Decomposition, the Glossary
Decomposition or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts.[1]
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219 relations: Acid, Adipocere, Aerobic organism, Algor mortis, Amber, American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Amino acid, Ammonia, Anaerobic digestion, Anaerobic organism, Anaerobic respiration, Aphid, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Argentina, Arizona State University, Autolysis (biology), Autopsy, Ötzi, Bacon, Bacteria, Biodegradation, Biological anthropology, Biosphere, Blister, Bloating, Blood, Body farm, Bog, Bog body, Bone, Burial, Cadaverine, Calcium, Calliphoridae, Carbohydrate, Carbon dioxide, Cartilage, Cellulose, Chemical decomposition, Chemical process of decomposition, Chemical structure, Chitin, Circulatory system, Civil rights movement, Clay mineral, Clothing, Communism, Cornell University Press, Coyote, CRC Press, ... Expand index (169 more) »
- Anaerobic digestion
- Biostratinomy
- Composting
- Signs of death
Acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
Adipocere
Adipocere, also known as corpse wax, grave wax or mortuary wax, is a wax-like organic substance formed by the anaerobic bacterial hydrolysis of fat in tissue, such as body fat in corpses.
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Aerobic organism
An aerobic organism or aerobe is an organism that can survive and grow in an oxygenated environment.
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Algor mortis
Algor mortis, the third stage of death, is the change in body temperature post mortem, until the ambient temperature is matched. Decomposition and Algor mortis are signs of death.
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Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin.
American Journal of Biological Anthropology
The American Journal of Biological AnthropologyInfo pages about the renaming are: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/26927691/homepage/productinformation.html and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/26927691 (previously known as the American Journal of Physical Anthropology) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official journal of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists.
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Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.
Anaerobic digestion
Anaerobic digestion is a sequence of processes by which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen. Decomposition and Anaerobic digestion are biodegradable waste management.
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Anaerobic organism
An anaerobic organism or anaerobe is any organism that does not require molecular oxygen for growth.
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Anaerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration is respiration using electron acceptors other than molecular oxygen (O2). Decomposition and Anaerobic respiration are anaerobic digestion.
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Aphid
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
The Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology is a peer-reviewed biweekly journal publishes papers and mini-reviews of new and emerging products, processes and technologies in the area of prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells, relevant enzymes and proteins; applied genetics and molecular biotechnology; genomics and proteomics; applied microbial and cell physiology; environmental biotechnology; process and products and more.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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Autolysis (biology)
In biology, autolysis, more commonly known as self-digestion, refers to the destruction of a cell through the action of its own enzymes.
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Autopsy
An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; or the exam may be performed to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.
Ötzi
Ötzi, also called The Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC.
Bacon
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back.
Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
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Biodegradation
Biodegradation is the breakdown of organic matter by microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. Decomposition and Biodegradation are anaerobic digestion and biodegradable waste management.
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Biological anthropology
Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their extinct hominin ancestors, and related non-human primates, particularly from an evolutionary perspective.
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Biosphere
The biosphere, also called the ecosphere, is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems.
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Blister
A blister is a small pocket of body fluid (lymph, serum, plasma, blood, or pus) within the upper layers of the skin, usually caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure or infection.
Bloating
Abdominal bloating (or simply bloating) is a short-term disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract.
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Blood
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.
Body farm
A body farm is a research facility where decomposition of humans and animals can be studied in a variety of settings.
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Bog
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss.
Bog body
A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.
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Bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.
Burial
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects.
Cadaverine
Cadaverine is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)5(NH2)2.
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Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Calliphoridae
The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species.
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Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
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Cartilage
Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue.
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Cellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.
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Chemical decomposition
Chemical decomposition, or chemical breakdown, is the process or effect of simplifying a single chemical entity (normal molecule, reaction intermediate, etc.) into two or more fragments.
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Chemical process of decomposition
Decomposition in animals is a process that begins immediately after death and involves the destruction of soft tissue, leaving behind skeletonized remains. Decomposition and Chemical process of decomposition are Biostratinomy.
