Stable carbon isotope analyses show dominance of C3 grasses in the feed selected by small herbivores at the alpine meadow at the Tibetan Plateau

Muscle samples were collected from small herbivorous mammals (Ochotona curzoniae, Microtus oecnomus, Myospalax fontanierii and Lepus oiostolus) at the alpine meadow ecosystem at the Tibetan Plateau in order to address variability in stable carbon isotope composition. Stable carbon isotope values of muscles remain steady and show no significant variations (-25.72 to -27.04 parts per thousand) among the four small mammal species. Based on the mass balance theory of stable isotopes, it is proposed that small herbivorous mammals mainly (or totally) rely on C3 grasses as food supply, and there is few or no distribution of C4 grasses at the ecosystem. The results reflect our previous study on the isotope patterns of plant species. Thus, stable carbon isotope analysis of muscles provides a method to address dietary selection and dietary variability in herbivores. In addition, stable carbon isotopic analyses can be used to address changes in vegetation distributions in ecosystem and paleovegetaion and paleoclimate.

Exploiting the Parallelism Exposed by Partial Evaluation

We describe an approach to parallel compilation that seeks to harness the vast amount of fine-grain parallelism that is exposed through partial evaluation of numerically-intensive scientific programs. We have constructed a compiler for the Supercomputer Toolkit parallel processor that uses partial evaluation to break down data abstractions and program structure, producing huge basic blocks that contain large amounts of fine-grain parallelism. We show that this fine-grain prarllelism can be effectively utilized even on coarse-grain parallel architectures by selectively grouping operations together so as to adjust the parallelism grain-size to match the inter-processor communication capabilities of the target architecture.

Physicochemical characterization of the Strychnos alkaloids by capillary zone electrophoresis

A capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) method has been developed for investigating the physicochemical characteristics of five Strychnos alkaloids in Strychnos nux-vomica L. Firstly, the dissociation constants of the five Strychnos alkaloids were determined, based on the relation between the effective mobility of the solutes and the buffer pH. The mathematical relationship was strictly deduced from the fundamental electrophoretic theory and the dissociation equilibrium. Secondly, an equation describing the relation between the migration time of alkaloids of similar structure and their molecular weights was developed and used to predict the migration order and to calculate the electrosomotic velocity. The results predicted by the theory agreed with those from experiments.

In southern India : a visit to some of the chief mission stations in the Madras presidency / by Mrs. Murray Mitchell.

http://www.archive.org/details/insouthernindivi00mitcuoft

East of the barrier; or, Sidelights on the Manchuria mission, by the Rev. J. Miller Graham.

http://www.archive.org/details/eastofthebarrier00grahuoft

Historical sketch of the Hawaiian mission : and the missions to Micronesia and the Marquesas Islands / by S.C. Bartlett.

http://www.archive.org/details/historicalsketch00bartiala

Among the Sioux : a story of the Twin Cities and the two Dakotas / by R.J. Creswell ; introduction by David R. Breed.

http://www.archive.org/details/amongsiouxstoryo00cresiala

Metlakahtla : a true narrative of the red man / by George T.B. Davis.

http://www.archive.org/details/metlakahtltruena00davirich

A Moslem seeker after God: showing Islam at its best in the life and teaching of al-Ghazali, mystic and theologian of the eleventh century, by Samuel M. Zwemer ...

http://www.archive.org/details/amoslemseeker00zwemuoft

James Evans : inventor of the syllabic system of the Cree language / by John McLean ... (Robin Rustler).

http://www.archive.org/details/jamesevans00maclrich

Bible work in Bible lands, or, Events in the history of the Syria mission / by Isaac Bird.

http://www.archive.org/details/bibleworkinbible00birduoft

The world mission of the Christian religion, by Wade Crawford Barclay; C.A. Bowen, D.D., general editor.

http://www.archive.org/details/worldmissionofth012478mbp

The Colorado mission / by the Rt. Rev. J.F. Spalding.

http://www.archive.org/details/coloradomission02spalrich

Kabir and the Kabir Panth / by G.H. Westcott.

http://www.archive.org/details/kabirandthekabir020544mbp