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Picone, Lisa. "Fighting the Lethargy: Creating the Role of Masha in Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/638.

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This thesis serves as documentation of my efforts to define accurately my creative process as an actor in creating the role of Masha in The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov. This includes research, character analysis, rehearsal journal and an evaluation of my performance. The Three Sisters was produced by the University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana. The play was performed in the Thrust Theatre of the Performing Arts Center at 8:00 pm on the evenings of April 19 through 21 and April 26 through 28, with one matinee at 2:30 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2007.

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Wood, Summer. "Sometimes the Bear." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1839.

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Coleman, Tyler Hardy. "Grizzly bear and human interaction in Yellowstone National Park: bear management areas." Diss., Montana State University, 2012. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2012/coleman/ColemanT1212.pdf.

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In 1982 Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA created a Bear Management Area (BMA) program. The objective of the BMA program was to minimize human-bear conflict by separating bears from people in areas of the Park where overlap may occur. This was accomplished primarily through area closures, trail closures, and backcountry campsite closures. Our objective was to evaluate the interaction between grizzly bears and people and use the results to test the effectiveness of the BMA program. From 2007 to 2009, we obtained fine scale human and grizzly bear GPS data in 6 of 16 BMAs. To determine how grizzly bears responded to close interactions with people, we evaluated the GPS locations of bears and people in close proximity. We found that bears consistently avoided human interaction and often showed an avoidance response to people at close distances. We also evaluated spatiotemporal patterns of bear and human movements during times when BMAs were restricted (closed to human use) and unrestricted (open to human use). Through the comparison of the two time periods we found that bears continued to avoid people on a large scale. Furthermore, a significant amount of overlap between people and bears would occur if BMA restrictions were not in place. We also evaluated the effectiveness of backcountry campsite closures by testing if grizzly bears were attracted to, or avoiding occupied backcountry camps. We found that grizzly bears were attracted to the location of backcountry campsites, however there was a strong avoidance when these sites were occupied by people. Finally, we evaluated the behavioral and activity adaptations of bears occupying areas frequently used by people. We found that bears were primarily more night active and less day active when near areas that humans use. In addition, we found that if BMA restrictions did not exist, we could expect overlap between bears and people when both were highly active. Overall, our results suggest that grizzly bears consistently avoid contact with humans and that the BMA program in Yellowstone National Park is effective at reducing human-bear overlap, potential conflict, and reducing displacement of bears by humans. 'Co-authored by Charles C. Schwartz, Kerry A. Gunther and Scott Creel.'

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Albright, Ronald Charles Jr. "Bear in the Gate." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1556313266619311.

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Tshivhase, Fhatuwani Thomas. "The socio-economic impact of land restoration on Masha community of Kalkfontein, in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/789.

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Thesis (M.Dev.) --University of Limpopo, 2007
The study deals with the socio-economic impact of land restoration on the Masha Community. Members of Masha Community opted to relocate to their ancestral land, Kalkfontein, which they successfully reclaimed in the year 2000. The study interrogates if the restoration of land to the Community has made any positive impact on their social and economic well being. It focuses on the key challenges posed by land restoration to both the Community and the different spheres of government. It also deals with the challenges of leadership among the Masha Community which are threatening the attainment of developmental goals at Kalkfontion. The study concludes by making some concrete proposals and recommendations on how the State, the Community and various developmental agencies could resolve the problems faced by Communities such as the Masha after their land has been restored.
the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and the University of Limpopo.

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Allen, Cody M. "Seasonal Transport of Suspended Solids and Nutrients Between Bear River and Bear Lake." DigitalCommons@USU, 2011. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1277.

