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Viljoen, Erika Valeska. "'n Leesmoontlikheid van Jeanne Goosen se teks Louoond : die vrou as skrywer binne die Suid-Afrikaanse bestel." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002096.
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This thesis investigates the narrative strategies of Jeanne Goosen, as employed in her short novel, Louoond. I regard this text as an excellent example of modern Afrikaans prose, and particular reference was made to her previous novel: Om 'n mens na te boots which indicates similarities to the text under scrutiny. Chapter One is a close reading of the first chapter of the novel, in order to identify certain prominent codes, and also to determine what the text itself prescribes. My presumption is that the text determines how it should be read, that no single, predetermined strategy can be rigidly applied to it. Thus I formulated my own individual possible reading from the first chapter, and I view it throughout as mere "speculation", since this possible reading remains only a possibility. Chapter Two contains the theoretical background that is necessary for a scientific study of this kind. I followed mainly the strategies of Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida, who are pioneers in the post -modernistic theory. It was particularly important to investigate the role of the narrator: the narrator in Louoond presents herself as a writer, therefore it is the process that is paramount. In Chapter Three the code of writing, as identified in Chapter ʺOneʺ of Louoond, is followed closely throughout the text. In Louoond, which is metatextual, violence is textually inherent, and also part of the process of writing. This violence is definitely also part of the South African situation as it is signified in the novel. Throughout the narrator is in a state of tension about her own role in the ʺrevolutionʺ - in which also her own text is a revolution in language, but always within the NOW of South Africa. Chapter Four concerns itself mainly with the role of the woman as narrator, as muse, as primary protagonist. I discuss the code of woman in relation to prominent feminist writers, but it remains in context of the text. Each issue is in the first place determined by the text, the text therefore determines which feminist issues will be investigated. The South African situation, and specifically the Afrikaner situation, serves throughout as intertext for Louoond, as with the code of writing. Other intertextual references are important, because the text is never independent from anything outside itself, and could not exist in such independence. Music plays an important role, with Callas as muse and as fellow female artist, while George Sand functions as fellow writer. Woman, independent of man, is put forward as creator. In my reading, the text remains in the first place a fabrication/imitation of the South African reality, and the fInal scene reaffirms the ʺfinal catastropheʺ that is indicated in the motto as a ʺcondition of controlled hysteriaʺ
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Mackenzie, Leonore. "Feministiese vertelstrategieë in 'n metafiksionele teks van Jeanne Goosen." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002100.
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Die roman Ons is nie almal so nie (1990) deur Jeanne Goosen word aangebied in 'n realistiese (oftewel tradisionele) vertelvorm. Feministiese vakkundigheid verwys na die narratiewe tipe as patriargaal of fallosentries. As sodanig, is daar 'n ingrypende verskil tussen die vertelwyse van hierdie teks en die van die outeur se vroeere tekste. Hierdie verskuiwing dien as stimulus vir 'n evaluasie van bogenoemde teks binne 'n raamwerk van die feministiese literere teorie en kritiek. Genoemde verskuiwing beteken ook 'n behoefte na 'n ondersoek van die feministiese literatuur en vakkunde in verhouding tot die heersende manlike "stem" van tradisionele redevoering. Dit word beklemtoon dat elkeen van die feministiese teoretiese standpunte die onvoorwaardelike politieke doelstellings van alle feministiese tekste aan die lig bring. Daar word onder andere te kenne gegee dat patriargale mag nie net op persoonlike vlak voorkom nie, maar ook op die vlak van instellings en sosiale gebruike. Patriargale beheer is dus nie 'n onveranderliknatuurlike gegewe nie; dit is vatbaar vir teoretiese analise en praktiese wysiging. Vanwee die feministiese literere teoriee se preokkupasie met patriargale mag, word hierdie teoriee dikwels gekritiseer as synde onbetrokke by strydvrae ten opsigte van rassisme en klasseverdeling. Dit word erken dat die feministiese literere kritiek die geskil met betrekking tot seksisme moet transendeer; dat die toekoms van die feministiese literere teoriee gelee is in 'n deurdringende gesprekvoering met materialisme. Dit is die uitdruklike doelstelling van die marxisties-feministiese kritiese standpunt om rekening te hou, nie net met vraagpunte ten opsigte van taal en "gender" nie, maar ook van klas en ras. Goosen se teks is besonder ontvanklik vir 'n ondersoek van hierdie verwante probleme. * * * The novel Ons is nie almal so nie (1990) by Jeanne Goosen is presented in a realistic (or traditional) narrative form. In feminist terms this narrative form is referred to as patriarchal or phallocentric. As such, the text differs radically from the narrative mode in which the author's previous texts are presented. This shift invites an assessment of the text within a framework of feminist theory and criticism. Moreover, it indicates the need for an investigation into the relationship of feminist literature and scholarship to the dominant male voice of traditional discourse. It is stressed that each of the feminist theoretical positions reveals the unreservedly political purpose of all feminist writing. It is further suggested that patriarchal power exists in institutions and social practices, not merely in individual intentions. Patriarchal power is therefore not a part of immutable nature, but open to effective theoretical analyses and practical change. Due to their preoccupation with patriarchal power, feminist literary theories are often criticised as being blind to issues of race and/or class. It is recognised that feminist literary theory must transcend the issue of sexism; that its future lies in a far more articulated dialogue with materialism. The express purpose of the marxist-feminist critical position is to take into account questions not only of language and gender, but also of class and race. Goosen's text is particularly receptive to an exploration of these interrelated problems.
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Gerards, Valerie. "Popliteratur? : Studien zum Werk Frank Goosens /." Saarbrücken : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008. http://d-nb.info/98926842X/04.
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Goosen, Pieter. "Efficient monitoring of mine compressed air savings / by P. Goosen." Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9660.
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In 2011 South Africa's main electricity supplier, Eskom, experienced a peak electricity demand of 89% of their total installed generation capacity. The high utilisation rate makes it difficult to perform essential maintenance on the system. Eskom implements Demand-Side Management (DSM) projects in various industries, in order to reduce the demand and to ensure sustainable electricity supply.
The mining sector consumes 14.5% of the total amount of electricity generated by Eskom. Mine compressed air systems can consume as much as 40% of a mine's total electricity requirements. This makes mine compressed air systems an ideal target for DSM. Electricity load seems to be reduced, but many DSM savings are not sustained throughout the project lifetime.
An existing project feedback method of a specific Energy Services Company (ESCo) includes the manual collection of data from the mines and manual generation of reports. These reports show energy savings of the DSM projects to help the ESCo and their clients to improve and sustain the performance of the projects. A great amount of man-hours is used which results in large time delays in the feedback-loop. In order to address this, the need for a new automatic feedback reporting system was identified.
This study mainly focusses on the development and implementation of a new method to monitor DSM savings on mine compressed air systems. It includes the reliable collection of data from mines, processing and storing of the data in a central database and generating savings reports. This is done automatically on a daily basis. In order to complete the feedback-loop, the reports are verified and emailed to clients and ESCo personnel on a daily basis.
