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Showing 1 to 20 of 188 for “"Barn"”.
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Efficiency studies with different types of dairy barn equipment and barn arrangements
… to secure data on the use of different types of barn equipment and bam arrangements. The following outline lists the various phases of the study. Outline of Investigation 1. Efficiency of labor with different types of barn equipment and barn arrangements a. Cleaning and brushing cows b. Cleaning …
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Að eignast fatlað barn : úrræði fyrir foreldra og forráðamenn
… var kannað hver þjónustuúrræði foreldra fatlaðra barna eru. Unnið var út frá fræðilegum heimildum, mannréttindasáttmálum og hugmyndafræðum innan fötlunarfræði. Réttindi foreldra fatlaðra barna eru víða tryggð, í mannréttindasáttmálanum og lögum og reglugerðum. Mannréttindi leggja ákveðnar skyldur …
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Interpreting Midway Barn: Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's Agrarian Vision
At first glance, Midway Barn in Spring Green, Wisconsin presents itself as another example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s distinctive, if evolving style, its horizontal massing, tilted roof planes, and natural materials echoing the hilly landscape of the farm and its environs. Analysis of the documentary …
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Development of Auditory Sensitivity in Barn Owls (Tyto furcata pratincola)
The development of hearing in the juvenile barn owl was investigated using tones (500 Hz to 12 kHz) and clicks of different rates (5-90 Hz). Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) of the auditory nerve were recorded using the auditory brainstem response (ABR). Barn owl hearing matured in a similar trend …
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Ifrågasatta fäder : Olika bilder av fäder till socialt utsatta barn
This dissertation deals with fathers of children subjected to child welfare investigations. They are "fathers called into question" and their fatherhood is not very much investigated so far. The dominating picture is that the fathers are absent, to their children as well as in research and social …
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Conserving a charismatic grassland species in Illinois: the barn owl
… habitat have declined. One such species is the barn owl, Tyto alba, which is threatened or endangered in 5 states. The conversion of grasslands into agricultural or developed areas has cost barn owls both suitable foraging habitat and nest sites. To mitigate this loss and support barn owl …
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Móðir með mæðrum. Áhrif mömmuhópa á sjálfsmynd mæðra með fyrsta barn
… er kastljósinu beint að frumbyrjum með barn á fyrsta ári og hvernig svokallaðir mömmuhópar á Facebook hafa áhrif á sjálfsmynd þeirra. Til að skoða það var framkvæmd eigindleg rannsókn á fimm mæðrum með fyrsta barn og tengsl Facebook mömmuhópa og sjálfsmyndar skoðuð. Rannsóknin var …
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Getur þorp alið upp og menntað barn? : samstarf skóla, heimila og samfélags
… í skólastarfinu og í ákvarðanatöku þeirra um nám barna sinna. Í lokin bendi ég foreldrum, skólafólki og öðrum uppalendum á nokkur atriði sem ég tel að við eigum að kenna börnum okkar, sem geta nýst vel og haft áhrif á framtíðarsamfélagið. Kennum börnum okkar að það sé í lagi að gera mistök, og að …
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Mellan klient och rättssystem : Tvångsvård av barn och unga ur socialsekreterares perspektiv
This dissertation focuses on assessments concerning children and young persons in the Social Services. The aim has been to describe and analyse the compulsory care process from a social worker perspective, and to understand and explain how this affects the practice of child welfare. I have used …
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Att plantera ett barn : internationella adoptioner och assisterad befruktning i svensk reproduktionspolitik
The purpose of this thesis is to study the norms and values surrounding the family and the nation-state in Swedish family policy as they appear in Official Government Reports (SOU) on international adoption and assisted reproductive technology (ART) between 1953 and 2007. I argue that the …
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Dynamic system modeling and decision support for grow-finish swine barn operation
… both swine growth performance and swine barn management under different conditions is essential to evaluate the swine production system. The integrated effect of swine growth and swine barn management is difficult to investigate because of their complex relationships. To estimate the …
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Methane Production by a Packed-Bed Anaerobic Digester Fed Dairy Barn Flush Water
… treatment of dilute wastewaters such as dairy barn flush water. The physical media of packed-beds retain biofilms, often allowing increased treatment rates. Previous studies have evaluated several types of media for digestion of dilute wastewaters, but cost and media fouling have setback …
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Citizen science reveals complex changes in barn swallow phenology in South Africa over three decades
Palearctic migrants, including barn swallows Hirundo rustica, responded to climate change in Europe from the mid to late 1900s with phenological changes, mostly showing earlier arrival and start of breeding. During this period, barn swallows in the Palearctic exhibited variable patterns of change …
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A comparison of the influence of barn-cured and field-cured alfalfa hay on milk production
… was conducted to compare the influence of barn-cured and field-cured alfalfa hay out from the same field on milk production and liveweight of dairy cows. Twelve Holstein cows were used in this trial. The double-reversal feeding method was followed. Grain was fed at the same rate to each …
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Medierande verktyg i körledarpraktik – en studie av arbetssätt och handling i körledning med barn och unga.
Title: Mediating tools in the practice of choir directors – a study of working approaches and actions in choral conducting with children and youth. Abstract: In Sweden, approximately 5 % of the population sing in a choir or a singing group which means that about 500 000 people plus a number of …
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Developing a Framework for Historic Restoration Projects: A Case Study of the Catawba Farm Dairy Barn
… by presenting a case study of a historic dairy barn facility in Catawba, Virginia. The research uses the case study approach as a baseline for developing the framework, and then applies the framework back to the dairy barn restoration project in order to prioritize construction tasks and develop …
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Iðnnám, nauðsyn eða barn síns tíma? Er fækkun iðnnema raunveruleg eða hefur orðræðan orðið iðnmenntun að bana?
Ritgerð þessi fjallar um það hvort fækkun iðnnema sé raunveruleg eða hvort orðræða undanfarinna ára, hafi orðið áhuga einstaklinga um að stunda iðnnám að bana. Umræðan hefur verið á þann hátt að vöntun sé á iðnaðarmönnum og ríkistjórnir setja í ríkisstjórnarsáttmála sína að auka eigi veg og …
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Sociala utredningar om barn : En rättssociologisk studie av lagstiftningens krav, utredningarnas argumentationer och konsekvenser för den enskilde
This thesis is about the social services’ investigations into childrens need of protection and support. The principal purpose is, from a critical perspective, to analyse and discuss how the legally-accorded procedural directives for the execution of an investigation, and therein the integrated …
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Place in Appalachia: The Story of a Barn, a Tree, and a Community in the Hills of Southwestern Virginia
… in southwestern Virginia. The Virginia pole barn is important for the sense of place because of its direct tie to the land. Many of these structures were built from the indigenous American chestnut tree and crafted using traditional building techniques. These structures are an important …
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