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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Lunar cycle"”.
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Thermal Evolution of Moon
… creating spatial-temporal time series of lunar surface temperatures;(2) identifying atmospheric meteor trails;(3) search for meteor impacts on the Moon surface. Out of the three this thesis focusses on experiment 1 and the results from this experiment could also help with the other …
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The full moon effect and the efficiency of point-spread betting in the NFL
… the lines that is occurring as a result of the lunar cycle. In particular, the home team is being consistently and significantly understated on the day before the full moon creating possible arbitrage opportunities. The models present a full-moon bias that is most relevant the day before the …
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The role of a circalunar clock in speciation
… often synchronize reproduction to environmental cycles such as seasons. This assortative mating in time isolates reproduction between individuals with different timing phenotypes (chronotypes). Often, reproductive timing is controlled by biological clocks; endogenous molecular mechanisms that …
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‘Arabic Astrology’ in Early Medieval England? A Re-Examination of Prognostics and Planetary Knowledge in Three Winchester Manuscripts, c. 1023-1060
… omens to prescribed activities according to the lunar cycle. Some scholars have questioned whether certain prognostics have their origins in ‘Arabic astrology’, thereby suggesting an earlier dating for the revival of horoscopic astrology. This dissertation queries whether prognostics can be …
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Taxonomic, biological, population dynamics and behavioural studies on sod webworms (Lepidoptera : pyralidae: crambinae and scopariinae) of some Waikato (New Zealand) hill country pastures
… rainfall is given for the main study sites. Life cycles and generation times with information on the duration of adult seasons are presented for each species. Habitats of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults are defined and selection of oviposition sites by female Eudonia sabulosella is investigated. …
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Ekonomická analýza vlivu fází Měsíce na lidské chování
Měsíc a jeho lunární cyklus je téma, které se ve společnosti objevuje již od pradávna. Ovlivňuje lunární cyklus lidský život včetně jeho ekonomických a sociálních aspektů? Chovají se obyčejní lidé a manažeři velkých korporací jinak, když je Měsíc v úplňku? Mění se spotřebitelské chování? Vzrůstá …