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Showing 1 to 20 of 429 for “"Alaska"”.
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Subsistence whaling in Alaska
… setting, the Eskimo of western and northwestern Alaska have for centuries risked the ice and elements in pursuit of one of the largest and most magnificent animals on earth, the Bowhead whale. The life cycle of the Bowhead whale wholly depends on the pack ice, near the edge of which it lives …
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Magnetotelluric crustal studies in Kenai, Alaska
Includes bibliographical references.
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A state capitol building for Alaska
… for the future needs of the State Government of Alaska; and to design a building which will be both adequate and appropriate for the state capitol. The writer, in order to produce a more meaningful thesis, made a personal investigation of the site. He spent a period of three months in Juneau, …
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A review of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in Alaska native and non-natives in southwest Alaska
… disease. Factors affecting people of Southwest Alaska, such as northern latitude (above 34ºN), low dietary intake of vitamin D, reduced sun exposure, high body mass index, and darker skin pigmentation increase risk for Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] deficiency and insufficiency. <br /><br …
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A study of downtown Eagle River, Alaska
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Biogeochemical reconnaissance survey of Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska, A
Includes bibliographical references.
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Rheology and chemical characterization of Alaska heavy oils
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-63).
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Geology of the Tok antimony mine, Tok, Alaska
Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-94).
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Investigation of thermal filamentation instability over Gakona, Alaska
… carried out at the HAARP facility in Gakona, Alaska in summer 2005, spring 2006, and summer 2006, a weakening in ionogram traces was observed during O-mode and X-mode heating, leading to a scenario detailing the effects of thermal filamentation and short-scale irregularities caused by heating. …
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Complex Crustal Stratification Within the Chugach Mountains, Southern Alaska
… of the Chugach metamorphic complex in southern Alaska includes a uniquely well exposed crustal section ideal for obtaining the vertical profile of a crustal section. Field studies in this area resulted in the characterization of deformational fabric and analysis of finite strain magnitude and …
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The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition and Seattle's Health Modernization
… looks at how modernization was presented at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. During Seattle’s modernization phase, public health, sanitation, and racial fears associated with disease were of utmost importance. By looking at Seattle and its relationship with the AYPE, it becomes …
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The geology and mining of the Nome District, Alaska
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy, 1905.
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Modeling the Future Distribution of Rubus chamaemorus (cloudberry) in Alaska
… to Indigenous, subsistence-based communities in Alaska. Motivated by existing research suggesting subsistence berries could be vulnerable to climate change impacts, Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) niche modeling was used to understand historical and projected future distributions of cloudberry habitat …
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A Case Study of Polar Bear Co-Management in Alaska
… and process for conservation and acknowledges Alaskan Natives’ subsistence on marine mammals. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Alaska Nanuuq Commission (ANC) co-management of polar bears is important for the conservation of the species and resilience of Alaska Native …
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THERMOTECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE ALASKA RANGE: LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS
… denudation contributing to the formation of the Alaska Range. The approach will be to determine the thermal history (~30 Ma to the present) of the central, and eastern Alaska Range both temporally and spatially. Mechanisms of deformation (resulting in periodic episodes of rock uplift) along an …
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The new North: Patents and knowledge economy analysis in Alaska
1 PDF file (x, 130 pages)
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Depression And Health Among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
<p>There is evidence of an association between depression, chronic disease, health status, and functionality among the elderly population. Research examining these relationships among American Indian elders is limited. This paper used data from the Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders II to …
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Periglacial landforms and processes in the southern Kenai Mountains, Alaska
… landforms in the southern Kenai Mountains, Alaska, were investigated during the summer of 1979. The principal area of study was a 1300-metre high mountain mass which stood as a nunatak during the last general glaciation. Periglacial features in the area include gelifluction lobes, nivation …
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Receiver function imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath Alaska
… of the subducted slab and its geometry. The Alaska subduction zone, which is associated with the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North America plate, has a complex tectonic setting and carries a series of subduction episodes, and represents an excellent target to study such plate …
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