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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"River Thames"”.
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A neural network computer model of the hydrodynamical flow in the River Medway estuary at its confluence with the River Thames
… above or below the still water level in a river. After applying suitable boundary conditions based on the theory of characteristics, the model was then tested against another numerical model. An artificial neural network (ANN) model for both depth and velocity with zero bottom friction was …
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Re-imagining the Vernacular: Dwelling at the Thames Edge
… Focusing on London’s iconic and multifunctional River Thames, this study presents a timely examination of the contradictory nature of river dwelling. For many river dwellers, re-purposed working boats have been appropriated and re-imagined as a place to live. Even though boats are not legally …
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Proselytising public health reform in Punch 1841-1858
… Market and the amelioration of the polluted River Thames, providing a point of comparison from which to study the growth of a range of shared motifs developed for discussing reform and social change. Taking a chronological approach, it will be argued that from the close of the 1840st here was …
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The Honour of Wallingford, 1066-1300
… on the castle of Wallingford on the bank of the River Thames in the English county of Berkshire that dominated the southern midland region as an important centre of power. Famous in English constitutional history for its unique mention in King Henry II’s Assize of Clarendon of 1166, and as one of …
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Automatic river quality monitoring
Automatic river quality monitoring (ARQM) is potentially an important tool in water quality management for the National Rivers Authority (NRA) and similar organisations worldwide. The information produced by ARQM systems must be used in the most effective way and fully integrated with the manual …
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River Sediment Sampling and Environment Quality Standards: A Case Study of the Ravensbourne River
Sediment is a major sink for heavy metals in river, and poses significant risks not only to river quality but also to aquatic and benthic organisms. At present in the UK, there are no mandatory sediment quality standards. This is partly due to insufficient toxicity data but also due to problems …
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Imagining the Thames: conceptions and functions of the river in the fiction of Charles Dickens
… thesis examines Dickens‟s uses of images of the river throughout his fiction, and also in the early sketches, the reprinted pieces from Household Words and The Uncommercial Traveller. The river concerned is usually but not exclusively the Thames, usually but not exclusively in London. The thesis …
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Population trends and ecological community interactions of freshwater mussels
… revisiting a study of mussel populations in the River Thames, one of the earliest studies to quantify mussel population dynamics. I show that mussel population density has fallen dramatically across nearly all species, with declines of over 95% in both Anodonta anatina and Unio pictorum; once …
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Taxonomic, systematic, morphological and biological studies on Palaemon Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
… on the native P. longirostris in the River Thames by analysing dietary overlap from stomach content analysis.As a result of the taxonomic studies two new species of Palaemon were described from the tropical eastern Atlantic: Palaemon powelli and P. vicinus and a further, poorly known …