Biology
Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical processes, molecular interactions, physiological mechanisms, development and evolution. Despite the complexity of the science, certain unifying concepts consolidate it into a single, coherent field. Biology recognizes the cell as the basic unit of life, genes as the basic unit of heredity, and evolution as the engine that propels the creation and extinction of species. Living organisms are open systems that survive by transforming energy and decreasing their local entropy to maintain a stable and vital condition defined as homeostasis.Sub-disciplines of biology are defined by …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Through detailed analyses of nineteenth-century spirit photography, horror films, ghost-hunting reality television, and the viral internet phenomenon “Slender Man,” Poetics of the Paranormal shows how the figure of the ghost …
developments in electricity, teleg- raphy, chemistry, and biology, Spiritualism aimed to distance itself from religion …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Across cultures, democracies struggle with intolerant groups, misinformation, social media conspiracies, and extreme populists. Egalitarian cultures cannot always withstand this swing towards the irrational. In Irrational Publics and the Fate …
). Natural may also reflect ideas from modern biology, such as what enhances the fitness of a species … rational priesthood of science – we achieve a PhD in biology and go to work in a science lab. We can experience …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2024 English
In It’s Nation Time, Jerry White argues that nationalism is an enduring and valuable social movement that functions to increase and uphold progressive globalisation.
to be rooted in the necessities of nature and biology (or its logical analogue, culture understood as …
Great Lakes United · 28 September 2024 English
Emilie has a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies with a Minor in Biology from Carleton University, a Bachelor of Education with qualifications in Intermediate and Senior Sciences from the University …
Arts in Environmental Studies with a Minor in Biology from Carleton University, a Bachelor of Education …
Invasive Species Council of BC · 26 September 2024 English
Fruits: The berries are globe to egg-shaped and can range from red to orange, or green depending on ripeness. [...] It can adapt to many conditions, from dry to flooded …
) Interference | Weed Science | Cambridge Core Biology, distribution and management of the globally invasive …
Invasive Species Council of BC · 26 September 2024 English
Knotweeds are listed among the 100 worst invasive species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and are considered a top-ten invasive species for control in BC. [...] Additionally, …
four species share similarities in appearance, biology, impacts, distribution, and control methods and … Japanese knotweed in an S.S.S.I. Aspects of Applied Biology No.16 pp.189-192 ref.5. Bourchier, Rob of AAFC …
Great Lakes United · 25 September 2024 English
This inconsistency in regulated species lists across the shared waters of the Great Lakes undermines the collective prevention efforts of the region, resulting in a “weakest link” problem, wherein the …
risk assessment framework that covers species biology, assessment of likelihood of introduction, survival … nonindigenous freshwater molluscs. Conservation Biology 21: 191–200, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739 … Kolar CS, Lodge DM (2001) Progress in invasion biology: Predicting invaders. Trends in Ecology & Evolution … Great Lakes commercial bait trade. Conservation Biology 29: 430–439, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12381 … doing to Parks Steward Connor Jacobs (Conservation Biology) and NYS protect native eastern hemlock Parks Corps …
ASC: Alzheimer Society of Canada · 25 September 2024 English
Now is the time to make sure that the post-diagnostic care pathway is optimised to the person needs and that the healthcare systems in each country are properly harnessed and …
clinical diagnosis approach to a diagnosis where biology and clinical features are interpreted together … that they target symptoms and not the underlying biology of the disease. This type of treatment cannot slow … with ageing. she obtained her PhD in vascular biology at the University of Cambridge in 2008. At AE, …
ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 24 September 2024 English
Other major supporters through the of community, pulsing transition of the Institute from Nonprofit to with original thinkers Community Prosperity included the McConnell and life-changing teach- Foundation, The Calgary Foundation, …
of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology General Management Biology How might we turn online engagement … Science and Technology, Business Administration Biology 9 Institute for Community Prosperity Annual Report …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 22 September 2024 English
All names, views and claims expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated organizations, …
studies was classified under the “marine freshwater biology” WoS category. Taken as a whole, this brief bibliometric … 1994. What is ecosystem management? Conservation Biology 8: 27–38. Haines-Young, R. and Potschin, M.B. 2018 … Analyzing cultural ecosystem services. Conservation Biology 29: 575–586, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12407 … species and ecosystem functioning. Conservation Biology 19: 1019–1024, DOI:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00106 … research for natural scientists. Conservation Biology 28: 11, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12326. Mooney …