Essays about: "the Big Island"

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1. 6. 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

3. 7. Ekofickan : gestaltning i det lilla med naturen som förebild

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Oskar Widmark; Jacob Norström; [2020]
   Keywords : ekosystemtjänster; klimatförändringar; stressreducering; offentligt rum; miljöpsykologi; biodiversitet; mångfald; stadsplanering;

   Abstract : Urban areas are expanding due to more people living and moving into the bigger cities. As the population grows in the whole world every year and predicts double within the cities till 2030, the urban exploitation will follow by approximately 60 per cent. When new land is claimed the flora and fauna will have to be removed. READ MORE

4. 8. Innovative agricultural intensification to cope with demographic and climatic changes for subsistence producers : a case study of Sandfly Island, Solomon Islands

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Matthieu Michelet; [2020]
   Keywords : Subsistence agriculture; fallow; mulching; composting; innovative intensification; Melanesia; climate change;

   Abstract : This research aims to study the dynamics of agricultural intensification amongst the small island community of Sandfly Island, Solomon Islands, and to observe the spreading of new agricultural practices of intensification that can help mitigate the pressures of climate change on the one side; and on the other side of a growing food demand from a growing population. The intention is to describe the variety of agricultural practices and the variation of production parameters such as fallow length, length of cropping period, number of plots in agricultural rotation and size of plots as to assess the state of agricultural intensification and to find what are the environmental constraints to production. READ MORE

5. 9. E-health as Support to Initial Responders in Rural Areas

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknik

   Author : Linnéa Bunse; Johannes Gustafsson; [2019]
   Keywords : e-health; application; prehospital; IVPA; ambulance; rural; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Sweden is a geographically large country, with several regions counted as rural areas. Hospitals and emergency care units can be up to one hour away, making emergency healthcare less available in time sensitive situations to some groups of people. READ MORE

6. 10. Tasmansk djävul: en art i kris : orsaker och eventuella lösningar

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Mattias Johansson; [2018]
   Keywords : Tasmansk djävul; Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD; vaccin;

   Abstract : Tasmansk djävul, Sarcophilus harrisii, är ett pungdjur som lever på ön Tasmanien utanför Australien. Det är det största rovlevande pungdjuret i världen sedan pungvargen, Thylacinus cynocephalus, dog ut i början av 1900-talet och är en ikon för Tasmanien. READ MORE