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Toward Liquid Emerald: A Cultural Center for the Japanese Tea
What are the layers of interaction between building and user? Weight? Time? Material? Space? How do these four elements affect the perception of an architectural figure?
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Simulated Emerald Ash Borer Induced Changes in Western New York Forests
… currently faced by Northeastern forests. The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is one such pest and targets trees in the genus Fraxinus. The primary goal of this research was to determine the ecological effects of EAB on forests in Western New York, emphasizing forest composition, …
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Intraspecific Variation Among Emerald Shiners (Notropis atherinoides) of the Missouri River
… segregated into differentiated sub-populations. Emerald shiners (Notropis atherinoides) were chosen as a representative species because of their wide distribution, record of morphologic and meristic plasticity, and life history characteristics. These conditions led to the hypothesis that the …
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Emerald cities : the emergence of mega developments in the 21st century
This thesis examines the recent worldwide boom in megacity development. Its basis is a global survey of megacity building that quantifies the amount of current development and qualifies the various city types and themes, the countries in which megacities are being built, and the firms that are …
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'Amageddon': the unholy trinity of class monopoly rent in the Emerald City
<p>Intense redevelopment has steamrolled across Seattle’s South Lake Union and Belltown neighborhoods, home to the headquarters of the world’s largest ecommerce corporation, Amazon. After the corporation established a presence in what is now referred to as ‘Amazonia’ in 2007, the surrounding urban …
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Pilgrimage and the construction of Cahokia: a view from the emerald site
… by examining archaeological data from the Emerald site, a large multi-mound center 24 km east of Cahokia. The goals of this project are to determine whether the Emerald site was a pilgrimage center coeval with Cahokia and, if so, how these journeys contributed to Cahokia's beginnings. Using …
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The Ghost of Olmsted: Nature, History & Urban Park Restoration in Boston's Emerald Necklace
… the twenty-first century restoration of Boston's Emerald Necklace, a 1,100-acre series of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. (1822-1903). Originally built to meet a particular set of aesthetic landscape tastes, over time this park system changed to meet the recreational …
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Life History of the Emerald Shiner in Lewis and Clark Lake, South Dakota
… feeding habits and population dynamics of the emerald shiner (Notropie atherinoides) were studied from 10, 375 fish collected in Lewis and Clark Lake South Dakota. The population consisted of four age groups dominated by young-of-the-yew during the summer and fall and by age group during spring …
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Influences of Climate, Competition, and Novel Hosts on Parasitoids of Emerald Ash Borer, and their Establishment in Virginia, and North Carolina
Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is a species of wood boring beetle which feeds on the inner bark of ash trees, Fraxinus spp., and white fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus L. In North America emerald ash borer feeding damages the trees vascular system, …
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Use of Geospatial Methods to Characterize Dispersion of the Emerald Ash Borer in Southern Ontario, Canada
Since the introduction of the Asian Emerald Ash Borer beetle (EAB, Agrilus planipennis) to Southern Ontario in 2002, the condition of all species of Ash trees (Fraxinus) in the province is currently at risk. In this research, the effects of positive spatial autocorrelation on the EAB data as a …
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Host influence on the cold hardiness of the emerald ash borer, *Agrilus planipennis* Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, is an invasive insect in North America that has caused extensive damage to ash trees throughout its invaded range. The range of Fraxinus spp., specifically black ash (Fraxinus nigra) extends farther north than the known A. planipennis …
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Characteristics and Perceptions of Cost-share Funding for Emerald Ash Borer Mitigation in Virginia Urban Areas
… to the health of all forests. While the emerald ash borer (EAB) (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) has proved difficult to contain, efforts continue to mitigate the impacts of its spread. As part of those efforts, the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) initiated its Emerald Ash Borer …
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Food Habits and Distribution of the Emerald Shiner, Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, and the Spottail Shiner, Notropis hudsonius (Clinton), in Lake Oahe, South Dakota
… and food habits were studied for the emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides and the spottail shiner Notropis hudsonius at three sites on Lake Oahe, South Dakota, in 1990. Emerald and spottail shiners were among the most abundant species sampled in beach seine hauls between May and …
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An Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) on Virginia's Municipal Street Trees
Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) (EAB) is an invasive, wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) introduced unintentionally to the United States from East Asia that infests and eventually kills native ash trees (Fraxinus spp.). First detected near Detroit, Michigan in 2002, EAB …
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