Essays about: "desert"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 82 essays containing the word desert.

  1. 26. Do variations in the initial mass function affect galaxy evolution?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Mateo Prgomet; [2020]
    Keywords : galaxy; galaxy formation; galaxy evolution; feedback; star formation; ultra faint dwarf galaxy; initial mass function; variations; universe; redshift; hydrodynamics; cosmology; zoomed-in simulations Galaxy formation and evolution; galaxy feedback; stellar feedback; IMF variations; cosmological zoomed-in simulations; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : The initial mass function (IMF) describes the stellar mass distribution for a population of stars at birth. This parameter represents a topic of long standing discussion within astronomy due to its apparent insensitive nature to environmental conditions. However, in the last decade, significant evidence suggesting the contrary has been presented. READ MORE

  3. 27. Body condition assessment : as a welfare and management tool for radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Linn Lagerström; [2020]
    Keywords : Tortoise; turtle; radiated tortoise; Astrochelys radiata; Geochelone radiata; body condition indices; body condition score; morphometrics;

    Abstract : Body condition score (BCS) is frequently used to evaluate animal management practises for a variety of animal species in zoological collections and for production animals. The aim of this study was to apply different body condition indices and evaluate if they can be used as a welfare assessment and management tool for captive and wild critically endangered radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata). READ MORE

  4. 28. Between the Plentifulness and the Void: Historical Anthropology on The Uyghur People's Environmental Perception in Southern Xinjiang

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Huai-Tse Yang; [2019]
    Keywords : Historical anthropology; Human ecology; Environmental perception; Uyghur; Xinjiang; Dwelling perspective; Taskscape; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is a historical anthropology of Uyghur people’s environmental perception, exploring the Uyghur people’s dwelling experiences in the oasis-desert landscape of southern Xinjiang during the early 20th century. Through the insights derived from historical anthropology and local knowledge, this study applies field visit and documents research. READ MORE

  5. 29. Risk, Resilience and Insurance in Sudanese Pastoralism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Alla Safieldin; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk management; Drought; Index-based livestock insurance; Pastoralism; Risk; Resilience; Sudan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel are often identified as a group at the frontline of global climate change. Their existence in arid and semi-arid regions and their reliance on seasonal rainfall are among the factors that contribute to their vulnerability to drought and climate shocks. READ MORE

  6. 30. On Music and Spatiality : Spatialization as a vehicle towards a chimærical space

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för komposition, dirigering och musikteori

    Author : Fredrik Mathias Josefsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Chimærical space; Spatialization; Electroacoustic music; Composition;

    Abstract : According to Kierkegaard it is through our sense of hearing that we can make this journey within, “Gradually, then, hearing became my most cherished sense, for just as the voice is the disclosure of inwardness incommensurable with the exterior, so the ear is the instrument that apprehends this inwardness, hearing the sense by which it is appropriated.”[1] The music is an invitation to all participants to become wanderers. READ MORE