landscaping activity

A term of art referring to the downregulation of SPARC, an anti-adhesive invasion promoting matricellular protein by SMAD4, a cell-signalling tumour suppressor protein, whose activity has been fancifully likened to topiary trimming and fine-tuning affected flora.

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Approximately 98% of this material is being treated if needed and then reused as fill for embankments and landscaping activity across the Mersey Gateway site.

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Murphy looked out the window of his small office last week toward 470 Pleasant St., which has been swarming with construction and landscaping activity as Planned Parenthood works to open a newer, larger facility.

An uneasy coexistence

recorded, also including monthly landscaping activity; EMCOR even takes responsibility for district cooling."

The rising influence of facilities management

In the 1960s, for instance, the highway-beautification program introduced by Lady Bird Johnson gave rise to a noticeable increase in landscaping activity. That was followed by baby boomers becoming old enough for first-time home buying and the subsequent development and urban sprawl of the 1970s and 1980s.

Transition man

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