Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 1981. / Description based on print version record. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 285-290).

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-231).

Zugl.: Münster (Westfalen), Universiẗat, Diplomarbeit, 1995.

Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 7, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1911. / "Reprinted from the Botanical gazette, Vol. LIV, No. 4, 1912." "Literature cited": p. 304-305. Also available on the Internet.

Diss.--Mannheim--Universität Mannheim, 1997.

Orientador: Mara Cristina Pinto / Coorientador: Danilo Ciccone Miguel / Banca: Anderson de Sá Nunes / Banca: André Gonzaga dos Santos / Resumo: As leishmanioses são zoonoses causadas por protozoários flagelados do gênero Leishmania, transmitidos por insetos hematófagos denominados flebotomíneos. Dentre as espécies de flebotomíneos, Nyssomyia neivai está entre os principais transmissores do agente etiológico da Leishmaniose Tegumentar Americana (LTA) no estado de São Paulo, sendo incriminado como vetor da LTA também em outras áreas da América do Sul. Para localização dos hospedeiros e realização do repasto sanguíneo, os insetos hematófagos utilizam compostos voláteis emanados pelos mesmos, denominados cairomônios. Embora existam evidências de que a Leishmania possa influenciar a quantidade de sangue ingerida e a frequência de alimentação sanguínea dos flebotomíneos, aumentando a taxa de transmissão, não se sabe ao certo como o parasita pode afetar o comportamento dos insetos frente a hospedeiros infectados. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar se camundongos BALB/c não infectados e infectados com Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis apresentam diferença na atratividade para Ny. neivai, e nos voláteis emitidos; além disso, buscou-se avaliar o volume de sangue ingerido por Ny. neivai nos camundongos infectados e não infectados. Para avaliação de uma possível diferença de atratividade dos flebotomíneos frente a hospedeiros infectados ou não, foram realizados três modelos de teste: (a) preferência alimentar dos flebotomíneos quando colocados dois camundongos na mesma gaiola e com auxílio do corante azul de Evans como marca... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Leishmaniasis are zoonosis caused by flagellated protozoa of Leishmania genus, transmitted by hematophagous insects called sand flies. Among sand flies species, Nyssomyia neivai is one of the main vectors or etiological agent of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in the state of São Paulo, being incriminated as vector of ACL also in other areas of South America. For location of hosts and blood meal, hematophagous insects use volatiles compounds released by the hosts, called kairomones. Although there are evidences that Leishmania may influence the quantity of blood ingested and the frequency of blood meal of the sand flies, increasing transmission rate, it is not known how the parasite can affect the behaviour of these insects against infected hosts. The aim of this study was to investigate if uninfected and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infected BALB/C mice presents any difference of attractiveness to Ny. neivai, and in the released volatiles; besides that, was evaluated the blood volume ingested by Ny. neivai on infected and uninfected mice. To evaluate the attractiveness of sand flies to infected and not infected hosts, three types of trials were performed: (a) food preference of sand flies when placed two anesthetized mice in the same cage and Evans blue dye as a marker to help identification of the blood meal source of each sand fly; (b) mice as odour source in wind tunnel and (c) in Y-tube olfactometer. For the trials in the cages, feed females were individualized in micro tubes, macerated and homogenized for absorbance reading at 540 and 620 nm. Such reading allowed estimate the blood volume ingested for each feed female, from standard curves of absorbance versus blood volume previously obtained after... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

The thesis is a comparative study of George Eliot and George Sand. Numerous references to Sand in Eliot's correspondence, as well as in Lewes's criticism, show that the link between the two female authors was more profound than suspected. Lewes and Sand met and corresponded for a few years and his art theory is greatly indebted to Sand's novels. Sand also exerted a profound influence on Eliot's intellectual and artistic development before Eliot met Lewes. Sand was her "divinity." However, it is Lewes who encouraged Eliot to follow in Sand's footsteps. The thesis is thematic and compares first the impact of Sand's religious novels such as Spiridion and Lélia. Then their social thought is examined, with novels such as Le pêche de Monsieur Antoine and Felix Holt, the Radical. The third part deals with their conception of art, with special attention to the doctrine of Realism and to Sand's rustic novels. Their conception of women is also examined as well as their position on the question of woman's liberation. Finally, I compare their views of the complex relationship between femaleness and literature, in the light of recent feminist criticism.

Expansion or swelling behavior of expansive soil has always created problems in the field of geotechnical engineering. When any construction has been carried out on expansive soil without pre-knowledge of their properties under various environmental conditions, the damage is severe. One of the methods to find out swelling potential of expansive soil is the expansive index (EI). The present study investigates the reduction of EI for the two commercially available expansive soils i.e., kaolinite and bentonite when mixed with Ottawa sand and Class C fly ash. The percentages of Ottawa sand and Class C fly ash mixed with kaolinite and bentonite were 0 to 50% by weight. The results show that there is a significant reduction in the swelling properties of expansive soil with the addition of Ottawa sand and Class C fly ash. The reduction in expansive index ranged approximately from 10 to 50% and 4 to 49% for kaolinite and bentonite, respectively. Also the maximum swelling pressure of kaolinite and bentonite soil decreased approximately 93% and 64%, respectively with the addition of various percentages of Ottawa sand and Class C fly ash. These results help to identify the swelling potential and swelling pressure of expansive soil with different percentages of sand and fly ash which will be beneficial to the geotechnical engineer. Standard index properties test such as liquid limit, plastic limit and shrinkage limit test was conducted to see the characteristic of expansive soil when mixed with less expansive sand and Class C fly ash. Also, for these expansive soils one dimensional (1-D) consolidation characteristics was studied with sand and Class C fly ash mixtures and the results were compared with pure kaolinite and bentonite soil. Pre-consolidation (Pc) behavior, compression index (Cc) and recompression or swelling index (Cs) properties were also studied for the different percentages of sand and Class C fly ash with expansive soil.

The Diploma´s thesis deals with the issue of comparison of recultivated areas and areas in the point of ecological succession from the viewpoint of the plant diversity of chosen hydro-ecosystems of Trebon basin, in the area of Suchdol nad Lužnicí. Mapped sandpits Cep, Cep I, Tušť a Františkov are situated in the flood plain of the river Lužnice. Local mining of sandy gravel started in 1950s and in some areas it has not finished until now. Every mining process leads to extensive damages of the landscape, which should be corrected. The aim of this thesis is to map and compare the areas on the coast of extracted sandpits where the recultivation was done with those which were left to "controlled" ecological succession.