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Showing 1 to 20 of 244 for “"Aberdeen"”.
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The Organisational Work of Lady Ishbel Aberdeen, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair. (1857-1939)
… and institutions established by Lady Ishbel Aberdeen, and those other organisations to which she became affiliated. The Countess of Aberdeen was wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, John Campbell Gordon, the 7th Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo. They served in Ireland firstly and briefly in …
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Lord Aberdeen and Conservative Foreign Policy, 1841-1846
This study looks at Lord Aberdeen’s second tenure as Foreign Secretary, in Robert Peel’s government of 1841-46. The tenure is first contextualised by an analysis of Aberdeen’s ‘mental map’, in order to reconstruct the personal influences and reasoning behind Conservative foreign policy. The study …
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Within their sphere? Women's correspondence to Aberdeen daily newspapers, 1900-1918.
… and agenda of women correspondents to Aberdeen local newspapers during the period 1900-18. This was achieved by undertaking a content analysis of all printed letters to the editor identified as being by women correspondents to the Aberdeen Daily Journal and Aberdeen Free Press. Women …
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The nineteenth-century book trade in Aberdeen, with primary reference to Lewis Smith.
… bookselling and related trades in Aberdeen. Chapter 1 examines current scholarly interest in the provincial book trade and acknowledges previous research on the 'trade' in north-east Scotland, particularly that of J. P. Edmond, W. R. McDonald and M. C. Head. Chapters 2 and 3 provide …
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Entrepreneurial enactment as social value creation: an exploration of the Aberdeen entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The research explored how entrepreneurial enactment leads to social value creation in the entrepreneurial ecosystem using interpretive qualitative approach. The research and findings are delivered in a structured narrative. This approach is adopted to reveal how entrepreneurial enactment traverses …
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A Study of Factors Relating to Grade-School Band Dropouts in the Aberdeen School District
It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine the various causes of student dropouts in the beginning band program; (2) to examine the relation of statistics collected between five elementary schools; (3) to analyze, in particular, various student responses as well as aptitude factors as causes …
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Community information and advice services in Aberdeen: a survey of provision and a study of interagency cooperation.
The study examines interagency cooperation among Aberdeen advice agencies by describing the activities of 'Link Up' - an umbrella group comprising mainly neighbourhood advice offices, which was active in 1979-81. It concludes that, while 'Link Up' was far from wholly successful, it was effective in …
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An Experimental Investigation of the Effect on Interest of Reading Children’s Literature to Sixth Grade Students in Aberdeen, Washington
To determine the effect of a teacher's reading literature upon the interest in reading books among sixth grade students, one group (experimental) participated in a twenty-eight week program of scheduled daily time during which they listened to literature read by their teacher. A second group …
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Mind the gap: an evaluation of the organisational, practical and social influences on the implementation of cycling-specific policies in Aberdeen.
… implementation of cycling-specific policies in Aberdeen, Scotland. Although qualitative studies in this field are growing in number, a prior significant body of work has relied on quantitative data and therefore has not been able to incorporate the discourses of cyclists. Furthermore, in …
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Estudio de la efectividad garrapaticida del compuesto Cypergan-15 en las razas Aberdeen Angus y Brahman en el departamento de Boaco, Nicaragua
El presente trabajo se realizó en la UPE Santa Fe de la Empresa Genética Agenor Gómez, localizada a 15 Km al Noreste de la ciudad de Boaco, Nicaragua. Evaluándose la efectividad del garrapaticida Cipergan-15 mediante el recuento del número de garrapatas vivas después de la aplicación de diferentes …
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The road to nowhere? A critical case study of the political discourses in the debates around the decision to construct a bypass road around Aberdeen.
… to build a bypass road around the city of Aberdeen. The study focused on the relative power of various discourses embodied in the arguments and strategies pursued by the promoters and opponents of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Road (AWPR) to affect eventual outcomes. The research sought …
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Challenges and opportunities in the reuse of abandoned urban space.
… during projects of regeneration. The study took Aberdeen city as its concrete focus, exploring methods to connect more strongly the environment of cultural challenges (the academy), and the environment of the urban and social priorities (the local government), in an effort to define a network of …
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Spatial ecology of grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in an urban environment
… competition and disease spread. The city of Aberdeen remains a<br/>stronghold for the grey squirrel in Scotland, and Saving Scotland’s Red<br/>Squirrels (SSRS) has identified lack of access to perform control in private<br/>gardens as a potential barrier to eradication of the species from …
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Population Dynamics of the Mourning Dove in South Dakota
… estimates form immature bandings, 44.6 percent. Aberdeen bandings predominated in the sample so separate calculations were made excluding those bandings. Mean annual mortality estimates for adults were approximately 2 percent greater while immature annual mortality was 4 percent greater when …
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Computational Finite Element Analysis Of Extreme Loading Response Of Structural Insulated Panel (Sip) Building Subsystems
… of blast experimental tests performed by Aberdeen Proving Grounds in association with the United States Military Academy, west point, major failure of the system was observed at two critical connections in the sip wall assembly. Using abaqus cae, a model of a static panel transverse …
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Practices of food and diet in an urban context.
… and this is reflected here in the city of Aberdeen. In order to be able to holistically assess the elements which interplay in the causes of obesity, an approach which encompasses sociology, biology and body shape could be considered. It was thought that aspects of modern urban life would …
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Methods for Calculating Motion Induced Interruptions as Applied to a Space Capsule After Splashdown
… scale model of the CEV was tested at the Aberdeen Test Center in Aberdeen, Maryland. Direct comparison of the analyzed data, MII sensitivity to location, and scaling analyses are examined and future work to further the application of MII calculation methods are proposed. The symmetry of …
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Employee engagement: relevance and application in the third sector?
… Organisations (TSOs), particularly those in the Aberdeen City area, to assist in meeting contemporary organisational challenges. It explores the level of understanding and use of engagement in TSOs. It assesses the engagement experience of senior leaders in those TSOs. Finally, the work uses …
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The effect of alternative fuels and aftertreatment devices on measured mobile school bus emissions
… by performing the drive cycle on a test track in Aberdeen, MD within the Aberdeen Test Center (ATC).</p> <p>It has been well documented that NO<sub>x</sub> emissions are a strong function of ambient temperature and humidity. In order to evaluate NO<sub>x</sub> emission reduction potentials, a …
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The provision of health care in remote hostile environments.
… from offshore at the A&E department of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, while the third examines 100 annual medical reports from British Antarctic Survey stations.
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