The new reporting system is implemented at a number of mines. Four of these project implementations are used as case studies to measure and interpret the effectiveness and value of this system. It saves a significant amount of man-hours and proves to be of great value in the sustainability of DSM project savings. Both Eskom and mining companies benefit from the efficient monitoring of mine compressed air savings.Thesis (MIng (Computer and Electronic Engineering))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.
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Loubser, Henriëtte. "Erotiek, geweld en die dood in 'n Gelyke kans van Jeanne Goosen /." Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1094.
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Goosen, Wynand [Verfasser]. "Affecting Deep Level Change in the Devine Matrix : Metaphysics / Wynand Goosen." München : GRIN Verlag, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1187916366/34.
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Goosen, Johannes Christiaan. "Comparing generalized additive neural networks with multilayer perceptrons / Johannes Christiaan Goosen." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/5552.
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In this dissertation, generalized additive neural networks (GANNs) and multilayer perceptrons (MLPs) are studied
and compared as prediction techniques. MLPs are the most widely used type of artificial neural network
(ANN), but are considered black boxes with regard to interpretability. There is currently no simple a priori
method to determine the number of hidden neurons in each of the hidden layers of ANNs. Guidelines exist that
are either heuristic or based on simulations that are derived from limited experiments. A modified version of
the neural network construction with cross–validation samples (N2C2S) algorithm is therefore implemented and
utilized to construct good MLP models. This algorithm enables the comparison with GANN models. GANNs
are a relatively new type of ANN, based on the generalized additive model. The architecture of a GANN is less
complex compared to MLPs and results can be interpreted with a graphical method, called the partial residual
plot. A GANN consists of an input layer where each of the input nodes has its own MLP with one hidden layer.
Originally, GANNs were constructed by interpreting partial residual plots. This method is time consuming and
subjective, which may lead to the creation of suboptimal models. Consequently, an automated construction
algorithm for GANNs was created and implemented in the SAS R
statistical language. This system was called
AutoGANN and is used to create good GANN models.
A number of experiments are conducted on five publicly available data sets to gain insight into the similarities
and differences between GANN and MLP models. The data sets include regression and classification tasks.
In–sample model selection with the SBC model selection criterion and out–of–sample model selection with the
average validation error as model selection criterion are performed. The models created are compared in terms
of predictive accuracy, model complexity, comprehensibility, ease of construction and utility.
The results show that the choice of model is highly dependent on the problem, as no single model always
outperforms the other in terms of predictive accuracy. GANNs may be suggested for problems where interpretability
of the results is important. The time taken to construct good MLP models by the modified N2C2S
algorithm may be shorter than the time to build good GANN models by the automated construction algorithmThesis (M.Sc. (Computer Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Loubser, Henriette. "Erotiek, geweld en die dood in 'n Gelyke kans van Jeanne Goosen." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1838.
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Thesis (MA (Afrikaans and Dutch))—University of Stellenbosch, 2005.The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between eroticism, violence and death as it occurs in Jeanne Goosen's short story collection, ' n Gelyke kans. The research is based upon the hypothesis that these stories express in a particular manner the transgressive role of eroticism in breaking through social conventions and barriers. As a possible framework for discussion reference is made in the first place to George Bataille's theories on the subversive nature of eroticism, Julia Kristeva's semiotic and pre-Oedipal theories, and Mikhail Bakhtin's notion of the carnivalesque. Subsequently a reading strategy was designed by means of an in-depth analysis of ten stories from the collection in accordance with general formalistic principles. The conclusion is reached that Goosen with non-judgmental sympathy exposes man's inborn, continuous search for the illusion of perfect happiness. This state of bliss is sometimes achieved by the violent "incorporation" of the beloved/desired “other", and the final outcome is a concomitant and inevitable decline into an unwholesome, destructive, and fatal erotic power play.
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Goosen, Colleen. "Percutaneous delivery of thalidomide and its N-alkyl analogues for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis / Colleen Goosen." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1598.
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Goosen, Leilani. "Criteria and guidelines for the selection and implementation of a first programming language in high schools / L. Goosen." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/226.
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The choice of a first programming language is critical for fostering problem solving skills and
remains a concern in programming instruction that should be taken into account during
discussions on the Computer Science curriculum. Criteria that should be considered in
selection, therefore, need to be established. Few precedents exist for the implementation of
such a language, and guidelines for this process ought to be introduced. This study aims to
institute valid criteria and guidelines for the selection and implementation of a first programming
language in high schools. Criteria for selection were established and guidelines for
implementation introduced through a literature study, after which the validity of these was tested
empirically.
Care was taken to ensure the relevance of criteria, which were established regarding the
development of thinking and programming skills, requirements for the programming language
and its software development environment to make it appropriate for learners, new tendencies
in programming, issues influencing programming used in practice, affordability, training and
resources, and programming for various purposes.
Guidelines were introduced for the implementation of a first programming language in high
schools regarding appreciating teachers' roles in implementation, issues surrounding pilot
testing, considering cost implications at macro-implementation level, introducing a new
curriculum, and guidance, support and assessment.
The validity of selection criteria and implementation guidelines identified was empirically verified
within the South African context, in that all items in a questionnaire based on criteria and
guidelines received averages rating these as 'fairly important'.
Effect sizes designating practical significance for differences between
0 the reported importance and application/usage of criteria and guidelines and
0 the use of implementation guidelines as regarded by groups consisting of policy makers and
teachers respectively
indicate a need for more careful consideration of what is important and practical in the world of
the teachers who implement a selected language.
Key terms: selection criteria, implementation guidelines, first programming language, high
schools, Computer Studies, curriculum development, curriculum implementation, curriculum
disseminationThesis (Ph.D. (Education))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
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Goosen, Maria. "Evaluation of the service delivery protocol utilised with sexually abused mentally disabled children in the Boland / Goosen M." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8079.
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Children's rights have become paramount to many initiatives that highlight the plight of children in South Africa. These rights form the cornerstones of South Africa's legal obligations towards all children in this country. Although we have the best legal framework to protect children, they are still exposed to horrible and inhuman acts like sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse knows no gender, colour, race, social or economical status and is an extremely traumatic experience for any child.
Mentally disabled persons are amongst the most vulnerable in our communities. Mentally disabled children are most vulnerable to neglect and isolation, and this often makes them easy targets for abuse and violence. The rights of abused mentally disabled children are violated on a daily basis by close relatives, strangers and even service providers. Branches of the FCS Unit of the South African Police Service render services to abused, mentally disabled victims and are supposed to be guided in their activities by the fundamental principle that all people are equal before the law. Services are rendered according to a set service delivery protocol which guides investigating officers to bring justice to all sexual abuse victims.
The aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the service delivery protocol pertaining to sexually abused, mentally disabled children in the Boland rural areas.
The study reveals that service delivery to mentally disabled children in rural areas is insufficient due to many reasons such as a lack of resources, vast travelling distances, inappropriate use of available resources, and lack of communication skills. The study reveals the need for a special school in the Boland rural area, because the nearest school is in some areas 40–50km away and the children are forced to stay in a hostel which negatively impacts on the mother–child relationship. Other needs also emerged from the study, such as the need for a crèche, a life–skills centre for mentally disabled children older than 18 years, a special school for mentally disabled children, and holiday programmes that include and/or cater for the mentally disabled child. These services would enhance the development of the mentally disabled child's speech and vocabulary to be able to give statements of abuse and effectively communicate with the investigating officer.