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Dingle Marsh is a wetland complex separating the Bear River from Bear Lake. Flow direction through the marsh is controlled at four major inflow and outflow sites. These sites were chosen as monitoring sites to assess the suspended solid and nutrient transport through the marsh. High frequency turbidity measurements were collected at each site and used as a surrogate for total phosphorus (TP) and total suspended solid (TSS) concentrations. Loads of TP and TSS were calculated using flow data from the 2008 water year. Load calculations for TP and TSS were compiled at 30-minute intervals and annual mass balances were calculated for Dingle Marsh and Bear Lake. These calculations were used to identify the seasonal loading patterns within this system. This study found the majority of TSS and TP loading entered the marsh from the Bear River. As flows moved across the marsh, the loading of TSS and TP was greatly reduced. Seasonal flow patterns were analyzed to determine the loading patterns to Dingle Marsh, Bear Lake, and the Bear River. This study also identified water management strategies aimed at setting a target endpoint for TSS and TP loads.

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Reynolds, Melissa Jo Mitchell Michael S. "The effects of forest management on habitat quality for black bears in the Southern Appalachians." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Summer/Dissertations/REYNOLDS_MELISSA_8.pdf.

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Vice, William B. "The Bear Bradley funeral train." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2001. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1130423808.

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Kaplan, Magdalena. "Mechanical characterisation of bear bones." Thesis, KTH, Hållfasthetslära (Inst.), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254598.

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Brown bears go into hibernation for several months during the winter period,but regain all bodily functions shortly after waking up, such as the strength ofbones. The aim of this thesis has been to characterise the material of activebear’s bones (tibiae) by destructive testing and then fitting a damage modelby the use of finite element simulations. Standard beam theory was used tocompare with the simulated results and supplemental compression testing wasconducted to verify elastic parameters. Examination of results show quite alarge distribution in both material parameters and determined stresses for thetested bones, with elastic moduli varying 3-10 GPa, Poisson’s ratio 0.3-0.45,strain for onset of damage 1-2%, damage rate factor of 25-40 and fracturestresses varying proportionally with stiffness between 50-190 MPa.

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Vice, William Bradley. "The Bear Bryant Funeral Train." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1130423808.

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Chilton-Radandt, Tonya. "Spatial and temporal relationships of adult male black bears to roads in northwest Montana, 2003-2004." Connect to this title online, 2006. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-03022007-132306/.

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Gaines, William L. "Relationships among black bears, roads, and habitat in the North Cascades Mountains of Washington /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5599.

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Costello, Cecily Marie. "The spatial ecology and mating system of black bears (Urus americanus) in New Mexico." Thesis, Montana State University, 2008. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2008/costello/CostelloC0808.pdf.

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In summary, our results show that high rates of male dispersal and female philopatry combine to create a spatial genetic structure that generates low rates of inbreeding and little need for kin discrimination among potential mates. Thus, evidence supports the hypothesis that inbreeding avoidance is achieved by means of male-biased dispersal in black bears. Our results also suggest the general pattern of male-biased dispersal is modified by competition for mates or resources.

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Fortin, Jennifer Kay. "Niche separation amongst sympatric ursids relative to salmon use." Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Summer2006/j%5Ffortin%5F053106.pdf.

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Mongar, Sonja. "The Bear Went Over the Mountain." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2004. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/76.

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"The Bear Went Over the Mountain" is a memoir that marks the people, events, landscape, and era that shapes a women's identity as she journeys from adolescence to adulthood. The story evolves through accretion with the use of a variety of writing strategies such as third person limited omniscient narrator, auto-fiction, mosaic, and disrupted narrative. Other conventions of Creative Non-fiction are used such as dialogue, characterization and plot. Autotopography (photographs) are used to create a motif of ancestral ghosts. They haunt the lives of these characters as they act and react to plots that began long before they were born. An ancestral photograph is placed with the date of the story at the beginning of each section. The mismatching photograph and date is intended to show how these fierce personalities, long dead, have carved their presence into the lives and fates of these characters.

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Lanffranchi, Pickmann Diana, Girón Grecia Adriana Villafana, Gstir Goldie Melida Ishtar Donayre, Farías Bryan Bruno Mateus, and Estabridis Luis Joaquín Guillén. "Bear Care: Jabones artesanales para hombre." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/626657.

