Showing papers in "Endeavour in 1981"

TL;DR: In this paper, the significance of the grazing of coral reef algae by a variety of herbivores, especially fish, is discussed, and the importance of proper management and preservation of coral reefs is discussed.

TL;DR: The present article explains the reasons why lichens are suitable for this role and reviews the techniques currently employed for pollution monitoring.

TL;DR: The use of computers in electrocardiography, which is not only intrinsically important-because of the problem of heart disease in the western world—but has been used as a proving ground for many other applications, is restricted.

TL;DR: To the casual observer, bulbs are relatively large and static storage organs but this is not so, for the geophytes which produce them have evolved various mechanisms to ensure that they move to positions in the soil most favourable to growth.

TL;DR: The most effective means of producing the highest quality enamel colours from pink to maroon for glass and ceramics is still based upon the preparation of colloidal gold and stannous hydroxide known as Purple of Cassius.

TL;DR: The first manned flights in space were preceded by a considerable programme of biological experiments carried out in the weightless condition of orbiting satellites as discussed by the authors, and these were extended to spacecraft and space stations, and from this has grown a new science of space biology.

TL;DR: The coloured eye glow of animals, seen at night when their eyes are caught in a strong light, is a matter of common experience as discussed by the authors, caused by a reflecting layer known as the tapetum lucidum.

TL;DR: The authors argue that a proper understanding of Japanese science and technology, and of their likely development in the future, must be based as much on knowledge of their history as on their present organisation.

TL;DR: In this paper, a number of liquid-in-glass thermometers made about 1660 for the Accademia del Cimento were used for comparative purposes rather than absolute measurement but their calibration is possible by modern techniques.

TL;DR: The present state of submarine cable technology; its relationship to communication by satellite; and the implications of optical fibre systems are reviewed.

TL;DR: Fluorescent dyes can be used as cell probes which bind, according to their chemical structure, to particular subcellular regions of lymphocytes, which yields a rapid assay of lymphocyte activation and thus new diagnostic tests of cell-mediated immunity, for example to organ transplants and to cancer.

TL;DR: The electronpositron storage ring (LEP) at CERN as discussed by the authors has been proposed to test the Rutherford/Bohr concept of atomic structure, which can be interpreted in terms of only four fundamental particles (two quarks and two leptons).