Cape Mental Health can play a key role in determining the victim's mental age, which would enable the forensic social worker to do a comprehensive forensic assessment about the alleged abuse incident. Forensic social workers at FCS Units are trained by the South African Police to assess sexually abused, mentally disabled children.
The study shows that forensic social workers are not optimally utilised by their respective units and in some instances no referrals of sexually abused, mentally disabled children were made. It is evident that the service delivery protocol of the FCS Units in the Boland to sexually abused, mentally disabled victims should be refined and made to include key role players such as forensic social workers. These role players would be responsible for meeting national and international obligations and offering protection services to all children.Thesis (MSW (Forensic))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Goosen, Christian Johan. "The impact of job and organisational characteristics on engagement at work in a petrochemical company / Christian Johan Goosen." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4614.
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In today's tough economic environment, companies are forced to work more efficiently and effectively with the resources they have at their disposal. At the same time companies are struggling to attract and retain good people with the necessary attributes and skills in order for them to remain competitive. The challenge today is not just retaining talented people, but fully engaging them, capturing their minds and hearts at each stage of their work lives. Employee engagement has emerged as a critical driver of business success in today's competitive marketplace. Further, employee engagement can be a deciding factor in organisational success. Not only does engagement have the potential to significantly affect employee retention, productivity and loyalty, it is also a key link to customer satisfaction, company reputation and overall stakeholder value.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether job and organisational characteristics have an impact on work engagement. Weak correlation was found between the four aspects of Job and organisational characteristics namely: the Position the company holds in the industry, Own and company objectives, Environmental factors and Commitment or social responsibility position the company takes and the three aspects of Engagement namely Vigour, Dedication and practically significant correlation coefficients of large effect between Vigour on the one hand and Dedication and Absorption on the other hand. Practically significant correlation coefficients of large effect between Dedication on the one hand and Absorption on the other hand. Practically significant correlation coefficients of medium effect between Absorption on the one hand and Own and company objectives was found.
After controlling for work engagement at baseline, only four of the dimensions tested between Job and organisational characteristics and Engagement were statistically significant. No positive association could be found between Job and organisational characteristics and Work Engagement. The findings are noteworthy in that all the aspects of Job and organisational characteristics do not lead to Engagement thus no evidence was found that Job and organisational characteristics could stimulate Work Engagement.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Burger, Barbara. "Die ondermynende potensiaal van die huis en die huishoudelike, met spesifieke verwysing na die liggaam en kos in Klaaglied vir Koos en Erf deur Lettie Viljoen, en Louoond deur Jeanne Goosen." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80046.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Traditionally the body has been neglected within Western philosophical thought. In this tradition man is seen as a dualist organism whose mind is more highly valued than his or her body. Since the start of the twentieth century, especially, there has also been Western thinkers who deconstruct the traditional, opposisional view of the mind and body. Most of these thinkers are men, and they argue from a male perspective. The deconstruction of the opposition between mind and body is, however, also useful for feminism, as the woman was traditionally seen as more bodily, and less rational, than the man. This view of woman can be used to support arguments that her place is within the home, where she should look after the bodily and emotional needs of her husband and children. First and second wave feminists criticised above-mentioned traditional view of women by arguing that the woman is just as rational as the man. Other feminists make use of the 'male' criticism of the body-mind opposition by arguing that traditionally female attributes and activities are not less valuable than male ones. In this thesis it is argued that the novellas Klaaglied vir Koos, Erf and Louoond should be read against this background as feminist texts in which the traditionally female space of the kitchen is celebrated as a space in which the female subject can create art and develop a perspective on the outside world. Focusing on the body and on traditionally female values (such as the domestic space) have implications for, amongst others, epistemology, ethical thought and literary theory. The way these implications are developed in the three novellas are explored in this thesis. Domestic spaces are not only celebrated in these texts, they are also represented as problematical, limited spaces which isolate the protagonists of the novellas and withhold them from the potential of political solidarity. The novellas are therefore treated in this thesis as complex texts in which the literary focus on domestic space, female embodiment and man‘s relationship with food is both celebrated and problematised.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Tradisioneel is die liggaam afgeskeep in die Westerse filosofie. Binne hierdie tradisie is die mens beskou as ‘n dualistiese organisme wie se verstand meer waardevol is as sy of haar liggaam. Veral sedert die begin van die twintigste eeu is daar ook Westerse denkers wat die tradisionele, opposisionele siening van die liggaam en die verstand dekonstrueer. Die meeste van hierdie denkers is mans en neem slegs die manlike perspektief in ag. Die dekonstruksie van die opposisie tussen liggaam en verstand is egter ook nuttig vir die feminisme, omdat die vrou tradisioneel gesien is as meer liggaamlik en minder rasioneel as die man. Hierdie tradisionele siening van die vrou kan gebruik word om te argumenteer dat haar plek in die huishoudelike ruimte is, waar sy kan omsien na die liggaamlike en emosionele behoeftes van haar man en kinders. Eerste- en tweedegolf-feministe het bogenoemde tradisionele opvattings veral gekritiseer deur te argumenteer dat die vrou net so rasioneel soos die man is. Latere feministe bou egter voort op 'manlike‘ kritiek teen die opposisie tussen liggaam en verstand deur te argumenteer dat tradisioneel vroulike eienskappe en aktiwiteite nie minder waardevol is as sogenaamde manlike eienskappe nie. In hierdie tesis word geargumenteer dat die novelles Klaaglied vir Koos en Erf deur Lettie Viljoen en Louoond deur Jeanne Goosen teen hierdie agtergrond gelees kan word as feministiese tekste waarin die tradisioneel vroulike ruimte van die kombuis gevier word as ‘n ruimte waarin die vroulike subjek ‘n perspektief op die buitewêreld kan ontwikkel en kuns kan skep. ʼn Fokus op die liggaam en op tradisioneel vroulike elemente (soos die huishoudelike ruimte) behels implikasies vir onder andere die epistemologie, etiese denke en literêre teorie. Hierdie implikasies word verken soos wat hulle na vore kom in die drie novelles. In die novelles word die huishoudelike ruimte egter ook uitgebeeld as ʼn problematiese, beperkende ruimte wat die hoofkarakters van die novelles afsny van die buitewêreld en van die moontlikheid van politieke solidariteit. Daar word geargumenteer dat die novelles dus komplekse tekste is waarin literatuur wat fokus op die huishoudelike ruimte, vroulike liggaamlikheid en die mens se verhouding met kos sowel gevier en geproblematiseer kan word.
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Councell, Catie. "Killing the goose." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6087.
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This statement of process parses out the techniques utilized when creating a character for performance, specifically focused on examples from three years of graduate studies in acting. The paper identifies and analyzes the challenges an actor encounters, and the tools an actor utilizes when crafting a character. The goal of the process paper is to identify common techniques generally, as well as examining specific techniques used infrequently. The paper concludes with a statement of the state of the artist.
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Goosey, Hayes Blake. "A degree day model of sheep grazing influence on alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica." Thesis, Montana State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/goosey/GooseyH1209.pdf.
