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Production is particularly high along the sea ice edge, he says, because the ice is thinner, which allows more sunlight to penetrate, and because ocean mixing processes along the continental shelf cause an upwelling of nutrient-rich deep water.
It's no coincidence that modern Florida was born of electricity--without air conditioning, none of it would be possible, not those golf course condos or tall beach hotels or trailer parks or malls spreading across the shallow limestone shelf that separates Florida soil from the sea.
The etiology of PFD is probably multifactorial, including a genetic predisposition to connective tissue abnormalities, vaginal childbirth with damage to the innervation of the pelvic floor muscles, estrogen deficiency, and aging effects [ 1 ] . The pelvic floor, situated at the bottom of the abdominal cavity, forms a supporting shelf for the abdominal and pelvic viscera.
But there was a much smaller increase in the prevalence of model stock programs governed by apparel suppliers, reflecting the dominance of retailers in instigating new channel relationships as well as the reluctance of most retailers to allow suppliers to control merchandise on the shelf.
On the NYT op-ed page, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes argues that the solution to last week's huge tainted meat scare and other similar problems with the food supply has been sitting on the shelf ready to go for 40 years.