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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Falmouth"”.
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Falmouth and the British Maritime Empire
… of the nineteenth century, the Cornish port of Falmouth was an important base within an ever-expanding British empire. From here, people, letters, goods and information travelled back and forth from Cornwall to the rest of the world. This thesis investigates the extent to which Falmouth was a …
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A biogeochemical investigation of Trunk River Lagoon, Falmouth, Massachusetts
This thesis delves into the intricate dynamics of lipid biomarker creation, deposition and preservation within Trunk River Lagoon, encompassing sediments, microbial blooms, and mats. Through a multi-faceted approach, the research uncovers the interplay between natural processes and anthropogenic …
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The chemical effects on a Cape Cod pond due to the upgradient reinjection of carbon-treated groundwater : case study, Snake Pond, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Falmouth, Massachusetts
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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Geobiology of marine magnetotactic bacteria
… geochemistry. The MTB community in Salt Pond (Falmouth, MA), a small stratified marine basin, was used as a model system for quantitative community studies. Magnetiteproducing MTB predominate slightly above the oxic-anoxic interface and greigiteproducing MTB predominate in sulfidic waters. A …
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MEMS IMU navigation with model based dead-reckoning and one-way-travel-time acoustic range measurements for autonomous underwater vehicles
… from these field trials on Ashumet Pond of Falmouth, Massachusetts, the Charles River of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Monterey Bay near Santa Cruz, California show a navigation solution accuracy comparable to current standard navigation techniques.
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Trojan horses in the marine realm: characterizing protistan parasite ecology in coastal waters
… Inlet (Vancouver Island, BC) and Salt Pond (Falmouth, MA, USA) were selected as model ecosystems to examine the impacts of Syndinian parasitism on protist communities. Data presented in this thesis combines high-resolution sampling, water chemistry (including nutrients) analyses, molecular …
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Trojan Horses in the Marine Realm: Characterizing Protistan Parasite Ecology in Coastal Waters
… Inlet (Vancouver Island, BC) and Salt Pond (Falmouth, MA, USA) were selected as model ecosystems to examine the impacts of Syndinian parasitism on protist communities. Data presented in this thesis combines high-resolution sampling, water chemistry (including nutrients) analyses, molecular …
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MEMS IMU inertial measurement unit one-way-travel-time inertial measurement unit autonomous underwater vehicles
… from these field trials on Ashumet Pond of Falmouth, Massachusetts, the Charles River of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Monterey Bay near Santa Cruz, California show a navigation solution accuracy comparable to current standard navigation techniques.
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Model citizens : fisherfolk imagery from West Cornwall, 1860-1910
… imagery produced in Newlyn, St Ives and Falmouth within a comprehensive, up-to-date conceptual framework. The investigation analyses the role of selectivity in representations of fishing life in West Cornwall between 1860 and 1910, taking into account the artistic tradition to which such …
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Chopin in Britain: Chopin's visits to England and Scotland in 1837 and 1848 : people, places and activities.
… Sutherland, Mrs Adelaide Sartoris, the Earl of Falmouth, and the Countess of Blessington. On 5 August, accompanied by John Muir Wood, Chopin took the train from Euston to Edinburgh, where he was met by the Stirlings' Polish physician, Dr Adam Lyschifiski. Subsequently, Chopin was a guest at …
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CHOPIN IN BRITAIN Chopin's visits to England and Scotland in 1837 and 1848 People, places, and activities
… Sutherland, Mrs Adelaide Sartoris, the Earl of Falmouth, and the Countess of Blessington. On 5 August, accompanied by John Muir Wood, Chopin took the train from Euston to Edinburgh, where he was met by the Stirlings' Polish physician, Dr Adam Lyschifiski. Subsequently, Chopin was a guest at …
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Problems of the 'Political' in British Avant-Garde Poetry and Poetics, 2003-2012
… readings and open discussion, which I hosted in Falmouth in February 2012. A concluding section looks at future possibilities for poetic practice in light of my findings, and suggests some ways for moving on from some of the key contradictions arising in relation to unequivocal poetic statements, …
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Visions of Carn Brea: The Labouring-Class Poetry of John Harris (1820-1884)
… to educate and raise himself to be a cleric in Falmouth. He published fifteen volumes of poetry during his lifetime, all of which received the attention of various national literary presses. Harris won the Shakespeare tercentenary prize in 1864 and was the first winner from a labouring-class …
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Geobiology of marine magnetotactic bacteria
… geochemistry. The MTB community in Salt Pond (Falmouth, MA), a small stratified marine basin, was used as a model system for quantitative community studies. Magnetiteproducing MTB predominate slightly above the oxic-anoxic interface and greigiteproducing MTB predominate in sulfidic waters. A …
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An assessment of the biodistribution, persistence, and health impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics in fish
… killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) captured near Falmouth, MA. I found that microplastics were both more abundant and diverse in the GI tract, compared to those in the muscle. Small microplastics, which are often not analyzed, were the most abundant, and I found evidence that these small …
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The distribution, abundance and ecology of mixotrophic algae in marine and freshwater plankton communities
… Mountains, NY) and three coastal salt ponds (Falmouth, MA) using epifluorescence microscopy and fluorescently labeled prey to trace ingestion by algae. Field experiments designed to examine the influence of prey density, nutrient availability and light intensity on mixotrophic nanoplankton …
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Beyond the ritual of exchange: The culture of alienation shared between soldiers along the Rappahannock during the winter of 1862--63
… the Union forces remained across the river in Falmouth, Virginia. Soldiers on both sides had several reasons for discontent at this point in the war. The larger causes that drove these men to enlist and fight faded as larger political issues, incompetent commanders, and the difficulties of camp …
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Field-Portable dissolved gas sensing and perspectives in aqueous microplastic detection
… testing in the Little Sippewissett Marsh, in Falmouth, Massachusetts showed that the LCGEMS captures both diurnal and minute-time scale trends in dissolved CO2. Second, this thesis presents the novel design of three simple and low-cost planar nanophotonic and plasmonic structures as optical …
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Field-Portable Dissolved Gas Sensing and Perspectives in Aqueous Microplastic Detection
… testing in the Little Sippewissett Marsh, in Falmouth, Massachusetts showed that the LCGEMS captures both diurnal and minute-time scale trends in dissolved CO2. Second, this thesis presents the novel design of three simple and low-cost planar nanophotonic and plasmonic structures as optical …
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