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Showing 1 to 20 of 528 for “"flowers"”.
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Lightning Flowers
Lightning Flowers traces the psychological collapse of Waylan Dranger, an East Texas construction worker / folk artist. Waylan suffers from hallucinatory encounters with Reeve, his missing brother. Reeve often blames Waylan for his disappearance and implied death. Waylan also worries that Sam, his …
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Flowers, Interaction and Emotion
… identified that there is a body of research on flowers. There is rather little regarding the interrelations between flowers and interaction, and the role of flowers in weddings and funerals. It is this gap in the research that this research addresses. This study applies a sociological …
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Clovette : predicting preferences for flowers
Flowers are often gifted for major holidays and personal holidays, for both personal and corporate purposes. Today's solutions in the market are abundant but scattered, with many players offering products of varying quality at a range of price points. To command higher prices and stay relevant in …
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Coloring matter in camillia japonica flowers
<p>The coloring matter in flowers has been used for centuries as a dye. Early man did not know the chemical nature of these coloring matters. Recent investigations have shown that the dark pigments whereas the lighter pigments of flowers are in the anthoxanthin group of pigments. Both of these …
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An experimental investigation of coloring matter in Canna Indica flowers
… isolating and identifying the coloring matter in flowers of the canna indica (canna lily) variety. It was done by extracting the pigment from flower petals with methanol, amyl alcohol, and other solvents, and crystallizing the pigment as a salt. Physical properties such as solubility, color …
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Analysis of the work of The South Wind and Flowers
… my mixed ensemble works named The South Wind and Flowers, analyzed it from the perspective of polyphony, the structure, characteristics of melody, rhythm, meter, harmony, imitation and so on. By analyzing my doctoral work at the University of Minnesota, I hope that I can further understand my own …
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Botanical Biopolitics: The Sociopolitical Lives of Flowers in Victorian Britain
… contemporary critical plant studies, I turn to flowers as the part of vegetal life most readily philosophised during the nineteenth century. Flowers during this period took on an absurd weight of meaning-making, used to symbolise emotion, store memories, speak of God, and teach lessons of moral …
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The Evolution of Male Form and Function in Nightshade Flowers
The overall objective of this study is to investigate the diversity of anther form (male floral organs) in the genus Solanum to allow greater understanding of the relationship between anther form and buzz pollination. This project takes a multidisciplinary approach to investigating the anther …
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Electromagnetic scattering model for saline ice covered with frost flowers
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.
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Comparative Anatomy of the Stem in the Carrion Flowers (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)
The carrion flowers or stapeliads (Stapelia and related genera, Apocynaceae) comprise a group of several hundred species of succulent plants native to the Old World, primarily Africa. Despite the size and diversity of the group, surprisingly little is known of the comparative anatomy and morphology …
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An experimental investigation of coloring matter in flowers of vinca major
… did not know the nature of coloring matter in flowers, he used the coloring matter as dye for centuries. There are a variety of reasons for the interest of chemists in natural and artificial coloring matters. One of these is the color pleasure, anothe1· is the commercial importance. The visible …
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Leaves and Flowers of Paulownia: Aristocratic Legitimacy of the Ashikaga Warrior Leaders
“Leaves and Flowers of Paulownia: Aristocratic Legitimacy of the Ashikaga Warrior Leaders” Polina Barducci Abstract This project investigates the intersection of courtly and warrior governance during the rule of the second warrior government, the Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1573) and focuses on the …
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Studies of in vitro flowering and de novo flowers of Nicotiana tabacum
… layers, TCLs) and to compare de novo to in vivo flowers. TCLs from short-day and long-day tobacco plants were compared with TCLs from day-neutral species to examine in vitro floral photoinduction and graft transmissibility of floral promoters and inhibitors. TCLs from photoperiodic species of …
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Desert Flowers: Sexualized Industries of Nevada and the Women Who Work In Them
The thesis delves into the struggles and working conditions of young women employed in sexualized industries in the state of Nevada, particularly casinos, gentlemen's clubs, and brothels. Through extended research and interviews, this thesis combines true-life narrative from one-on-one interviews …
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Flowers for Abiah: Emily Dickinson's Claim to Live According to Her Own Rules
<p>Emily Dickinson is known for her poems, but her epistolary body of work is as rich and as compelling. Her letters to Abiah Root reveal Dickinson's mind behind the poet and more importantly show the progression and evolution of Dickinson's ideas and sentiments regarding Victorian societal …
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A vágott virág tartósságát növelő eljárások hatásvizsgálata szegfű és rózsa esetén = The impact assessment of procedures, which increase the vase life of cut flowers, in the case of carnation and rose flowers
Alapvető célom volt a vágott virágok tartósságának növelése, ezen belül pedig: 1. Saját készítésű vágott virág tartósító oldatok összeállítása és hatásának összehasonlítása a kereskedelmi tartósítószerekével. 2. A különböző ideig, és eltérő hőmérsékleten elvégzett 1-MCP kezelés hatásának …
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Creating a world of books, friends and flowers: gift books in America, 1825-1860
… identity in her own world of books, friends, and flowers.
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