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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"blizzard"”.
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The role of lake enhancement in the evolution of the 2011 Chicago-area Groundhog's Day blizzard
On 1-2 Feb, 2011, a mid-latitude cyclone moved through the US Midwest, covering much of the region in deep snow or sleet. This study analyzes the role that the Great Lakes played in modifying this cyclone. Two different Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) simulations were conducted, one …
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Business models and strategies in the video game industry : an analysis of Activision-Blizzard and Electronic Arts
… of gaming companies. The analysis of Activision-Blizzard and Electronic Arts shows the current business strategies of two giants in the industry, "diversification" and "casual games". Moreover, the huge difference of financial performances of two companies indicates the risk of an overbroad …
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Assessment of the Potential Role of Blizzard Damage in the Spatial Distribution of Southern Pine Beetle Infestation in Unicoi County, Tennessee.
… populations. This study hypothesizes that the blizzard of January 27, 1998, significantly increased the southern pine beetle population. The evidence, however, did not support this hypothesis.</p>
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The Impact of User-Generated Interfaces on the Participation of Users with a Disability in Virtual Environments: Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft Model
<p>When discussing games and the experience of gamers those with disabilities are often overlooked. This has left a gap in our understanding of the experience of players with disabilities in virtual game worlds. However there are examples of players with disabilities being very successful in the …
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Revision of the Upper Devonian in the Central-Southern Appalachian Basin: Biostratigraphy and Lithostratigraphy
… divided into five members (Mallow, Briery Gap, Blizzard, Pound, and Red Lick), and the lower Price is divided into three members (the Cloyd Conglomerate, Sunbury Shale, and the Ceres). 23046 fossils were collected and 160 taxa were identified. The biostratigraphic range of each taxon was …
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Objective and subjective temperature effects of virtual reality
… the experimental condition of a snowy blizzard environment and the control condition of a temperate forest environment. It was hypothesized that participants would experience an objective surface temperature decrease as well as a subjective body temperature decrease in the experimental …
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Marine Snow Settling Velocities at an Oil Spill Site and a Control Site in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
… unaccounted for. A hypothesis coined "The Dirty Blizzard" formed subsequent to observations of large and numerous oiled marine snow aggregates amidst the surface slick proposed that a large quantity of oil sank to depth via the aggregates. Having reached the seafloor, aggregates were subject to …
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A physical model to estimate snowfall over land using microwave measurements
… reflectivity measurements during the New England blizzard on March 5, 2001 and to yield a Ze-M relationship that was consistent with others reported in the literature.
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The Nightingale in Poetry and Music
This thesis surveys a variety of songs and arias for high soprano which feature the nightingale; examines the musical elements that symbolize, refer to, or imitate the nightingale; and compares these musical elements with transcriptions of the nightingale's song. The first chapter reviews the …
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The JBS-associated E3 Ligase UBR-1 Maintains Synaptic Glutamate Homeostasis and Regulates Neurotransmitter Balance
Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome (JBS) is a rare, sometimes fatal autosomal recessive multi-systemic congenital genetic disorder, characterized by pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and mental retardation. JBS results from mutations in the gene UBR1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that specifically targets …
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Synthesis of verrucarins
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry, 1984.
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Yrkjatilraun á hunangsberjatoppi
… 'Blue Banana', 'Aurora', 'Honey Bee', 'Boreal Blizzard', 'Boreal Beast' og 'Boreal Beauty'. Í tilrauninni voru plönturnar gróðursettar í hefðbundnu blokkarskipulagi í þremur endurtekningum. Fjórar plöntur af sama yrki voru saman í reit og hafði hver blokk níu samreiti, einn fyrir hvert yrki. …
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Making Coding Practical: From Servers to Smartphones
… deployment of such large experiments, we develop Blizzard, a high-performance framework, with the main goals of: 1) emulating hundreds of client/peer applications on each physical node; 2) facilitating scalable servers that can efficiently communicate with thousands of clients. Our experiences …
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Chemostratigraphy of Carbonate Gravity Flows of the Wolfcamp Formation in Crockett County, Midland Basin, Texas
<p>Sediment gravity flows into deep-water environments are important stratigraphic traps in lithologically diverse reservoirs generating multiple plays for hydrocarbon exploration. These highly heterogeneous deposits can be studied by utilizing chemostratigraphy and higher-order sequence …
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The Tysons Tunnel decision : a case study of suboptimal decision-making in major transit investments
In 2014 Washington, D.C.'s Metrorail system opened Phase 1 of its new Silver Line, which extends the current system to include significant portions of Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. This extension runs through Tysons Corner - a major regional business district that is notorious as a sprawling …
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Invitation of Echoes: Part One
Four strangers are stranded in an old farmhouse by a winter storm. Gilley lives on the farm. Shadows move of their own volition on the farm, and Gilley talks to echoes and sees the dead reflected in mirrors. Gilley's husband, Frank, disappeared over forty years ago. Jason is a college student who …