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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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Welcome to century village

Melzer, Daniel. Winegardner, Mark, January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida State University, 2003. / Advisor: Mark Winegardner, Florida State University, Department of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Apr. 7, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.
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Étude de la dynamique de population du raton laveur (Procyon lotor) dans le Parc du Mont-Orford dans le but d'éviter l'entrée de la rage

Lefebvre, Francis, January 1999 (has links)
Thèses (M.Sc.)--Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), 1999. / Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 20 juin 2006). Publié aussi en version papier.
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Establishing Spatiotemporal Linkages Between Hydrological and Soil Physical Characteristics and Vegetation on an Ecological Preserve: Boca Raton, FL.

Unknown Date (has links)
In recent decades, ecohydrology has received renewed attention because of the impacts of groundwater withdrawal on ecosystems. Growing population and urban expansion in Palm Beach County, FL. place pressure to eradicate natural areas, such as Florida scrub habitats, and increase groundwater withdrawal. This study presents preliminary results of soil and hydrological characterization of an ecological preserve surrounded by changing land use. Soil moisture and water levels were monitored to assess the effects of precipitation as influenced by plants and soil analysis determined the suitability of current soil conditions for hosting native vegetation habitats. Hydrologic and soil conditions on the preserve fall within values expected for native Florida scrub habitats. Hydrologic response to precipitation varied due to factors including antecedent conditions and vegetation types. These results provide a better understanding of the interactions between soil proper ties, hydrologic cycle, and plants, and assist with establishing a baseline to monitor changes over time. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Mapping urban growth in Boca Raton Florida, over a thirty year period

Unknown Date (has links)
The rapid increase of urban growth is a major issue for many regions around the world, which result in astounding loss in farmlands and increase in population densities. It important that urban growth be monitored as it will aid the local government in implementing the appropriate measures for a growing population. The city of Boca Raton, Florida, is the case study for this research. A multi-temporal analysis is done of five Landsat satellite images over a thirty year time period, 1973-2002. Textural analysis was performed on each of the images, to delineate the urban areas. Three by-products resulted from the textural analysis: time series tinted overlays, dasymetric mapping and a series of animated maps, showing the movement of growth across the landscape through time. All the resulting products of the time series analysis were used to show the magnitude and direction of growth over time. / by Gillian Breary. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Morphologic Evolution and Alongshore Variability of Two Nourishment Projects in Southeast FL, USA

Unknown Date (has links)
For the last several decades, beach nourishment has been a widely implemented erosion mitigation strategy along many developed coastlines. Measuring subsequent patterns of erosion and accretion can help elucidate local sediment transport trends, improve time scale predictions of profile equilibration, decrease renourishment intervals, and adjust future engineering design of nourishments. This study evaluates the morphologic evolution of two beach nourishment projects (e.g., characterized as a full and partial nourishment) at the same location in Boca Raton, Florida using time series beach profiles, surface sediment samples, and wave data. More than 85% of sediment volume was retained within the full nourishment six months after project completion, compared to 50% retained eight months after completion of the partial nourishment. Wave energy largely influenced immediate post nourishment change. Profile equilibration was controlled by high-energy events (i.e., hurricanes) for both nourishments. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Hurricane Irma Impact and Post-Storm Beach Morphology Evolution in Boca Raton, FL

Unknown Date (has links)
Beach morphology changes naturally with seasonal and event-driven variability in the wave climate, as well as due to anthropogenic activities such as erosion mitigation efforts. In 2017, category four Hurricane Irma caused beach erosion and dune overwash in Boca Raton, FL. Immediate post-storm perigean spring tides coupled with typical winter high-wind conditions imposed a regime of spatially and temporally extended meteorologic and morphologic variability. This study evaluates the morphologic evolution and post-storm recovery in the first year following Hurricane Irma. Time-series topographic surveys and surface sediment samples were collected. Patterns of accretion and erosion were evaluated with regionally measured water and wind levels. Recovery morphology was generally through berm-building, but lacked shoreline stability. Storm impact regime, mitigation structures, and sediment transport patterns drove the recovery. Total volume lost above the 0 m contour due to the storm was not fully recovered within the year, with a large volume measured in the south. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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CONTROLS ON ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS IN GROUNDWATER AT A FORMER GOLF COURSE IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

