Bioaccumulation of Metals in Sediment Elutriates and Their Effects on Growth, Condition Index, and Metallothionein Contents in Oyster Larvae

Abstract. What narrative is deemed most compelling to justify anti-immigrant sentiments when a country’s economy is not a cause for concern? We predicted that flourishing economies constrain the viability of realistic threat arguments. We found support for this prediction in an experiment in which participants were asked to take on the role of speechwriter for a leader with an anti-immigrant message (N = 75). As predicted, a greater percentage of realistic threat arguments and fewer symbolic threat arguments were generated in a condition in which the economy was expected to decline than when it was expected to grow or a baseline condition. Perhaps more interesting, in the economic growth condition, the percentage realistic entitlements and symbolic threat arguments generated were higher than when the economy was declining. We conclude that threat narratives to provide a legitimizing discourse for anti-immigrant sentiments are tailored to the economic context.

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VLS Growth of Si nanowhiskers on a H-terminated Si{111} surface

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-536-305 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 536 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

N. Ozaki ◽

Y. Ohno ◽

S. Takeda ◽

M. Hirata

Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Growth Condition ◽

Growth Mechanism ◽

Quantum Confinement ◽

Critical Value ◽

Extended Defects ◽

Vapor Liquid Solid ◽

Minimum Diameter ◽

Vls Growth ◽

Vapor Liquid

AbstractWe have grown Si nanowhiskers on a Si{1111} surface via the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism. The minimum diameter of the crystalline is 3nm and is close to the critical value for the effect of quantum confinement. We have found that many whiskers grow epitaxially or non-epitaxially on the substrate along the 〈112〉 direction as well as the 〈111〉 direction.In our growth procedure, we first deposited gold on a H-terminated Si{111} surface and prepared the molten catalysts of Au and Si at 500°C. Under the flow of high pressure silane gas, we have succeeded in producing the nanowhiskers without any extended defects. We present the details of the growth condition and discuss the growth mechanism of the nanowhiskers extending along the 〈112〉 direction.

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VALIDITY OF GARBER MODEL IN PREDICTING PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT IN KERBALA CITY

Kufa Journal of Engineering ◽

10.30572/2018/kje/090211 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 09 (02) ◽

pp. 139-151

Author(s):

Hussein Ewadh ◽

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Raid Almuhanna ◽

Saja Alasadi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Condition Index ◽

Flexible Pavement ◽

Pavement Condition ◽

Pavement Condition Index

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Update on nitrite in animal feed – Results of the studies of the ESST-working group ‘Nitrite in feed’

Sugar Industry ◽

10.36961/si17206 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 91-96

Author(s):

Stefan Frenzel

Keyword(s):

Growth Condition ◽

Analytical Methods ◽

Working Group ◽

Animal Feed ◽

Extraction Process ◽

Study Group ◽

External Effects ◽

Complex Behaviour ◽

Sugar Extraction ◽

Expert Study

The presentation includes monitoring results of the companies participating in the ESST expert study group on “Nitrite in feed”. It will be obvious that the complex behaviour of nitrite in the sugar extraction process overlaps with external effects such as growth condition of the beet which are not under the control of the process owner. Currently the lack of reliable and validated analytical methods do not allow to comply to the questionable maximum nitrite limit for animal feed materials.

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