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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"Biennial"”.
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Biennial budgeting in the Department of Defense: a midterm assessment with a comparison to biennial budgeting at the state level
… within the Department of Defense (DoD) is biennial budgeting. The Fiscal Year (FY) 1986 Defense Authorization Act directed DoD to submit two-year defense budgets beginning in FY 1988. Although relatively a new development for the federal government, many states have used biennial budgeting …
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The “Identity Biennial” & the Politics of the Interstice
The 1993 Whitney Biennial of American Art, known as “The Identity Biennial,” earned its moniker for the role it played in the late-century culture wars, multiculturalism, and renewed debates on the quincentenary of Columbus’ 1492 “discovery” of America. Yet, artworks like Willie Varela’s film A …
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Regulation of reproductive success in the biennial plant, Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
… Hydrophyllum appendiculatum (Hydrophyllaceae), a biennial, self-compatible, outcrossing, insect-pollinated, forest understory herb. Observations conducted in two populations over three flowering seasons (1987-1989) revealed that survival, flower production, and seed production varied spatially and …
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Influence of the Quasi-biennial Oscillation on Interannual Variability in the Northern Hemisphere Winter Stratosphere
… is strongly correlated with the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) of tropical stratospheric winds, particularly during early winter. Most current general circulation models (GCMs) do not exhibit a QBO and therefore do not represent this important mode of tropical-extratropical …
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The politics of display: identity and state at the San Juan Print Biennial, 1970-1981
… Identity and State at the San Juan Print Biennial, 1970-1981, is the first comprehensive study of the Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano (BSJ, 1970-2001) of Puerto Rico, and its reincarnation as the Poly/Graphic Triennial (2004 - Present). As the Caribbean’s first art biennial, …
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Comparative value of scarified and of unhulled seeds of biennial white sweet clover for hay production
Unhulled white sweet clover seeds return larger yields of bay and greater profits than do similar scarified seeds. Seedlings resulting from unhulled seeds are more resistant to low temperatures than seedlings coming from scarified seeds. Sweet clover seedlings are most resistant to cold when in …
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The Thessaloniki Biennale: The agendas and alternative potential(s) of a newly-founded biennial in the context of Greek governance
… and the burgeoning literature on the biennial exhibitions of contemporary art. The analysis is interdisciplinary, applying a broad range of methodologies and theories: semiotics, social history of art, social theory of art and culture, the analysis of cultural policy formulation, and …
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Resistivity in Contemporary Art Biennials: A Synchronic Analysis
… art historical narrative of contemporary art biennials starts with the Venice Biennale. Taking the Venice Biennale as the biennial template, form, and medium, for universalizing biennial history is clearly problematic, and the concept of "biennials of resistance," as proposed by curator Ranjit …
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Inhibition of Flower Bud Initiation and Development in Apple by Defoliation, Gibberellic Acid and Crop Load Manipulation
Biennial bearing has been investigated longer and more extensively in apple than in any other fruit tree; however, it remains a serious problem in commercial apple production all over the world. Trees that have become biennial flower profusely and carry a heavy crop in the "on" year, and flower …
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The Local Composite Index: A Critical Analysis
… trends was selected, defined, and undertaken: a) Biennial Change Rate of the Indicators, Local and State b) Biennial Change Rate of the Standardized Indicators, Local and State c) Net Biennial Change Rate of the Local to State Ratio for the Standardized Indicators 5. Case Studies. Five case …
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Dynamics of planetary waves in the atmosphere
… of the equatorial and extratropical quasi-biennial oscillations; and (3) The propagation of planetary waves between the troposphere and stratosphere; are investigated in this thesis.
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Medizinische Effektivität und Kosteneffektivität des Einsatzes der HPV-DNA-Diagnostik als Primärscreeningverfahren in der Zervixkarzinomfrüherkennung in Deutschland : ein entscheidungsanalytischer Ansatz
… screening in women aged 30 years and older (and biennial Pap screening in women aged 20 to 29 yr) is cost-effective. The discounted ICER increases with increasing annual discount rate. Increasing screening start age to 25 years had no relevant loss in effectiveness but resulted in lower costs. An …
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Fire and herbivory effects on soil organic carbon stocks and soil greenhouse gas emissions from South African grasslands and savannas: Implications for global change
… by fire frequency were used (annual, biennial, triennial and no fire) while the presence or absence of wild herbivores represented the two herbivory treatments. We found that grassland SOC stocks were highest with biennial fires (20.47 ± 2.04 g C m-2, p < 0.001) compared to other …
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Tillage System Effects On Upland Cotton Yield and Development In Virginia
… on-farm to determine the effects of annual and biennial treatments on plant growth and lint yield, as well as measuring the impacts on soil compaction. Also, small plot tillage experiments were conducted from 2013-2016 assessing no-till, conventional tillage, minimum tillage, and strip-tillage …
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Population genetic structure of a planktonic diatom in the Gulf of naples : <i>Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata</i>
… over the vegetative and sexual parts of the biennial life cycle of <i>P. multistriata</i>. Substitutions were recorded in strains rescreened after several months of maintenance. Longer microsatellites changed more frequently than shorter ones and di-nucleotide ones more than tri-nucleotide …
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Movement and Life History Aspects of the Pygmy Rattlesnake in Southwest Missouri
… are viviparous and appear to be on a biennial reproductive cycle. Adult snakes are easily maintained in captivity and adult males exhibited higher average food conversion efficiency growth rates than adult females.
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"Yes, No, Maybe": Loyalty and Betrayal Reconsidered: The Tule Lake Pilgrimage
… World War II. The Tule Lake Committee holds biennial pilgrimages which have become increasingly popular in the last decade. A 'thick description' of the 2010 pilgrimage and an analysis of the pilgrimage themes shows how the Tule Lake Committee honors the experience of Japanese Americans whose …
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The Vascular Flora of Bona Glade Natural Area, Dade County, Missouri
… annual ring increments of Juniperus to reveal a biennial pulse related to a 2-year cycle in weather conditions.
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The Brown Project : disruption as a form of agency in Rafa Esparza’s Adobe Works
… in L.A. survey, his work in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, and his 2019 staring at the sun solo exhibition at MASS MoCA to understand the ways in which esparza delineates a queer, brown, postcolonial perspective with adobe.
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