl oysters during all stages of culture, from hatchery production to the husbandry of oysters "seeded" for pearl production. The major pearl culture industries have traditionally relied on oysters collected from the wild for pearl nucleus insertion. Adult pearl oysters are collected or, alternatively,
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The Pearl-Inducing Worm in the Ceylon Pearl Oyster

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 1924
(1924). The Pearl-Inducing Worm in the Ceylon Pearl Oyster. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 37-53.
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Borrowed pearls, original oysters

Physics World, 1991
Everyone who enjoyed Alan Mackay's The Harvest of a Quiet Eye will be happy that its success encouraged him to carry on with his collecting, and his publishers to issue the new enlarged version. I can't help wishing he had retained the original title, if only because this is not a dictionary of quotations in the canonical sense established by, for ...
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It Takes Oysters to Generate Pearls

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, 2022
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Pearls and oysters: an introduction

Journal of the African Literature Association, 2022
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