This thesis focuses on performances of masculinity by British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) airmen in the charged landscape of the First World War prisoner of war (POW) camp. I examine how captive airmen coped with imprisonment by reasserting the familiar homosocial communities of pre-capture squadron life, particularly through practices associated...
Two measured sections of the upper Silurian Douro
Formation from Devon Island, N.W.T. were examined for their
faunal content with emphasis on the paleoecology and taxonomy
of the fauna. Atrypella is believed to have lived with
its beaks embedded in the muddy substrate of a somewhat
restricted environment. Intermittent, low...
Plywood is the second largest, by value, wood-based product being imported by United Arab Emirates (UAE), below paper products and also second in terms of volume below sawn wood. Very few studies have been done of the UAE market for plywood. This thesis takes a scientific, marketing planning approach to...
The purpose of this study is to ethnographically examine traditionally prescribed notions of sons and daughters in an Indian diasporic community located on Devon Avenue in Chicago. Informed by the association between "ideal" and "actual" family building patterns, this study situates reproductive behaviors and demographic outcomes in its local context...
The morphology of a rather rare parasitic copepod was
studied. Ismaila monstrosa Bergh, an endoparasitic copepod was
found in the nudibranch, Antiopella fusca, at Coos Bay, Oregon.
Many anatomical features were found, which were different from
previous descriptions. Males were described for the first time.
Young males lacked the gonadal...
Managed honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies are important pollinators of many cultivated crops. Honey bee colony declines averaging 30% annually in the United States for the past 7 years have caused significant concern and hence have been a topic of intensive investigation. These declines are reportedly due to multiple...
Microscale hydropower, facilities that produce between 1 kW and 1 MW of power,
has the potential to revolutionize modern power production. Unlike conventional large scale
operations, these water supplies can be utilized with little impact on the environment.
Hydropower per unit production can be very affordable compared to other renewable...
Corals provide a diversity of ecosystem services, are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, and directly support ~500 million people globally; however, corals are increasingly experiencing significant threats and are undergoing severe bleaching events as the result of the warming climate. Using a two-year data set surrounding a...