The stratum corneum's function is to reduce water loss, repel water, protect deeper layers of the skin from injury, and to repel microbial invasion of the skin.

Water molecules diffuse through the plasma membrane in both directions, and as the rate of water diffusion is the same in each direction that cell will neither gain nor lose water.

The Panel, therefore, finds that Jordan has failed to establish that the presence of the refugees resulted in loss of use of groundwater resources due to contamination of springs.

In India it is estimated that women fetching water spend 150 million work days per year, equivalent to a national loss of income of 10 billion Rupees.

Abandoning the habit involves not only the inconvenience of losing perks and a certain lifestyle, but also the loss of power.

Losing Turkey

A huge loss.

The loss of resilience would be too great.

These are the 15 commodities that fundamentally pose the biggest threats to these places because of deforestation, soil loss, water use, pesticide use, over fishing, etc.

Another loss for our nation.

Losing Latin America

Everyone seems to be a loser, even if some are more affected than others.

But I feel that would be a huge loss, one I could live with, but still huge.

The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

These job losses will then be multiplied locally and nationally.

The loss of Brazil had a great negative impact on the Portuguese economy.

Jordan, however, acknowledges that the major proportion of damage to the Azraq wetlands, through water loss and the failure of the springs supplying them, occurred before Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Poland s Successful Losers

Losing the Foreign Investment Race

Now this is what many introverts do, and it's our loss for sure, but it is also our colleagues' loss and our communities' loss.

Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters the God of glory thundereth the LORD is upon many waters.

Iran, for example, is on the verge of losing the faithful junior partner that it had in Syria.

David Hoffman on losing everything

this is a heartbreaking loss for Ali's family.

Who Lost Turkey?

2016 strikes again.

Switching off a TV that no one is watching.

The production of heavy water involves isolating and removing deuterium within water.

They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.

Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Is the dollar about to lose the crown of world finance to the euro?

The Ba athist regime in Damascus is marked by two major formative experiences Hafez al Assad s loss of the Golan Heights to Israel, and his son Bashar s loss of Lebanon.

The decisions also set out specific actions for better water management, including more efficient irrigation, and for training farmers and water users associations in efficient water use.

When battles were lost, talks began.

This certainly was a grievous loss to him.

GIWA focused on environmental aspects of water, comprising surface and ground waters as well as coastal and marine waters.

Women and access to water

Loss of the ancient cedar, pine, fir, and oak forests on the slopes above is another matter.

After Bhutan lost the war, the Treaty of Sinchula was signed between British India and Bhutan.

Although serious water resource limitations had prevented mass availability to the region, Israel's efforts would be instrumental in increasing the water flow.

The report defined physical water scarcity, as being where there are insufficient water resources to meet the demands of the population, and economic water scarcity as where water requirements are not satisfied because of a lack of investment in water or human capacity.