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Ring of Fire

Description: Front cover of the fall 2012 issue of The Hexagon, which features an image of the "ring of fire" that occurred during the annular eclipse on May 20, 2012. The photograph was taken in Brownfield, Texas a few minutes before sunset. The inside cover contains a table of contents, a staff list, an editorial, and details about the cover photograph.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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The road to biocultural ethics

Description: Article discussing biocultural ethics. As a child, Ricardo Rozzi visited indigenous communities in the high Andes with his grandfather and was enchanted by their close relationship with the natural world. Later, he and his wife would return to the region to explore the traditional ecological knowledge of the world's southernmost indigenous people.
Date: May 1, 2011
Creator: Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960- & Massardo, Francisca
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Role of a chalcone isomerase-like protein in flavonoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Description: This article identifies two chil mutants with a seed colour similar to that of wild-type Arabidopsis, but in sharp contrast to the characteristic transparent testa seed phenotype associated with other known flavonoid pathway genes.
Date: August 13, 2015
Creator: Jiang, Wenbo; Yin, Qinggang; Wu, Ranran; Zheng, Guangshun; Liu, Jinyue; Dixon, R. A. et al.
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Role of Exponential Type Random Invexities for Asymptotically Sufficient Efficiency Conditions in Semi-Infinite Multi-Objective Fractional Programming

Description: This article introduces several notions of random exponential type asymptotic invexities to establish results to the context of a class of asymptotically sufficient efficiency conditions in semi-infinite multi-objective fractional programing.
Date: September 2, 2016
Creator: Verma, Ram U. & Seol, Youngsoo
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Role of the left aortic arch and blood flows in embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Description: This article investigates the role of the left aorta (LAo) in embryonic American alligators by surgically occluding the LAo and measuring oxygen consumption and, in addition, measured hemodynamic responses to hypoxia in embryonic alligators.
Date: October 30, 2010
Creator: Eme, John; Crossley, Dane A., II & Hicks, James W.
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ROS Are Good

Description: This opinion article focuses on the possibility that ROS are beneficial to plants, supporting cellular proliferation, physiological function, and viability, and that maintaining a basal level of ROS in cells is essential for life.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Mittler, Ron
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Saguaro Cactus and Joshua Trees

Description: Front cover of the spring 2013 issue of The Hexagon, which features an image of a saguaro cactus and joshua trees at a location in northwest Arizona along highway US 93. The inside cover contains a table of contents, a staff list, an editorial, and details about the cover photograph.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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Science: For Science's or Society's Sake? Owning the National Science Foundation's Broader Impacts Criterion

Description: Article describing changes in the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) merit review criteria. The authors argue that scientists are more likely to preserve their autonomy by embracing - or 'owning' - the new Broader Impacts Criterion rather than resisting it.
Date: March 1, 2012
Creator: Holbrook, J. Britt & Frodeman, Robert
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