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Actualmente, el mercado de cuido personal en el Perú, específicamente el mercado de jabones en barra, está valorizado en alrededor de 450 millones de soles, según Euromonitor. Sin embargo, cabe resaltar que carece de una variedad de productos dirigidos al mercado masculino y le permitan al hombre poder escoger la manera de cuidar su piel, así como lo hacen las mujeres. La manera en que el hombre de hoy en día le da importancia al cuidado personal no es el mismo que hace algunas décadas atrás. Hoy se relaciona la imagen personal con factores ligados al éxito, esto provoca que el hombre busque productos que le generen beneficios percibiese por su entorno. Dado este contexto, es preciso señalar que el objetivo de este estudio es brindar al mercado jabones artesanales con fragancias masculinas que cubran esta necesidad y que además resalten la virilidad buscada por los clientes finales. El hombre limeño de 25 a 39 años con estilo de vida ya sea sofisticado, progresistas o formalistas se encuentra en una constante búsqueda de los de productos que lo ayuden a resaltar y destacar su masculinidad, sumado a la salud de la piel y la tendencia del mercado por los productos naturales. La presente propuesta de negocio gira entorno a la comercialización de jabones con base natural de glicerina con aromas masculinas mediante la incursión en barberías y las ventas digitales por medio de redes sociales. Se estima que el tamaño de mercado para Bear Care es de 180,324 habitantes, lo que representa un tamaño de mercado de 35’704,247 soles. Finalmente, se pudo determinar que en el primer año de operación se tendrá una venta de 175 085 soles. Se tendrá valor financiero de 67 930 soles y un valor económico de 32 320. En los próximos cinco años, Bear Care será una marca especializada en el cuidado personal del hombre con productos de origen artesanal.
Nowadays, health care market in Peru, specifically the bar soaps market, is valued around 450 million soles, according to Euromonitor. However, it should be mentioned that there is a lack products in terms of variety aimed at the male market and stop men on taking care of themselves as women do with their skin. The way in which the man of today gives importance to health care is not the same as a few decades ago. Today, personal image is related to factors linked to success, that is why man look for products that generate benefits perceived by their social circle, by that they can reach an status. Given this context, it should be noted that the objective of this study is to provide the market with handmade soaps with masculine fragrances that cover this gap on the market and that also highlight the virility sought by the users. The man from Lima from 25 to 39 years old with a sophisticated, progressive or formalist lifestyle is in constant seek of products that help to highlight his masculinity, added to the health of the skin and the tendency of the market for natural products. The present business proposal revolves around the commercialization of soaps with natural glycerin base with masculine fragrances through the incursion in barbershops and e-commerce through social media. It is estimated that the market size for Bear Care is 180,324 inhabitants, which represents a market size of 35,704,247 soles. Finally, it was determined that in the first year of operation the company will reach sales of 175 085 soles. It will have a financial value of 67 930 soles and an economic value of 32 320. Over the next five years, Bear Care will be a brand specialized in the personal care of men with products of traditional origin.
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Klenzendorf, Sybille A. "Population dynamics of Virginia's hunted black bear (Ursus americanus) population." Diss., Connect to this title online, 2002. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02122002-160752/.

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Seger, Rita Logan. "Elucidating the Mechanism for Maintaining Eucalcemia Despite Immobility and Anuria in the Hibernating Black Bear (Ursus americanus)." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2008. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/SegerRL2008.pdf.

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Hershey, John Davidson. "Minimal disuse muscle atrophy and seasonal alterations in the calcium handling system in skeletal muscle of hibernating brown bears." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2008/J_Hershey_020309.pdf.

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Ryan, Christopher W. "Population ecology, residents' attitudes, hunter success, economic impact, modeling management options and retention time of Telazol of West Virginia black bears." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10637.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2009.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xv, 321 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

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Dyck, Markus Guido. "Effects of tundra vehicle activity on polar bears ( Ursus maritimus) at Churchill, Manitoba." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63946.pdf.

