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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Gutter"”.
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Gutter Pop
This research project revolves around wax, an inherently mercurial and unstable medium, porous to contaminants, sensitive to temperature, and preservative by nature. In a series of artworks and a minor dissertation, I engage with wax as both material and metaphor; an analogy with which to explore …
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‘We've come from the gutter, we're going back to the gutter': an exploratory study of healthcare conditions in Pollsmoor prison
In recent years, public discourse on South African prison healthcare has highlighted a significant gap in contemporary research. While existing literature have laid a foundational understanding, there remains a lack of empirical studies addressing the changing healthcare dynamics within these …
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Urban stormwater runoff contamination associated with gutter and pipe material degradation
… Static leaching tests for eight pipe and gutter materials were conducted over two separate three month periods during which pipe and gutter test materials were exposed to roof runoff and stormwater buffered to pH 5 and 8 and for exposure to different salinity conditions. A suite of heavy …
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The pedagogy of large classes : challenging the "large class equals gutter education" myth
The study takes the work of three teachers to examine whether the popular belief of "small is better" is substantiated in the practice of these teachers. The study observes and analyses the classroom instruction of each of these teachers in a small class as well as in a large class. The observation …
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Tarpukario spaudos Šiauliuose raida: „Momentas“, „Mūsų momentas“, „Įdomus mūsų momentas“ /
… of newspapers and weekly. In 1928–1940 gutter weekly “Momentas” (1928–1930), chief editor Jurgis Janulaitis, “Mūsų momentas” (1930–1933) and “Įdomus mūsų momentas” (1933–1940) chief editor Bronius Buišas were published. These publications are subject of this paper. The weekly were …
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Experimental manure handling systems for reducing airborne contamination
… systems were designed and tested: a washing gutter system with pressurized heated wash water periodically directed across the dunging area, and a washed inclined conveyor belt used directly as a dunging area. Ammonia emissions were used as a measure of the air contamination originating from …
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A quantitative analysis of the relationship between current college students' levels of financial literacy and financial socialization.
… socialization, using a digital Qualtrics survey. Gutter et al.'s (2010) Financial Socialization Theory informed the theoretical framework for this study. Additionally, I utilized Lusardi et al's (2010) financial literacy questions to measure the levels of current college students. The Financial …
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Social and ecological risk factors for mosquito production in residential neighborhoods
… mosquito control strategy for clogged rain gutters, an often overlooked but productive container habitat, by using experimental rain gutters to compare two gutter guard treatments to an unmodified control. Results showed that the presence of gutter guards increases mosquito production in …
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Bin collection day and other stressful events
… and the remote possibility of passing out in a gutter somewhere in her first year of university. The short stories in this collection feature a similar (and often contradictory) version of the protagonist, from Elizabeth's childhood in eastern Johannesburg to her early adult years in an uptight …
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Film Cooling Predictions Along the Tip and Platform of a Turbine Blade
… gas was predicted along the aft portion of the gutter and agreed with distress exhibited by actual gas turbine engines.
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The Revenant Signifier: The Zombie in Comics and Cinema
… repetition, and the liminal space within the gutter) to thoroughly explore the metaphors and allusions that have been associated with the zombie. I discuss these metaphors by charting the zombie’s development. A lack of pre-twentieth century literary texts featuring this creature frustrates …
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Optimization of a supply chain network for bioenergy production from food waste
… processed by illegal organizations to produce ‘gutter oil’, which is a serious public health and safety issue. Therefore, the city government plans to develop a central management system where the food waste from large number of restaurants and food vendors will be collected, pre-processed at …
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Condensed and Expanded Sections in the Lower Mesaverde Clastic Wedge, Campanian of Wyoming: Evidence for Tectonic Rectification of Sea Level
… the presence of sharp-based shorefaces and gutter casts, the inferred paleo-gradient, sequence of stacking patterns, and the presence of incised valleys and unconformities. The evidence shows that the evolution of these members was coupled closely to eustatic and tectonic changes. At the …
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Assessing Organic Matter Breakdown and Associated Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in Headwater Streams: Effects of Hydrologic Gradients and Upland Timber Harvesting
… leaf packs were constructed, zip-tied to gutter nails, and placed into 7 perennial and 6 temporary stream reaches with similar physiochemical and geomorphic characteristics. From December 2007 to May 2008, 3–5 leaf packs were collected per reach monthly. I found significant differences in …
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Distinguishing characteristics of thoracic medial paraspinal structures determined as abnormal by palpation
… and tenderness detected in the paravertebral gutter (PVG) region by manual palpation has been proposed to be an important diagnostic finding in osteopathic medicine. The pathophysiology of tissues at sites detected as abnormal by palpation and reported as tender by the subject (AbPT) is …
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON URBAN STORMWATER SYSTEM AND USE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADAPTATION: AN INVESTIGATION ON TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, AND GOVERNANCE
… conveyed off the site through a system of curb-gutter-pipe, called gray infrastructure. While gray infrastructure efficiently mitigates the problem of flash floods in urban areas, it results in multiple other adverse environmental consequences such as loss of freshwater from urban landscapes, …
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Investigation of Low Impact Development Practices For Coastal South Carolina: Oak Terrace Preserve
… or pollutant masses when compared to a curb-and-gutter system. In addition, seasonal contributions of pesticide runoff highlighted the over-riding impact of pollutant contributions from catchment residents. </p> <p> Although BMPs have been shown to be effective at reducing stormwater peak flows …
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Study of Steady-State Wake Characteristics of Variable Angle Wedges
Current methods of creating inlet total pressure distortion for testing in gas turbine engines are only able to simulate steady-state distortion patterns. With modern military aircraft it is becoming necessary to examine the effects of transient inlet distortion on engines. One alternative being …
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Failure of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: Establishing a Baseline for Retrieval Analysis Using Well-Functioning Necropsy Specimens
… infra-patellar regions, the medial and lateral gutter, and from the tibia. The polyethylene inserts were assessed for wear on the condylar, backside, and stabilizing post surfaces, when applicable, and the femoral condyle was assessed for damage. A bead-based multiplex assay using the Luminex …
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Modelling of urban stormwater drainage systems using ILSAX
… pit choke factor, pit capacity parameters and gutter characteristics for both 'small' and 'large' storm events. The results also showed that the storm hydrograph was sensitive to the catchment subdivision. The accuracy of rainfall-runoff modelling can be adversely influenced by erroneous input …
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