Industrial Metabolism
Industrial ecologist, economist and physicist Robert Ayres describes it as "the whole integrated collection of physical processes that convert raw materials and energy, plus labor, into finished products and wastes.
metabolism
Sum total of all physical and chemical processes that take place within an organism from uptake to elimination.
Metabolism-literally, change. Any process in an organism that produces, changes, or breaks down a compound. Digestion is a process of metabolizing the foods taken into the body.
Metabolism
The conversion or breakdown of a substance from one form to another by a living organism.
Metabolite
Any product of metabolism.
metabolism The total chemical and physical processes by which the functional and nutritional activities of an organism are maintained.
metabolite Any product of metabolism, especially a transformed chemical.
metabolism
The chemical changes in living systems by which energy is provided for vital processes and activities and new material is assimilated.
metalimnion ...
metabolism : The sum of the chemical reactions occurring within a cell or a whole organism; includes the energy-releasing breakdown of molecules (catabolism) and the synthesis of new molecules (anabolism).
metabolism (meh-TAB-uh-LIZ-um). The sum of the
chemical reactions occurring within a cell or a whole
organism; includes the energy-releasing breakdown of ...
Cometabolism
A reaction in which microbes transform a contaminant even though the contaminant cannot serve as an energy source for the organisms.
Metabolism: A term that encompasses all of the diverse reactions by which a cell processes food material to obtain energy and the compounds from which new cell components are made.
Metabolism - All the chemical reactions that enable the body to work. For example, food is metabolized (chemically changed) to supply the body with energy. Chemicals can be metabolized by the body and made either more or less harmful.
Metabolism The processes which sustain an organism, including energy production, synthesis of proteins for repair and replication.
Metalimnion The middle layer of a lake.
Metabolism
A chemical and physical process in which substances (such as sugar) are transformed into energy and waste products.
Metabolites ...
CAM plants (crassulacean acid metabolism) Plants (e.g, cactus and other succulents) that, unlike the C3 and C4 plants, temporarily separate the processes of carbon dioxide uptake and fixation when grown under arid conditions.
Microorganisms are capable of utilizing many types of carbon-containing molecules as substrates for growth, metabolism and cell division.
Even MILD dehydration will slow down a person metabolism as much as 3%.
One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
At this time, carbon dioxide is omitted, as a the embryo's metabolism kicks into high gear. To get the energy boost that it needs, insoluble sugar, starch and fat in the endosperm are converted to soluble sugar and translocated to the embryo.
Industrial ecology uses the metaphor of metabolism to analyse production and consumption by industry, government, organizations and consumers, and the interactions between them.
A compound derived from the metabolism of another compound is said to be a metabolite of that compound.
Definition source
Oregon State University (US).
DDT
Probable cancer-causing agent, disrupts hormone metabolism, affects nervous, immune and reproductive systems, based on animal studies and reports of exposed farm workers ...
Bioavailabiliity: Degree of ability to be absorbed and ready to interact in organism metabolism.
ammonification production of ammonia (NH3) from organic nitrogenous compounds by decay of dead material and metabolism in living organisms ...
Carbon cycle The continuous process of combining and releasing carbon and oxygen thereby storing and emitting heat and energy. Catabolism + anabolism = metabolism.
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carbon dioxide molecule
aka CO₂ . The gas that gives pop its fizz. plants use it during photosynthesis, emitting oxygen. people, animals (and machines) breathe it out during metabolism.
 See also: Water, Organic, Condition, Toxic, Soil
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