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Vanuatu and Kastom : A study of cultural symbols in the inception of a nation state in the South PacificMacClancy, J. V. January 1983 (has links)
No description available.
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Education in the British Virgin Islands : a small country case studySmawfield, Charles Robert David January 1988 (has links)
No description available.
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Morphology and systematics of the Solomon Island Ranid frogsNorris, Rachel Mary. January 2002 (has links) (PDF)
"December 2002" Bibliography: leaves 230-241. Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Historical account -- Ch. 3. Morphometrics -- Ch. 4. Osteology of Solomon Islands ranids -- Ch. 4. Karyology of the Solomon Islands ranids -- Ch. 6. Phylogenetic analysis -- App. 1: Material examined -- App. 2: Discriminant function analysis -- App. 3: Character descriptions. "This study validates the Solomon Islands taxa (using morphometrics) and explores the biology of the Solomon Islands ranids, with detailed osteological descriptions, external morphology and karyology. Using characters from these data sets a cladistic analysis using parsimony reconstructed a phylogeny of thes frogs...Phylogenetic analysis using maximum parsimony found three equally parsimonious trees. Subsequent character reanalysis (successive weighting) produced one parsimonious tree. The phylogenies indicate multiple invasion events into the Solomon Islands by these ranid frogs and despite the high level of endemism, monophyly is not supported."
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Morphology and systematics of the Solomon Island Ranid frogs / Rachel M. Norris.Norris, Rachel Mary January 2002 (has links)
"December 2002" / Bibliography: leaves 230-241. / viii. 356, [25] leaves : ill. (some col.), map (col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / "This study validates the Solomon Islands taxa (using morphometrics) and explores the biology of the Solomon Islands ranids, with detailed osteological descriptions, external morphology and karyology. Using characters from these data sets a cladistic analysis using parsimony reconstructed a phylogeny of thes frogs...Phylogenetic analysis using maximum parsimony found three equally parsimonious trees. Subsequent character reanalysis (successive weighting) produced one parsimonious tree. The phylogenies indicate multiple invasion events into the Solomon Islands by these ranid frogs and despite the high level of endemism, monophyly is not supported." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Environmental Biology, 2003
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The effects of an isolated mesoscale island on a stably-stratified airstreamKim, Jinwon 09 May 1986 (has links)
The perturbation of a stably-stratified flow by irregular
terrain is studied utilizing a seven-layer, hydrostatic, and
potential enstrophy and energy conserving primitive equation
model. The Island of Oahu, Hawaii, and the surrounding ocean area
of 130 km x 100 km is chosen as the model topography. The domain is
covered with a 5 km x 5 km mesh of 26 x 20 grid points in the
horizontal. A cyclic boundary condition is imposed at the lateral
boundaries. In order to give finer resolution to the lower
atmosphere, an irregularly spaced sigma-coordinate is used in the
vertical. Uniform east-north-easterly large-scale geostrophic
winds up to the 400 mb level are imposed in order to represent the
typical trade-wind condition.
The pressure perturbation related to the mass flux divergence
associated with the terrain irregularities, and the land-sea
temperature difference associated with the different responses to
the insolation during the daytime, are found to play a key role in
determining the velocity field in the horizontal as well as in the
vertical. Asymmetric surface pressure arises, due to the
topographically induced vertical motion, with high pressure at the
windward slope and low pressure at the downwind slope of the
island.
Daytime heating of the island induces low pressure on the
island surface. This effect is the most significant at the lee
side and inland portion of the island where the effect of cold-air
advection from the ocean is minimal. At the lee side of the
island the negative pressure perturbation induced by the daytime
heating favors the establishment of a reverse flow toward the
island, but the mountain range at the lee side of the island and
prevailing tradewind prevent this low-level inflow from
penetrating further inland. At the upwind side of the island, the
flow field is mostly determined by topographic slope rather than
by the heating of the island surface.
The perturbation to the basic flow decreases rapidly upward.
But a vertical cross-section of the horizontal divergence and the
vertical velocity fields shows well defined wave motions up to the
domain top level. The wave motions also appear downstream and
upstream of the island with reduced amplitudes away from the
island. These suggest the existence of hydrostatic mountain waves
forced by the island contour, as was predicted by previous linear
studies. The windward tilt of the wave axis shows upward
propagation of wave energy, but the wave momentum flux was
negligible. / Graduation date: 1987
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A Model to Describe Spatial and Temporal Variation of Phosphorus Mass and Fluxes in Tree Islands of Shark River Slough in the EvergladesLago, Marcelo Enrique 10 June 2009 (has links)
A numerical model has been developed to study the temporal and spatial variations of Phosphorus mass and fluxes around the tree islands of Shark River Slough in the Everglades. The developed model is based on a conceptualization of physical, chemical and biological processes that consider advective and diffusive transport of dissolved Phosphorus, adsorption on to soil, input from rainfall and external sources, and Phosphorus cycling in biomass. The biomass related processes are Phosphorus uptake, release as litter, transport as suspended litter and release from the decomposition of the deposited litter. The water flow and transport of dissolved Phosphorus in the numerical model are implemented originally in the simulator MODHMS. However, the transport equations for dissolved Phosphorus were also coded separately, as well as the balance equation for suspended litter particles and deposited litter. The parameterization of the model was conducted by using the data collected by Ross et al. [2004] in three tree islands of Shark River Slough, as well as other parameters reported among the literature. The model was calibrated in three phases. Initially, Manning coefficients were adjusted from surface water velocity data collected by Bazante et al. [2004]. Then the calibration of several groundwater flow parameters was performed from water table data collected at wells by Ross et al. [2004]. In the third phase, the Phosphorus input rate from external sources and the initial concentration of Phosphorus were calibrated by assuming that the average surveyed Phosphorus concentration in soil pore water remains approximately constant over a 10 year period. The quantitative assessment of the spatial distribution and temporal variations of Phosphorus mass and fluxes around tree islands obtained from the developed model corroborate the negative effect of the rainfall events on Phosphorus accumulation in the head of the tree island. However, the possible positive effect of the ET driven water flows on Phosphorous accumulation was found not as relevant as hypothesed by other authors in the literature. According to the model results, most of the Phosphorus transport in the tree islands occurs as suspended particles in surface water, even though the transport of dissolved Phosphorus in pore water cannot be neglected around the head of the island. The model results also suggest that an input of Phosphorus from external sources (e.g., animal activity such as bird guano and other sources) is needed to preserve the average Phosphorus levels in the head and in the whole tree island. Finally, Phosphorus accumulation and losses in certain areas of the tree island suggest changes in vegetation that need to be investigated in future work. The developed model can be used as a predicting tool to gain insight into the potential effects of restoration scenarios in tree islands environments. The model could be run for hypothetical future conditions and contribute to provide quantitative information for conservation and restoration efforts in the Everglades and similar wetlands.
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Les transformations de la tradition narrative à l'l̂le Wallis (Uvea)Mayer, Raymond. January 1976 (has links)
The author's thesis Université Lyon II, 1976. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-298).
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The geological effect of grazing by parrotfish (Scaridae) on a Barbados coral reef /Frydl, Paul M. January 1977 (has links)
No description available.
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The significance of Ryukyu in Satsuma finances during the Tokugawa periodSakihara, Mitsugu January 1971 (has links)
Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1971. / Bibliography: leaves 291-314. / xi, 314 l graphs, tables
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Remapping home : touring the betweenness of KwajaleinDvorak, Gregory E January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-180). / xxxv, 180 leaves, bound ill. (some col.), maps (some col., some fold.) 29 cm. +
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