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Chemical structure
A chemical structure of a molecule is a spatial arrangement of its atoms and their chemical bonds.
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Chitin
Chitin (C8H13O5N)n is a long-chain polymer of ''N''-acetylglucosamine, an amide derivative of glucose.
Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.
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Clay mineral
Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline earths, and other cations found on or near some planetary surfaces.
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Clothing
Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.
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Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
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Cornell University Press
The Cornell University Press is the university press of Cornell University; currently housed in Sage House, the former residence of Henry William Sage.
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Coyote
The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.
CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
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Crow
A crow (pronounced) is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly, a synonym for all of Corvus.
Cult of personality
A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader,Mudde, Cas and Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira (2017) Populism: A Very Short Introduction.
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Cutin
Cutin is one of two waxy polymers that are the main components of the plant cuticle, which covers all aerial surfaces of plants, the other being cutan.
Death
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
Decomposer
Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms; they carry out decomposition, a process possible by only certain kingdoms, such as fungi.
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Decomposition
Decomposition or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts. Decomposition and Decomposition are anaerobic digestion, biodegradable waste management, Biostratinomy, Composting and signs of death.
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Detritivore
Detritivores (also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces).
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Detritus
In biology, detritus is dead particulate organic material, as distinguished from dissolved organic material.
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Development of the human body
Development of the human body is the process of growth to maturity.
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Dog
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.
Earthworm
An earthworm is a soil-dwelling terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida.
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Ecological Society of America
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional organization of ecological scientists.
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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Embalming
Embalming is the art and science of preserving human remains by treating them (in its modern form with chemicals) to forestall decomposition.
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Environmental Earth Sciences
Environmental Earth Sciences is an international multidisciplinary scientific journal published 24 times a year by Springer.
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Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
European Society of Radiology
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is an international medical society based in Vienna, Austria dedicated to the promotion and coordination of scientific, philanthropic, intellectual and professional activities of radiology in Europe.
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Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón (7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita, was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón (1895–1974).
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Experimental and Applied Acarology
Experimental and Applied Acarology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of acarology.
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Fat
In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.
Feces
Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
Fixation (histology)
In the fields of histology, pathology, and cell biology, fixation is the preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
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Flesh fly
Sarcophagidae are a family of flies commonly known as flesh flies.
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Fly
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing".
Food chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web, often starting with an autotroph (such as grass or algae), also called a producer, and typically ending at an apex predator (such as grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivore (such as earthworms and woodlice), or decomposer (such as fungi or bacteria).
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Food preservation
Food preservation includes processes that make food more resistant to microorganism growth and slow the oxidation of fats.
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Food science
Food science is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the development of food technology.
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Food spoilage
Food spoilage is the process where a food product becomes unsuitable to ingest by the consumer.
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Food web
A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.
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Forensic anthropology
Forensic anthropology is the application of the anatomical science of anthropology and its various subfields, including forensic archaeology and forensic taphonomy, in a legal setting.
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Forensic entomology
Forensic entomology is a branch of forensic science that uses insects found on corpses to help solve criminal cases.
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Forensic pathology
Forensic pathology is pathology that focuses on determining the cause of death by examining a corpse.
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Forensic science
Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science principles and methods to support legal decision-making in matters of criminal and civil law.
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Forensic Science International
Forensic Science International is a peer-reviewed academic journal of forensic science.
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Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde (systematic name methanal) is an organic compound with the chemical formula and structure, more precisely.
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Fox
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae.
Functional Ecology (journal)
Functional Ecology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering physiological, behavioural, and evolutionary ecology, as well as ecosystems and community ecology, emphasizing an integrative approach.
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Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
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Global Change Biology
Global Change Biology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the interface between biological systems and all aspects of environmental change that affect a substantial part of the globe including climate change, global warming, land use change, invasive species, urbanization, wildfire, and greenhouse gases.
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Grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).
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Gravity
In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things that have mass.
