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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Nettle"”.
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SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SEA NETTLE
The jellyfish Chrysaora chesapeakei forms large summer blooms in Chesapeake Bay, and has substantial ecological and economic impacts on local ecosystems. Limited information on this species is mostly due to difficulties collecting spatial information on jellyfish in dynamic coastal ecosystems. …
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Treatment of musculoskeletal pain with the sting of the stinging nettle: Urtica dioica
… in the therapeutic potential of the sting of nettles began with the presentation of two patients in his general practice surgery who were self-prescribing nettle sting for their arthritis pain. The publication of these two case reports produced responses from four other doctors about similar …
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A comprehensive plan for adult education in the Nettle Creek School Corporation, Hagerstown, Indiana
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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Critical Evaluation of Techniques for the Identification of Archaeological Bast Fibres: Flax, Hemp and Nettle
… procedure to analyse selected modern fibres of nettle (Urtica dioica L.), flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) and hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) could offer an alternative approach. The reliability of MFA and Ct, as diagnostic features, was evaluated under a temperature accelerated degradation 48week trial …
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Dealing with contaminated land in the ‘New Regime’: an appraisal of the use of plants as biomonitors for metal contamination analysis and risk assessment for a former landfill site in Greenwich
… of lead could be monitored by bramble and nettle leaves; that of copper by nettle roots and bramble leaves and that of zinc by nettle roots, bramble and sycamore leaves. Analysis of tree cores by LAICPMS and PIXE showed a contrasting contaminant signature between the sampled trees, as there …
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The Strawberry Grows Under the Nettle: How an Integrated Performance-Based Approach to the Teaching of Shakespeare at the Secondary Level Affects Critical Thinking Skills as Measured by the California Critical Thinking Skills Test
<p>Though Shakespeare remains the most taught author in American secondary school curriculum, and though there is growing evidence to suggest that the best practice for teaching the Bard is through a performance-based approach, there has been no empirical evidence to support one methodology over …
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The properties of ramie fabric as covering for airplane wings
… a fiber obtained from the base of the stingless nettle or Baehmerica tenncissima, which grows best in tropical and sub-tropical countries. The plant is a shrub, reaching four to six feet in height, and is very hardy. It is largely cultivated in China and India. In China it is cultivated in Hupeh, …
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Effects of Polyphenols on Vasomodulatory Factors and Associated Cell Signalling
… as ingredients in traditional foods, and dill, nettle, kale, Sideritis, pomegranate and persimmon were identified as polyphenolrich traditional food plants. Bioactive-rich extracts of their edible parts were used to treat human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), to assess effects on the …
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Population ecology of Pleuroptya ruralis (Scopoli) (Pyralidae:Pyraustinae)
… growth of their food plant, Urtica dioica (the nettle), near Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Parasitism and predation as well as the distribution and movements of the larvae on the host plant were assessed. Caterpillars were also collected and reared in the laboratory for identification of the …
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Community gardening as social action: the Australian community gardening movement and repertoires for change.
There has been a resurgence of community gardening activity in Australia over the past decade. This coincides with increasing concern about food security, urban sustainability, social isolation and the preservation of community space. Community gardening has been adopted by divergent actors, from …
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills in Children: The Role of Executive Function, Empathy and Theory of Mind.
… second order theory of mind tasks (Liddle and Nettle, 2006) and a brief measure of IQ (Wechsler, 1999; 2003). In addition one parent of each child was asked to provide parent-report data on their child. This included measures assessing empathy, executive functioning and their child’s overall …
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Estimating Evapotranspiration of a Riparian Forest Using Sap Flow Measurements
… ursinus</em> Cham. and Schlecht.), stinging nettle (<em>Urtica dioica</em> subsp. <em>gracilis</em> L.), poison hemlock (<em>Conium maculatum</em> L.), Cape ivy (<em>Delairea odorata</em> Lem.), Italian thistle (<em>Carduus pycnocephalus</em> L. subsp. <em>pycnocephalus</em>), and western …
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Towards a theory of Deference in South Africa; Trans-Atlantic Lessons
… South African judiciary has refused to grasp the nettle of an overtly conceptual justification for judicial review. Their current approach, of stressing the requirement of 'reasonablness', it will be argued begs rather than answers the demand for substantive criteria that subsist beyond the …
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Determination of the in vitro antidiabetic potential of a polyherbal commercial tea
… L. (Fenugreek) and Urtica urens L. (Nettle). All herbs were tested as crude extracts, prepared using hot water (HW) and dichloromethane (DCM). The total polyphenolic content of each extract was determined using the Folin-Ciocalteau and aluminium trichloride methods. The non-cellular …