W hen Washington veterans describe managerial effectiveness as practiced in their town, they use abstractions such as agencies, staffs, and access to the White House. They dwell on adversary contentions: turf fights, budget struggles, and legislative coups. What emerges is the style ofan experienced political operator overcoming opposition by any means necessary. The successful manager is usual...

Biochar remediation of soil: linking biochar production with function in heavy metal contaminated soils | A. Taraqqi-A-Kamal, Christopher J. Atkinson, Aimal Khan, Kaikai Zhang, Peng Sun, Sharmin Akther, Yanrong Zhang Agricultural Journals

Argumentation and Values Trevor Bench-Capon and Katie Atkinson

The main taxonomic characteristic of the genus Acetobacter as presently described is the ability to oxidize ethanol to acetic acid (Breed et al., 1948), although some species carry the oxidation further. Of particular interest is the demonstration that Acetobacter aceti produces citrate when supplied acetate and intermediates of the TCA2 cycle (Antoniani et al., 1950). This species thus appears...

Although the size of an organism is influenced by many features of its environment, the relationship between temperature and body size has captivated generations of biologists. From the renowned observations by Bergmann (1847) to the phylogenetic comparative studies by our contemporaries (e.g., Ashton et al., 2000), evidence of a widespread relationship between temperature and adult body size h...