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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Area X"”.
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The Biologist and Area X as Posthuman Characters in Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation
… biologist, as well as the setting of the novel, Area X. The analysis is based on Rosi Braidotti’s critical posthuman theory, with a focus on post-anthropocentrism and how posthumanism reshapes and expands our notion of humanity. Previous critics have focused on Annihilation as a piece of …
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(De)composing Transhumanisms: Fungal and Trans Ecologies in Jeff VanderMeer's <em>Annihilation</em>
… the conditions for physical transition, and how Area X is an active participant in this transformative process. By weaving together trans studies, new materialism, the fungal, and <em>Annihilation</em>, I reimagine Area X as a space for radical trans possibility, one where normative boundaries …
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Technical choice in pottery production : a west Mexican example
… from petrography, geologic maps, clays from the area, x-ray diffraction and mechanical testing to determine whether these potters were using different clays for different functional designs. I determined that the potters used local clay for all pots, that some relation exists between the function …
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Paleoclimate reconstructions over the last century from a tropical speleothem on Niue Island, South Pacific
… can be successfully applied in carbonate coastal areas with flank-margin caves impacted by severe cyclones. This study also demonstrates that sub-annual geochemical cycles in trace element laminae, unresolved by analytical linear transects due their complex distribution pattern, are successfully …
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A New Story for the Anthropocene: Partial Knowledge and the New Weird in Jeff Vandermeer's Annihilation
… a rejection of knowledge entirely, Vandermeer’s Area X depicts the ways that the confrontation with the unknown can be a transformative experience, one that allows for alternative responses to the Anthropocene like acceptance and hope.
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The Relationship Between Vitamin D Status of Adult Women and Diet, Sun Exposure, Skin Reflectance, Body Composition, and Insulin Sensitivity
… < 0.0001), and sun exposure index (Body Surface Area x Minutes of Direct Sunlight) was significantly, positively correlated with serum 25(OH)D levels (fall weekend SEI: r = 0.47, p = 0.0059; spring weekend SEI: r = 0.43, p = 0.0135; average weekend SEI: r = 0.43, p = 0.013; and average overall …
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Net Addition and Long-Term Survival of Adult-Born Neurons in the Zebra Finch HVC: Why Replace When You Can Keep Them All?
… contrast, the number of neurons that project to Area X (proper name, HVC-X neurons) and are only produced during early development, remained constant throughout adulthood. Second, we retrogradely labeled the HVC-RA neurons present at 95 days of age and found no loss in their numbers over the …
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Geology and Structure of Kodachrome Basin State Reserve and Vicinity, Kane and Garfield Counties, Utah
… members and formations within the study area. Mapping and study of the rock units of the Carmel, Entrada, Henrieville, and Tropic-Dakota formations and subsequent comparison with the interpretation of the depositional environments by others working in the same formations in the …
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Sources of sediments accumulating in the lower Black and Vygekraal Rivers, Cape Town, South Africa
Soil erosion within the catchment areas of the Black, Vygekraal and Elsieskraal Rivers (Cape Town, South Africa) results in sediment transport by these rivers, their tributaries, and the stormwater drainage systems which flow into these rivers. This sedimentary material is subsequently deposited in …
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Scattered radiation in cone beam computed tomography : analysis, quantification and compensation
… scattered radiation. Because in CBCT with large area X-ray detectors the irradiated patient volume is substantially larger than in classical computed tomography, also the amount of scattered radiation reaching the detector is significantly larger and can even be superior to the amount of primary …
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Cloning and Characterization of the Vasopressin-Oxytocin Neuropeptide Signaling System in the Vocal Control System of the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
<p>Vasopressin (VP) and Oxytocin (OT) are neuropeptides produced in the hypothalamus and expressed in the cerebrum and pituitary gland of the brain. Studies of VP and OT have long demonstrated their influence on social behaviors in mammals. Comparative analyses of these neuropeptides and in-depth …
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Songbird Brain Organization and its Molecular Convergence with Humans for Vocal Imitation Learning
… activated during speech include the LMC, Broca's area, and the Supplementary Motor Area (SMA). Using LCM and RNA-Seq, I generated vocal brain region specific gene sets for each of the four principal song nuclei in the zebra finch (Area X, HVC, LMAN, RA) and compared these with genes sets from …
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Linking morphology and reactivity: growth and ligand-assisted dissolution of cobalt oxyhydroxide.
… Identifying and quantifying the reactive surface area of these materials is vital to understanding the reactions in which they participate. The most basic effect of reactive surface area is governing the reaction rate at the surface but, in some cases, it is necessary to have a far more detailed …