The Response of <i>Oxytropis aciphylla</i> Ledeb. Leaf Interface to Water and Light in Gravel Deserts by Zhanlin Bei, Xin Zhang, Fang Zhang, Xingfu Yan

“…In arid areas, the scarcity of rainfall severely limits the growth of plants in the area. In arid sandy deserts, plants survive by deeply rooting to absorb groundwater. …”
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Recent advances in navigation of underwater remotely operated vehicles by Daniel Alfonso Sierra Bueno, Blanca Viviana Martínez Carvajal, Rodolfo Villamizar Mejía

“…From this review, it was concluded that the implementation of an estimator, based on the vehicle kinematic and dynamic models, limits the growth of the estimated error, even in case that the only available information is that provided by an inertial measurement unit. …”
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN GROWTH IN THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL REGIONS by O. V. Kozhevina

“…Gradually such theories as “limits of growth” and “sustainable growth” began to appear. …”
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Fungal Gummosis in Peach by Daniel Mancero-Castillo, Ali Sarkhosh, Sara Sherman, Mercy Olmstead, Philip Harmon, Thomas Beckman

“… Peach fungal gummosis (PFG) is a vascular disease that limits the growth and yield of peach orchards in the southeastern United States. …”
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Economic Growth and the Environment: Whose Growth? Whose Environment? by Beckerman, W

“…Resource constraints do not constitute limits to growth, and the likely economic damage done by climate change would be a negligible proportion of world output. …”

Microbiota-induced peritrophic matrix regulates midgut homeostasis and prevents systemic infection of malaria vector mosquitoes. by Faye H Rodgers, Mathilde Gendrin, Claudia A S Wyer, George K Christophides

“…We reveal that the peritrophic matrix limits the growth and persistence of Enterobacteriaceae within the gut, whilst preventing seeding of a systemic infection. …”
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Geography, sustainability and the concept of glocalization by Herman Theodoor Verstappen

“…Are the growing population numbers and social discrepancies compatible with sustainability and is the free market economy of our consumption society compatible with the ecological limits of growth, social balance and human aspirations? …”
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Non-Hermitian Operator Modelling of Basic Cancer Cell Dynamics by Fabio Bagarello, Francesco Gargano

“…We further add some medical treatment, described by adding a suitable term in the Hamiltonian, which controls and limits the growth of tumor cells, and we propose an optimal approach to stop, and reverse, this growth.…”
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Analysis of tumor growth and immune system interaction model by Awang, Nor Aziran, Maan, Normah

“…From the analysis, it shown that the stability curve limits tumor growth region. The curve from the model lie below the curve of the model with single immune response (CD8+ T cell). …”
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Plant Responses to Heat Stress: Physiology, Transcription, Noncoding RNAs, and Epigenetics by Jianguo Zhao, Zhaogeng Lu, Li Wang, Biao Jin

“…High temperature is a major abiotic stress that limits the growth and production of plants. Therefore, the plant response to heat stress (HS) has been a focus of research. …”
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Editorial: Social Sustainability: An Ambiguous Concept, Areas of Tension and Ways Forward by Monica Budowski, Daniel Künzler

“…The 50th anniversary of the Club of Rome report on The Limits of Growth is a good opportunity to think about what sustainability and particularly social sus-tainability mean. …”
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Global analysis of ocean phytoplankton nutrient limitation reveals high prevalence of co-limitation by Thomas J. Browning, C. Mark Moore

“…Abstract Nutrient availability limits phytoplankton growth throughout much of the global ocean. …”
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Neoliberalism, Postsecularism, and the End of Religion by Clayton Crockett

“…I argue that neoliberalism is a symptom of a fatal crisis in modern liberalism, which is brought about by geophysical planetary limits to growth. The concept of religion is a modern one that emerges from a secularized Christianity, and as liberalism declines, religion as a category is also declining. …”
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The role of mycorrhizal associations in plant potassium nutrition by Kevin eGarcia, Sabine Dagmar Zimmermann

“…Potassium (K+) is one of the most abundant elements of soil composition but its very low availability limits plant growth and productivity of ecosystems. Because this cation participates in many biological processes, its constitutive uptake from soil solution is crucial for the plant cell machinery. …”
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Concepts for a New Generation of Global Modelling Tools: Expanding our Capacity for Perception by Robert Hoffman

“…It is now twenty years since the issues associated with the global 'problematique' were widely publicized in Limits to Growth, the pioneering study commissioned by the Club of Rome. …”
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LNG demand potential in Asia by Rogers, H

“…All three markets have enjoyed economic growth based on exportoriented manufacturing and technology goods production; however, with the slowdown in Chinese growth and the limits to growth inherent in this economic model, there are questions regarding their future economic performance. …”

Investigating the effect of ascorbate and salt on sodium, chlorine and some organic compounds in DPX soybean plant by m niyakan, a diyansaee

“…Salinity stress is an important environmental factor that limits plant growth and production. The harmful effects of salinity on plants have been identified either in the form of plant death or in the form of reduced growth. …”
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Economic growth: the theoretical debate on resources, the environment and growth limits and the choices faced by human beings by Renzhong Ding

“…Design/methodology/approach – The worldwide controversy aroused by The Limits to Growth published in 1972 made people realize that the carrying capacity of the ecosystem was limited, as were the resources. …”
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An analysis on the preliminary benefits of aquaculture smart aeration control by Chi‐Yuan Lin, Yu‐Tang Shen, Yong‐An Tsai, Chao‐Chien Chen

“…In addition to the rising cost of labour, land, infrastructure and other materials, the capital needed to engage in aquaculture has risen, whereas the profits have decreased. This limits the growth of aquaculture and fisheries. To overcome this problem, it is essential to shift towards efficient and ecologically precise smart aquaculture. …”
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Apocalypse Then, Now—and Future? by Bron Taylor

“…Since The Limits to Growth study in 1972 scores of studies have concluded that, without a dramatic reduction in human numbers and per-capita consumption and thus ecosystem destruction, and absent concomitant transformation of technological, economic, political, and value systems, widespread collapse of Earth’s socioecological systems will commence and accelerate during the 21st century. …”
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