Grazing
In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other forages into meat, milk, wool and other animal products, often on land that is unsuitable for arable farming.
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Hemicellulose
A hemicellulose (also known as polyose) is one of a number of heteropolymers (matrix polysaccharides), such as arabinoxylans, present along with cellulose in almost all terrestrial plant cell walls.
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Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a protein containing iron that facilitates the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.
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Ho Chi Minh
italic (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho (Bác Hồ) or just Uncle (Bác), and by other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary, nationalist, and politician.
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HowStuffWorks
HowStuffWorks is an American commercial infotainment website founded by professor and author Marshall Brain, to provide its target audience an insight into the way many things work.
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Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who served as the 47th president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period of forty-seven hours in 2002.
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Humana Press
Humana Press was an American academic publisher of science, technology, and medical books and journals founded in 1976.
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Humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
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Humus
In classical soil science, humus is the dark organic matter in soil that is formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter. Decomposition and humus are Composting.
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Hydrolysis
Hydrolysis is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.
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Incorruptibility
Incorruptibility is a Catholic and Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and beati) to completely or partially avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness.
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Injury
Injury is physiological damage to the living tissue of any organism, whether in humans, in other animals, or in plants.
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.
International Journal of Food Microbiology
The International Journal of Food Microbiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers, short communications, review articles, and book reviews in area of food microbiology and relates fields of mycology, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and immunology.
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International Journal of Legal Medicine
The International Journal of Legal Medicine is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering forensic science and legal medicine.
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Johann Ludwig Casper
Johann Ludwig Casper (11 March 1796 – 24 February 1864) was a German forensic scientist, criminologist, pathologist, pediatrician, pharmacologist, professor and author.
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Journal of Archaeological Science
The Journal of Archaeological Science is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers "the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology".
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Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
The Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering forensic and legal medicine.
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Journal of Forensic Sciences
The Journal of Forensic Sciences (JFS) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal is the official publication of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, published by Wiley-Blackwell.
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Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
The Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation is an international peer-reviewed academic journal published bimonthly in English that publishes papers in the field of Veterinary Sciences.
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Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Sung Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. Afterwards, he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong Il and was declared Eternal President.
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Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Irsenovich Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea.
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Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States.
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Lactic acid
Lactic acid is an organic acid.
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Law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.
Leachate
A leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed. Decomposition and leachate are anaerobic digestion and biodegradable waste management.
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Lenin's Mausoleum
Lenin's Mausoleum (from 1953 to 1961 Lenin's and Stalin's Mausoleum) (p), also known as Lenin's Tomb, is a mausoleum located at Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
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Lettuce
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an annual plant of the family Asteraceae.
Lignin
Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants.
Lipid
Lipids are a broad group of organic compounds which include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides, phospholipids, and others.
List of causes of death by rate
The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates.
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Livor mortis
Livor mortis, postmortem lividity, hypostasis or suggillation, is the second stage of death and one of the signs of death. Decomposition and Livor mortis are signs of death.
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Lucilia (fly)
Lucilia is a genus of blow flies in the family Calliphoridae.
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Lymphatic system
The lymphatic system, or lymphoid system, is an organ system in vertebrates that is part of the immune system, and complementary to the circulatory system.
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Maggot
A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and crane flies.
Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people.
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McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.
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Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi.
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Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.
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Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
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In biochemistry, a metabolite is an intermediate or end product of metabolism.
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Methane
Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). Decomposition and Methane are anaerobic digestion.
Microbiology of decomposition
Microbiology of decomposition is the study of all microorganisms involved in decomposition, the chemical and physical processes during which organic matter is broken down and reduced to its original elements. Decomposition and Microbiology of decomposition are Biostratinomy.
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Microbiome
A microbiome is the community of microorganisms that can usually be found living together in any given habitat.
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Microorganism
A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
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Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales.
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MIT News
The MIT News is an official publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods).
Mold
A mold or mould is one of the structures that certain fungi can form.
