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Seasonal Roads
<p>Lynn Kimball Fay has been publishing for twenty-five years under the pen-name L. E. Kimball.<br />As a writer, I’m interested in the way Truth seems to me—intuitively—nonlinea. I’m interested in story cycles that examine Truth from different points of view, usually nonlinearly; and I’m …
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Seasonal and intra-seasonal dynamics and precursors of rainfall over northern Tanzania
… and variability of inter-annual and intra-seasonal circulation anomalies and their precursors are investigated over northern Tanzania. Area rainfall departures are computed in the period 1960-1990 and wet and dry years are identified. Northern Tanzania experiences bimodal rains centred on …
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Inter-seasonal and intra-seasonal rainfall variability in the North West Province South Africa
The present study analysed inter-seasonal and intra-seasonal rainfall variability in the North West Province (NWP) South Africa. The observed rainfall data was obtained from South African Weather Service (SAWS) and Agricultural Research Council (ARC).The data used in the analysis covers a period of …
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Forage Potential of Seasonal Wetlands
Investigations on aspects of seasonal wetland forage potential were conducted in eastern South Dakota. The quantity and quality of the standing crop of vegetation in 6 seasonal wetland communities were assessed at the end of the growing season in 1983 and in 2 seasonal-wetland-dominated basins and …
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The Science Is Only Seasonal
This thesis study is a full-length collection of poetry written and/ or revised during my time at Missouri State University. The collection and its critical introduction focuses on the notion of wandering, through place and time and thoughts and words, as a process of discovery or meaning creation. …
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THE SOCIALIZATION OF SEASONAL EMPLOYEES
This paper examines summer seasonal organizations to examine how they socialize employees in an abbreviated amount of time.
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THE SOCIALIZATION OF SEASONAL EMPLOYEES
This paper examines summer seasonal organizations to examine how they socialize employees in an abbreviated amount of time.
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Seasonal House-Visiting in South Yorkshire
… their social context. The selected tradition is seasonal house-visiting which may be defined as a visit at a particular time of year with some form of performance for which a reward is expected. The chosen region lies to the north and east of Sheffield, within the former counties of South and …
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Melatonin and seasonal cycles in muskoxen
… to investigate the role of photoperiod in timing seasonality. During the first part of the study, changes in reproductive function and circulating melatonin patterns were studied in 15 tame muskoxen. Radioimmunoassays were used to measure serum concentrations of gonadotrophins, gonadal steroids, …
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Seasonal Reproductive Changes in Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis
Seasonal changes in the testes, ovaries, and oviducts were studied in Cryptobranchus alleganiensis collected from the Niangua River, Missouri, from October 1979 through October 1980. Spermatogenesis occurred from late June through early August. Length, absolute weight, and relative weight of the …
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Heat acclimatization during seasonal wildfire suppression
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine heat acclimatization across a 4-month fire season in the western United States. Methods: Wildland firefighters (WLFF) (n =12) and non-WLFFs (n =14) completed a 60-min heat stress trial (treadmill walking at 50% peak VO2) in a climate controlled …
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Heat acclimatization during seasonal wildfire suppression
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine heat acclimatization across a 4-month fire season in the western United States. Methods: Wildland firefighters (WLFF) (n =12) and non-WLFFs (n =14) completed a 60-min heat stress trial (treadmill walking at 50% peak VO2) in a climate controlled …
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Balancing China's Seasonal Intercity Travel Demand: Alternatives for Freight Rail Expansion to Reduce Seasonal Passenger Rail Demand
… travel and the volume surges of Spring Festival seasonal demand. As movement of finished goods from hinterlands to the coast replaces movement of workers to coastal factory jobs, freight demand will increase. Increasing freight volumes across the country will produce pressure on the current …
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Seasonal Variation in Desert Tortoise Immune Function
… this species is necessary. We analyzed minimal seasonal fluctuations in innate immune function and white blood cell numbers in a colony of captive, healthy tortoises. Bacteriocidal assays measured the ability of constitutive natural antibodies and complement proteins to kill a standard strain of …
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The homoeopathic treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis
A dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's Diploma in Technology: Homoeopathy at Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1994.
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Event characteristics of intra-seasonal climate circulations
… variability and the general circulation. Seasonal rainfall totals are clearly linked to significant rain days, indicating the importance of evaluating synoptic-scale event characteristics. Rank ordered rainfall characteristics reveal that normal rainfall may be considered as the middle …
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Evaluation Of Pavement Surface Friction Seasonal Variations
… has been observed that both short- and long-term seasonal variations impact wet-pavement friction. Temperature, rainfall, and contaminants accumulated on the pavement surface affect the friction measurements. The objective of this thesis was to quantify the effect of seasonal variations on …
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Seasonal Movements of Prairie Grouse in South Dakota
From 1962 through 1966, 1,401 plains sharp-tailed grouse (Pedicecetes phasianellus jamesi) and greater prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupide pinnatus) were trapped in Gregory and Lyman Counties in south-central South Dakota. Cannon-projected nets and funnel traps were used to capture prairie grouse …
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