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Crawford, Aaron L. "The People of Bear Hunter Speak: Oral Histories of the Cache Valley Shoshones Regarding the Bear River Massacre." DigitalCommons@USU, 2007. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1998.

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The Cache Valley Shoshone are the survivors of the Bear River Massacre, where a battle between a group of US. volunteer troops from California and a Shoshone village degenerated into the worst Indian massacre in US. history, resulting in the deaths of over 200 Shoshones. The massacre occurred due to increasing tensions over land use between the Shoshones and the Mormon settlers. Following the massacre, the Shoshones attempted settling in several different locations in Box Elder County, eventually finding a home in Washakie, Utah. However, the LDS Church sold the land where the city of Washakie sat, forcing the Shoshones to adapt quickly. Much of our knowledge of the massacre stems from either white American sources or the oral histories that circulate among one Shoshone family group. This leaves the information incomplete. Adding the voices of more individuals expands our knowledge of the massacre itself and the adaptations the Shoshones continue to make in order to survive.

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Nilsson, Mårten. "The Bear Quartet : Analys av en stilutveckling." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för musikvetenskap, 1997. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-174138.

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Abstract Nilsson, Mårten: The Bear Quartet: Analys av en stilutveckling. - Uppsala: Musikvetenskap, 1997. - 60 p. Hur förändrar en popgrupp sin musik och varför? Denna fråga har varit utgångspunkt för uppsatsen, där syftet är att analysera den svenska gruppen The Bear Quartets musikaliska utveckling samt beskriva därmed sammanhängande musikestetiska ställningstaganden. I uppsatsen visas skiva för skiva hur gruppens musik utvecklats, från debuten 1992 till den 1997 utgivna sjätte skivan, varefter detta sammanställs med medlemmarnas åsikter om sin musik, huvudsakligen hämtade från en av uppsatsförfattaren utförd intervju. Gruppens musik varieras ständigt; den larmande, gitarrbaserade musiken med nästan ohörbar sång på debutskivan har utvecklats via en tydligare pop med utökat instrumentarium till en musik som tydligt hämtar beståndsdelar från gruppens alla tidigare skivor. The Bear Quartets medlemmar är mycket medvetna om hur musiken ska utformas, och vill inte upprepa sig. De har dock behållit vissa strukturerande grundprinciper, som instrumentfunktioner och melodiformer. För att nå detta undersökningsresultat har en analysmetod utarbetats med hänsyn tagen till såväl analysens syfte som The Bear Quartets musik.

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Allen, Christopher. "In-site, generating architecture in Bear River." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ31542.pdf.

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Dixon, Jeremy Douglas. "Conservation genetics of the Florida black bear." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0004705.

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Fernandez, Garcia Javier David, Jürgen Umbrich, and Axel Polleres. "BEAR: Benchmarking the Efficiency of RDF Archiving." Department für Informationsverarbeitung und Prozessmanagement, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2015. http://epub.wu.ac.at/4615/1/BEAR_techReport_022015.pdf.

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There is an emerging demand on techniques addressing the problem of efficiently archiving and (temporal) querying different versions of evolving semantic Web data. While systems archiving and/or temporal querying are still in their early days, we consider this a good time to discuss benchmarks for evaluating storage space efficiency for archives, retrieval functionality they serve, and the performance of various retrieval operations. To this end, we provide a blueprint on benchmarking archives of semantic data by defining a concise set of operators that cover the major aspects of querying of and interacting with such archives. Next, we introduce BEAR, which instantiates this blueprint to serve a concrete set of queries on the basis of real-world evolving data. Finally, we perform an empirical evaluation of current archiving techniques that is meant to serve as a first baseline of future developments on querying archives of evolving RDF data. (authors' abstract)
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Sanchez, Donald S. Jr. "Assessing BEAR: Tool Usability for Wireless CTF." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2021. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2325.