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Alfalfa, Medicago sativa (L.), is produced on approximately 720,000 ha in Montana and is the foremost forage crop in many high, semiarid, intermountain states. Two biological stressors (insects and weeds) combined with poor field management are primarily responsible for reduced alfalfa production. In the U.S. alone, arthropods cause an estimated $260 million loss to alfalfa with the alfalfa weevil (AW), Hypera postica Gyllenhal, being the most damaging phytophagous pest in the United States. Using degree days as predictors for initiation and cessation of arthropod IPM programs is a common practice and on-line degree day calculators using regional temperature data are providing equal accuracy as on-site estimates. Grazing is emerging as a legitimate IPM tactic however there is no published literature using degree days to implement an IPM based grazing systems. A degree day predictive model is needed, as a producer decision and support tool, to improve the effectiveness of strategic sheep grazing to manage alfalfa weevil. Grazing treatments exclosures were established in a randomized complete block design at weekly intervals giving each treatment a unique degree day and stocking rate. Degree days calculated from both on-site and near-site data produced the same model accuracy. Therefore, the near-site model was selected to encourage use by producers. Treatments meeting the selection criteria (G3, G4, G5) were 'modeled' together and a simple linear regression (P < 0.01) was calculated predicting AW larval populations based on stocking rate and degree day. Harvest sample treatment DM did not differ (P > 0.16). However, NDF, CP, and Yield differed (P < 0.01) between treatments. Due to an interaction (P < 0.01), ADF and TDN were separated by year and did not differ P = 0.93 during 2008, but did (P < 0.01) during 2009. Based on yield and nutritive differences between treatments, a simple regression (P < 0.01) of plant RGR was calculated to predict when yield and nutritive characteristics of the modeled and less extensively grazed 'alternative' (NG, G1, G2) treatments would equal. The equation predicted that producers would need to wait an average of four days for treatment harvest characteristics to equal.
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Zahradník, Jiří. "Testování zranitelností v průmyslových sítích." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-413061.
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Thesis deals with testing of selected vulnerabilities from the IEC 61850 standard and following design of mitigation measures for selected vulnerabilities. Author simulated vulnerabilities of the GOOSE protocol, NTP attack and attack ona MMS client. Those attacks were GOOSE stNum, GOOSE semantic, GOOSE test bit,GOOSE replay, GOOSE flood, NTP spoofing and MMS password capture. Attacks on protocols GOOSE and MMS were successful, attack on NTP was only partially successful since the device confirmed receiving spoofed time, however it did not change it’s inner clock. Author then designed possible mitigation measures. Tool for automatic testing of selected vulnerabilities, parser for the GOOSE protocol and lightweight multiplatform parser for configuration files were created as well.The outcome of this thesis allows the implementation of lager scale tool for penetration testing of industrial networks as well as it allows implementation of discussed mitigation measures.
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Funk, Gregory Douglas. "Locomotor-respiratory synchrony in the Canada goose." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/41446.
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Using a variety of preparations, (intact birds during treadmill and overground
walking/running and free-flight; decerebrate birds during electrically induced
walking/running, passive wing flapping, and electrically induced wing flapping and
"Active" flight), this thesis examines some of the mechanisms involved in the
production and control of locomotor-respiratory coordination (entrainment) during
alternating hindlimb locomotion (walking/running) and synchronous forelimb
locomotion ("flight") in the Canada goose.
Significant coordination of locomotor and respiratory rhythms was observed
during both modes of locomotion in intact as well as decerebrate birds. While
coordination of forelimb motion and respiration was virtually complete, coordination
of hindlimb motion and respiration was sporadic. The level of entrainment during
hindlimb locomotion, however, increased with increased stride frequency, rather than
increased work rate, suggesting that proprioceptive feedback from the limbs is
involved in the production of locomotor-respiratory entrainment. Further evidence for
a role of proprioceptive feedback in the production of entrainment was provided by
the entrainment of respiration by passive wing motion in decerebrate geese.
Although feedback from the periphery was sufficient for the entrainment of wing
motion and respiration, motor nerve outputs to the wing and respiratory musculature
were also synchronized in paralyzed, decerebrate birds during electrically induced
activity, in the complete absence of phasic afferent feedback. Thus, both feedback
and feedforward mechanisms appear sufficient for the coordination of wing beat and
respiration.Science, Faculty of
Zoology, Department of
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Coluccy, John Matthew. "Reproductive ecology, bioenergetics, and experimental removal of local giant Canada geese (Branta canadensis maxima) in central Missouri /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3012961.
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Majola, Fundile Lawrence. "Good-Gooder-Goodest." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015657.
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My stories are set in the townships, and move with the vigorous rhythms and jagged structures of township life. Some of them are written in English and others in isiXhosa. Some of the dialogue is township slang, a mixture of languages; and pure isiXhosa. The stories follow no particular pattern and are arranged according to any form of chronology, and different voices, at times as a man/boy and in others as a girl. The characters are not related each story perfectly stands for itself. Some of the stories hark back to the days of apartheid and are seen through the eyes of a child confused by the humiliations of his elders.Amabali am asekelwe ezilokishini yaye ahambelana neemeko ezimaxongo zokuphila zasezilokishini apho yaye amanye asukela kwixesha lengcinezelo yesizwe esimnyama. Imiba echatshazelwa kula mabali iquka intlupheko, intiyo kwakunye nokuphilisana koluntu ezilokishini, phantsi kwezo meko. Amabali la ndizame ukuwenza alandele indlela yokubalisa yhenkwenkwana enguSkhumba, ethi ibone iqwalasele iimeko zokuphila zabantu bohlanga lwayo. Ingqokelela esisiqendu sokuqala yona ibhalwe ze yangeniswa ngesiNgesi.
This thesis is presented in two parts: English and isiXhosa.
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Risto, Eugen [Verfasser], and Lukas J. [Akademischer Betreuer] Gooßen. "Entwicklung effizienter Katalysatorsysteme / Eugen Risto ; Betreuer: Lukas J. Gooßen." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1138630578/34.
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Warren, Stephanie M. "Individual performance in the Canada goose Branta canadiensis." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386272.
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Johnson, I. P. "Behavioural ecology of the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)." Thesis, University of Reading, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373840.
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Ditrych, Marek. "Problematika vyhodnocování blokovacích podmínek rozvodny pomocí GOOSE zpráv." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-400562.
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This master thesis focuses on problematics of GOOSE messages used for evaluation of blocking conditions of substations in the electrical power plant in Opatovice (EOP). Firstly, the thesis describes the multifunctional electrical protection relay 7SJ64 as well as GOOSE messages, that are run by protocol IEC 61850. Next, it contains a brief description of the energy consumption of EOP itself, since the project was written for its protection relays. In the practical part of the thesis, an experimental network consisting of two distinct substations with three 7SJ64 multifunctional protection relays was designed together with simple blocking conditions. These require information about the state of circuit breakers. The whole communication is carried by GOOSE messages. Moreover, to inform about the loss of GOOSE messages, the logical function SI_GET_S (decoder) was used inside the coding interface of DIGSI programme called CFC. This function was then tested in the experimental network using each different condition, that experienced interruptions of communication caused either by simulated defect of optical cabels, or by „user‘s mistakes“ in the settings of communication parameters in DIGSI. Finally, the system protecting from the loss of GOOSE messages was incorporated into the existing project evaluating blocking conditions in the block substation of EOP.
