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    CSCI-B 561 Advanced Database Concepts Project Report Buffer Trees - Utility and Applications for External Memory Data Processing TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Abstract 2 2 Introduction/Problem Definition/Literature Review 2 3 Motivation/How the problem is related to Database Systems 2 4 Algorithms/Methods/Models 2 5 Applications and Example 4 6 Conclusions 4 7 Future Direction 4 References 4   1 ABSTRACT Now-a-days, due to the humungous amounts of data, dependence on External Memory for data processing has

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    classification into inventories and application of management and conservation policies. Box & Fujiwara (2013) differentiate forests from woodlands: forest is an ecosystem dominated by tall trees, in a closed structure (considered closed when tree crowns are touching) and woodland is an ecosystem dominated by tall or short trees with an open distribution. The etymology of both words has different meanings according to the language. In Chinese, 森林 (sēnlín), the first character, sēn (also mori in Japanese)

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    harvesting in the past century could have contributed to our estimate being lower than the regional estimate of 116 Mg C/ha. Invasive species can affect forest health, regeneration, and forest structure, so invasive species could have crowded out live trees, decreasing the above-ground live tree carbon pool. The unharvested stand has not been cut in the past three decades so this factor should not affect the above-ground carbon pool significantly, though it has likely been harvested more than the old

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    In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda, a high school freshman, is given the assignment of working with a tree as her object for the year in Mr. Freemans’s art class. She thinks, I plunge my hand into the bottom of the globe and fish out my paper. "Tree". "Tree?" It’s too easy. I learned how to draw a tree in second grade. I reach in for another piece of paper. Mr. Freeman shakes his head. "Ah-ah-ah," he says. "You just chose your destiny, you can’t change that." Mr. Freeman’s art

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    on an elaborate rant about what Birch trees are really good for, such as “I should prefer to have some boy bend them As he went out and in to fetch the cows”… “Some boy too far from town to learn baseball, Whose only play was what he found himself, summer or winter, and could play alone.” He even goes in to detail of how the boy would bend the trees till there was not a one left to bend, as said in lines 28 through 32 “One by one he subdued his father's trees By riding them down over and over again

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    Marany Sorn Gallos English 3 Honors 29 March, 2017 Should We Ban Plastic Bags? Plastic can be found in almost every product, for example: bags, cups, bottles, straws, pens etc. People use plastic bags every day. Everyone carelessly throws plastic bags away and do not realize the problem they are creating. Plastics bags are hurting the environment. It can be found clogging a drain system to being swallowed by marine animals. Plastic bags are light, they are easily carried by the wind to be passed

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    For hundreds of years, the human race has been polluting the earth with fossil fuels and excess waste. The longer we abuse our planet, the less time we will have on it. Climate change has been identified as a legitimate hindrance to the longevity of the human race. The world's temperature and water levels are rising. The findings about climate change have important implications for the broader domain of the world. If we don't change our ways, the world as we know it will cease to exist. One cause

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    Many times we take things for granted, especially when we have lived our whole lives in a bubble where there are tremendous changes but nothing that takes what we have. That’s not the case for many people living in a condition where no one should be living. Haiti is a country where poverty is a big problem, where people starve themselves, no jobs, etc. Is a country where globalization has impacted the environment a big way. Many times the land of a country doesn’t produce enough food because of

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    Solutions to Plastic Pollution in our Oceans The Basics We 're treating the oceans like a trash bin: around 80 percent of marine litter originates on land, and most of that is plastic. Plastic that pollutes our oceans and waterways has severe impacts on our environment and our economy. Seabirds, whales, sea turtles and other marine life are eating marine plastic pollution and dying from choking, intestinal blockage and starvation. Scientists are investigating the long-term impacts of toxic pollutants

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    biodegradable plastics compared to traditional plastics like nylon. In particular look at the disposal of both types of particles and explain how difficult or easy it is for these plastics to enter the Earth’s Carbon-cycle Biodegradable plastics are made from materials that are fully biodegradable. This means when you recycle these plastics it takes less energy and they break down much faster. They can be reused much more efficiency, which gives them a much more clear advantage. Biodegradable plastics are

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