Mourner
A mourner is someone who is attending a funeral or who is otherwise recognized as in a period of grief and mourning prescribed either by religious law or by popular custom.
Mummy
A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions.
Nature Reviews Microbiology
Nature Reviews Microbiology is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal published by Nature Portfolio.
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Necrobiome
The necrobiome has been defined as the community of species associated with decaying remains after the death of an organism.
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New Phytologist
New Phytologist is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published on behalf of the New Phytologist Foundation by Wiley-Blackwell.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.
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Nutrient cycle
A nutrient cycle (or ecological recycling) is the movement and exchange of inorganic and organic matter back into the production of matter.
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Odor
An odor (American English) or odour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds that are generally found in low concentrations that humans and many animals can perceive via their sense of smell.
Organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.
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Organism
An organism is defined in a medical dictionary as any living thing that functions as an individual.
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Osmosis
Osmosis is the spontaneous net movement or diffusion of solvent molecules through a selectively-permeable membrane from a region of high water potential (region of lower solute concentration) to a region of low water potential (region of higher solute concentration), in the direction that tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides.
Ovipositor
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Padre Pio
Pio of Pietrelcina (born Francesco Forgione; 25 May 188723 September 1968), widely known as i, was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic.
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Paraffin wax
Paraffin wax (or petroleum wax) is a soft colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between 20 and 40 carbon atoms.
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Parasitism
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
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Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.
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Plant litter
Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground.
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Polypore
Polypores are a group of fungi that form large fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside (see Delimitation for exceptions).
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Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII (Ioannes XXIII; Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963.
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Post-mortem interval
The post-mortem interval (PMI) is the time that has elapsed since an individual's death.
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Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.
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Propionic acid
Propionic acid (from the Greek words πρῶτος: prōtos, meaning "first", and πίων: píōn, meaning "fat"; also known as propanoic acid) is a naturally occurring carboxylic acid with chemical formula.
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Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Putrefaction
Putrefaction is the fifth stage of death, following pallor mortis, livor mortis, algor mortis, and rigor mortis.
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Putrescine
Putrescine is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)4(NH2)2.
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Rain
Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity.
Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents.
Respiratory tract
The respiratory tract is the subdivision of the respiratory system involved with the process of conducting air to the alveoli for the purposes of gas exchange in mammals.
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Rigor mortis
Rigor mortis, or postmortem rigidity, is the fourth stage of death. Decomposition and Rigor mortis are signs of death.
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Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
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San Giovanni Rotondo
San Giovanni Rotondo is the name of a town and comune in the province of Foggia and region of Apulia, in southern Italy.
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Saponification
Saponification is a process of cleaving esters into carboxylate salts and alcohols by the action of aqueous alkali.
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Saprotrophic nutrition
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter.
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Scavenger
Scavengers are animals that consume dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation or have been killed by other predators.
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Silphidae
Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles.
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Skeleton
A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.
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Skeletonization
Skeletonization is the state of a dead organism after undergoing decomposition. Decomposition and Skeletonization are signs of death.
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Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
Social Studies of Science is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers relating to the history and philosophy of science.
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Soil
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Soil Biology and Biochemistry is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1969 and published by Elsevier.
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Soil carbon
Soil carbon is the solid carbon stored in global soils.
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Soil organic matter
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the organic matter component of soil, consisting of plant and animal detritus at various stages of decomposition, cells and tissues of soil microbes, and substances that soil microbes synthesize. Decomposition and soil organic matter are Composting.
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Soil type
A soil type is a taxonomic unit in soil science.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
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St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Basilica Sancti Petri; Basilica di San Pietro), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.
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Staling
Staling, or "going stale", is a chemical and physical process in bread and similar foods that reduces their palatability.
Structural integrity and failure
Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load (weight, force, etc.) without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs.
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Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
Sulfhemoglobinemia
Sulfhemoglobinemia is a rare condition in which there is excess sulfhemoglobin (SulfHb) in the blood.
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Taphonomy
Taphonomy is the study of how organisms decay and become fossilized or preserved in the paleontological record.
