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This study was designed to measure the perception of Southwest Michigan residents' perception of the Northern Cities Shift, and compare it to the perceptions of Southeast Michigan residents. Participants, recruited from the Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo areas, were asked to complete a dialect boundary map of the United States in order to discern perceptions of American English dialects and accents and determine the dialect or accent that they most associate with the state of Michigan. Participants were also asked to listen to and judge the personality traits of seven different North American speakers. The results of this study indicate that Southwest Michigan residents may subconsciously be able to detect the NCS in speech, though they were mostly unable to correctly identify the NCS as a characteristic of Michigan speech. Further research with a larger pool of participants could provide more accurate measurements as to the perception of Michigan residents towards the Northern Cities Shift.

<p> The period of observation necessary to obtain representative mean monthly values for precipitation, temperature, and streamflow is about fifteen years. At present there is a paucity of meteorological and streamflow records of such length. This makes hydrological investigations in northern Ontario difficult. </p> <p> River regimes of northern Ontario are found to exhibit general characteristics. More specifically, runoff peaks occur in spring due to snowmelt, and secondary fall peaks occur due to rainfall. The regimes can be classified into four types based upon qualitative comparisons of annual flow response patterns. River regimes in northern Ontario exhibit spatial variation. Rivers to the northwest have lower flow magnitude due to decreased precipitation, and tend to have flow "buffered" by the many small lakes located there. Rivers to the southeast have more pronounced spring melt peaks resulting from greater winter snow accumulation. Fall contributuion to total annual runoff increases to the northwest. The colder winter conditions of northern Ontario is reflected in a tendency of winter contribution to annual yield to decrease towards the northwest. </p> <p> Seasonal runoff is affected by meteorological conditions. Temperature has a marked effect on spring streamflow as rising temperature causes snowmelt. Summer flow reflects the effects of both temperature and precipitation. Precipitation has a pronounced effect on fall runoff. Winter runoff is dominated by baseflow only as temperatures are low and precipitation is snow which accumulates until spring. </p> <p> An attempt to produce equations for predicting seasonal monthly flow was unsuccessful. Meteorological stations are too sparsely distributed to provide representive data necessary for producing such equations. There is a need to increase the meteorological and streamflow station network in northern Ontario to enable a more comprehensive study of the hydrologic processes. / Thesis / Candidate in Philosophy

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Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / A study was done to compare the variability of skull dimensions of Mirounge angustirostris at the time of its near extinction with that of the present rapidly increasing population. Twenty measurements were made upon each of twenty-one skulls, and sixteen ratios developed from these measurements. The age, sex and year of collection of each specimen was recorded. The specimens were divided into an 1800 (near extinction) and 1900 (present) group on the basis of collection date. The ratio vs. age was plotted for the males and females of each year group. The regression line for each year group was calculated. The two populations were then compared as to variability by determining the variation around this regression line. No significant difference in variability was found. / 2999-01-01

Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses. / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2999-01-02

Thesis (M.A. (Northern Sotho)) -- University of the North, 1977 / Refer to the document

Thesis (M.A. (African Languages)) -- University of the North, 1988 / Refer to the document