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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Arboretum"”.
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The urban arboretum
… problems. Through my study project, the "Urban Arboretum", the objective is to explore all the different potential possibilities and opportunities that trees could have in the urban realm, not only pertaining to aesthetics, but also in terms of spatial and architectural qualities, as well as …
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The Heaps Peak Arboretum environmental unit
Rim of the World Unified School District -- 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.
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The Heaps Peak Arboretum environmental unit
Rim of the World Unified School District -- 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.
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Designing for education at the University of Illinois Arboretum
… visitor experience at the University of Illinois Arboretum that focuses on educational programming and includes the design of a Discovery Center - a facility that serves as the locus for educational experience - at the core of the arboretum. The development of both the visitation framework and the …
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Establecimiento y caracterización dendrológica de cultivares clonales Spondia sp., en el arboretum Alain Meyrat de la Universidad Nacional Agraria
El presente trabajo se realizó en el Arboretum de la Universidad Nacional Agraria. El objetivo del estudio es identificar las características morfológicas de cada cultivar clónal como: largo de la hoja, número y largo de folíolo, ancho de la base y ápice, sobrevivencia, número y tamaño de rebrotes. …
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Determinación preliminar de crecimiento de rebrotes en diferentes cultivares clonales de Jocote (Spondias purpurea y Spondias mombin) en el arboretum de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, Managua
… purpúrea y Spondias mombin), se realizó en el arboretum de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, con el objetivo de evaluar el crecimiento de nueve cultivares clónales, siendo este el objetivo principal. Las variables evaluadas fueron, incremento en diámetro y longitud de la estaca principal, …
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Designing a resource guide for horticultural therapy programs at botanical gardens and arboreta
… can be incorporated into a botanical garden or arboretum. Resources from The Holden Arboretum in Ohio, Chicago Botanic Garden in Illinois, and North Carolina Botanical Garden, survey information, and literature from existing programs have been compiled suggesting possible procedures to follow in …
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Microprojectile-mediated transformation of Ornithogalum thyrsoides hybrid A2
… and Nursery Plants Research Unit of the National Arboretum of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the other in 1996 at the Microbiology Department, University of Cape Town (UCT). In the study at the UCT, the Taxi system (Chen et al 1998) was also used in addition to conventional …
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Botanic Garden User Outcomes: A Means-End Investigation
… explored the outcomes that <em>Leaning Pine</em> Arboretum users experience from visiting the botanic garden. Understanding visitor motivations and benefits has been a focus in the field of outdoor recreation, and the subject of a number of botanic garden and green space visitor studies. Previous …
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How Informal Education Programs Can Learn From Higher Education Assessment: Evaluating the Morton Arboretum's N-ACT Program
… can be used in the informal setting of an arboretum to quantify the impact engaging with one of its informal education programs has with participants. Applying a mixed-methods design collecting both quantitative and qualitative data exploring if the length of time someone engages with a …
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Concentration and Dispersion: a brickyard experience
… site located on the property of the US National Arboretum in Washington, DC. This was the site of the historic United Brick Corporation, where the grass grows and the snow falls on the ruins of once-active brick kilns. This thesis investigation culminates in the design of a structure, which …
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The effects of the natural environment on attention and family functioning: an experimental study
… experimental conditions – a 20-minute walk at an arboretum and a 20-minute walk at a mall (spaced one week apart); followed by a 10-minute family interaction task. Before and after each walk attention was measured using the Digit Span Backwards test; family functioning outcomes (in terms of dyadic …
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A Deep Breath of Art
… A proposed artist retreat in the U.S. National Arboretum, creates an architecture that enhances the way artists experience art through the use of proportions, forms, materials, light and shadow. The project consists mainly of two parts, the first part is a place that respects the artists' need …
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Urban trees and biodiversity in Cork city
… across 6 Cork city sites, including the UCC arboretum (n=26); Cork city Marina (n=12); the Atlantic Pond (n=17); Kennedy Park (n=11); The Lee Fields (n=18); Fitzgerald’s Park (n=18). A full survey of all 4 taxa was conducted per tree, including the use of sticky traps for invertebrates; …
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The Internet of Individuation
… of wires; a watering system for a national Arboretum; a former IT consultant who runs a farm in Yass, NSW; and a smart city consulting agency in the UK that specializes in experimental and community-based IoT installations. These case studies are more than interesting instances of IoT …
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The Internet of Individuation
… of wires; a watering system for a national Arboretum; a former IT consultant who runs a farm in Yass, NSW; and a smart city consulting agency in the UK that specializes in experimental and community-based IoT installations. These case studies are more than interesting instances of IoT …
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Architecture and site: a field research center for the studies of environmental science, horticulture, landscape architecture, and forestry
The relationship of building to site is the most fundamental aspect in the creation of architecture. As man is a product of nature and his environment the way in which he chooses to after that environment in the process of building reveals not only his attitude towards his physical surroundings, …
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Assessment of Indiana bat reproductive condition, recapture trends, and temperatures of artificial roosts in Kentucky
… in Indiana and two capture sites, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest (BARF) and Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area (YWMA). Five of these recoveries were recorded in Jug Hole Cave, reported as the second largest Indiana bat hibernaculum in 2019 range-wide surveys. Most female hibernacula …