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Capture the Flag (CTF) is a common and popular type of event in the cyber security space with audiences ranging from large security conference participants to even those in middle or high school. Event participants bring their favorite set of tools and any level of knowledge they have to compete against other teams in solving cyber security related challenges. These types of challenges can range anywhere from reverse engineering programs and hacking WiFi to utilizing interesting command line commands and messing with browser developer consoles. There are plenty of general CTF events that happen throughout every month, as well as plenty of resources for those. However, CTFs focused on wireless technologies are not as prevalent. Just this last year a Wireless themed CTF, named Wireless CTF (WCTF), became publicly available to participate in. With this CTF as the target, a tool set will be put together in this thesis to help introduce some of WCTF's topics: WiFi penetration testing, POCSAG radio signal decoding, and Morse Code Signal Decoding. Tools will be chosen based on the BEAR scoring rubric, created in this thesis, to assess a given tools usability, and chosen tools will be used against challenge topics found in WCTF to test the validity of the scoring rubric and evaluate changes in a participants knowledge of each topic.

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Barker, Kenneth Warren. "Bioavailable Phosphorus in the Bear River System." DigitalCommons@USU, 1988. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4400.

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The bioavailable fraction of phosphorus (BAP) in the lower Bear River system waters was investigated. BAP plays a critical role as the limiting nutrient for algal production and eutrophication in proposed reservoirs in the Bear River system. The Bear River system has a hardness rang ing between 180-240 rng/L as CaC03 which significantly affects BAP. BAP estimation was done by a modified Selenastrum capricornutum Printz Algal Assay Bottle Test. The algal bioassay is considered the best estimator of BAP because no chemical tests or i ndicator parameters are available. Autoclaving and UV radiation were found to be unacceptable means for sterilization because of phosphorus precipitation and inability to kill all the protozoa, respectively. Whole water samples were sterilized by gamma radiation . Hydrogen peroxide formed by gamma radiation was minimized by sparging with nitrogen gas , and adding peroxidase to remove low hydrogen peroxide concentrations. Soluble reactive phosphorus concentrations changed during radiation. The algal photosynthetic consumption of co2 in the assay procedure raised the pH from 8 to as high as 10, which resulted in significant quantities of phosphorus precipitating with calcium and becoming unavailable. To minimize the effects of precipitation, the following recommendations are made : (1) bubble the bioassay flask with a C02/air gas mixture to minimize pH increase ; and (2) use a high inoculum (105 cells/ml) of S . capricornutum that have been phosphorus starved for several days to maximize luxury uptake. Bioavailable phosphorus was estimated for each of the sources in Cache County. There are three major point sources (Logan, Hyrum, and Preston wastewater treatment plants) that contribute significant quantities of phosphorus . There are approximately 200 feedlots in the Cache Valley, and approximately 744,000 acres of land in Cache County which contribute runoff to the Bear River system. In Cache County, point sources contribute 2 8 , 20 0 ( 4 6%) kg BAP /yr, livestock runoff contributes 2,500 (4%) kg BAP/yr, and land runoff contributes 28,600 to 33,600 (50%) kg BAP/yr. Bioavailable phosphorus from land runoff was calculated by using export coefficients, which are usually accurate within a factor of two. A comprehensive phosphorus management plan is required to reduce available phosphorus from all sources to minimize algal blooms in the receiving waters.

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Wirén, Martin. "Martin Wirén - Bear Garden : Martin Wiréns Examensarbete." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för jazz, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-2391.

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Landriault, Lynn J. "Nuisance black bear, Ursus americanus, behaviour in central Ontario." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ31447.pdf.

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Schmor, Mathew R. "An exploration into bear deterrents, as related to mountain biking, and the design of an ultrasonic bear warning device." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0016/MQ48237.pdf.

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Gende, Scott Michael. "Foraging behavior of bears at salmon streams : intake, choice, and the role of salmon life history /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5303.

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McCann, Robert Keith. "Activity measures of free-ranging grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in the Flathead drainage." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30082.

