Browsing by Subject "Function"
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Causes and functional consequences of denitrifying bacteria community structure in streams affected to varying degrees by watershed urbanization
(2011)Human welfare depends heavily on ecosystem services like water purification and nutrient cycling. Many of these ecosystem services, in turn, rely on reactions performed by microbes and yet remarkably little is known about ... -
Improved Function With Enhanced Protein Intake per Meal: A Pilot Study of Weight Reduction in Frail, Obese Older Adults.
(J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 2016-10)BACKGROUND: Obesity is a significant cause of functional limitations in older adults; yet, concerns that weight reduction could diminish muscle along with fat mass have impeded progress toward an intervention. Meal-based ... -
On the Functions of Morality
(2015)This dissertation seeks to bring together two philosophical literatures: the functions literature from the philosophy of biology, and the functionalist literature in naturalistic metaethics. Biological function suggests ... -
Structure-Function Studies in Sulfite Oxidase with Altered Active Sites
(2009)Sulfite oxidase, a metabolically important enzyme, catalyzes the physiologically critical conversion of sulfite to sulfate in the terminal step of the degradation of sulfur containing compounds. The enzyme has been the focus ...
