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Showing 1 to 20 of 178 for “"orchard"”.
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The Cherry Orchard
… this manuscript, Anton Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard, the poems that make up this collection explore loss—loss of home, loss of time, loss of loved ones, loss of self. Some of the poems originate from personal experiences, while others utilize modes like the ekphrastic to draw upon known works …
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Development of a computerized seed orchard inventory-monitoring system and analysis of seed orchard productivity variables
… package for use with the southern pine seed orchard Inventory-Monitoring System (IMS) was developed and tested using 1980 and 1981 cone crop data collected from Weyerhaeuser's loblolly pine seed orchard at Magnolia, Arkansas. The Computerized IMS, written in Fortran, is accompanied by a …
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Artificial Intelligence-Based Decision Automation for Apple Orchard Thinning
… collected from a real-world commercial apple orchard. These maps provide the spatial information of the fruitlet clusters and the decisions required to thin them. The best results are achieved using an over-the-row robot platform called “Archie Senior”, which scans both sides of the fruitlet …
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Investigations of delayed plumage maturation in the orchard oriole
… delayed plumage maturation (DPM) in the orchard oriole Icterus spurius), a dichromatic neo-tropical migrant in which first year males possess a distinct non-definitive plumage. I used model/playback experiments to test predictions of alternative breeding season signaling hypotheses for …
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The geography of the Crab Orchard Project of southern Illinois
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Alternative redevelopment options for the Orchard Park Public Housing Project
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1981.
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Development of POMME, the pest and orchard management expert system
… of an expert system to help farmers manage apple orchards is reported. The system provides advice regarding specific pest management, treatment of winter injuries, drought control and general pesticide selection. The knowledge structures employed in the construction of the system are explained, …
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BEES IN THE WOODS: SPRING ORCHARD POLLINATORS USE FOREST CANOPY POLLEN
… in early spring forests. We worked in orchard-adjacent temperate deciduous forests in the Northeastern US, and used a suite of novel methods, including tree climbing, canopy trapping, and extensive palynology of adult bee and hover fly digestive tracts. First, we report on surprisingly …
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Fruitful Connections: The Potential of the Copley Community Orchard, An Urban Commons
… spaces, focusing on the Copley Community Orchard in Vancouver, British Columbia. Using a narrative inquiry methodology, the study used community mapping, photovoice and “clean language” based, semi-structured interviews to gather qualitative data about participants’ experiences in this …
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A bioenergetic simulation model of orchard populations of the pine vole (Microtus pinetorum)
… model was developed. to simulate apple orchard populations of the pine vole (Microtus pinetorum) in southwest Virginia. Population. size and demographic parameters were modeled on a weekly basis as functions of bioenerqetic status. Forage gross energy availability, digestibility, …
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The social and cultural value of the apple and the orchard in Victorian England
This thesis argues that the apple and the orchard were of greater significance to the Victorians than has been previously realised. This thesis brings together an investigation into the economic value of the apple crop and its associated goods and services, with an exploration of how the apple and …
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Whitlam and the cities : urban and regional policy and social democratic reform / Lionel Orchard
Bibliography: leaves 369-402
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Engendering design--eliminating impediments to the creation of supportive housing models at Orchard Park
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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Moving beyond the apple orchard: The institutional analysis of the construction of Washtenaw Community College
<p>The purpose of the study was to understand the institutional forces that constructed and shaped the function, nature of funding, and governance of Washtenaw Community College (WCC). To do this, I studied the founding and development of WCC using organizational theory. This qualitative, …
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Diversity and flight activity of Staphylinidae in a citrus orchard of the Catania Plain (Sicily)
… and flight activity of Staphylinidae in a citrus orchard of the Catania Plain (Sicily) using different sampling methods (car-net, window traps and pit-fall traps). The study looks at the complex of flying rove beetles with the aim of defining preliminarily the faunistic and zoogeographical …
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An Analysis of the Development of Orchard Place : a Residential Treatment Center for Emotionally Disturbed Children
… change and adapt to the needs of the community. Orchard Place, the name of the new program chosen by the Board, opened its doors in February 1965 as a residential treatment center for 12 emotionally disturbed children between 8 and 16 years of age, and evolved to include a resident population of …
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Seasonal variation in the natality, mortality, and nutrition of the pine vole in two orchard types
… for one year in a maintained and an abandoned orchard. Higher densities of voles were indicated in the maintained orchard. Estimates of mortality were lower and reproduction was higher in the maintained orchard. Net reproductive rates indicated a stable or increasing population in the …
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