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Naples, Jessica R. "Goose Butt, Grandma Glasses, And Other Ordinary Things." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405594537.
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Weegman, Mitchell Dale. "The demography of the Greenland white-fronted goose." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/16211.
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New analytical and technological tools have the potential to yield unprecedented insights into the life histories of migratory species. I used Bayesian population models and Global Positioning System-acceleration tracking devices to understand the demographic mechanism and likely drivers underpinning the Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris) population decline. I used a 27-year capture-mark-recapture dataset from the main wintering site for these birds (Wexford, Ireland) to construct multistate models that estimated age- and sex-specific survival and movement probabilities and found no sex-bias in emigration or ‘remigration’ rates (chapter 2). These formed the foundation for an integrated population model, which included population size and productivity data to assess source-sink dynamics through estimation of age-, site-, and year-specific survival and movement probabilities, the results of which suggest that Wexford is a large sink and that a reduction in productivity (measured as recruitment rate) is the proximate demographic mechanism behind the population decline (chapter 3). Low productivity may be due to environmental conditions on breeding areas in west Greenland, whereby birds bred at youngest ages when conditions were favourable during adulthood and the breeding year (chapter 4), and possibly mediated by links with the social system, as birds remained with parents into adulthood, forfeiting immediate reproductive success, although a cost-benefit model showed the ‘leave’ strategy was marginally favoured over the ‘stay’ strategy at all ages (chapter 5). Foraging during spring does not appear to limit breeding, as breeding and non-breeding birds did not differ in their proportion of time feeding or energy expenditure (chapter 6). Two successful breeding birds were the only tagged individuals (of 15) to even attempt to nest, suggesting low breeding propensity has contributed to low productivity. Although birds wintering in Ireland migrated further to breeding areas than those wintering in Scotland, there were no differences in feeding between groups during spring migration (chapter 7). These findings suggest that Greenland White-fronted Geese are not limited until arrival on breeding areas and the increasingly poor environmental conditions there (chapter 8). More broadly, these findings demonstrate the application of novel tools to diagnose the cause of population decline.
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Quinn, John Leo. "The timing of nesting in red-breasted geese and their nesting association with birds of prey." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368083.
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Håkansson, Erik. "Nyttjande av manöverkrigföringens element – avgörande för utgången av slaget om Goose Green? : En studie av slaget vid Goose Green under Falklandskriget 1982." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-2693.
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Slaget vid Goose Green var det första slaget att äga rum på land under Falklandskriget. Slaget ägde rum under ett par dagar i slutet av maj 1982 mellan brittiska 2 Para och argentinska Task force Mercedes och slutade med en argentinsk kapitulation. Slaget är spektakulärt i flera avseenden – bland annat för att britterna lyckades slå en numerärt jämbördig försvarsgrupperad argentinsk motståndare, det var nästan enbart infanteriförband som stred och att befälhavaren för 2 Para stupade. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om nyttjandet av manöverkrigföring på de bägge sidorna kan ha varit avgörande för utgången av slaget. Utifrån beskrivningar av slaget skrivna av brittiska författare beskrivs slaget i fyra delar i uppsatsen. Efter varje del sker en analys med hjälp av element ur William S. Linds manöverteori. Det sammanvägda resultatet ur denna analys visar att britterna nyttjade element ur Linds manöverteori betydligt fler gånger än argentinarna under slaget och att det kan ha varit avgörande för utgången av slaget.
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Oppel, Christoph [Verfasser], and Lukas J. [Akademischer Betreuer] Gooßen. "Neue Methoden der Ketonsynthese / Christoph Oppel. Betreuer: Lukas J. Gooßen." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1031421254/34.
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Barnes, Ian. "The molecular identification of goose species in archaeozoological assemblages." Thesis, University of York, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298376.
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Hackenberger, Dagmar [Verfasser], and Lukas J. [Akademischer Betreuer] Gooßen. "Nachhaltige katalytische Transformationen von Carbonsäuren / Dagmar Hackenberger ; Betreuer: Lukas J. Gooßen." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1139253220/34.
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Krause, Thilo [Verfasser], and Lukas [Akademischer Betreuer] Gooßen. "Nachhaltige Synthese und Derivatisierung von Carbonsäuren / Thilo Krause ; Betreuer: Lukas Gooßen." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1165574217/34.
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Mathews, Lauren. "The wild goose chase for consistency in the confidence-man." Connect to resource, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/32211.
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Sjöberg, Göran. "Nesting and migration in the introduced Canada goose in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 1993. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-101357.
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The aim of the thesis was to document patterns in breeding and migration in Swedish Canada geese Branta canadensis, to explain these against the genetic and historical background of the population, and to test predictions of hypotheses pertaining to parental investment. The Canada goose population in Sweden was founded by the introduction of a few individuals in the 1930's. DNA fingerprint similarity between geese breeding in Sweden was on average at the same level as between inbred close relatives in other wild bird species. The genetic variability of the population appeared to be considerably reduced in comparison to that of Canada geese breeding in North America. Dispersal and migration patterns were studied using plastic neck-bands that could be identified at long distance. Most Canada goose females nested at the lake where they grew up. Males were more prone to disperse than females, although most of them still returned to breed close to their area of origin. Geese from three breeding areas in Sweden had different winter distributions, although wintering areas overlapped considerably. Individual geese tended to return to the same wintering area as they had used in previous years. The females' investment in the egg clutch was related to the migration distance from spring foraging areas to the nesting area, suggesting an energetic cost of migration for egg production. Within breeding seasons, clutch size decreased with later initiation of nesting, but only in years with early breeding. A probable reason for this decrease was that body reserves available for egg production were larger in early layers. In years with late breeding, clutch size did not decrease, most likely because late-nesting females could supplement their body reserves by foraging on fresh vegetation. Nest defence intensity was studied by recording the behaviour of the female geese when a human approached the nest. The results largely confirmed predictions for nest defence intensity extracted from parental investment theory.Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1993, härtill 6 uppsatser
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Hulea, G. Danut. "Winter feeding ecology of the Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606314.
