Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 397 for “"Ephemeral"”.
-
Capturing the Ephemeral
… is an investigation into the construction of ephemeral phenomena through material means and at multiple scales. Studies utilized abstract methods that are not immediately relatable to the scale of occupable architecture but at the same time convey inhabitability. These investigations informed …
-
An ephemeral perspective of fluvial ecosystems: Viewing ephemeral rivers in the context of current lotic ecology
Hydrologic and material dynamics of ephemeral rivers were investigated in the Namib Desert to assess how hydrologic regimes shape the physical habitat template of these river ecosystems. An analysis of long-term hydrologic records revealed that the variation in mean annual runoff and peak discharge …
-
Floating seaweed as ephemeral neustonic habitat
… most species found in association with ephemeral floating seaweed patches are opportunistic of nature. However, some species display a higher level of adaptation to this habitat than other species, which is manifested in the reproduction by continuous brooding in Idotea baltica, the diet …
-
Infrastructure for Ephemeral Expenditure at Land's End
This thesis takes place in the overlap between ecology and architecture. It is an experiment in modifying the tools of architecture (drawing, spatializing, visualizing) with ecological methods and content in order to increase the capacity of built design for evoking the distinctive character of …
-
Palmyra's ephemeral empire by Steven John Holcomb.
The story of the third century AD rebellion of the Palmyrene Empire against the Roman Empire remains one of the most curious and fascinating episodes from the ancient world. Palmyra, a wealthy desert city-state, was neither the largest, richest, nor most significant city of the Roman Near East, yet …
-
Tempus fugit : music and the ephemeral in architecture
… and transparency, between permanence and ephemerality, in the context of the modern city. This thesis is an exploration of transience and of social and phenomenal exchange, using music, and, more generally, sound, as a vehicle. The project is an alternative music school and performance …
-
Unified distribution of pseudonyms in hybrid ephemeral vehicular networks
… for the distribution of pseudonyms in hybrid ephemeral vehicular networks (VNs), which are often referred to as vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), for the purposes of refill, intra-regional, and inter-regional movement. This work addresses a significant impediment to the use of pseudonyms, …
-
Charting the ephemeral : sound installation as embodied, synsonic mapping
… spatial encounters with a location, emphasizing ephemerality, multiplicity, and relationality. Informed by experimental sound practices, spatial studies, and theories in critical cartography, current conceptions of the sound map are challenged. Though the origins of the sound map date back to the …
-
Still Point: Personal Essays Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy's Ephemeral Art
… a creative interpretation of Andy Goldsworthy's ephemeral art in the form of personal essays that combine memoir, story-telling, and reflection on themes, inherent in his sculpture, that inspire exploration of universals of human nature. These essays concern themselves with Goldsworthy's …
-
Sediment Transport and Bed Mobility in a Low-ordered Ephemeral Watershed
… transport and bed mobility in a low-ordered, ephemeral watershed. Runoff and sediment transport concentrations were sampled at the watershed outlet to determine flow discharge and sediment flux during approximately 21 flow events, from 1998 - 2007. Sediment collected in flow was measured for …
-
The ephemeral city : Paris and the phenomenon of the Universal Expositions
… more than any other city the recurrence of such ephemeral events and their evolution over time.
-
Ephemeral Art: A Philosophical Proposition about the Nature of Time and Being
The subject of this thesis is ephemeral art; a phenomenon which has surfaced repeatedly in Western art history since the middle of the last century. The research begins from the premise that in order to understand ephemeral art it must be approached as a philosophical proposition concerning the …
-
Ephemeral and forgotten: an archaeological investigation of race, marginalization and historic preservation
This dissertation investigates inhabitants of a ridge near the present-day Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, Virginia. Excavations of this area from 2008-2010 uncovered three clusters of artifacts dating from 1800-1830, during Bushrod Washington’s …
-
Genetic population structure and dispersal of two North American woodpeckers in ephemeral habitats
… species regularly colonize ephemeral habitat patches. In this research, I used patterns of genetic variation to estimate the dispersal dynamics of black-backed woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus), a fire specialist, and compared these patterns to hairy woodpeckers (Picoides …
-
Genetic population structure and dispersal of two North American woodpeckers in ephemeral habitats
… species regularly colonize ephemeral habitat patches. In this research, I used patterns of genetic variation to estimate the dispersal dynamics of black-backed woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus), a fire specialist, and compared these patterns to hairy woodpeckers (Picoides …
-
Local and Regional Aspects of Habitat Quality Jointly Affect the Biodiversity of Ephemeral Ponds
The biodiversity of local communities is likely affected by both local habitat quality and by the quality of the landscape surrounding the locality. In pond environments, habitat quality may be affected by the kind of leaf litter present because leaf species differ in the kind of habitat structure …
-
Testing The Peninsula Effect: Does It Affect Freshwater Crustaceans Inhabiting Ephemeral Wetlands On Florida's Ridges?
… disturbance was minimized by choosing isolated, ephemeral wetlands located within state reserves, parks, and forests located on four major ridges: Trail, Brooksville, Mount Dora and Lake Wales. I measured several environmental variables to assess habitat variation among sites. Limnological …
-
The Challenge of Anonymous and Ephemeral Social Media: Reflective Research Methodologies & Student-User Composing Practices
… provide a framework for navigating anonymous and ephemeral research spaces to theorize student-user composing practices on these social media platforms. This project reflects on and builds from the difficulties that arose during a previous project for which I collected data from a space that was …
Page 1 of 20