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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Taro"”.
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Vegetable kingdoms : taro irrigation and Pacific prehistory
… in southern Vanuatu, where irrigation of taro (Colocasia esculenta) was traditionally important, has been studied in detail, through documentary sources, oral history, archaeological survey and ethnographic observation, to assess the scale, layout and productivity of its agricultural …
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Vegetable kingdoms : taro irrigation and Pacific prehistory
… in southern Vanuatu, where irrigation of taro (Colocasia esculenta) was traditionally important, has been studied in detail, through documentary sources, oral history, archaeological survey and ethnographic observation, to assess the scale, layout and productivity of its agricultural …
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Relationships Among Aquatic Macroinvertebrates, Endangered Waterbirds, and Macrophytes in Taro Lo'I At Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii
… and supports nearly one-third of the remaining taro loi cultivated in the Hawaiian archipelago. This study focuses on the use patterns of this agricultural crop by two of these EWBs, the Hawaiian duck or koloa (Anas wyvilliana) and the Hawaiian common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis). …
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Habitat Characteristics of Refuge Wetlands and Taro Lo'I Used By Endangered Waterbirds At Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Hawai'i
… two major habitat types (refuge wetlands and taro lo’i) used by these endangered waterbirds (EWBs) as well as wetland vegetation and EWB response to moist-soil management at HNWR. Furthermore, the links are discussed between habitat conditions that occur during the taro agricultural cycle and …
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Assessment of underutilized starchy roots and tubers for their applications in the food industry
… Raw starchy materials from Australia included taro, yam, and sweet potato. Due to its narrow particle size distribution (1-64 μm), taro flour would be better suited in applications which require improved binding and reduced breakability. The paste of sweet potato flour and starch had higher …
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TEMPORAL PROPERTIES IN JAPANESE (TENSE, CONDITIONALS).
… (5) where we have an indicative sentence. (4) Taroo wa benkyoo shi-ta ra, shaken ni pasu shi-ta (no ni). Taro top study do-ta ra exam in pass do-ta (SFP-‘wishing’) ‘Had Taro studied, he should/would have passed the exam.’ (5) Taroo wa shiken ni pasu shi-ta. ‘Taro passed the exam.’ In this …
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Particulate starch, its effects as a filler in high density polyethylene
… of starches from the many varieties of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) plants in order to get the best possible yield and freedom from agglomerates. Because of the absence of recorded data it was necessary to study the physical properties of these starches. The theory and application of …
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Perception of Japanese Folktales by Readers from Different Cultural Backgrounds
… asked to read three Japanese folktales, Urashima Taro, Bamboo- Cutter’s Tale and Click-Clack Mountain, and were asked to answer short-answer survey questions regarding three folktales as well as the general questions about the Japanese folktales. the survey responses were typed and tallied by …
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Factors influencing the adoption of e-marketing as a mode of marketing by SMEs in Zambia : a case of SMEs in the tourism industry.
… of 286 respondents who were selected using the Taro Yamane formula from the hotel industry in Livingstone. The research is based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. The analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Scientists commonly known by …
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Factors influencing the adoption of e-marketing as a mode of marketing by SMEs in Zambia : a case of SMEs in the tourism industry.
… of 286 respondents who were selected using the Taro Yamane formula from the hotel industry in Livingstone. The research is based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. The analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Scientists commonly known by …
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Essays in water resource economics
This dissertation presents three studies on the economics of water use and quality. The first two chapters analyze farmers' irrigation behavior both empirically and theoretically. Finally, the third chapter looks at how effective regulations are in changing firms' water polluting behavior. In …
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Water Demand in the Chicago Metropolitan Area
Illinois faces a legally de ned quota for the amount of water that it is allowed to pump from Lake Michigan. Separately, in Northeastern Illinois, the ground water level has fallen due to pumping pressure. Together, these constraints on water supply could limit economic and population growth in the …
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The Space Re-Actor : walking a synthetic man through architectural space
Spatial qualities in architectural design cannot be fully evaluated solely by observing geometrical constructs without reference to inhabitants placed inside. However, imagining what happens to those inhabitants and appreciating their movement is difficult even for trained architects. This thesis …
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A comparative study of American and Japanese construction management.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1979
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Green fluorescent protein as a mechanical sensor
Inquiry into intracellular and cytoskeletal mechanics requires an intracellular mechanical sensor to verify models of sub-cellular structure dynamics. To this end, the green fluorescent protein (GFP) is considered as a mechanical sensor candidate with many desirable characteristics. Implicit …
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Using contour as a mid-level representation of melody
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1996.
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