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Showing 1 to 20 of 316 for “"Shade"”.
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In the eternal shade
This is a novella concerning modern disillusionment, gender roles, and interpersonal relationships. Leon, Cheryl, and Alex are a family that lives outside of a small Indiana town, near a small stand of trees. Leon is working on a graphic novel based on the journal of great-great-great-grandfather, …
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Improving shade consistency in vinyl floor tile production
… carried out to identify causes and effects of shade variation and propose cost saving improvements. The main effects of tile colour variation were customer complaints, 6% production rejects, excessive waste material (reclaim), an intricate tile shade inspection system, a complex inventory …
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Shade : a differentially private wrapper around Apache Spark
… in an interactive wrapper. The framework, titled Shade, includes two mechanisms - SparkLAP, which provides Laplacian perturbation based on a user's query and SparkSAM, which uses the contents of the database itself in order to calculate the perturbation. We show that performance of Shade is …
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No More Shade: Deforestation and Rural-Urban Migration in Nigeria
<p>Some of the most well-documented motivating factors of migration in Nigeria include education, employment opportunities, and cultural conflicts. However, as the deforestation crisis has not improved and Nigeria has maintained its spot as the country with the most deforestation on Earth, access …
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Accuracy and precision of three intraoral scanners in shade matching.
… of the Problem: Accurate replication of tooth shade is an important factor in the success of esthetic restorative dentistry. Various instruments for shade matching have been introduced to dentistry to overcome the limitations associated with visual shade matching. Many intraoral scanners are …
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The Effects of Pruning on Wind Resistance of Shade Trees
Three tree species, Freeman maple (Acer x. freemanii), swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor (Willd.)) and shingle oak (Quercus imbricaria (Michx.)) were tested before and after pruning to determine the effectiveness of pruning on reducing drag and bending moment. Pruning methods were thin, reduce and …
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Shade and Ornamental Trees in the Nineteenth Century Northeastern United States
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T04:57:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7913649.pdf: 14442346 bytes, checksum: 75fe3fd62ae16e48df664cb8d36dbdfd (MD5) Previous issue date: 1978
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Wayward as the Minnehaha with her moods of shade and sunshine
In a world which is increasingly occularcentric, architecture has the opportunity to reinvigorate experience with designs based on the perceptual systems of the human body. In comparison with the sense organs of other animals, humans are capable of acquiring information about the world almost …
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Colored Shade Cloth Affects the Growth of Basil, Cilantro, and Parsley
… In the main experiment the effect of colored shade cloth and PGRs or brushing were assessed on sweet basil, Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum "Siam Queen" L.), Genovese basil (Ocimum basilicum "Genovese" L.), cilantro, and parsley. All crops were grown under conventional black, blue ChromatiNet®, …
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Effects of shade on the cultivated strawberry (Fragaria X anassa Duch.)
… were conducted to determine the effects of shade on photosynthetic, growth and yield responses of "Redchief" strawberries. Plants were exposed to 0 , 30 , 47 and 63 percent shade in the greenhouse. Net photosynthesis (Pn) as measured under the shade treatments demonstrated a curvilinear …
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The Effect of Tree Shade and Snowpack Cover on Pavement Surface Temperature
The effects of tree shade on the surface and internal temperature of pavement structures can be significant throughout the year. While much work has been done in researching the influence of tree cover on localized urban heating during hot summer months, less effort has been put towards the …
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Characteristics of Intercropped Sorghum and Soybeans; And Soybean Nitrogen-Fixation Under Shade
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Apple fruit nonstructural carbohydrates and abscission as influenced by shade and terbacil
… to the young fruit was addressed by this study. Shade cloth or terbacil, a photosynthetic inhibitor, were applied to limbs and whole trees to examine the influence of treatment and time of application on fruit nonstructural carbohydrates and abscission. 'Stayman' apple limbs shaded with 92% shade …
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Post-Transplant Root Production, Mortality, and Periodicity of Landscape-Sized Shade Trees
A more thorough knowledge of rooting behavior of transplanted trees is needed to better understand plant establishment. The objectives of this research were to: 1) determine if transplant timing affected root system regeneration of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) and willow oak (Q. phellos L.), …
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A Different Shade of Grey: Intimacies of Older Filipino Gay Men in Canada
This dissertation is a qualitative study, which examined the experiences of intimacy of the older Filipino gay men in Canada. These group of men identify as bakla, which is the Filipino term for queer or non-normative gender and sexual identity, practices, and performances. I specifically …
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Does the availability of shade limit use of water troughs by desert birds?
… as livestock. This study determined the role of shade and cover in the use of these artificial water points by birds. An experiment was conducted at six waterholes using the Before-After, Control-Impact (BACI) design. After an initial baseline was established, three waterholes were shaded while …
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Impact of shade on cool-season forage mixtures for the Mid-Atlantic region
… alkaloid concentrations, but it is unknown how shade impacts alkaloid production and productivity of different forage mixtures. This study tested the effects of increasing shade and mixture complexity on sward yield, botanical composition, nutritive characteristics and ergot alkaloid …
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Investigating the Impact of Urban Tree Planting Strategies for Shade and Residential Energy Conservation
… strategically placed trees can modify by casting shade upon building and ground surfaces. However, urban densification, a paradigm of modern residential land development, often constrains space for planting shade trees. Thus, the overall objective of this dissertation was to investigate shade tree …
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