This study examined the organic constituents aquatically leached from leaf components of two tree species (wandoo eucalyptus and pinus radiate).In particular this study aimed to assess the stable isotope composition behaviour of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from the residue leaves after leaching over five months.The changes in the stable carbon a
Allometric trajectories and "stress": a quantitative approach
The term stress is an important but vague term in plant biology.We show situations in which thinking in terms of stress is profitably replaced by quantifying distance from functionally optimal scaling relationships between plant parts.These relationships include, for example, the often-cited one between leaf area and sapwood area, which presumably
Killing Time. Ennui in Eighteenth-Century English Culture
The article explores the meanings of ennui in eighteenth-century England.Based on text searches, it proposes that the French term ennui was adopted into everyday usage in England around the mid-century, and was from the 1770s onwards used to signify especially the temporal aspects of the word, that is, boredom.Ennui was Accessories closely tied to
Leadership Structure, Gender Diversity and Audit Quality Influence on Earnings Management in Malaysian Listed Companies
The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of CEO duality, women directors and BIG 4 audit firm on real earnings manipulation (REM) BONDAGE proxied by cash flow from operation and discretionary expenses (DE).The sample of the study was Malaysian Public Listed Companies in year 2009-2012 with a sample of 1597 firm-year observations.Using regress