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Our knowledge of the Red-breasted goose population has improved considerably over the last 12 years with work carried out in both the breeding and wintering areas. The Romanian and Bulgarian Dobrogea is the main wintering area of the Red-breasted goose. The population size varied considerable during the study period (October 1998 - March 2001) in the wintering area from 41,195 to 88,425. The weather conditions had a strong influence on the number of the geese wintering in the Dobrogea and within the wintering area, the climate conditions influenced their distribution in most years. Geese were spread across the Dobrogea in both inland and coast regions until December. During the coldest period of the winter, in January, the whole population of Red-breasted goose was concentrated on a few lakes located on the Black Sea coast. Some of these major roost sites are protected as reserves. Most frequently, the Red-breasted geese were seen in the Dobrogea in mixed flocks with the White-fronted geese. The geese feed exclusively on crops, mainly on winter wheat but also on barley. In the late autumn in October and November, they preferred newly sown fields where they fed on seeds of winter wheat left on the surface. Later during the winter, the leaves of winter wheat and barley remained the only food available. Geese preferred to feed closer to the roost from December to February but in January, they showed a preference for fields facing east and south. Other landscape variables such as distance to the roads, distance to the villages and slope, were less important. The carrying capacity of the area was calculated and showed that the area cultivated can presently support a larger number of geese. Geese grazing caused losses of yield of on winter wheat causing economic consequences for the farmers. After privatisation, the attitude of farmers towards geese changed. Some guarded their crops, hunted geese or occasionally used poison against geese. Poison was also used more frequently against illegal sheep grazing. This practice is a major concern and affected a number of species. Hunting and farming were the main causes of disturbance during the winter. In Dobrogea, farming activity decreased from November to January. The hunting pressure was constant during the winter and larger at the weekend compared to working days.
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Geldenhuys, Greta. "Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) : sensory, biochemical and physical meat quality as affected by gender, diet and ageing." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95871.
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Thesis (PhD(Food Sc))--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In Southern Africa, the hunting of wildfowl species has increased considerably in the past few years. Crop farmers incur major financial losses due to the feeding activities of Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus); consequently a large number of geese are hunted in an attempt to reduce the damage caused. With the current absence of scientific information baseline research investigating the meat quality of this species is essential. The sensory profile of Egyptian goose meat was found to be very distinct in relation to the characteristics of other well-known fowl species. It has very strong game aroma and flavour attributes with a prominent metallic aftertaste. The intense aroma and flavour notes were linked to the substantially higher iron content, as well as the high overall polyunsaturated fatty acid content as revealed by chemical profiling. The trained sensory panel also found the meat to be very tough (high shear force) compared to the other species. To identify the factors which may affect the overall consistency of the meat quality, the influence of three main effects namely; season (grain vs. non-grain diet), gender and portion was investigated. This revealed that season had the largest effect and harvesting periods should therefore be considered. The main issue is the higher intramuscular fat (IMF) content in winter (July), as well as the substantial difference in the fatty acid profiles of the two seasons. The forage vs. grain based diets during certain periods of the year leads to variation in the content of key fatty acids in the meat i.e. oleic acid, linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid. In winter, the meat had a characteristic, prominent game and metallic aroma while the summer (November) profile was governed by “sweet-oily-duck” and beef-like sensory notes. The fatty acid differences also result in variation between the omega 6 to omega 3 ratios of the seasons; the portions from winter are within the recommendations (ratio<5) and those from summer not. Regarding gender, the females had a lower carcass yield but higher IMF content. The female breast portion was also more tender (lower shear force). In attempting to elucidate the toughness of the meat, possible causes have been proposed. The pH decline in the pectoralis muscle occurs quite rapidly and it is possible that the high rigor temperature (>20 °C) may contribute to the increased toughness. Regardless of the proteolytic enzyme activity during the rigor period, the meat is still tough at 36 h post mortem and the proteolytic contribution may be overshadowed by the background toughness, i.e. the connective tissue content and fibre structure. The latter was confirmed when the breast portions were aged for 14 days and no change (decline) in the shear force values was observed even though myofibrillar degradation did occur (during ageing). Given the lack of a decline in the shear force, the aging of Egyptian goose meat as a means of improving the overall toughness cannot be proposed without further research. The study in its entirety provides substantial proof that the commercial utilisation of Egyptian goose meat is feasible.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die jag van wildsvoël spesies in Suider-Afrika het aansienlik toegeneem in die laaste paar jaar. Graanboere lei jaarliks groot finansiële verliese as gevolg van die voedingsgedrag van kolganse (Alopochen aegyptiacus). Gevolglik word ‘n groot hoeveelheid ganse elke jaar geoes om sodoende die skade te verminder. Met die huidige tekort aan wetenskaplike inligting is grondslag navorsing rakende die vleiskwaliteit van hierdie wildsvoël spesie noodsaaklik. Die sensoriese profiel van kolgansvleis is baie uniek in vergelyking met die vleis van ander bekende voël spesies. Dit word gekenmerk deur die sterk wildagtige aroma en geur tesame met ‘n baie prominente metaal nasmaak. Hierdie intense aroma en geur hou verband met ‘n baie hoër yster-inhoud, asook ‘n hoë poli-onversadigde vetsuur profiel soos uitgewys deur die chemiese karakteriserings studie. Die opgeleide sensoriese proepaneel het ook die vleis van hierdie voël spesie beskou as baie taai in vergelyking met die vleis van ander spesies. Ten einde te bepaal watter faktore die algehele variasie in vleiskwaliteit sal beïnvloed, is drie hoofeffekte naamlik, seisoen (graan teenoor nie-graan dieet), geslag en porsie ondersoek. Die verskeie studies het uitgewys dat seisoen die grootste invloed het en daarom sal die periodes waarin ganse geoes word in ag geneem moet word. Die hoër intramuskulêre vetinhoud in winter (Julie), asook die aansienlike verskil in die vetsuur profiele van die twee seisoene is die vernaamste verskille. Die weiding (hoofsaaklik gras) teenoor graan diëte wat gevolg word in sekere dele van die jaar lei tot variasie in die inhoud van belangrike vetsure (oliensuur, linoleïensuur en α-linoleensuur) in die vleis. In die winter het die vleis die kenmerkende en prominente wild geur en metaalagtige nasmaak getoon terwyl die profiel in die somer (November) hoofsaaklik bestaan het uit “soet-olierige-eend” en beesvleis geure. Die vetsuur verskille lei ook tot ‘n verskil in die omega-6 tot omega-3 verhouding van die seisoene; in die winter is die porsies binne die aanbevole voedingsvereistes (<5) terwyl die somer porsies nie aan hierdie vereistes voldoen het nie. Rakende die invloed van geslag, het die vroulike voëls ‘n laer karkas massa getoon tesame met ‘n laer intramuskulêre vetinhoud. Die borsie van die vroulike kolganse was ook sagter. In ‘n poging om die taaiheid van kolgansvleis te verklaar, is ‘n paar moontlike oorsake voorgestel. Die na-doodse pH daling in die borsspier vind redelik snel plaas, daarbenewens is dit ook moontlik dat die hoë temperature (>20 °C) waartydens rigor mortis plaasvind, kan bydrae tot die taaiheid. Ongeag die werking van die proteolitiese ensieme tydens die rigor periode was die vleis steeds taai 36 uur na dood, daarom was die proteolitiese bydrae moontlik oorskadu deur die agtergrond-taaiheid, dit wil sê die bindweefsel inhoud en vesel struktuur. Laasgenoemde is bevestig toe die borsspiere verouder is vir ‘n tydperk van 14 dae. Geen verandering (afname) in die instrumentele taaiheid is waargeneem nie, selfs al het miofibrillêre afbraak plaasgevind. Aangesien daar geen afname in instrumentele taaiheid opgemerk is nie kan veroudering van kolgansvleis, met die doel om die taaiheid te verbeter, nie aanbeveel word voor verdere navorsing nie. In geheel voorsien hierdie studie beduidende motivering rakende die moontlike kommersiële aanwending van kolgansvleis.
