An experiment in bovine genetic modification goes horrifically wrong in writer/director Billy O' Brien's debut feature. John Lynch stars as Dan, a cattle farmer in the remote Irish countryside, whose ex, Orla (Essie Davis), a veterinarian, has convinced him to take part in a profit-driven experiment on his cows, run by John (Marcel Iures), an officious scientist who seems very concerned with maintaining secrecy. Orla is conducting a routine check on a pregnant cow, & her hand is inside the animal, checking the unborn calf, when something bites at her. John is called to the farm, & reassures them that the safety checks were all okay. He's more concerned with the presence of a caravan just outside the farm occupied by Jamie (Sean Harris) & Mary (Ruth Negga), a desperate young couple who are apparently hiding out from something. ...

In August 1956, a young shepherd, his wife, two-year-old daughter & ten-day-old son sat huddled in a small boat on Loch Monar in Ross-shire as a storm raged around them. They were bound for a tiny, remote cottage at the western end of the loch which was to be their home for the next four years. This work tells the story of those years. ...

Revolution has broken out in the Forsaken Isles. The islanders have risen up to drive out the Inning Empire, but still they have no one to unite them. Only an Ison can do that
- a leader whose heart has been cleansed by the curing of dhota-nur. The power to create an Ison lies in the hands of three people, & none of them are heroes.
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This book reports, for the first time, results from behavioral, neurochemical & molecular experiments which demonstrate a range of TIQs & BCs effects
- from their rather mild neurotoxic actions to the important neuroprotective & antiaddictive properties.
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After the discovery that elements were commonly composed of isotopes, there developed a range of studies of the variability of isotopic compositions in Earth materials, which was able to add to our understanding of Earth processes & history. This title describes the range of isotopic studies. ...

Within the discipline of environmental sciences, the stable-isotope methodology is being increasingly used, especially in the study of the water cycle & of paeleo-climatology. This book reviews the natural variability of stable isotopes in the hydrosphere. ...