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Showing 1 to 20 of 238 for “"snake"”.
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Snake Box
<p>A collection of poems.</p>
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Year of the Snake
<p>Year of the Snake is a travel narrative and family memoir that details a year of the author’s life as a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam. Twenty-five years after the author’s parents have fled Vietnam as war refugees, the author returns to her parents’ homeland. The author spends 2001 exploring and …
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Year of the Snake
<p>Year of the Snake is a travel narrative and family memoir that details a year of the author’s life as a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam. Twenty-five years after the author’s parents have fled Vietnam as war refugees, the author returns to her parents’ homeland. The author spends 2001 exploring and …
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Antigenic properties of snake venom cardiotoxins
In this dissertation an innitial investigation was made to lo~ate antigenic determinants of cardiotoxin vll 1 from N.nivea with a future view of applying the knowledge obtained in the design of synthetic vaccines. The conformation and surface properties of this toxin differs from that of proteins …
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Geology of the Snake Mountain Region
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Geology, 1868
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Lateral undulation of a snake-like robot
Snake robots have been studied by many researchers but historically more on a theoretical basis. Recently, more and more robotic snakes have been realized in hardware. This thesis presents a design process for the electrical, sensing, and mechanical systems needed to build a functional robotic …
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The Southern snake-handling cult of the U.S.A
… of confirming their faith by handling venomous snakes. Today the cult has spread to at least twelve different States, despite the fact that since 1947 snake handling has been prohibited by law in all states except one. The cult-members, however, regard the legislation as being a violation of …
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Molecular phylogenetics of the North American snake tribe Thamnophiini
… and evolution of the North American snake tribe Thamnophiini, as well as to address current topics in phylogenetic and taxonomic methodology. There are two paradigms for the phylogenetic analysis of multi-locus sequence data: one which forces all genes to share the same underlying …
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Crotalus Snake Venom Preconditioning to Prevent Surgical Brain Injury
… shows that preconditioning with Crotalus rattlesnake venom, known for its hemorrhagic and inflammatory effects, mitigates some harmful effects of SBI. We have identified two proteins of interest in Crotalus venom: snake venom metalloproteinase (SVMP), an enzyme with hemorrhagic effects, and …
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Gravity survey in the western Snake River Plain, Idaho
Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-52).
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Into the snake pit: Heliodorus's Aethiopica and cognitive pluralism
This PhD thesis explores the conflicting narratological momenta at play in Heliodorus’s Aethiopica (approx. fourth century C.E.) and their relationship to the novel’s irreconcilable ideological impulses. The conception of this novel as a whole is still dominated by the readings of Jack Winkler and …
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Theurgy and the Snake: The Yoga Kalandar and Bengali Sufism
A radically alternative vision of the fakir is given in surviving medieval (Bng. madhya-ẏug, “Middle Age”) and pre-modern textual sources that predate and coincide with the colonial period in Bengal, such as the widely influential 17th century Yoga Kalandar text as well as Bāul oral traditions …
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Parody and nostalgia : contemporary re-writing of Madame White Snake
… literature and myths. The myth of Madame White Snake is one of the most well known stories that survived a long period of time. The earliest known version of Madame White Snake was a supernatural story in 1550, which later became a prototype of numerous subsequent versions starting in 1624. This …
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Material properties of skin in a flying snake (Chrysopelea ornata)
The genus Chrysopelea encompasses the "flying" snakes. This taxon has the ability to glide via lateral aerial undulation and dorsoventral body flattening, a skill unique to this group, but in addition to other functions common to all colubrids. The skin must be extensible enough to allow this body …
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Operant Conditioning in the King Snake (<em>Lampropeltis getulus getulus</em>)
… of the present study was to condition king snakes to manipulate a pigeon key for water reinforcement. Two king snakes were used as control subjects receiving no reinforcement and two were used as experimental subjects to receive water reinforcement.</p> <p>This study demonstrated that king …
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Stimulus Control in the King Snake (<em>Lampropeltis getulus getulus</em>)
<p>Four Southeastern king snakes (<em>Lampropeltis getulus getulus</em>) were conditioned to discriminate between two pigeon keys when one was associated with water reinforcement and the other with extinction. There was also some evidence that a partial discrimination reversal could be …
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Natural history of sea-snake bite and poisoning: a clinical study
The toxaemia of snake-bite in man remains a challenge to the clinician. Fear of snakes and their bites is universal and colours the reaction of both patient and doctor. In each case the fear stems mainly from ignorance and a conditioned - contrary to popular belief, fear of snakes is not …
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