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Between 1984 and 1988, 4756 hours of activity data were collected on 15 different grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in the Flathead drainage of southeastern British Columbia and adjacent portions of Montana. Data were collected with the aid of portable chart recorders that recorded the output from motion-sensitive radio collars. While many benefits stem from remote sensing of a study animal as intractable as the grizzly, both the method of data collection and the assumptions employed in translating chart recordings into quantitative measures of bear activity may affect conclusions drawn. Major objectives of this study were: 1) to assess the validity of procedures employed to translate continuous chart recordings of signal patterns from motion-sensitive radio collars into quantitative measures of bear activity; 2) to assess whether active and inactive bout lengths were related to sex and age related differences in energetic requirements and seasonal differences in food type; and 3) to document activity budgets and patterns as functions of sex, age, season, and the daily solar cycle. In the absence of concurrent visual observations of grizzly bears and recorded signal patterns, the validity of procedures used to interpret chart recordings was assessed by estimating percent of time active (%TA) under varying definitions of active and inactive bouts, and by comparing %TA to values found by other researchers. Estimates of %TA were stable over the range of activity bout definitions examined. Stability resulted from bears spending most of their time in active and inactive bouts > 30 min duration. Estimates of %TA for this study agreed with results on other populations. Over the non-denning portion of the year, grizzly bears were active about 55% of the time. Analyses of bout durations were plagued by a bias against active bouts to be monitored in their entirety, because when active, bears frequently moved out of range of the chart recorder. The distribution of activity over the 24-hour cycle differed from many other studies in that bears in the Flathead were active mostly in daylight hours. A greater use of darkness by bears in the fall, compared to other seasons, may be related to available daylight or to avoidance of hunters. While activity patterns were generally bimodal with activity peaks in morning and evening, the morning activity peak was not strongly tied to sunrise. Activity in the morning generally reached a peak 1 or more hours after sunrise. Seasonal trends in activity budgets conformed to physiological changes in bears necessitated by requirements for denning. Significant individual variation exists in both activity patterns and budgets, and may be related to body size, to frequency dependent foraging strategies, or to differing competitive ability for defendable resources among sex-age classes of bears.
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Eckhardt, Gillian. "THE EFFECTS OF ECOTOURISM ON POLAR BEAR BEHAVIOR." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3692.

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Polar bears spend the majority of their lives on the sea ice, where they gain access to seals and mates. In western Hudson Bay, the sea ice melts for three to four months in the summer, and polar bears there are forced onto land. These bears live on their fat reserves for the duration of the iceless period, until temperatures get colder in the fall and freeze up begins. The aggregation of polar bears near Churchill, Manitoba during the ice free period has led to a thriving tourist industry, with a large influx of tourists visiting Churchill in the fall in a six to eight week period, yet little is known about the impacts of this industry on the biology of the bears. This study investigated the effect of tourist vehicles and human presence on the behavior of polar bears over the fall of 2003 and 2004. Overall time budgets were estimated for bears, and the behavior of males and females was compared. Females spent significantly less time lying and more time in locomotion than males. Time budgets were also estimated for bears in the presence and absence of tourist vehicles. Bears spent less time lying and more time in a sit/stand position in the presence of vehicles. Air temperature had no significant effect on the time budgets of polar bears. Tundra vehicle approaches were manipulated to determine effects on polar bear behavior, and to investigate any variables that significantly affected response, including habituation. A response was defined as any sudden whole body movement or change in position or behavior at the time of approach. A total of 25% of all bears responded to the experimental vehicle approach. For bears that responded to approach, the average distance at response was 43 m. The average speed of the vehicle was 0.66 ± 0.02 m/s (range 0.23 to 1.15 m/s). Approach variables that significantly influenced the likelihood of response of a bear to an approaching vehicle included angle of approach and vehicle speed. Direct approaches, in which the bear was in the path of the moving vehicle, had a higher probability of eliciting a response than indirect approaches, in which the vehicle stayed to one side of the bear at all times. Higher speeds of the vehicle increased the probability of a response by a bear. Behaviors of the bear that significantly predicted a response were shifting of the body and smacking of the lips. A playback study was conducted to determine the effects of human induced sound on polar bears. There was no significant effect of human sound on polar bears. Results presented here provide the first experimental evidence of variables in the tourist industry that affect polar bear behavior, and the first evidence of behavioral cues predicting a response to vehicle approach.
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Brown, Joshua Hager. "Challenges in estimating size and conservation of black bear in west central Florida." Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2004. http://lib.uky.edu/ETD/ukyfore2004t00152/BrownMS.pdf.