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Fox, Anthony David. "The Greenland White-fronted goose Anser albifrons flavirostris : the annual cycle of a migratory herbivore on the European continental fringe /." [København] : National Environmental Research Institute, Ministry of the Environment, 2003. http://www.dmu.dk/1%5Fviden/2%5Fpublikationer/3%5FOvrige.
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Pfister, Kai [Verfasser], and Lukas J. [Akademischer Betreuer] Gooßen. "Katalytische Verfahren zur Valorisierung von Carbonsäurederivaten / Kai Pfister ; Betreuer: Lukas J. Gooßen." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1122111002/34.
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Garcia, Delia M. "The role of the giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) cecum in nutrition." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4354.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (April 25, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Wilde, Timothy Philip. "An Energy Based Model for the Compressive Behavior of Goose Down." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4899.
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Very little work has been done to study and understand the internal mechanisms that provide goose down with its resiliency under repeated compression. We have employed low magnification optical microscopy to identify some of these important mechanisms. Microscopy showed that a small tertiary structure exists on most goose down fibers and creates an important point of contact when two fibers interact. This tertiary contact mechanism has been coupled with fiber orientation and incorporated into a unique strain-energy function. The principal stresses for an initial compression cycle can be determined from this strain-energy function according to the hyperelastic constitutive theory. Irreversible deformation and hysteresis necessitate another means to determine the stresses during unloading and reloading. For these stages, the framework used by Beatty et al. (2002) for an ideal Mullins material will be utilized in conjunction with a shift in the stress-free state to determine the principal stresses. The proposed model is then evaluated for uniaxial compression and shown to capture the general behavior of goose down in compression including the irreversible deformation and hysteresis.
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Jung, Misook. "Exploring academic and social adjustment of "Korean goose adolescents" in Canada." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106450.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experiences of Korean "goose" adolescents who attempt to adjust themselves to academic and social environments in Canada. In this study, Korean goose adolescents are defined as those who come to English-speaking countries for a few years to seek out better learning opportunities; their fathers usually stay in Korea to earn money and provide economic support for their families, whereas the mothers take their children abroad to study (Choi, 2005b). Using an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), the researcher conducted semi-structured and in-depth interviews with four Korean goose adolescents residing in Toronto. Findings revealed that these goose adolescents underwent significant adjustment difficulties. Despite their success in academic areas, they encountered various problems on a social level, due to both English language and cultural differences. However, they sought to develop adjustment strategies by obtaining practical assistance from co-ethnic groups: Korean churches and family members. They also attempted to change themselves into active, open-minded and independent learners. Although they still faced challenges and lacked sufficient support, they showed overall satisfaction with living and studying in Canada.Le propos de la présente étude est d'explorer l'expérience vécue d'adolescents coréens migrateurs (Korean goose adolescents) qui tentent de s'adapter à des environnements académique et social différents au Canada. Pour les fins de cette étude, les adolescents coréens migrateurs sont définis comme ceux qui effectuent des séjours de quelques années en des pays anglophones afin d'obtenir de meilleures opportunités d'apprentissage; le plus souvent, les pères de ces adolescents demeurent en Corée dans le but de mieux supporter financièrement leur famille, tandis que les mères accompagnent leur enfants à l'étranger (Choi, 2005b). Préconisant une analyse interprétative de type phénoménologique, la chercheuse a mené des entrevues semi-structurées et en profondeur auprès de quatre adolescents coréens migrateurs résidant à Toronto. Les résultats de l'étude montrent que ces adolescents, culturellement mal préparés, ont dû faire face à de multiples difficultés d'acculturation en sol canadien. Malgré leur succès académique, ces étudiants ont été confrontés à une série de problèmes relationnels avec leurs amis étrangers et ce, en raison de différences d'ordre culturel et linguistique (eu égard à l'usage de la langue anglaise). Pour résoudre ces difficultés, ils ont œuvré à développer des stratégies adaptatives en obtenant l'assistance pratique de membres de communautés ethniques davantage apparentées à la leur, d'églises coréennes et de leur famille. Ils ont également tenté de modifier leur propre attitude personnelle – devenant plus actifs, indépendants et ouverts d'esprit – afin de faciliter leur adaptation. Bien qu'étant toujours dans l'obligation de relever d'importants défis et souffrant d'un réel manque de soutien, ces étudiants éprouvent malgré tout, globalement, de la satisfaction à vivre et à étudier au Canada.
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Nilsson, Nicklas. ""En stridsplan överlever sällan första stridskontakt" : Slaget om Darwin – Goose Green." Thesis, Swedish National Defence College, Swedish National Defence College, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-151.
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Den 26 maj 1982 påbörjas anfallet mot samhällena Darwin och Goose Green. Anfallande styrka är brittiska, 2 Paras, på plats och försvarsgrupperade är Taskforce Mercedes. Britterna vinner slutligen över en numerärt överlägsen och försvarsgrupperad argentinsk styrka. Hur kommer det sig att detta kan ske? Jag kommer, för att kunna besvara mina frågeställningar, i det här självständiga arbetet att med utgång i de grundläggande förmågorna, ledning, verkan, skydd, rörlighet, uthållighet och und/info, analysera slaget. Dessa frågeställningar är:
- Vilken av de grundläggande förmågorna var avgörande för 2 Paras seger?
- Vilken av de grundläggande förmågorna var avgörande för Taskforce Mercedes förlust?
Jag har kommit fram till följande; britterna kunde tack vare en kombination av förmågorna ledning och verkan avgöra striden till deras fördel. För argentinarna var det förmågan ledning som bäddade för deras förlust. Vill du veta hur jag kommit fram till detta och varför uppmanar jag dig att läsa detta arbete.
My name is Nicklas Nilsson. I’m a cadet studying at the Swedish Land warfare Centre. As a part of becoming a commissioned officer I’m obligated to write an essay at fundamental level. I have written about the Battle for Darwin – Goose Green. A battle between 2 Para and Taskforce Mercedes. I have used (de grundläggande förmågorna) six fundamental abilities as an analysis instrument. The questions I am going to answer with this essay are:
-What ability was decisive for 2 Para’s victory?
-What ability was decisive for Taskforce Mercedes defeat?
Initially I will conduct a literature study, followed by a comparative case study.
I have come to the following conclusions:
The Argentines lost due to their lack of a good leadership and
The British won due to the abilities, better trained, better motivated and with more experience. They also, contrary to the Argentines, had leaders that was present and tried to resolve the situations they’ve gotten in to. If you want to read more about this and how I’ve come to these conclusions, please read this essay.
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Tinkler, E. "Behaviour and ecology of the light-bellied goose wintering in Ireland." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487463.
