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Barred and broken, these windows of a former military facility symbolize confinement, decay, and lost authority.-stock-foto
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Interior of a deteriorated washroom in an abandoned building, with broken sink fixtures, fallen window frames, and scattered debris.-stock-foto
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Button ca. 3rd–7th century A.D. Sasanian This small bone object has incised concentric circles around its inner and outer edges with smaller circles incised on its rounded top-side. The reverse of the object is flat. This object may have been used as a button or may be a spindle whorl. The function of small objects found in archaeological excavations are often difficult to identify as they are frequently recovered from disturbed contexts, or would have been attached to larger objects that have since decayed. It was excavated at the site of Ma’aridh IV in the Ctesiphon area, and is very similar-stock-foto
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Button ca. 3rd–7th century A.D. Sasanian This small bone object has concentric circles incised in groups of three around a central perforation on its rounded top-side. The reverse of the object is flat. This object may have been used as a button or may be a spindle whorl. The function of small objects found in archaeological excavations are often difficult to identify as they are frequently recovered from disturbed contexts, or would have been attached to larger objects that have since decayed. It was excavated at the site of Ma’aridh II in the Ctesiphon area, and is very similar to the bone o-stock-foto
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Creative layout with brain in the pink basket  that shows  mental exhaustion and fatigue. Concept of mental health in minimal style.-stock-foto
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Light and shadow play on corrugated iron farm building-stock-foto
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Broken-down candy machine screwed to a house wall, Garding, Eiderstedt, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, North Germany, Central Europe-stock-foto
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CA - Trinidad Head. Trinidad Head Light Station, California. Wharf on East of reservation decayed and unused in 1907. Steamer Emily at Trinidad, Humboldt County, California.-stock-foto
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Brain decline and dementia or aging as memory loss concept for brain cancer decay or an Alzheimer's disease with the medical icon of a old rusting mechanical gears and cog wheels of metal in the shape of a human head with rust.-stock-foto
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Dilapidated function room in an abandoned hotel-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Eglisstadir, East-Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Eglisstadir, East-Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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House in Siglufjördur, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Siglufjoerdur, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Siglufjoerdur, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house, Siglufjoerdur, Northern Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Siglufjoerdur, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Siglufjoerdur, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house, Siglufjoerdur, Northern Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Siglufjoerdur, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Siglufjoerdur, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict house in Siglufjoerdur, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict ship, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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Derelict ship, Iceland, Northern Europe-stock-foto
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signs and flags on a street in Holland-stock-foto
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. V Fig. 183. — Fruiting body of Polyporus pinicola upon log rotted by the fungus.' After von Schrenk.-stock-foto
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. Physiological botany; I. Outlines of the histology of phænogamous plants. II. Vegetable physiology. Plant physiology; Plant anatomy. 33J ASSIMILATION. nutriment fi'om the decaj-ing or decayed remains of other plants ; while others, like Monotiopa uniflora and the Orobanchaceae, ob- tain part of their food from living plants. True parasites obtain their nourishment from living organisms, whereas humus-plants, or saprophytes, live upon the structures of dead ones. From the decaying vegetable mould thej' procure all the ternar3' substances needed for their own fabric, and also the nitrogenous s-stock-foto
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. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 120.—Great Blue Heron, a still hunter. (Sanborn, photographer. CourtesyN. Y. Zoological Society.) at a hair-trigger poise. So we see that few kinds of fish,from the lowly lamprey to the jewelled brook trout,escape the sharp eyes of birds, and even when decayed The Food of Birds *S7 masses of fish are thrown ashore, feathered scavengersare always alert. Frogs always suggest storks to our minds, the rela-tion being of course solely a gastronomic one, and indeedmost of the near relatives of the frog pay their tithe tobirds in a similar way. / > VV ■: /*-stock-foto
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. An ecological study of prairie and forest invertebrates . Larva of the beetle Meracantha contracta in its burrow in much-decayed wood. (Photo- graph, P. A. Glenn.)-stock-foto
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. The bird; its form and function . ^ is the billof the species designed for a special method of procuringfood, but the bills of the two sexes are very different inform and use, and complement each others methods.Concerning the peculiar use of the bill in the Huia birds,. Fig. 193.—Bill of Purple Finch and Crossbill compared; the latter specializedfor extracting seeds from pine-cones. Professor Newton writes: Its favourite food is the grubof a timber-boring beetle, and the male bird with his shortstout bill attacks the more decayed portions of the wood,and chisels out his prey, while the femal-stock-foto
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. Vegetable forcing. Forcing (Plants); Vegetable gardening. 24 VEGETABLE FORCING Semi-iron construction (Fig. 10) isbecomingpopular in all parts of the country. It provides for concrete walls, iron posts embedded in concrete, iron purlins and purlin supports, iron braces and sometimes iron eaves-plates. The iron may be in the form of pipe, angle irons, or simply flat bars, the form depending upon their function and the cost and preference of the builder. With the best forms of semi-iron construction, decayed wood parts arc- easily removed and replaced with new parts. When all exposed parts of-stock-foto
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. Wood and forest . owI ^ thru tliem. It loses its V jirotoplasm anr] starch and becomes heart-wood, in which allcells are dead andserve only the me-chanical function ofholding up the greatweight of the tree andin resisting wind pres-sures. This is the rea-son Mdiy a tree mayhctome decayed andlioUow and yet be aliveand liear fruit. In atree that is actuallydead the sap-wood rotsliist. Chemical s it b-stances infiltrate intothe cell walls of heart-wood and hence it has a darker color than the sap-wood. Persimmonturns black, walnut purplish brown, sumac yellow, oak light brown,tulip and poplar y-stock-foto
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. The bird, its form and function . ?5 156 The Bird Herons are the still-fishers of the bird world, and standin the shallows, silent and motionless as the reeds aroundthem, with their lance-like beaks in rest and their necks. Fig 120 —Great Blue Heron, a still hunter. (Sanborn, photographer. CourtesyN. Y. Zoological Society.) at a hair-trigger poise. So w^e see that few kinds of fish,from the lowly lamprey to the jewelled brook trout,escape the sharp eyes of birds, and even when decayed The Food of Birds ^57 masses of fish are thrown ashore, feathered scavengersare always alert. Frogs always s-stock-foto
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Dental Crown medical procedures A procedure that involves placing a cap over a damaged or decayed tooth to restore its shape and function.-stock-foto