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Title from document title page (viewed Oct. 12, 2004). Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 58 p. : ill. Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-57).

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Stetz, Jeffrey Brian. "Using noninvasive genetic sampling to assess and monitor grizzly bear population status in the in the northern continental divide ecosystem." [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-01142009-131434/unrestricted/JStetz_thesis_Final.pdf.

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García-Rangel, Shaenandhoa. "Ecology and conservation of the Andean bear in Venezuela." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609760.

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Teevin, Colleen Elizabeth. "Grizzly bear reintroduction understanding stakeholder interests in the Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem south of the Salmon River /." [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302008-135445/unrestricted/Teevin_Colleen_ProfessionalPaper.pdf.

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Miller, Julie Ann. "A Study of the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) in Utah: An Analysis of the Post-Denning Activities and Bear-Human Conflict." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4374.

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This study examined two different aspects of black bear (Ursus americanus) ecology in Utah. First, we determined the post-denning behaviors of female black bears in order to help management agencies protect bears from human disturbances as well as set spring hunts that minimize the taking of females with dependent young. We looked at the timing of den emergence (X = 25 March), the number of days at the den site post emergence (X = 11 days), and departure (X = 8 April) for female black bears in Utah from 2011—2013. We also analyzed the effects of cohort (lone female, female with cubs, and female with yearlings), region of Utah, year, elevation, and weather on emergence, departure, and total number of days at den. Lastly, we describe behaviors observed at the den site. We found that first emergence was significantly correlated with cohort and spring temperature. Departure date was significantly correlated with geographic region, spring temperature during emergence and departure, and temperature the spring and summer before denning. Total number of days at den was significantly correlated with cohort and last frost date from the year before. Bears spent little of the post-denning period outside of the dens (X = 9.8% of total observation time). When outside of dens, bears were often observed walking, lying down, sitting and standing. We also observed unique behaviors, including gathering nest materials, nursing, and ingesting. Dens were frequently visited by other wildlife as well. Second, we analyzed conflict between humans and black bears in Utah. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources initiated a black bear sightings and encounters database in 2003. We upgraded this database by gathering available records and organizing them into a new database for analysis using Microsoft Access®. From 2003—2013 there were 943 records, with 499 bear-human encounters, 33 incidents, 10 attacks, 208 property damages, 187 sightings, and 6 vehicle collisions. Utah county had the highest number of events (n = 115). The majority of events took place at campsites (n = 363). Summer was the most common season for events (n = 715). Time of day was frequently not reported, but when it was, most events occurred at night (n = 173). We found no significant increase in the number of events over the last ten years. We also found no significant relationship between the number of events per year and drought data. The highest number of events involved single bears (n = 843), and over half of events had food or garbage available for the bear (n = 475).

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Ambarli, Huseyin. "Analyses Of Human-bear Conflict In Yusufeli, Artvin, Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607076/index.pdf.

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Increasing levels of conflict between brown bears and rural people have been reported for Yusufeli (Artvin, Turkey). This study aimed to document the conflict, understand human attitudes and responses, determine local habitat use and daily activity patterns of bears, and evaluate available damage prevention techniques. The study was conducted within landscapes at different scales, ranging from a core area defined by a large valley system to the whole of Artvin Province. Data on close encounters, injuries and damages caused were collected through government records, published literature and open-ended interviews with the locals. Bear presence and activity were monitored through various techniques, including the capture and radio-collaring of one individual. Population density was found to range between 11-27 adult bears/100 km2. Bear activity increased during hyperphagia, with many daytime observations. Interviews (n=67) showed that almost all (95%) locals believed that bears have become more of a problem lately. Only 6% supported full protection while 38% conditionally accepted it. On more than two-thirds of close encounters, the bear and person(s) involved departed without any harm. Rare bear attacks on humans, usually provoked, sometimes caused non-fatal injuries. Several bears were found to be shot and killed within the study area in 2002-2005. Damages were mostly in late summer on field crops and orchards, and in spring on beehives. Precautions taken by villagers differed in effectiveness against bears. Bears caused a minimum of US$21,500 worth damages annually at Yusufeli County. Implementation of modern techniques of exclusion and scaring would reduce human-bear conflict in the region.

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Robison, Hillary L. "Relationships between army cutworm moths and grizzly bear conservation." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2009. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3387820.

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Paetkau, David Henry. "Genetic studies of North American bear populations using microsatellites." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq23052.pdf.

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Benn, Bryon. "Grizzly bear mortality in the Central Rockies ecosystem, Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0006/MQ42333.pdf.

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Chikovani, Lela. "How to stop the bear : strategy of small states." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5033.

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Keeping in mind limited resources available to weak states, and overwhelming misbalances of power, this study looks for an optimal strategy of a small and weak state that increases prospects of protracting the war, decreases the utility of the aggressor's military capabilities, and threatens to deny an aggressor his political objectives. This thesis concentrates on weak states deterrence strategy. Weak and small states with defensive national security goals but inadequate military strength have always preferred deterrence to fighting. The essence of deterrence is to persuade an actual or potential adversary that they are better off taking different rather actions than fighting. Deterrence succeeds where the potential adversary is persuaded to believe that his planned actions will fail, or that any military action would be result in dire consequences, hence asserting that he is better off not attacking. According to ArreguiÌ n-Toft (2009) in order to succeed, the materially weaker side needs (1) social support, (2) sanctuary (either physical, such as tough terrain, or political, such as a weakly defended interstate border), (3) an idea capable of making self-sacrifice seem both necessary and noble (e.g., nationalism), and (4) a strategy capable of tying all three advantages into a single effort. With these four assets, weaker opponents can delay, effectively denying their nominally stronger adversaries the ability to use their advantages in technology, materiel, and numbers to obtain expected political objectives; imposing sufficient costs to force strong opponents to reconsider the expected benefits of victory.

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Seissl, Stephan. "Processing of New Information in Bull and Bear Markets." St. Gallen, 2007. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01666189002/$FILE/01666189002.pdf.

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Bertino, Leanne. "The significance of bear canine artifacts in Hopewell context." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/897529.

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This study has presented a comprehensive overview of the context and significance of real and effigy bear canine artifacts in Hopewell context. The evidence suggests that burials with bear canine artifacts and additional grave goods in an extended position contained high status individuals. These burials contained the remains of males or male children, with status differences evident in both burial position and quantity of grave goods. Bear canine artifacts found in non-burials contexts were primarily found in "ceremonial caches." The inclusion of bear canine artifacts in such caches is indicative of their spiritual importance in Hopewell culture. Modification, including drilling, splitting and piercing of bear canine artifacts occurred in all five regions where these artifacts were found. This was the only class of data that spanned all five regions. Data from burials indicates that these artifacts were commonly used as a form of adornment, especially necklaces. Evidence from a burial at Hopewell Mounds points to an ideological, religious function for these artifacts. Much of the data for effigy bear canine artifacts correlates with t--at of real canines, and they appear to have served the same function. Since people chose to manufacture these artifacts rather than do without indicates that the meaning behind the image represented by bear canine may be more important than the artifact itself.
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Helfield, James M. "Interactions of salmon, bear and riparian vegetation in Alaska /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5487.

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Hunt, Andrew W. "Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resource (BEAR) Requirements Analysis Tool (BRAT)." Quantico, VA : Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA491134.

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Langston, Eva. "Meat Man and Bear Boy Fairy Tales for Today." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1089.

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Augeri, David M. "On the biogeographic ecology of the Malayan sun bear." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615017.

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