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Penelope--the Story Weaver
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996.
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Orb weaver capture thread biomechanics and evolution
Orb weavers intercept insects using non-hardening bioadhesive droplets, supported by two flagelliform fibers. Droplets contain an adhesive glycoprotein core and aqueous layer that confers hygroscopicity. The first study investigates the durability of these droplets to cycling, or repeatedly …
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Habitat Selection by weaver Birds in the Middle Zambezi Valley
… pattern of interactions between seven species of weaver birds viz: the White Browed Sparrow Weaver (Plocepasser mahali), the Spotted Backed Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), Cabanis's Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius), the Masked Weaver (Ploceus velutus) and three species of Quelea between Chirundu …
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Habitat Selection by weaver Birds in the Middle Zambezi Valley
… pattern of interactions between seven species of weaver birds viz: the White Browed Sparrow Weaver (Plocepasser mahali), the Spotted Backed Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), Cabanis's Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius), the Masked Weaver (Ploceus velutus) and three species of Quelea between Chirundu …
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Life-history evolution and cooperative breeding in the sociable weaver
… southern African passerine, the sociable weaver Philetairus socius. This species departs from the traditional cooperative breeding model in being a non-territorial colonial nester that inhabits an unpredictable semi-arid environment. Sociable weavers face no obvious constraints on …
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Sociable weaver nests as a resource to local animal communities
… interactions with the host engineer. Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) are a colonial passerine endemic to the semi-arid and arid Kalahari in the western parts of southern Africa. This species builds massive colonies that appear to form a focal point for the animal community in this system, …
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Dominance, social organisation and cooperation in the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius)
… remains poorly understood (Chapter 1). Sociable weavers Philetairus socius are highly social, cooperative passerines. The species is particularly prone to conflicts because of their year-round coloniality and thus year round sharing of resources. Using extensive field-data on individual …
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Wairua: Te ātaahua kaiwhatu = The beautiful weaver: Incorporating wairua into tertiary education
RESEARCH AIMS AND QUESTION • To better understand wairua in the tertiary education context • To better understand what the outcomes for tauira are when wairua is incorporated • To explore and articulate ways in which we, as tertiary educators, can incorporate wairua into our own education space How …
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Alterations of the serotonergic system in the dopamine deficient striatum of the weaver mutant mouse
This document only includes an excerpt of the corresponding thesis or dissertation. To request a digital scan of the full text, please contact the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's Interlibrary Loan Department (rlmlill@iu.edu).
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The costs and benefits of hosting colonial sociable weaver nests for arid zone savanna trees
… I used the interaction between sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) and their host trees (camelthorn Vachellia erioloba and shepherd Boscia albitrunca) to test this hypothesis. I predicted that trees that host the sociable weaver nest would have benefits and costs in the interaction, …
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The biology of the Cape Weaver Ploceus Capensis with special reference to its polygnous mating system
The study of the biology of the Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis was carried out mostly in the winter rainfall area of the S. W. Cape in South Africa. This report shows that the species has conspicuous plumage dimorphism and some physical dimorphism in the sexes, and that the male only achieves full …
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An experimental approach to assess the role of nest predation in the population dynamics of the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius)
… on the population dynamics of the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius), a keystone species in the semi-arid savannas of the Kalahari and Namib regions. Snakes were excluded from five colonies for five breeding seasons and two colonies for three breeding seasons, with another eight colonies …
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Weaving through the matrix: investigating the influence of urban land use on weaver bird movements into and out of Cape Town wetlands
… as patch isolation, size and quality, had on weaver bird movement into and out of wetland sites in Cape Town, a growing city within a global biodiversity hotspot. Weaver bird movement data from 42 wetland sites were obtained through a long term mark - release - recapture project. Distance - …
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Marital Status and Happiness, 1972-1996
… advantages. In 1988, a study by Glenn and Weaver using U.S. national survey data, indicated that there had been a steady decline in the positive relationship between marriage and reported happiness from 1972 through 1986: married females were reporting lower levels of happiness and …
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Enhancing the weaver ant, <i>Oecophylla smaragdina</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), for biological control of a shoot borer, <i>Hypsipyla robusta</i> (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Malaysian mahogany plantations
The weaver ant is a promising biological control agent of a shoot borer, <i>Hypsipyla robusta</i> Moore, on mahogany, but techniques to conserve ant colonies redistributed to mahogany plantations have not yet been developed. The effect of food supplementation and host plant species preference of …
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Algorithms for analyzing complex structural variations in cancer genomes
… developing a novel computational method called Weaver, which takes whole genome sequencing (WGS) alignment as core input and generates a precise rearrangement map for cancer genomes. Weaver identifies SVs with base-pair resolution and applies a probabilistic graphical model to simultaneously …
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Apparel Textile Design Process as Related to Creativity
… and textiles. The personal experiences of a weaver and a costume designer were shared with the researcher through interviews, participant observation, logs, and document/visuals. Data were analyzed by a method of coding and categorizing. Comparative analysis was conducted on the studies of …
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Digital Echoes of the iGeneration: An Examination of Digital Media Used in 21st Century Education
… with humankind (McLuhan, 1964, Stiegler, 1998, Weaver, 2009, Lanier, 2010, Hansen, 2004, Berger, 1972, Derrida, 1974, Derrida & Stiegler, 2002). I then move into formulating aesthetic theory (Benjamin, 1935, Brownowski, 1969), image and text relationships (Heidegger, 1977, Mitchell, 1986, 2005, …
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The Synthetic spider silk fibers spun from Pyriform Spidroin 2, a glue silk protein discovered in orb-weaving spider attachment discs
… Pyriform Spidroin 2 (PySp2), from the golden orb weaver Nephila c/avipes. MS studies support PySp2 is a constituent of the pyriform gland that is spun into attachment discs. Analysis of the PySp2 protein architecture reveals sequence divergence relative to the other silk family members, including …
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High school principals’ leadership activities in policy development and implementation of standards-based grading
… 2019-02-06T19:36:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4 WEAVER-DISSERTATION-2018.pdf: 1357656 bytes, checksum: eae33a85a8d3e1dc531fd3284f38d87d (MD5) WeaverDissertationFinalApproved2.docx: 319488 bytes, checksum: 5131f1b2906fdb22218600c561ed8e6c (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4211 bytes, checksum: …
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