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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"Midway"”.
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An Unsinkable Carrier: The Midway-Based Forces and the Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway is remembered as one of the greatest military victories in American history and marked as the turning point of the Second World War in the Pacific. The victory has long been celebrated as a great US Naval victory, brought about by the US Navy's Carrier Task Forces. Remembering …
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Interpreting Midway Barn: Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's Agrarian Vision
At first glance, Midway Barn in Spring Green, Wisconsin presents itself as another example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s distinctive, if evolving style, its horizontal massing, tilted roof planes, and natural materials echoing the hilly landscape of the farm and its environs. Analysis of the documentary …
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Hormone analyses of Black-Footed Albatross (Phoebastria Nigripes) at Midway Atoll NWR and Tern Island, Hawaiian Islands NWR
… both adult and chick black-footed albatross on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and black-footed albatross chicks on Tern Island, Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge (HINWR). This thesis is divided into four parts. Chapter 1 contains the literature review and information on …
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Gray City of the Midway: The University of Chicago and the Search for American Urban Culture, 1890-1932
… enhanced by the University’s location on the Midway Plaisance, a public boulevard typifying the urban/rural hybridity of Chicago’s park system. The result was an urbanised nature, or the charged proximity of urban density and pastoral green space. Disputing the perceived eclipse of the …
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A Conceptual Model of Groundwater Flow at the Midway, Utah Fish Hatchery as Constrained by Geochemical, Physical Hydrogeological, and Geophysical Methods
… and prevention. A state fish hatchery at Midway, Utah was closed when the shallow unconfined aquifer being used for fish culture by spring discharge was deemed to be contaminated by whirling disease. An alternative water source may exist in a confined aquifer below this contaminated …
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Modeling Interactions of Aircraft Emissions With Global and Regional Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate
… of aircraft flights from Chicago O'Hare and Midway Airports on the regional air quality of the region using the Community Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) system. Our results suggest that the aircraft traffic at the Chicago O'Hare and Midway Airports do not contribute significantly to …
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Nuclear magnetic resonance study of the structure of simple molecules adsorbed on metal surfaces: Acetylene on platinum
… species, CCH2, is determined as 1.44 ± 0.02 A, midway between a single and double bond, suggesting that both carbon atoms bond to the surface.
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An Evaluation of the Convergent Construct Validity of the Boldness Inventory of Psychopathy using a Five-Minute, 10% Carbon-Dioxide-Enriched Air Challenge
… the breathing challenge, (b) fear ratings taken midway through the challenge procedure, and (c) mean heart-rate midway through the challenge. Additionally, it was hypothesized that total boldness scores would relate negatively to STAI and BIS scores, and would be unrelated to PHQ-9 scores. As …
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of the Structure of Simple Molecules Adsorbed on Metal Surfaces: Acetylene on Platinum (Slow Beat, Double Resonance, Multi Quantum)
… is determined as 1.44 (+OR-) 0.02 (ANGSTROM), midway between a single and double bond, suggesting that both carbon atoms bond to the surface.
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The Importance of the Ardennes Offensive in the History of World War Two and the Post-War World
… tide-turning battles such as Stalingrad, Kursk, Midway, or Guadalcanal. For the aforementioned goals, the thesis provides a thorough examination from the Allied D-Day landings, all the way to the breaking of the Siegfried Line, including war aims, plans and an analysis of the Bulge Battle itself, …
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In search of self : a closer look at Mexican American heritage seeking students
… with each of the participants conducted midway through their study abroad. Their experiences were compiled into profiles and analyzed using theories from four different areas of intercultural study including acculturation, identity, Chicano studies, and friendship development. This …
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Lime Stabilization of a Virginia Clay Soil
… was poorly crystalline and was found to be midway between montmorillonite and kaolinite group.
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Exploration of Fatigue in Fourth-Year Nursing Students
… Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery (OFER) scale midway through their final semester of school. The study examined the perceptions of fatigue, along with the predicting factors of chronic fatigue, acute fatigue and intershift recovery. Participants experienced moderate-high levels of acute and …
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Walt Whitman's changing perceptions of the effects of the American Civil War and its impact on his poetry
… be over soon with minimal casualties, but about midway through the tone of his poetry shifts into one of cautious optimism. After the shift Whitman’s loyalties to the Union are still very apparent, but he has begun to emphasize the toll that the war has taken both on citizens and soldiers as a …
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MEMBER FAMILIARITY AS A PREDICTOR OF TEAM ADAPTATION
… in 10 trials of an interactive computer game. Midway through the triais, the nature of the task was changed substantially. Performance scores were recorded after each trial. It was observed that member familiarity was not significantly related with overall task performance but that cognitive …
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A Heuristic Multiple-Case Study of Culturally Relevant Practices of Six Urban Elementary School Principals
… was compromised by preparation coupled with Midway School District’s (pseudonym) reform agenda of assessment, standards and monitoring data that derailed support for culturally relevant practices.
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The benthonic foraminifera across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the Zin Valley, Negev, Israel
… eugubina, not known from other sections, and a Midway-type fauna was found to be present above and below the boundary.After the boundary, a Velasco-type element occurs, which may indicate a slight increase in depth towards the outer shelf range.Some Maastrichtian benthonic forms were found to …
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Morphogenesis of the lateral geniculate nucleus in primates
… an intricate lamination pattern, which changes midway through the nucleus at a point coincident with small gaps due to the blind spot in the retina. This thesis investigates the hypothesis that the singularities produced by the gaps induce the laminar transition at its normal location. A …
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