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Journal articles on the topic "Southern Mallee"
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Hopper, Stephen D., and Nathan K. McQuoid. "Two new rare species and a new hybrid in Eucalyptus series Tetrapterae (Myrtaceae) from southern coastal Western Australia." Australian Systematic Botany 22, no. 3 (2009): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb06034.
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Three new rare taxa allied to the conspicuous, common four-winged mallee (Eucalyptus tetraptera Turcz.) are described. E. sweedmaniana is a large-leaved and prostrate coastal mallee known only from Mount Arid, Western Australia. E. brandiana, a non-lignotuberous mallet, occupies spongolite hilltops and escarpments near the Fitzgerald River Inlet in Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia. A single hybrid mallet, E. arborella × brandiana, is described from the type locality of E. brandiana. Both new species and the new hybrid show potential for horticultural use, given their compact habit, large leaves and conspicuous red floral hypanthia and fruits. E. arborella × brandiana and E. brandiana are particularly at risk, being highly localised endemics that are killed by fire.
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Watson, Simon J., Rick S. Taylor, Lisa Spence-Bailey, Dale G. Nimmo, Sally Kenny, Luke T. Kelly, Angie Haslem, et al. "The Mallee fire and biodiversity project." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 124, no. 1 (2012): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rs12038.
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Fire is a widespread disturbance and an important ecological process in semi-arid mallee ecosystems of southern Australia. Understanding the effects of fire on plants and animals is a key challenge for the conservation and management of biodiversity in this ecosystem. Commencing in 2006, the Mallee Fire and Biodiversity Project is investigating the effects of fire on a range of taxa (vascular plants, invertebrates, reptiles, birds and mammals), with a focus on the influence of the properties of ‘fire mosaics’ on biota. A ‘whole of landscape’ design was employed, in which the flora and fauna were sampled in 28 study landscapes, each 4 km in diameter (12.5 km2) across a 104, 000 km2 area of the Murray Mallee region of Victoria, SA and NSW. Here, we summarise some key results and outputs from this project to date. These include: detailed maps of fire history and major vegetation types; a method for predicting the age of mallee vegetation; novel information about the distribution of fire age-classes in the region; and changes to vegetation structure and in the occurrence of reptile, bird and mammal species over a century-long post-fire time-frame. We also present an overview of the effects of fire mosaics (extent of particular age classes, diversity of fire age-classes) on the richness of some mallee fauna. A wealth of knowledge has been developed through the Mallee Fire and Biodiversity Project that will assist the management of mallee ecosystems in southern Australia for the future.
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Holmes, Katie. "The 'Mallee-Made Man': Making Masculinity in the Mallee Lands of South Eastern Australia, 1890-1940." Environment and History 27, no. 2 (May 1, 2021): 251–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/096734021x16076828553520.
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The southern Australian Mallee is a broad ecoregion comprising distinct landscapes, and the clearing and farming of these lands have presented specific challenges to generations of white settlers. Cultivation of this region was characterised as 'one of the most strenuous and resolute battles with Nature'. So began the shaping of an enduring mythology around the 'Mallee man'. In the context of the settler state, this mythology was forged through race, place and gender, with devastating environmental consequences. It has been consistently evoked to suggest that the specific environment of the Mallee worked to produce a special type of 'home grown' masculinity. At the same time, the State sought to provide a particular type of man to work the Mallee lands. This article examines the ways ideas about masculinity shaped men's engagement with the environment and the impact of government settlement schemes on both the myth and lives of Mallee men.
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Clarke, Michael F., Sarah C. Avitabile, Lauren Brown, