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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"The Four Seasons"”.
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Study of basin scale acoustic transmissions
… acoustic tomography experiment was conducted in the northeast Pacific from May 1987 to September 1987. In this thesis, the stability of the forward model is analyzed. There are large non-linearities in the changes in travel time between ray paths for the four seasons . I constructed a model in …
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Drawing Through 4 Seasons
This thesis is concerned with architecture and its changes through four seasons. It is about drawing new images of a building in different seasons. Like trees change their leaves in seasons and like people change their clothes in seasons, this project is about architecture changing its …
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Defining Recomposition Through the Works of Gregson, Richter, and Peck: Creating a Dialogue with Vivaldi and Bach to Compose New Music.
… compositional method for hundreds of years, yet there is no universally accepted definition in the musical community. The existing literature on the subject is limited, so this project will examine various sources to define this term more accurately. This research analyzes successful …
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Seasonal Variation in Desert Tortoise Immune Function
… tract disease. To more fully understand the general impact of diseases in wild populations, a more complete knowledge of the factors that contribute to immunocompetence in this species is necessary. We analyzed minimal seasonal fluctuations in innate immune function and white blood cell …
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Examining the Connection between Guam's Seasonal Rainfall and the El-Nino Southern Oscillation 1950-2023
… This interannual variability is represented by the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Different phases of ENSO may produce deviations from the expected precipitation pattern. Knowledge of this deviation, may assist planners in compensating for changes in water supply. This study will analyze …
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The Effects of Seasonal Changes and Turbidity on Swimming Performance in White Crappie Pomoxis Annularis and Black Crappie Pomoxis Nigromaculatus.
… in fish can also affect fitness. I tested the effects of time of day, season and turbidity on swimming performance in black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus and white crappie Pomoxis annularis. These closely related fish co-occur and their relative abundance is thought to be governed by the …
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Wildlife Decomposition in West Central Montana: A Preliminary Study Conducted to Provide Field Investigation Material and Training for Wildlife Officers
An issue with many poaching investigations is the discovery of carcasses in advanced stages of decomposition with little information to indicate time of death (TOD). To address TOD issues of carcasses found in a state of decomposition, and to provide training materials and field tools for …
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Wildlife Decomposition in West Central Montana: A Preliminary Study Conducted to Provide Field Investigation Material and Training for Wildlife Officers
An issue with many poaching investigations is the discovery of carcasses in advanced stages of decomposition with little information to indicate time of death (TOD). To address TOD issues of carcasses found in a state of decomposition, and to provide training materials and field tools for …
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Spatial and temporal analysis of pharmaceutical concentrations and chitobiase activity in the Upper Tennessee River
Tennessee currently has the 3rd highest per capita prescription drug usage rate in the United States, yet no published studies have analyzed Tennessee surface waters for the presence of pharmaceuticals. Composite surface samples were collected upstream and downstream of sewage treatment plants and …
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Floristry and fine art — a practical and conceptual investigation
This dissertation investigates the concepts of both floristry and art and how they are interrelated, drawing on the author’s 15 years’ experience in the floristry industry. The research is based on both theory and personal practice. The most common theoretical concepts of both art and floristry …
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Botanical Biopolitics: The Sociopolitical Lives of Flowers in Victorian Britain
This thesis is an archivally grounded investigation of plant-human relations in Victorian Britain which considers how people engaged with and thought about the plants which surrounded them in everyday life. Seeking to position Victorian plant-thinking as a significant antecedent of contemporary …
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Simulating the atmospheric primary and secondary organic aerosols
… particulate material was simply classified as either primary or secondary with the primary component being treated in models as nonvolatile and inert. This framework is used to simulate the organic aerosol formation, growth and composition in the eastern United States during the four seasons of …
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Arthur Bliss's emerging voice : a study of two song cycles on texts by Li Po
In 1923, the British composer Arthur Bliss (1889-1975) was 32 years old and resuming his musical activities that had been interrupted by World War I. Bliss visited the United States in April 1923, and in June of that year, he composed his first song cycle, Ballads of the Four Seasons for voice and …
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A Study of Milk Composition in South Dakota
<p>The composition of cow's milk, including both the fat and solids-not-fat (SNF) content, is known to vary over rather broad ranges. Breed and individuality of the cow are the major factors influencing this, but many other factors are known to exert their influence. However, it has generally been …
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Toward Real-time Earth Observation with Satellite Constellation Crosslinks and Propulsion
The development of remote sensing small satellite constellations has created the potential for high-resolution Earth-observation data to reach end users faster. This work investigates how propulsion and intersatellite links enable constellations to continuously collect and deliver data faster than …
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Evaluation of trailer thermal environment during commercial swine transport
… pig welfare and have been shown to increase the number of dead or down pigs following transport. Despite the general understanding of the relation between challenging transport conditions and pig welfare, little quantitative data exist which document conditions within transport trailers. To …
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On the effects of hydrological uncertainty in assessing the impacts of climate change on water resources
This dissertation focuses on the assessment of projected changes on water resources by the end of this century (2071-2100), considering an ensemble of high resolution future climate scenarios, the effects of hydrological parameterisation, and the bias of the hydrological model in representing …
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Valoración energética del residuo avícola, impacto económico-ambiental y análisis experimental en Europa de la reducción de amoniaco en explotaciones avícolas mediante compuesto encimático
… en algunos casos las 35ppm. RESUMEN (en Inglés) The increase and intensification of food production to meet the demands of a continuously growing world population, entails some potential risks to the environment due to emissions of greenhouse gases, acid rain and other pollutants. Consequently …