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Showing 1 to 20 of 409 for “"Alien"”.
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Critical play : alien contact
I argue that the necessity of emancipating the Situationist International (SI) from the historical notion of it as the last movement of the avant-garde in order to take over the spirit of the SI. I claim that necessity of strategically announcing the concept of the Post- Situationist in order to …
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Shamanism and alien abductions : a comparative study
… (ufologists) claim that being abducted by aliens can be compared with shamanic initiation experiences in traditional societies in that both types of experience may be similarly transformative, leading to a more spiritual or animistic world-view, a deep concern for the environment and the …
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Alien Affects: Movement, Migration, and Landscapes of Citizenship
<p><em>Alien Affects</em> is a materialist examination of the ways citizenship landscapes are shaped by three mechanisms of control - extraterrestrial film, border security, and the legal apparatuses of the State - that accelerate flows of dominant national citizenship and hinder the movements of …
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Advantages of citizenship as distinguished from alien status
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Predicting rates and patterns of alien plant spread
The invasion of alien plants into natural ecosystems is a widespread phenomenon that impacts negatively on ecosystem structure and functioning. The invasion and subsequent spread of an alien plant population is equivalent to the processes of colonisation and migration. This implies that the …
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Familiarizing the Alien: Designing working nodes that reveal the opportunity of invasive alien plants as a resource in the Theewaterskloof catchment area
… dam is almost entirely infested with invasive alien plant species which are the single largest contributor to water loss from the dam (up to ±300 million liters of water are lost per year). Given the context of severe water scarcity in the region, the management of these alien invasive species, …
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Near-infrared Characterization of the Atmospheres of Alien Worlds
In this thesis I present near-infrared detections of the thermal emission of a number of hot Jupiters and likely transit depth differences from different wavelength observations of a super-Earth. I have pioneered ``Staring Mode'' using the Wide-field Infrared Camera on the Canada-France-Hawaii …
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The alien presence: Palaeoentomological approaches to trade and migration
This thesis addresses the potential of palaeoentomological remains to stand as evidence of past trade and culture contact. Three methodological tools are used to evaluate the effectiveness of insect subfossils as palaeoeconomic indicators: palaeoecology, biogeography, and isotopic analysis. …
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Marine alien species of South Africa : threats and opportunities
… Africa, and the status of intertidal marine aliens was last assessed in 1990. I thus investigated the present distribution and status of three intertidal alien species (Mytilus galloprovineialis, Care in us maenas and Careinus aestuarii) and documented the presence and status of a previously …
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A Historical Study of Alien Baptism among Baptists since 1640
Th. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1952
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Jus meritum : alien military service and naturalization in the United States
… relations, too, only deal with the practice of alien enlistment and naturalization tangentially. Drawing on these related literatures, I argue that jus meritum is a foundational citizenship policy deserving of greater scholarly attention. Persons willing to serve in the national interest during …
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Modelling and empirical approaches for predicting the invasiveness of alien species.
… of global change that result from the release of alien species into novel environments. Where an introduced alien establishes a sustainable population, disperses and impacts native species then it is considered as invasive. Predicting the outcomes of alien introductions is critical for …
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Feeling Clumsy, Feeling Alien: Gender and Affect in Victorian Sensation Fiction
<p>“Feeling Clumsy, Feeling Alien: Gender and Affect in Victorian Sensation Fiction” explores the interactions between the shock of reading sensation fiction and the affective potential of the genre using Sara Ahmed’s definition of the killjoy and the affect alien. The sensation genre, as explained …
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Mixed Signals: Communication with the Alien in Cold War Radio Astronomy
This dissertation examines the development of radio astronomy and the search for and communication with extraterrestrial intelligence (CETI) from the 1950s through to the early 1980s, with the aim of understanding how these fields reflected the tensions, successes, and anxieties of Cold War …
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Conservation implications of the invasion of southern Africa by alien organisms
Alien species known to be invading untransformed ecosystems in southern Africa, and, more particularly, those inside nature reserves, were identified. The extent and ecological impacts of these invasions were assessed. Their control within reserves was also evaluated. Research approaches used were; …
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A systematic spatial prioritisation for invasive alien plant control in South Africa
Includes bibliographical references.
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