Essays about: "Canary"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 essays containing the word Canary.

1. 1. Exposure and Carriage of West Nile Virus in feathered Iberian Scavengers

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ekologi och genetik; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Ivan Marin Cacho; [2022]
   Keywords : West Nile Virus; Raptors; Vultures; Scavengers.;

   Abstract : Scavenging bird of prey have been abundant throughout the Mediterranean region for years, establishing a food acquisition relationship with human activities, their characteristics make them especially suitable for the recognition of dangerous environmental conditions. The West Nile Virus (WNV) considered the most widespread arbovirus has been previously discovered in our 3 species of studio. READ MORE

3. 2. The Significance of Giant Flank Collapses on Magma Ascent in the NE Rift Zone of Tenerife, Canary Islands: A Structural Modelling and Diffusion Approach

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Kristoffer Ånäs; [2021]
   Keywords : Tenerife; volcanic rift zones; analogue gelatine experiments; dykes; Fe-Mg diffusion; ankaramite; Teneriffa; vulkaniska sprickzoner; analoga gelatinexperiment; gångar; Fe-Mg diffusion; ankaramit;

   Abstract : On the volcanic ocean island Tenerife in the Canary archipelago, several giant flank collapses haveoccurred over the last one million years. The link between the lateral collapses and the resultingvolcanism in the rift zones is not fully understood and was investigated within the framework of thisproject. READ MORE

4. 3. Design of a variable focal length optics for a SWIR Earth observation camera

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Rymdteknik

   Author : Sergio David Díaz Martínez; [2021]
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   Abstract : This thesis consists of a preliminary design study of a variable focal length optics for a SWIREarth observation camera which is planned to be placed inside a 6U Cubesat. After thesuccess of DRAGO instrument consisting on a SWIR camera onboard a Cubesat, which hasbeen recently launched (January 2021), the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands(IAC) began this project with the intention of adding zoom optics to SWIR space imagingsystems. READ MORE

5. 4. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean to look elsewhere – a humanitarian crisis on the Canary Islands 2020-2021

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Penda Ba Palmqvist; [2021]
   Keywords : humanitarian crisis; migration; Canary Islands; West Africa; Senegal;

   Abstract : During 2020 and 2021, a migration crisis has been developing on the Canary Islands in Spain. Large numbers of African migrants have made the dangerous journey from West Africa to the Canary Islands, risking their lives on the Atlantic Sea. READ MORE

6. 5. Seeing Stars - Intensity Interferometry in the Laboratory and on the Ground

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

   Author : Colin Carlile; [2021]
   Keywords : Stellar Physics Instrumentation Interferometry Cherenkov Telescope Array Intensity Interferometry; Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : Context Since the time of Tycho Brahe astronomy has been an observing science defined by the quality of its instrumentation. The introduction of primitive telescopes by Galileo in 1609 began a period of development of ever-larger telescopes with greater measuring precision. READ MORE