In that species, a highly viscid fluid was suspected to retain dead prey in event of flooding during rain [35].
Other plants, such as the Australian grass tree and South African aloes (pictured) retain dense, dead leaves around their stems to serve as insulation against the heat of a wildfire.
The older biblical conception of Hades-Sheol as the gathering place of the dead retained its importance for the Christian tradition, however, as Christians reflected on the redemptive significance of Holy Saturday, the day between Christ's Crucifixion and his Resurrection.
Indeed, it is known that several encephalic functions may be retained in brain-dead patients [29].
During the inquiry into the hospital's failings, it emerged that doctors in Bristol and elsewhere had, unbeknown to parents, regularly removed and retained the organs of dead children.
Abdulbaki Todashev spoke at a Tuesday press conference in Tampa at which the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group, announced that lawyers Barry Cohen and Eric Ludin had been retained to represent the dead man's family as three separate investigations into the 22 May shooting progressed.
About 25% of the tree basal area was cut (large trees and dead wood retained) and harvested as bio-fuel, a CO2 – neutral energy source.
To explore the underlying cause of this proliferation defect, we investigated cell death by measuring the incorporation of the nucleic acid intercalating agent propidium iodide (PI) which is actively excluded from viable cells and retained in membrane-permeant dead cells.
At the end of the mission, no patient was dead or retained.
In Marlborough's Wairau Valley, cabbage trees tend to retain their old, dead leaves, lending them an untidy appearance.
