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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Darien"”.
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New Caledonia´s Wake: Expanding the Story of Company of Scotland Expeditions to Darien, 1698-1700
Although previous examinations of the failed 1698-1700 Company of Scotland initiative to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama have emphasized its impact on the political future of Great Britain, the endeavor also intruded into a broader spectrum of geography, commercial enterprise and …
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Investigations into the viral molecular determinants of lethality of Punta Toro virus (Bunyaviridae, phlebovirus) in the Syrian hamster.
… up to 34% in the most easterly region of Darien however little is understood about the clinical spectrum of PTV induced illness, pathogenic mechanism and the viral ecology with respect to animal reservoirs and distribution. This dissertation addresses questions regarding viral genetics and …
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Scottish Noblewomen, the Family and Scottish Politics from 1688-1707
… the ‘ill years’ of King William’s reign, the Darien venture, European war and ultimately the negotiation of Union provides fresh perspectives on the social, economic and political life of Scotland. Recovering the experience of noblewomen engages with a wider process in Scottish history which …
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Pirates in the Age of Projects, 1688-1707
… relationship between the Company of Scotland’s Darien Scheme and Caribbean piracy. Chapter 3 examines how the Earl of Bellomont attempted to use the existence of Madagascar pirates to transpose Irish colonisation strategies to North America. Chapter 4 focuses upon how Anglicans on both sides of …
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For the want of ‘scots projects’: Scottish Financial Innovation and the nature of the Financial Revolution, 1688-1727
… financial fallout of the failed colonisation at Darien. This event severely tempered the attitude of the Scottish administration to new projects. The ‘financially confident’ Scots that had emerged from the Glorious Revolution were no more. Things failed to improve in the direct aftermath of the …
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Unveiling the X-ray Source Population of the Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 2336
We present a comprehensive study of the X-ray source population in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2336, based on nine Chandra observations spanning a 7-month period. A total of 32 X-ray sources were detected down to a limiting luminosity of ∼ 1.4 × 1038 erg s−1 in the 0.5–7.0 keV (broad) energy band. …
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Capital
<p><em>Capital</em> is a collection of twenty-one poems that explore and contemplate the people, history, and "place" of Columbia, South Carolina. The poems range in form, from tanka and other brief impressionistic/imagist poems to lengthier "jazz" or prose poems, as well as in …
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Through a Black Queer Feminist Lens: Ideology and Praxis in a Black Youth Activist Organization.
North Carolina State University Theses Sociology.
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Improving Jamaican Schools Through Better Leadership: Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Aspiring Principals Program, App: A Mix-Methods Analysis Of Educational Leadership Preparation In Jamaica
This study evaluates the effectiveness of Jamaica's Aspiring Principals Program, APP, administered by the National College for Educational Leadership, NCEL. The study is conceptually grounded in the Marzano School Leadership Model and the Tannenbaum Model of Training Effectiveness using a …
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The Effect of Sensor Mass, Sensor Location, and Delamination Location of Different Composite Structures Under Dynamic Loading
<p>This study investigated the effect of sensor mass, sensor location, and delamination location of different composite structures under dynamic loading. The study pertains to research of the use of accelerometers and dynamic response as a cost-effective and reliable method of structural health …
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Methamphetamine and amphetamine differentially affect associative learning: behavioral and neurobiological correlates
One factor hypothesized to contribute significantly to addiction processes is maladaptive associative learning wherein substance-related cues become closely associated with the drug response. These strong associations are thought to contribute significantly to drug craving and promote the cycle of …
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Locating a Black Planning Tradition and Spatializing Black Nationalism
This dissertation explores the Black planning tradition and how Muslims, particularly those in Black nationalist organizations, utilize newspapers and land to critique urban planning practice and offer alternative models of planned organization and development. The first essay in this three-essay …
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Naval Surface Ship Maintenance: An Unconventional Approach to Improve Performance
This thesis presents an alternative approach towards meeting the challenge of delays within Private Sector repair of Naval Surface Ships. The quest to create greater efficiency, effectiveness, and excellence at the workplace has been a source of discussion and debate in the Navy for decades, …
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Probabilistic aerothermal design of gas turbine combustors
This thesis presents a probability-based framework for assessing the impact of manufacturing variability on combustor liner durability. Simplified models are used to link combustor liner life, liner temperature variability, and the effects of manufacturing variability. A probabilistic analysis is …
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Physics-based, reduced-order combustor flow modeling
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2002.