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Captive breeding programmes for nocturnal prosimians
… update and contribute to the limited research on captive populations of nocturnal prosimians. The study consists of two parts. Part one aimed to identify the current European captive population of six nocturnal prosimian species (aye-aye, fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Goodman’s mouse lemur, grey mouse …
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A study of captive finance companies
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1959
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Social behaviour of captive belugas, Delphinapterus leucas
… of terrestrial animals were adapted for studying captive belugas, providing quantitative descriptions of social relationships .among individuals. Five groups of captive belugas were observed, allowing a cross-sectional view of sociality in groups of diverse sizes and compositions. Inter-individual …
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INDUCED SPAWNING OF CAPTIVE TRIPLETAIL LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
… induction protocol to obtain fertile spawns from captive brooders and a method for sex identification of candidate brooders.</p> <p>Single pairs selected among a captive-held broodstock conditioned under a natural photothermal cycle were induced with one of five treatments (n = 5 or 6 replicates …
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Social behaviour of captive belugas, Delphinapterus leucas
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology, 1994.
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Computer modeling of captive-carry missile simulator experiments
… loop in an anechoic chamber and the open loop captive carry on board a P-3 aircraft. The objective of this thesis was to develop a comprehensive Simulink model representing the two HIL missile simulator configurations. These models were then used to study the influence of each parameter on EA …
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Breeding behavior of captive emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri)
<p>Breeding behavior of captive Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) was observed at Sea World, San Diego, California during July, August, and September 1980, and April 1981. Emphasis was on displays, courtship, egg-laying, incubation, and care of chicks.</p> <p>I observed the trumpet display …
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A Theoretical Model for Captive Columns in Bending
… for the determination of the beam stiffness of a captive column loaded as a simple-supported beam with a concentrated midspan load is described. A captive column is a high strength, light-weight composite structural member. Due to the composite nature of a captive column, the deflection due to …
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Integrative perspectives of wild and captive sifaka conservation
… management plans as well as to maintain captive populations. My dissertation focused on understanding the behavior and physiology of two critically endangered lemur species: the golden crowned sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) and the Coquerel's sifaka (P. coquereli). To gain a better …
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Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities
Contemporary artists have been successful in breaking into prisons and persuading the prison institutions, the general public and prison educators to legitimize artistic activity. However, the discourses on prison theatre have been largely dominated by therapeutic and rehabilitative agendas, …
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Habituation to Auditory Stimuli by Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
… be considered during the implementation of captive and wildlife management, even for highly intelligent species such as elephants.</p>
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Captive Audiences: Sound and the Senses in Civil War Prisons
… characterized the tension between captor and captive. A second chapter treats smell, sound, and implicitly sight as interconnected components of a single constructed reality of suffering in the context of mid-nineteenth-century ideas about health and cleanliness. As component parts, smell and …
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Fate Of Captive-Reared Bobwhite Quail Released In Central Kentucky
<p>The fate of pen-raised bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) released onto two farms (Site 1 and 2) and a reclaimed coal surface mine (Site 3) in south-central Kentucky during the summers of 2008 and 2009 was assessed. Of the 57 bobwhite quail radio-tagged and released in this study, the fate of …
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Recovery of cached food by captive blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata)
Corvids are important seed and nut dispersers in North America. To date, the caching and recovery behaviors of four North American Corvids have been documented, n10st notably Clark1s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana). Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) are important dispersers of Quercus, Fagus, and …
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Growth and energy requirements of captive Great Blue Herons (Ardea Herodias)
… The maintenance energy requirements (EMAIN) of captive male Great Blue Herons were determined by a continuous feeding trial through two autumn and winter periods (year 1, n = 4; year 2, n = 10) that differed in the severity of their winter months. Body mass increased through the autumn to a …
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Issues in the Captive Management of Hartebeest (<em>Alcelaphus buselaphus</em>)
… populations, <em>ex situ</em> measures (e.g., captive breeding) have been employed. In recent years there has been a remarkable increase in the use of captive propagation procedures for maintaining populations of endangered and threatened taxa. Although captive breeding has played an important …
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The Effect of Sound on Captive Chimpanzees (<i>Pan troglodytes</i>)
… on nonhuman primates are not as well understood. Captive chimpanzees are exposed to markedly different acoustic environments than their wild counterparts. This study assessed the organic soundscape of a chimpanzee sanctuary, the Fauna Foundation, in Carignan, Québec, Canada. Noninvasive, …
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Balancing tax incentives with operational risks in captive overseas production facilities
… to keep production in-house and therefore create captive production facilities overseas. In many countries, the government will provide financial incentives (e.g. tax breaks, loans, subsidies) to certain companies in exchange for creating employment opportunities and industry knowledge within …
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