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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Prince Edward Island"”.
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"De par chez nous:" Fiddling Traditions and Acadian Identity on Prince Edward Island
On a small island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence a distinct Francophone community has persisted for nearly three hundred years despite historical traumas and the pressures exerted by a majority Anglophone environment. The factors that have contributed to the persistence of this community are a …
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Breeding parameters of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) at mixed species colonies on Prince Edward Island, Canada
… species colonies at Cape Tryon and Durell Point, Prince Edward Island from 1976 to 1978. Differential access to nests at the two colony sites resulted in more complete demographic data for P. CCUibo than for P. CLUJiituA. In 1911j P. CCtfibo was present at both colonies by 21 March, whereas P. …
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Interannual variability and long-term trends of surface hydrography around the Prince Edward Island Archipelago, Southern Ocean
The Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) Archipelago are situated in a prime location for the study of ecosystem response to intrinsic climate variability in the Southern Ocean and the impact of climate change. They are positioned in the Polar Frontal Zone, which is constrained by the subAntarctic Front …
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Equipping Members of Kingsboro Baptist Church in Kingsboro, Prince Edward Island, to Counsel One Another Biblically Through Fear and Anxiety
… of Kingsboro Baptist Church in Kingsboro, Prince Edward Island, to have care conversations, particularly through their struggles with fear and anxiety. Chapter 1 outlines the ministry context of Kingsboro Baptist Church and the rationale for the project. Chapter 2 discusses the sufficiency …
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The intertidal and shallow subtidal food web of sub-antarctic Marion Island
The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island group, consisting of Marion Island and Prince Edward Island (Fig. 1), was annexed by South Africa in 1947-1948 and subsequently declared a nature reserve. Isolated oceanic islands have always presented interesting opportunities for biological research on both …
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Duty and Dependency: The Life and Career of Edward James Jarvis, 1788-1852
Edward Jarvis was a colonial judge during the late Georgian and early Victorian periods whose career encompassed more than one jurisdiction within the British Empire. Following several years of study at the Inns of Court in London, he secured positions as a judge in the colonies of New Brunswick …
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Effects of Motivational Interviewing on Levels of Physical Activity in Older Adults
… participants aged 55 and older were recruited in Prince Edward Island. Participants were randomly assigned by gender to the intervention plus information or to an information only condition. Participants in the intervention condition participated in four weekly telephone motivational interviews …
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Caregiver burden and burnout and the role physical activity and exercise play
… of caregivers (N = 163) in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Canada, using a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design with two phases. The quantitative data gathered in the first phase were analyzed and used to inform the qualitative data collection in the second phase. The …
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Alongshore coupling of eco-geomorphological variables in a beach-dune system
… data from three beaches along the North Shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The dune systems are primarily vegetated by Ammophila breviligulata and vegetation density ranged from 0% to 100% beyond the dune crest, with considerable variability alongshore and between sites. The alongshore …
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Space-time rupture properties of large earthquakes
… the 1994, M, 7.0, Romanche and 1997, M, 6.8, Prince Edward Island events show clear time-domain evidence for episodes of smooth moment release that preferentially radiated energy at low frequencies. Inversions for the moment-rate functions of these events yield compound event sequences where …
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Surface and sub-surface hydrographic variability at the Prince Edward Islands: perspectives from the high resolution GLORYS model
The Prince Edward Islands (PEI), comprising of Marion and Prince Edward Island, are located in the direct path of the eastward flowing Antarctic Circumpolar Current, nestled within the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone of the Southern Ocean. The islands are home to a multitude of species which are …
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Assessment of the Impact of the European Corn Borer at Three Locations in South Dakota
… plants were infested by both generations. In Prince Edward Island, Canada,Thompson and White (1977) showed differences in grain yield but no</p> <p>significant difference in silage yield between insecticide treated and</p> <p>control plots. The impact of first or second brood ECB at any …
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Investigations of Colorado potato beetle [Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)] pest management including: sampling strategies for insecticide resistance detection, development of a knowledge-based expert system and the physiology of cold tolerance
… beetle populations from Maine, Washington, and Prince Edward Island, Canada, suggest these populations are freeze-tolerant, that is, they can sustain ice formation within their body fluids. Colorado potato beetles collected from Virginia supercooled at a significantly (P ≤ 0.05) lower …
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The effects of introduced mice on seabirds breeding at sub-Antarctic Islands
… of extinction. Introduced predators at oceanic islands where many seabirds breed account for the largest proportion of population declines, more so than incidental fisheries bycatch or degradation of their breeding habitats. Since few oceanic islands have escaped invasion, the problem is …