Unknown Date (has links)
Arsenic is a known carcinogen, but is persistent in the environment, remaining a popular pesticide. It represents a particular hazard to humans when it stays resident in shallow soils and groundwater. This study of contaminant hydrogeology examined conditions at a former golf course in Florida with known arsenic contamination, and included a detailed examination of existing assessment data for the study area, an experimental pumping test with groundwater sampling, examination of sediment cores, and a preliminary geophysical investigation. The primary purpose was to determine what the existing controls are on As mobility. The primary findings were that redox conditions did have an effect on As concentrations. Groundwater in the study area is generally reducing, but during the pumping test was generally oxidizing. No potential As sources were definitively identified, and the most likely source remains anthropogenic, but interactive conditions with Fe, Mn, NO3-N, and S remain nebulous. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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High Resolution Population Distribution Estimates for Improved Decision Making, With a Case Study of Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability in Boca Raton, Florida

Unknown Date (has links)
Planners and managers often rely on coarse population distribution data from the census for addressing various social, economic, and environmental problems. In the analysis of physical vulnerabilities to sea-level rise, census units such as blocks or block groups are coarse relative to the required decision-making application. This study explores the benefits offered from integrating image classification and dasymetric mapping at the household level to provide detailed small area population estimates at the scale of residential buildings. In a case study of Boca Raton, FL, a sea-level rise inundation grid based on mapping methods by NOAA is overlaid on the highly detailed population distribution data to identify vulnerable residences and estimate population displacement. The enhanced spatial detail offered through this method has the potential to better guide targeted strategies for future development, mitigation, and adaptation efforts. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Utilisation de l'espace par le raton laveur et la moufette rayée, deux principaux hôtes d'un variant du virus de la rage

Tardy, Olivia 23 April 2018 (has links)
Comprendre les mécanismes comportementaux qui régissent la transmission et la propagation de pathogènes est critique pour les programmes de contrôle et de prévention des maladies infectieuses. Ma thèse explore le lien entre l’hétérogénéité des paysages agroforestiers et la répartition spatio-temporelle du raton laveur (Procyon lotor) et de la moufette rayée (Mephitis mephitis), deux principaux hôtes du variant de la rage du raton laveur. Pour cela, j’ai étudié les processus de sélection densité-dépendante de l’habitat à large et fine échelles spatiales, ainsi que les mécanismes de connectivité fonctionnelle chez ces deux espèces. Le chapitre 1 a révélé qu’à faibles abondances de congénères, les ratons laveurs sélectionnaient les secteurs avec une forte proportion de forêts, tandis que les moufettes rayées préféraient les zones avec une large proportion de milieux anthropiques. À fortes abondances, cependant, les deux espèces sélectionnaient plutôt les secteurs composés d’une forte densité de bordures maïs-forêts et forte proportion de champs de maïs. Le chapitre 2 a montré que la sélection des champs de maïs par les ratons laveurs dépendait à la fois de la densité de congénères et de l’abondance des champs de maïs. Dans le chapitre 3, j’ai développé un modèle spatialement explicite basé sur l’individu pour évaluer comment des règles empiriques de déplacement font émerger des patrons de contacts chez des individus hôtes. Les simulations ont révélé trois patrons généraux dans les taux de contacts. Premièrement, une petite portion de ratons laveurs simulés était responsable de la majorité des contacts dans les paysages virtuels. Deuxièmement, les taux de contacts des ratons laveurs simulés augmentaient linéairement avec la densité de congénères plutôt qu’avec la proportion de congénères dans la plupart des paysages. Troisièmement, l’effet de la connectivité fonctionnelle sur les taux de contacts variait fortement en fonction des types de milieux et de leur disponibilité dans le paysage. Les modèles développés dans cette thèse procurent une base solide au développement de programmes de contrôle et de prévention des maladies infectieuses, en permettant d’identifier les zones à hautes densités d’individus et de taux de contacts entre eux, et donc où le risque de transmission de pathogènes est relativement élevé. / Understanding behavioral mechanisms that determine the transmission and spread of pathogens is critical for control and prevention programs of infectious diseases. My thesis investigates the interplay between the heterogeneity of agriculturally fragmented landscapes and spatio-temporal distribution patterns of raccoons (Procyon lotor) and striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis), two main hosts of the raccoon rabies virus variant. To do this, I studied the processes of density-dependent habitat selection at large and fine spatial scales, together with the mechanisms determining functional connectivity for these two species. The first chapter revealed that at low conspecific abundances in the landscape, raccoons selected areas with a high proportion of forests, whereas striped skunks preferred areas with a large proportion of anthropogenic features. At high conspecific abundances, however, both species rather selected areas composed of a high density of corn-forest edges and a large proportion of corn fields. The second chapter showed that raccoons altered their selection of corn fields depending upon both conspecific density and abundance of corn fields. In the third chapter, I built a spatially explicit individual-based model to assess how empirical movement rules translate into spatial patterns of contact rates among individual hosts. The simulations revealed three general patterns in contact rates. First, a small number of simulated raccoons were responsible for the majority of contacts in virtual landscapes. Second, contact rates of simulated raccoons increased linearly with conspecific density rather than with the proportion of conspecifics in most of the virtual landscapes. Third, the influence of functional connectivity on contact rates varied strongly among land cover types and with their availability in the landscape. The models developed in this thesis provide a strong basis upon which to build control and prevention programs for infectious diseases, as they identify areas where animal density and contact rates should be relatively high and, hence, where the risk of pathogen transmission should also be high.
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Structure génétique et potentiel de propagation de la rage chez deux mésocarnivores vecteurs le raton laveur(Procyon lotor) et la moufette rayée(Mephitis mephitis)

