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  Idiosyncratic responses of high Arctic plants to changing snow regimes.

  Rumpf SB, Semenchuk PR, Dullinger S, Cooper EJ.

  PLoS One. 2014;9(2):e86281.

  The Arctic is one of the ecosystems most affected by climate change; in particular, winter temperatures and precipitation are predicted to increase with consequent changes to snow cover depth and duration. Whether the snow-free period will be shortened or prolonged depends on the extent and temporal patterns of the temperature and precipitation rise; resulting changes will likely affect plant growth with cascading effects throughout the ecosystem. We experimentally manipulated snow regimes using snow fences and shoveling and assessed aboveground size of eight common high arctic plant species weekly throughout the summer. We demonstrated that plant growth responded to snow regime, and that air temperature sum during the snow free period was the best predictor for plant size. The majority of our studied species showed periodic growth; increases in plant size stopped after certain cumulative temperatures were obtained. Plants in early snow-free treatments without additional spring warming were smaller than controls. Response to deeper snow with later melt-out varied between species and categorizing responses by growth forms or habitat associations did not reveal generic trends. We therefore stress the importance of examining responses at the species level, since generalized predictions of aboveground growth responses to changing snow regimes cannot be made.

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  Acupuncture : An Anatomical Approach. Second edition.

  Houchi Dung.

  Summary: "The Chinese are known to have practiced acupuncture for approximately 2,000 years. Designed specifically for health care practitioners, this book demystifies acupuncture and explains it in anatomical terms. New emphasis is made to differentiate traditional acupuncture in Oriental medicine from scientific acupuncture, which is based entirely on medical sciences. This edition is completely updated and presents the most current research. New material includes information on how to quantify pain and a new way to define acute and chronic pain"--Provided by publisher.
  
  Contents:
  Chapter 1. Introduction
  chapter 2. Anatomy in acupuncture
  chapter 3. Acupoints of the cranial nerves
  chapter 4. Acupoints in the neck region
  chapter 5. Acupoints in the upper limb
  chapter 6. Acupoints in the body trunk
  chapter 7. Acupoints in the lower limb
  chapter 8. Physiology in acupuncture
  chapter 9. Biochemistry in acupuncture
  chapter 10. Pathology in acupuncture
  chapter 11. Psychology in acupuncture
  chapter 12. Pain and measurement
  chapter 13. Good to excellent applications
  chapter 14. Applications with mixed and limited results
  chapter 15. Difficult patients with poor results.

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  RM184 .D857 2014

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