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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Monticello"”.
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Spatial and temporal variability in floodplain sedimentation during individual hydrologic events on a lowland, meandering river: Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois
… of the Sangamon River at Allerton Park in Monticello, Illinois. The five events observed had peak discharges of 40-250 m3/s. During each event, deposition was found to occur most frequently and with greatest magnitude in and adjacent to floodplain channels. Sediment thicknesses accumulated …
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Nutrient Dynamics of Forest Communities in Central Illinois
… at Robert Allerton Park, 7 km southwest of Monticello in east central Illinois. Research was conducted in the two dominant forest types of the region: (1) a floodplain community (Acer saccharinum dominant), and (2) an upland community (Quercus spp. and Carya spp. dominant).
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Thomas Jefferson: Life lines
… of Jefferson's wife, Martha; the third movement, Monticello; the fourth movement, a dialogue between Jefferson's head and heart; and the fifth movement, Jefferson's belief in the free mind. The music is presented by a chamber ensemble of twenty-two performers: five woodwinds (flute, oboe, two …
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Quantification of the effects of heavy agricultural vehicle loading on pavement performance.
… Board began at the MnROAD testing facility in Monticello, Minnesota. There were both flexible and rigid pavement sections implemented with strain gauges, LVDTs and earth pressure cells at the MnROAD testing facility. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of farm equipment …
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Art Collecting at the University of Illinois: A History and Catalogue
… structures or at Robert Allerton Park near Monticello, Illinois--done by artists such as Emmanuel Fremiet, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, Carl Milles, Daniel Chester French, Lorado Taft, Adolph Weinman, Hermon Atkins MacNeil, Egon P. Weiner, Mirko (Basaldella), Louis H. Sullivan, Jo Davidson, …
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Evacuation Network Optimization: Models, Solution Methods and Applications
… examples and an evacuation case study in Monticello, Minnesota with varying network settings and conditions. The evaluation results prove the applicability, reliability and robustness of the developed methodology in both theoretical and practical network circumstances and provide useful …
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Long-term changes in forest soils of Maine and Illinois
… a resampling of soils at Robert Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois. A study of organic matter quantity and quality in 1992 was utilized for the buried soil-bags study in a commercial spruce-fir forested plot at Howland, Maine. Soils at the study site have thick organic horizons and well …
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Analysis of Virtual Control Groups and Inter-species Concordance using Preclinical Toxicity Data
… valid or is based on mere historical precedence (Monticello, 2015; Zbinden, 1993). Such concerns have driven changes in regulatory attitudes, such as the recent passing of the FDA Modernization Act 2021 which would remove the mandate for animal testing to evaluate the safety of drugs in the USA …
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Management of a central Illinois deer herd
… historically a refuge from hunting, located in Monticello, IL. The project entailed monitoring deer densities by both visual and infrared helicopter surveys. The 600 hectare park had been closed to hunting until 2004 when a total of 730 deer were counted on the entire survey area (the park and …
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John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866): From Jeffersonian Palladianism to Romantic Colonial Revivalism in Antebellum Virginia
John Hartwell Cocke was a Virginia planter and amateur architect whose style evolved from Jeffersonian Classicism to a revival of English Tudor-Stuart or Jacobethan architecture. This dissertation discusses the Cocke family's Elizabethan roots and advances four theses. The first of these theses is …
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Secondhand Chinoiserie and the Confucian Revolutionary: Colonial America's Decorative Arts "After the Chinese Taste"
<p>This thesis explores the implications of chinoiserie, or Western creations of Chinese-style decorative arts, upon an eighteenth century colonial American audience. Chinese products such as tea, porcelain, and silk, and goods such as furniture and wallpaper displaying Chinese motifs of distant …