Talbot, Benoit January 2012 (has links)
Mon premier objectif spécifique était de déterminer le niveau de structure génétique et les éléments du paysage du Sud du Québec qui sont susceptibles d'affecter cette structure génétique chez les moufettes rayées. J'ai aussi évalué s'il existe des effets spécifiques au sexe en comparant la structure génétique entre les mâles et les femelles. Pour ce faire, j'ai genotypé à 9 loci microsatellites 289 individus capturés dans les régions de la Montérégie et de l'Estrie, au Québec. Mes résultats montrent que la présence des rivières à fort débit et possiblement aussi des autoroutes provoquent une augmentation de la structure génétique surtout chez les femelles de cette espèce. Ces résultats suggèrent aussi que les mâles de la moufette rayée seraient potentiellement des vecteurs plus actifs dans la propagation de la variante de la rage du raton laveur que les femelles, puisqu'ils ne semblent pas limités autant que les femelles par les éléments du paysage. Finalement, puisque les mâles ne semblent que très peu limités par les barrières potentielles du paysage, celles-ci ne peuvent pas être utilisées pour contrôler efficacement la propagation de la maladie.Mon deuxième objectif spécifique était de déterminer s'il existe une différence de diversité et/ou de structure génétique entre des ratons laveurs testés positifs et des ratons laveurs testés négatifs pour la rage. Une telle différence serait un indice d'un comportement de déplacement différent entre ces deux groupes. Ceci peut entre autres me permettre de vérifier la validité des résultats obtenus en étudiant des individus sains d'une espèce vectrice de la maladie pour tenter d'inférer le patron de propagation de la rage du raton laveur. Mes résultats montrent que la structure génétique ne diffère pas entre les ratons laveurs sains et les ratons laveurs rabiques, indiquant un comportement de déplacement probablement similaire entre les deux groupes. Donc, les éléments du paysage auraient possiblement un effet similaire sur les ratons laveurs rabiques et sains. Les études sur la structure génétique chez des ratons laveurs sains pourraient donc fort probablement nous informer sur les couloirs de propagation potentiels de la rage du raton laveur. Ensuite, j'ai tenté de déterminer si la diversité génétique pouvait influencer l'infection par la rage en comparant la diversité génétique à différents loci entre les animaux rabiques et sains. Une différence de diversité génétique entre les deux groupes pourrait indiquer un plus grand taux d'immigration provenant de populations adjacentes chez un des groupes. Par ailleurs, une grande diversité génétique pourrait être un élément pouvant potentiellement limiter la propagation de la rage du raton laveur. Or, mes résultats ne supportent pas que la diversité génétique puisse influencer la probabilité d'un individu d'être infecté par la rage.--Résumé abrégé par UMI.

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