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The behaviour, ecology and energetics of the East Canadian High Arctic light-bellied brent goose (Bronto bernicla hrota) was investigated to determine winter feeding Site selection on Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. The seasonal use of mudflats, saltmarsh and improved pasture was assessed to evaluate the role these habitats play in fulfilling the energy requirements of the geese throughout the wintering period. Brent geese began feeding on eelgrasses Zostera spp. on arrival in late August early September. Single adults arrived first and were in poorer physical condition than paired or family adults which arrived later. Differences in distribution of feeding and physical condition suggests that families are more able than paired or single birds to maintain access to a better quality/quantity food supply over the winter. The activity budget and net energy results highlight the importance of Zostera spp. and the energetic constraints faced by brent geese feeding on Zostera spp. over winter. Position-sensitive radio telemetry provided an accurate and effective method for determining the time spent feeding by individual brent geese throughout the 24hour period in late winter early spring. At this time brent geese rely heavily on the contribution from improved pasture in order to meet their daily net energy . requirement prior to spring migration. Brent geese engaged in night time feeding, exclusively on the mudflats. Night-time feeding occurred from October to April, peaking in mid-winter. This activity appears to be a strategy for the geese to meet their energy requirements during shorter, colder winter days. Feeding on saltmarsh vegetation occurs subsequent to the depletion of Zostera spp. and at a critical time in mid winter and is constrained by the availability and quality, rather than quantity, of the food resource. The study's findings would suggest that for the future conservation of the geese the main conservation requirements for the population is the maintenance of intertidal habitat quality together with the creation of inland refuaes in areas where there may be conflict with agricultural interests.
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Speed, James D. M. "Ecosystem engineers of the tundra the impacts and extent of goose herbivory in the high Arctic /." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2009. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=26470.
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Cui, Chen. "MRI fat-water separation using graph search based methods." Diss., University of Iowa, 2017. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5740.
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The separation of water and fat from multi-echo images is a classic problem in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a wide range of important clinical applications. For example, removal of fat signal can provide better visualization of other signal of interest in MRI scans. In other cases, the fat distribution map can be of great importance in diagnosis.
Although many methods have been proposed over the past three decades, robust fat water separation remains a challenge as radiological technology and clinical expectation continue to grow. The problem presents three key difficulties: a) the presence of B0 field inhomogeneities, often large in the state-of-the-art research and clinical settings, which makes the problem non-linear and ill-posed; b) the ambiguity of signal modeling in locations with only one metabolite (either fat or water), which can manifest as spurious fat water swaps in the separation; c) the computational expenditure in fat water separation as the size of the data is increasing along with evolving MRI hardware, which hampers the clinical applicability of the fat water separation.
The main focus of this thesis is to develop novel graph based algorithms to estimate the B0 field inhomogeneity maps and separate fat water signals with global accuracy and computational efficiency. We propose a new smoothness constrained framework for the GlObally Optimal Surface Estimation (GOOSE), in which the spatial smoothness of the B0 field is modeled as a finite constraint between adjacent voxels in a uniformly discretized graph. We further develop a new non-equidistant graph model that enables a Rapid GlObally Optimal Surface Estimation (R-GOOSE) in a subset of the fully discretized graph in GOOSE. Extensions of the above frameworks are also developed to achieve high computational efficiency for processing large 3D datasets. Global convergence of the optimization formulation is proven in all frameworks. The developed methods have also been extensively compared to the existing state-of-the-art fat water separation methods on a variety of datasets with consistent performance of high accuracy and efficiency.
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Holliway, David R. "It looks like a goose : composing for the informational needs of readers /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7713.
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Shah, Sharad J. "Killing the golden goose balancing preservation and development in Wilmington, North Carolina /." View electronic thesis, 2008. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2008-3/shahs/sharadshah.pdf.
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Stolley, Dorie S. "Limitations on Canada Goose Production at Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah." DigitalCommons@USU, 1998. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6580.
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Canada geese (Branta canadensis) recently have become management problems in some areas due to overpopulation At Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). managers are concerned with the opposite situation Despite attempts to boost production, only 18 to 34 goslings of the western Canada goose (B. c. moffitti) were produced per year, from 1989 to 1993. I studied the breeding population from March to July in 1996 and 1997. Results suggest that production is limited in 3 ways: low gosling survival. low nesting success for ground nests, and low number of breeding pairs Gosling survival to fledging was 25% in 1996 and 52% in 1997. I examined the potential causes of low gosling survival, especially the effects of saline drinking water. Specific conductivities in the spring-fed marshes of the desert refuge range from 3.0 to 25.0+ μS/cm. conducted an experiment on captive wild-strain goslings. Three groups received different levels of saline \\ater as measured by specific conductivity: control (0 63 μS/cm), intermediate 12.0 ~1Slcm). and high (18.0 ~1Slcm) I found mortality only at the high level Effects on growth were growth were evident at both the intermediate and high levels, although statistically significant only at the high level. To examine the effects of saline drinking water on survival of free-ranging wild goslings, I collared and radio marked breeding adults, then monitored brood location and gosling numbers. I found that mortality was independent of specific conductivity levels on the brood-rearing impoundments. Observations suggest that the primary causes of low gosling survival involve predation and human disturbance. l compared my results lo the results of other studies. Accuracy of results appears to be related to the estimation technique used. Radio tracking of broods has the potential to be very accurate. Al Fish Springs NWR. l monitored nesting pairs. nests, and broods throughout the breeding season. Ground nests had lower nesting success in both years (56%: 41 %) than artificial nesting platforms (90%, 83%). The number of nesting pairs was 26 and 34 in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Based on these results, l made several management recommendations, including installing more artificial nesting platforms. and minimizing human disturbance.
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Baker, David B. "A PERFORMANCE GUIDE: AN ANALYSIS OF RICHARD FAITH’S SETTINGS OF MOTHER GOOSE." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/113.
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This study provides a performance guide to the nine song settings of Mother Goose Lyrics and Mother Goose Lyrics II by American composer Richard Faith (b. 1926). Included is a biography of the composer. The primary purpose is to provide analysis that shows that these nine songs are accessible to undergraduate singers and that these are arguably Faith’s most approachable songs for the young singer. As is pertinent to each individual song the discussion may include information on the poetry, musical form, textual support, pedagogical issues, harmonic progressions, melodic ideas, rhythmic devices, character analysis, as well as information on text setting devices. This is accomplished through the author’s own analysis and study of Faith’s songs, interviews with the composer, and references to the three other dissertations covering Faith’s song compositions. This performance guide will provide an introduction to Richard Faith and his musical style, as well as provide a tool for teachers and singers seeking performance practice guidance.
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Vavreczky, Gábor. "Otestovaní komunikace po IEC61850 s využitím GOOSE mezi ABB a Siemens ochranou." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-219394.
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The main objective of this thesis is to examine the possibility of cooperation of IEDs from ABB and Siemens in accordance with IEC61850. The aim is to create and test a workflow, after which protection relays from ABB and Siemens will communicate with each other via GOOSE messages. This paper provides a description of the international standard IEC61850, as a theoretical basis. Describes in detail the configuration of protection relays SIPROTEC 7SA610 according to IEC61850. Work provides a description of the configuration tools PCM600 and IET600 which are used for configuration of protection relays RELION® REF615 by ABB. In the final part of the work experiences that are written in collaboration used protection.
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Bayarmagnai, Bilguun [Verfasser], and Lukas J. [Akademischer Betreuer] Gooßen. "Nachhaltige Methoden zur Einführung von Fluoralkyl(thio)gruppen / Bilguun Bayarmagnai ; Betreuer: Lukas J. Gooßen." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1123572119/34.
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