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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Sloth"”.
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Comparative morphometric analysis of the Devil Peak Shasta ground sloth, Nothrotheriops shastensis
The remains of the Devil Peak Shasta Ground Sloth ( Nothrotheriops shastensis) is one of the most complete fossils of this species ever discovered. The study's objective is to use the dimensions of the Devil Peak sloth and Aden Crater sloth (the only other complete skeleton of this species known) …
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A phylogenetic and taxonomic analysis of Parocnus serus, an extinct Holocene sloth from Haiti
… belongs to a unique radiation of extinct ground sloths endemic to the Antillean islands that was discovered in 1929, but, prior to this thesis, it had not been described in detail or had its phylogenetic and taxonomic relationships with other Antillean sloths extensively analyzed. This detailed …
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Description of Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (<em>Megalonyx jeffersonii</em>) from Acb-3 Cave, Colbert County, Alabama, with Comments on Ontogeny, Taphonomy, Pathology, and Paleoecology
… on the scapula and radius of the adult ground sloth indicate a potential attack from fighting or mating. The presence of infant and juvenile sloths suggests this cave may have been used as a maternity den. The nearly complete adult (RMM 5353) was compared to <em>Megalonyx</em> from other North …
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DESCRIÇÃO DE NERVOS DOS PLEXOS LOMBAR E SACRAL EM BICHO-PREGUIÇA-DE-GARGANTA-MARROM (Bradypus variegatus, SCHINZ, 1825)
… of the lumbosacral plexus, in brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus). Seven animals, with unknown death causes, were donate by Wild Animals Triage Center (CETAS-IBAMA/Cabedelo) and by Paranaense Museum Emílio Goeldi and dissected., Studied nerves originated from ventral branches of the …
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As concepções dos professores de matemática sobre o uso da calculadora em sala de aula: o caso de Mari - PB
… consequences of its use, relating it to sloth and laziness . It is suggested, finally, the search for a reflective training on the use of media in teaching and learning of mathematics, especially the use of calculators in the sense that they can transform their lessons in an interactive …
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The development of a juvenile sentencing jurisprudence in the absence of legislation
… to the needs of the victim and society. i J Sloth-Nielsen 'Justice for children as victims and as offenders' in CJ Davel (ed) Introduction to child law in South Africa (2000) 392
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Evelyn Waugh and la nouvelle théologie.
… personal vocation as the remedy for acedia, or sloth, which he considered the "besetting sin" of the age. Moreover, this dissertation also seeks to demonstrate how Waugh's increasingly sacramental outlook shaped the aesthetic characteristics of his later work. What ultimately becomes apparent is …
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Strong metadata privacy for mobile devices and applications
… achieve this, our key stretching scheme, called Sloth, uses the Secure Element found in many modern smartphones, preventing the adversary from parallelising brute-force attacks and therefore allowing for shorter, more memorable passphrases.
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A Third Gender in South Africa: Does the legal non-recognition of a third gender violate non-binary transgender person's Constitutional rights to dignity and equality?
This dissertation will attempt to answer question whether, in terms of the right to dignity in s10 and the prohibition of unfair discrimination in s9 of the South African Constitution, the State must recognise in law a third gender for transgender individuals who do not identify as either male or …
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Lwandle : criminalisation of a community
This work tells the history of the current crisis facing the community of Lwandle, "the hostel by the sea" near Strand and Somerset West in the Western Cape. Despite all the media propaganda about consultation with "recognised and moderate leaders", despite government promises that legislation …
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The Model Prodigal: Jesuit School Plays and the Production of Devotion in the Spanish Empire, 1565-1611
<p>In this dissertation I examine the relationship between early modern Jesuit theater and the construction of religious practice in the Spanish Empire. I focus upon plays that reinterpret the Biblical Parable of the Prodigal Son to argue that the Society of Jesus utilized the stage to acquire …