Canopy Demographics at the Firestone Reserve, Costa Rica

Though Costa Rica has suffered numerous bouts of deforestation to its valuable tropical rainforest area, especially in the 1970s, it has become a leader in its efforts to regenerate and restore its rainforest. However, studies and protocols for the assessment of forest regeneration are urgently required. Research has shown that the percentage of light penetrating the canopy floor, or light fraction, is a good indicator of rainforest maturity. In this study, digital rectilinear photography and a global positioning system receiver were used to survey the Firestone Reserve inCosta Rica in order to measure the light fraction differences between primary/riparian forest, bamboo plantation, secondary hardwood plantation, and natural secondary regrowth. The images were used to calculate light fractions with the software program ImageJ. Using ArcGIS, a kernel density plot was created, along with a map organizing the light fractions in the vegetation types. Significant differences in light fraction were found between bamboo and all other vegetation types, between secondary natural regrowth and secondary hardwood plantation, and between secondary natural regrowth and primary/riparian forest. No significance was noted between primary/riparian and secondary hardwood plantation, or between primary/riparian and secondary forest. Inaccuracies of the study could be due to the high amount of variance, low sample size, or high levels of sunlight that distort the photographs. Nevertheless, the study provided useful information concerning the differences between vegetation types and has implications towards regrowth and recovery of the rainforest

Lebensleistung tierzüchterisch abbilden geht das?

Different traits have been defined to describe the performance of dairy animals during their lifetime: productive lifetime, lifetime production, life efficiency and contribution trouble-free cows that reach the performance optimum of lactations. This continuous performance should be on basis of good roughage feed efficiency. Within the present total merit indices it is not possible to determine which cow fulfils these demands on longevity, health, performance and cost reduction. Further research is necessary to investigate the suitability of this trait for breeding value estimation or if the calculation of an index may be more useful

Pandangan Mahasiswa Universitas Bakrie Atas Fitur “Life At Google” sebagai Bentuk Employer Branding Google Inc. dalam Mempertahankan Reputasi The Most Wanted Company

Konsep Employer Branding memang belum populer di kalangan public relation officer Indonesia. Namun, permasalahan tenaga kerja Indonesia terkait war for talent atau kompetisi mendapatkan tenaga kerja profesional sesuai kualifikasi antar Perusahaan di Indonesia telah nyata terlihat. Sebagai Perusahaan nomor 1 oleh majalah Fortune kategori 100 Best Companies to Work For 2007, Google telah menjadi Perusahaan yang telah sukses membangun dan mempertahankan employer brand ‘Don\u27t be evil\u27-nya melalui fitur “Life at Google”. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan tujuan mengetahui pandangan mahasiswa Universitas Bakrie terhadap fitur “Life at Google” sebagai bentuk employer branding Google Inc. dalam mempertahankan reputasi the most wanted company. Penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa fitur “Life at Google” memberikan peneguhan atau reinforcement kepada mahasiswa Universitas Bakrie atas kognisi dan afeksi yang baik (positif) dan mendukung pandangan reputasi Google sebagai the most wanted company. Kata kunci : Employer branding, brand equity, brand association, company reputation, website. Employer Branding concept is not popular yet among the public relations officer in Indonesia. However, Indonesian labor issue related to war for talent or competition to get qualified professional workforce among companies in Indonesia has been real. As the first company by Fortune magazine in 100 Best Companies to Work For 2007 category, Google has successfully built and maintained its “Don\u27t be evil” employer brand through "Life at Google" feature. 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Abnormal early cleavage events predict early embryo demise: sperm oxidative stress and early abnormal cleavage.

Human embryos resulting from abnormal early cleavage can result in aneuploidy and failure to develop normally to the blastocyst stage. The nature of paternal influence on early embryo development has not been directly demonstrated although many studies have suggested effects from spermatozoal chromatin packaging, DNA damage, centriolar and mitotic spindle integrity, and plasma membrane integrity. The goal of this study was to determine whether early developmental events were affected by oxidative damage to the fertilizing sperm. Survival analysis was used to compare patterns of blastocyst formation based on P2 duration. Kaplan-Meier survival curves demonstrate that relatively few embryos with short (<1 hr) P2 times reached blastocysts, and the two curves diverged beginning on day 4, with nearly all of the embryos with longer P2 times reaching blastocysts by day 6 (p < .01). We determined that duration of the 2nd to 3rd mitoses were sensitive periods in the presence of spermatozoal oxidative stress. Embryos that displayed either too long or too short cytokineses demonstrated an increased failure to reach blastocyst stage and therefore survive for further development. Although paternal-derived gene expression occurs later in development, this study suggests a specific role in early mitosis that is highly influenced by paternal factors