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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Tracing Appalachian Musical History through Fiction: Representations of Appalachian Music in Selected Works by Mildred Haun and Lee Smith

Goad, John C 01 August 2015 (has links)
This research seeks to compare and contrast fictional Appalachian writings by Lee Smith and Mildred Haun to contemporary historical sources in an attempt to trace the development of Appalachian music between the mid-nineteenth century and the late twentieth century. The thesis examines two novels by Lee Smith (The Devil’s Dream and Oral History) and the collection The Hawk’s Done Gone by Mildred Haun, which includes a short novel and several short stories. Contemporary primary sources and scholarly secondary sources were used to compare the fictional works’ depictions of Appalachian music to their historical counterparts. Also included within the thesis is a discussion of Smith and Haun’s personal and research backgrounds and their connections to Appalachian music. Overall, the study found Smith and Haun’s works accurate and based in historical fact, in part due to both writers’ use of historical research and interviews to inform their fiction.
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MELHORA NA SIMULAÇÃO DA PRODUTIVIDADE DE ARROZ NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL PELA INTRODUÇÃO DE ARROZ HÍBRIDO NO MODELO SIMULARROZ. / IMPROVING THE SIMULATION OF RICE PRODUCTIVITY IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL BY INTRODUCING HYBRIDS IN THE SIMULARROZ MODEL

Ribas, Giovana Ghisleni 25 February 2016 (has links)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The importance of hybrid rice is increasing because of its higher potential yield compared to n conventional varieties traditionally sown in southern Brazil. The SimulArroz model is a dynamic deterministic mathematical model that simulates the growth, development and grain yield in rice, but the current version of SimulArroz (version 1.0) does not contain the option for hybrid rice. The objective of this dissertation was to calibrate and evaluate the performance of SimulArroz model in simulating the number of leaves, phenology, dry matter accumulation and grain yield of three hybrid rice cultivars in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Field experiments were conducted in Santa Maria, and in research stations of the Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz in Cachoeirinha, Uruguaiana, Santa Vitória do Palmar, Cachoeira do Sul, Bagé and Camaquã. The number of main stem leaves, based on the Haun scale, and phenology, based on the Counce scale, and also, plant samples were collected in Santa Maria and Cachoeirinha to determine the dry matter of shoots, leaves, culms, senescent leaves and grain yield. The SimulArroz model is calibrated and evaluated to simulate the number of leaves on the main stem, represented by Haun Stage, phenology, the total dry matter above ground, leaves, stems, senescent leaves and grain yield at 13 % moisture of three hybrid rice cultivars in Rio Grande do Sul. / O arroz híbrido vem ganhando importância por apresentar um potencial produtivo maior do que as cultivares convencionais tradicionalmente semeadas no Sul do Brasil. O modelo SimulArroz é um modelo matemático dinâmico determinístico que simula o crescimento, o desenvolvimento e a produtividade de grãos na cultura do arroz, no entanto a versão atual do SimulArroz (versão 1.0) não contém a opção de simulção para arroz híbrido. Assim, o objetivo nesta dissertação foi calibrar e avaliar o desempenho do modelo SimulArroz em simular o número de folhas, fenologia, o acúmulo de matéria seca e a produtividade de três cultivares de arroz híbrido no Rio Grande do Sul. Foram conduzidos experimentos de campo em Santa Maria, e nas estações regionais de pesquisa do Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz de Cachoeirinha, Uruguaiana, Santa Vitória do Palmar, Cachoeira do Sul, Bagé e Camaquã. Foram determinados o número de folhas do colmo principal através da escala da Haun e a fenologia conforme a escala de Counce, e também, foram realizadas amostragens de plantas em Santa Maria e Cachoeirinha para determinar a matéria seca total da parte aérea, de folhas, de colmos, de folhas senescentes e produtividade de grãos. O modelo SimulArroz está calibrado e avaliado para simular o número de folhas no colmo principal, representado pelo Estádio de Haun, a fenologia, a matéria seca total da parte aérea, de folhas, de colmos, de folhas senescentes e a produtividade de grãos a 13% de umidade de três híbridos de arroz irrigado no Rio Grande do Sul.
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A Study of the Southern Appalachian Granny-Woman Related to Childbirth Prevention Measures.

Masters, Harriet P. 07 May 2005 (has links) (PDF)
Documented as serving in the midwife capacity from the 1880s to the 1930s, the “granny-woman,” often was the only line of defense regarding childbirth support practices for many childbearing age women living in the region during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The early twentieth century saw the granny-women discredited and subject to elimination as a result of a purposeful campaign conducted by the male-dominated medical profession. Using knowledge of herbal remedies, the granny-woman played an integral part in the survival of the inhabitants of the region, especially related to childbirth. These centuries-old, herbal-based ministrations have been explored to aid in dispelling the erroneous conclusions related to the vital community role fulfilled by the Southern Appalachian granny-woman. Possessing knowledge of herbal-based childbirth prevention measures, the Southern Appalachian granny-woman rarely provided specifics related to the use of these measures by the women living in the region during that era.

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