This thesis examines depictions of medievalism in three central texts: Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Each of these texts provides an entry point for exploring the ways in which English and American writers have...
The United States Air Force uses a test constructed by Air
Force personnel to test all individuals seeking entrance into Air
Force officer training programs. This test is titled "The Air Force
Officer Qualifying Test" (AFOQT). There are two major classes of
candidates who are required to take the test:...
New technology allows the production of thinner kiln sticks
manufactured of phenolic resin impregnated paper which are both
structurally and economically realistic. This project tested the effects
of kiln stick thicknesses on dry kiln air circulation and on
lumber drying degrade.
Three variables, stick thickness (3/4, 9/16, 7/16 and 1/4...
The life history, temperature, humidity, and feeding requirements of the
phytoseiid predator mite, Typhlodromus americanus Chant and Yoshida-Shaul were
tested in the laboratory. Occurance of the mite in the field during different times of the
year was investigated as well. Effects of temperature and humidity on egg hatch, the
feeding...
Populations of organisms are influenced by both top-down (predator driven) and bottom-up (environment or resource driven) effects. Seabird research has largely focused on bottom-up factors influencing reproduction, with little emphasis on top-down. Our goal was to better understand top-down impacts on colonial nesting seabirds over a range of spatio-temporal scales....
This study is designed to evaluate to what degree action at the household level in WUI wildfire preparedness is influenced by targeted public information, or behaviorally informed, interventions. The desired outcome of the public information interventions is increasing the number of households taking action to reduce wildfire risk through the...
