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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Hilltop"”.
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HIF, HAPE, and Hilltop rats: a paradox unfolding
Hilltop rats develop a pathological syndrome resembling chronic mountain sickness (CMS) in humans. Manifestations of CMS include polycythemia, pulmonary vascular remodeling, pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy. Paradoxically, Hilltop rats are more resistant to acute hypoxic …
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Middle Woodland hilltop enclosures: The built environment, construction and function
… of Middle Woodland period (200 B.C.-A.D. 400) hilltop enclosures in the Ohio Valley. It describes the physical structure and temporal development of hilltop enclosure architecture and analyzes the associated activity areas. The concept of the built environment, which incorporates dimensions of …
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Hilltop Archaeology: Ceremony and Ritual at the Site of Cerro Santa Rita, Chao Valley, Peru
<p>The Site of Cerro Santa Rita is located in the mid-valley region of the Chao Valley on the North Cast of Peru. Occupied by people during the Gallinazo, Moche and Chimú time periods, Cerro Santa Rita fulfilled a role similar to that of a <em>huaca</em>, or temple. The people of pre-Hispanic Peru …
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The biodegradation of valeric, butyric, propionic and acetic acids in anoxic, subsurface, soil environments
… of a silty-clay collected beneath a wooded hilltop. Microcosms containing the soil were characterized by : a pH between 4 and 5, little sulfate utilization with no visible iron sulfide precipitation, an increase in degradation rates upon the addition of sulfate, and little or no accumulation …
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Cultural and religious effect of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, of St. Joseph, Missouri, on the region during its one hundred years of existence
… there have been tempests and vicissitudes, but Hilltop has weathered every storm. Its beacon light, the cross upon its high tower, continues to shine forth--a symbol of Love Triumphant, the motivating force of the religious women who have lived, loved, and labored within its walls that the young …
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The Tower: Prison architecture and the verticality of carcerality
… such as the aerial drone, and the fortified hilltop. To better situate this, I consider the ways in which space has been employed within and outside of punitive institutions both historically, and contemporarily. This examination of verticality and space utilizes the framework of cultural …
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Dirty whites and dark secrets: Sex and race in "Peyton Place"
… of a castle ("the Peyton place") upon a local hilltop. Peyton Place was then and remains today a rather racy read. I maintain that Metalious's novel is not simply participating in the long literary history of establishing and manipulating a dichotomy of white and black in order to articulate …
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Fragmented Landscapes: An Archaeology of Transformations in The Pra River Basin, Southern Ghana
… ground stone tools, and iron slag were found on hilltop sites throughout the surveyed areas. Most of these sites represent a pre-Atlantic pattern of settlement that continues, to a lesser extent, into the early Atlantic era (1450-1700 CE). Long grinding slicks, possibly related to Nyame Akuma …
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Community Structure, Nesting Success, and Isolation Effects in a Tropical Forest Bird Community
… of Barro Colorado Island (BCI), a 1600-ha hilltop isolated from the nearby mainland forest in 1914 during construction of the Panama Canal, to evaluate effects of isolation on bird community structure. Sixty-five species have disappeared from BCI in the intervening 84 years. My inventory …
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The time of nature : a retreat in Northern California
… rhythm is the periodicity of the tides; 3. The Hilltop, temporal rhythm is dominated by the yearly changes in the sky and heavens ; 4. The fault-line Rift Valley, a micro-climate of high seasonal response in foliage and animal life. The retreat occupies all four sites. A guest stays a few nights …
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Inferring parafoil glide slope by extending unsettled trajectories via simulation
… of Cape Town for launching parafoils from a hilltop or into a quarry. The initial objective to determine optimum glide slope of a parafoil using Design of Experiments via flight testing presented challenges. The flight tests and supporting simulations were carefully planned, and were to be …
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Tohoku Topo-Urbanism : oblique community form in post-Tsunami Japan
… that development emanate downslope from the hilltop; so that the oblique becomes a vital link between the highland and lowland nodes - a dualdatum reality of Post-Tsunami urban form. The thesis sees the site as both abstract and specific; and asks how an understanding of ground conditions …
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Dwelling Happens: A Study of Urban Living in the 21st Century
… neighborhoods, known to the locals as the hilltop and the flats, connect. These neighborhoods are separated by a series of linear parks that were set-aside during the initial planning of the city because they were considered unbuildable land. They are literally shear rock cliffs with …
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Definición de un Modelo Edafogeomorfológico para la Identificación de Necesidades de Manejo y Recuperación de Suelos a Nivel Local. Caso Cuenca Cañada La Gorda, Machiques Colón, Estado Zulia, Venezuela.
… Valley with six positions within the landscapes: hilltop (round or elongated), preserved tableland summit, slopes of high, medium and low tableland and valleys between hills. Representative soils of each position were studied showing a highly advanced degree of edaphogenesis with PI values below …
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The emergence of Mailu as a central place in the prehistory of coastal Papua
… from the lowland coastal fringe to defensive hilltop situations. Inferences are made as to the processes by which these developments occurred. A number of variables are identified as associated with the emergence of Mailu and causal relationships are sought amongst them. They include (1) …
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The emergence of Mailu as a central place in the prehistory of coastal Papua
… from the lowland coastal fringe to defensive hilltop situations. Inferences are made as to the processes by which these developments occurred. A number of variables are identified as associated with the emergence of Mailu and causal relationships are sought amongst them. They include (1) …
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Macro to Micro Legacies of Landuse at the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory
… and landcover. In this work, interfluve (hilltop) networks were ordered according to Hortonian methodology at the CCZO in South Carolina with corresponding “hillshed” areas delineated and bounded at the base by valleys and streams. At the CCZO, low-order interfluves are abundant, small, …