Developing wood-based industries such as structure, pallet, parquet etc., expanded the usage area of the wood. However, the development increased rivalry between these industries and naturally pressure to the forests for serving raw material.
Hızır Volkan Görgün
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Terrain Synthesis and Authoring based on Iso‐Contours
Abstract Digital terrains are central to realistic landscape depiction, yet authoring tools must balance perceptual realism with intuitive artistic control. We propose a compact vector‐based representation that models terrain as nested iso‐contours, inspired by geomorphology and cartography.
B. Huftier +5 more
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ABSTRACT Developmental psychology continues to shape how adults engage with children about death and dying. This influences whether children are included in rituals surrounding human and other‐than‐human bodies. Figurations of the innocent, immature and vulnerable child still dominate adult imaginaries of young children's understandings of mortality ...
Karin Murris +2 more
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ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the cleaning efficacy, quantitative and qualitative surface modifications of titanium (Ti) and zirconia (Zr) abutments following instrumentation with twelve mechanical instrumentation modalities. Materials and Methods Twenty‐four Ti and twenty‐four Zr abutments were divided by marginal grooves into 36 test and 12 control
Marina Salah Kamel +3 more
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The suffragette movement in H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica and May Sinclair’s The Tree of Heaven
The suffragette movement in H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica and May Sinclair’s The Tree of Heaven In H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica (1909), the eponymous heroine embraces new womanhood and a range of feminisms in her search for life.
Brygida Pudełko
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Integrative Taxonomy and Synonymization of Aculus mosoniensis (Acari: Eriophyidae), a Potential Biological Control Agent for Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima). [PDF]
de Lillo E +7 more
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Further pathogenicity testing of <i>Verticillium nonalfalfae</i>, a biocontrol agent against the invasive Tree of Heaven (<i>Ailanthus altissima</i>), on non-target tree species in Europe. [PDF]
Lechner Y +3 more
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Bioethics and the World Order: A Curious Coincidence Between Chinese and African Approaches
ABSTRACT The post‐1945 world order is standardly pictured as a Westphalian system, in which each state is equal under the law with sovereign authority over its territories. This paper argues that the Westphalian system is changing and examines the implications for bioethics. We show that cross‐border health, economic, ecologic, and sociopolitical risks
Nancy S. Jecker +2 more
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Biological invasions, one of the most pervasive components of global change, can cause irreversible alterations in the composition and functioning of ecosystems. This includes changes of eco-physiological traits of plant communities.
Flavio Marzialetti +10 more
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Contrasting Behavioral and Electrophysiological Responses of Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Volatiles Emitted from the Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima. [PDF]
Wen X, Yang K, Piñero JC, Wen J.
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