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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"protraction"”.
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The Management and Mismanagement of Ethno -Regional Conflicts: The Case of South Asia
… by the state. Sri Lanka, a case of conflict protraction, falls between these two extremes. Through an analysis of these cases, the aim is to test and refine the broad evolutionary trends identified in my scheme. Insights from these cases assist in developing tentative propositions of conflict …
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Modification of Aplysia Feeding Network By L-Dopa and Dopamine-Dependent Learning
… with shortening of both phases of the BMP (protraction and retraction). Selection of intermediate BMPs was also associated with truncation of individual neuron spike activity (decreased burst duration but no change in spike frequency or burst latency) in neurons active during retraction and …
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Smectite/Illite Distribution and Diagenesis in the South Timbalier Area, Northern Gulf of Mexico
… nine wells (30 samples) in the South Timbalier protraction were selected near known paleontological markers identifying the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene boundaries. Bulk mineralogy of each sample, determined by XRD, is primarily mixed-layer smectite and illite with a minor amount of …
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The Mouthparts of Ants
… ant species focusing on movement mechanisms. The protraction of the glossa is a non muscular movement. Upon relaxation of the glossa retractor muscles, the glossa protracts elastically. I compared the design of the labiomaxillary complex of ants with that of the honey bee, and suggest an elastic …
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Structural and Stratigraphic Reconstruction of the Whiting Dome Salt Structure in Viosca Knoll-Mississippi Canyon, GOM, Using 3D Seismic Data
… Dome) in the Viosca Knoll and Mississippi Canyon protraction areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Multiple salt mobilization concepts were employed in order to more specifically define the different stages of this salt structure. In chronologic order, these include Roho (expulsion and initial …
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Understanding escape: the development of the British-led escape organisation, the Pat Line, 1940-1942
… and processes underpinning the emergence and protraction of British-led escape activities in France during the period 1940-42. From the outset of this research, it quickly became clear that Second World War escape histories had, rather ironically, captured popular imagination. For five years, …
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Military Modernization of the People's Liberation Army and the Prospect For Conflict With Taiwan
… luring the enemy deep into China, and protraction of the conflict--have been replaced by an emphasis on standing forces able to deploy rapidly with high degrees of mobility, firepower, and sustainability. The focus of military modernization within the military services has emphasized …
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STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PUMA DIAPIR, GULF OF MEXICO BASIN
… in the southeastern region of the Green Canyon Protraction of the Gulf of Mexico. The seismic dataset is a multiclient 3D depth survey from WesternGeco that combines wide azimuth acquisition (WAZ) and full azimuth acquisition (FAZ) datasets to produce a final image. The base and top of the salt …
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How does the analysis of structural violence help to explain the persistence of the Israel-Palestine conflict? A case study of the barrier
… the conflict, and thus has contributed to the protraction of the conflict. In order to examine this assumption empirically, the thesis investigates the violence in the conflict, concentrating on the Israeli barrier. The study poses two central research questions. The first asks what led to the …
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Investigation of commuter's perceptions towards the implementation of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System: A case study of the BRT System in Polokwane Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… on a comparison of two scenarios, which are: “protraction of public transport system without BRT and a combination of both public transport and the BRT system”. The collected data was analysed using Scenario-Based Analytical Approach (SBAA), with the aid of Statistical Package for Social …
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Changes in Conformation and Walk Kinematics of Suckling and Weanling Warmblood Foals
… with age. Step lengths, stance duration and protraction and retraction durations did not change across ages. Over-stride decreased significantly with age, potentially due to increased back length in older foals. Linear distance between diagonal hooves during stance increased with age, and was …
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Descending Locomotion in Primates
… periods of hind limb retraction and forelimb protraction. Species that did not perform headfirst descent may have been limited in their ability to perform this behavior by aspects of their anatomy, such as having relatively short arms or less developed muscles for pedal grasping compared to …
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Biophysical Model of Retraction Motor Neurons and Their Modification by Operant Conditioning
<p>Operant conditioning (OC) is a form of associative learning in which an animal modifies its behavior based on the consequences that follow that behavior. Despite its ubiquity, the underlying mechanisms of OC are poorly understood. Insights into the mechanisms of OC can be obtained by studying …