After being thus secured the surface was beaten flat and, in the case of straw thatch was combed down with a thatcher's rake.

...pilotaxitic texture connotes abundant plagioclase microlites prominently fluxioned in an overall sub-parallel manner and locally around phenocrysts (but strictly in a holocrystalline non-glassy matrix).

Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.

The group treated with the transfected stem cells showed a significantly larger range of reepidermalization starting the first week, along with a thicker epidermis and lower content of collagen I at 3 weeks after burn.