Microbial ecology of autothermal thermophilic aerobic digester (ATAD) systems for treating waste activated sludge David Hayes‚ Leonard Izzard 1 ‚ Robert Seviour ∗ Biotechnology Research Centre‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ VIC 3552‚ Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 3 June 2010 Keywords: Waste activated sludge ATAD Thermus thermophilus FISH/MAR DGGE a b s t r a c t Despite their widespread use‚ our understanding of the microbial ecology of the autothermal
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33 FIELD ECOLOGY A field ecology study on an enclosed compound located in Bacong‚ Negros Oriental 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background The world is in a constant change‚ and with it‚ every living being adapts to these changes. Ecology plays a major role in how the world and its inhabitants work. Before we start‚ to have a deeper understanding‚ let us define ecology. So what is ecology? In University of Western Cape’s introduction of their botany course‚ they defined ecology. In their introduction
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Overview: Earth’s Fluctuating Populations • To understand human population growth‚ we must consider general principles of population ecology • Population ecology is the study of populations in relation to environment‚ including environmental influences on density and distribution‚ age structure‚ and population size • The fur seal population of St. Paul Island‚ off the coast of Alaska‚ has experienced dramatic fluctuations in size Dynamic biological processes influence population density‚ dispersion
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Professor Provost RPW 210 27 October 2011 The Shallows; Real or Make Believe The Internet is something that some consider their lifesavers‚ while others believe that it takes their life away. The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing to Our Brains‚ by Nicholas Carr is a novel that explores the different areas of how new technologies affect humans in different ways‚ regarding multi-tasking and distractions‚ to how new technologies make us lose a little part of ourselves. Throughout the book Carr
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“The Ecology of Role Play Intentionality and Cultural Evolution” by Marianna Papadopoulou‚ is about the difference between intentional acts and intentionality. Its also about how kids use role play as a means of finding their place in life and to quell natural anxiety over new situations and cultures! The topic covered are being-in-the-world: evolution and intentionalities‚ role play‚ the ecology or role play :myth and mimesis‚ is there a play instinct?‚ play as a mode of being or becoming? and
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question HAS to be answered. To them‚ it’s essential that we as a collective unit decide if the internet is controlling us so we can abandon it and have our mental capacities cleared up from propaganda that the Internet feeds us. In Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows‚ this whole debate is brought unto the forefront. Now me‚ personally‚ I respect both sides’ humble opinions. And at the end of the day‚ that’s exactly what this is: a perception. One of the quotes in the book that really sets a tone for the argument
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A CRITIQUE OF FRED W. RIGGS’ ECOLOGY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Wen-shien Peng ABSTRACT Parsons once said that sociologists all critique Max Weber‚ but no one can do social research independently and scientifically without referring to Weber’s theories. By the same token‚ those who study comparative public administration will inevitably find reason to critique Fred W. Riggs’ “fused-prismatic-diffracted model”‚ but in conducting research‚ no one is free of Riggs’ influence. From the perspectives
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How Eden Lost Its Garden Chapter two of Ecology of Fear is titled “How Eden Lost Its Garden”‚ and discusses the various social and political reasons behind drastic changes to the landscape of Los Angeles during the twentieth century. The first section‚ called “The Underproduction of Public Space”‚ begins by discussing the belief in the 1930’s that there was a severe lack of public parks‚ amounts that did not meet tourists’ expectations for when they came to Southern California. Population and
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Human and Ecological Risk Assessment Ecology and Wildlife Risk Evaluation Analysis ENV/420 This analysis of case studies from Los Alamos National Laboratory‚ and the case study to predict the effects of pesticides on aquatic systems and the waterfowl that uses them. Comparing the two processes of these case studies‚ along with analysis of the assessments. Describing the case study on the
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ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT RICE FIELD ARTHROPODS J. Diraviam P. G. and Research Department of Zoology Loyola College Chennai - 600 034 Studies on the ecology and biodiversity of arthropods which are agriculturally important were undertaken from January 2002 to December 2003 in five seasons in 13 farmers’ rice fields in the districts of Kancheepuram‚ Tiruvallur‚ Vellore and Villupuram of the north-eastern zone of Tamil Nadu State‚ India. Most of the studies
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