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Temperature
Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness.
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Termite
Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.
Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (AgLifeSciences) is a college of Texas A&M University, a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas.
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The Science of Nature
The Science of Nature, formerly Naturwissenschaften, is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media covering all aspects of the natural sciences relating to questions of biological significance.
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Tillage
Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.
Tissue (biology)
In biology, tissue is an assembly of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same embryonic origin that together carry out a specific function.
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Titanic
RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, United States.
University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility
The University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, better known as the Body Farm and sometimes seen as the Forensic Anthropology Facility, was conceived in 1971 and established in 1972 by anthropologist William M. Bass as the first facility for the study of decomposition of human remains.
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Vegetation
Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide.
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Vermin
Vermin (colloquially varmint(s) or varmit(s)) are pests or nuisance animals that spread diseases and destroy crops, livestock, and property.
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist.
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Vulture
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.
Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
Wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.
Wiley (publisher)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.
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Wolf
The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.
Wood-decay fungus
A wood-decay or xylophagous fungus is any species of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot.
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Wound
A wound is any disruption of or damage to living tissue, such as skin, mucous membranes, or organs.
Xylophagy
Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood.
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See also
Anaerobic digestion
- 3-Nitrooxypropanol
- Acetogen
- Acetogenesis
- Acidogenesis
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association
- Anaerobic digester types
- Anaerobic digestion
- Anaerobic respiration
- Anammox for wastewater treatment
- Biochemical oxygen demand
- Bioconversion of biomass to mixed alcohol fuels
- Biodegradation
- Biofuel
- Biogas
- Biogas upgrader
- Biogen UK
- Biohydrogen
- Chemical oxygen demand
- Clonostachys rosea f. rosea
- Coenzyme-B sulfoethylthiotransferase
- Comparison of anaerobic and aerobic digestion
- Decomposition
- Digestate
- Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium
- Energy crop
- Fermentation
- Integrated manure utilization system
- Landfill gas
- Leachate
- List of solid waste treatment technologies
- Marsh gas
- Mesophile
- Methane
- Methanogen
- Methanogenesis
- Mixed acid fermentation
- Organisms involved in water purification
- SHARON Wastewater Treatment
- Sewage
- Sewer gas destructor lamp
- Silage
- Thermophile
- Total suspended solids
- Vasily Omelianski
- Volatile acid
- Waste stabilization pond
- Wolfe cycle
Biostratinomy
- Biostratinomy
- Chemical process of decomposition
- Decomposition
- Microbiology of decomposition
- Opisthotonic death pose
Composting
- Aerated static pile composting
- An Agricultural Testament
- Bioeffector
- Biological wood oxidation
- Biotic material
- Bokashi (horticulture)
- Brown waste
- Carbon-to-nitrogen ratio
- Clivus Multrum
- Compost
- Compost Everything
- Compost heater
- Composting Association
- Composting toilet
- Decomposition
- Dillo Dirt
- Ecuador composting method
- Edmonton EcoPark
- Eisenia fetida
- Fairfield Materials Management Ltd
- Grasscycling
- Hügelkultur
- Hermetia illucens
- Home composting
- Hotbed
- Humic substance
- Humus
- Industrial composting
- John Innes compost
- Landsupport
- Leaf Bank
- Leaf mold
- List of composting systems
- Mulch
- Multrum
- Nematode
- Night soil
- Oligochaeta
- Olive mill pomace
- Organopónicos
- Sebakh
- Soil organic matter
- Spent mushroom compost
- Stubble-mulching
- Used coffee grounds
- Vermicompost
- Walter Schmid
- Windrow composting
Signs of death
- Algor mortis
- Cadaveric spasm
- Coffin birth
- Death erection
- Death smell
- Decomposition
- Dying
- Flatline
- Hot nose sign
- Lazarus sign
- Livor mortis
- Nysten's rule
- Pallor mortis
- Rigor mortis
- Skeletonization
- Tache noir de la sclerotique
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decomposition
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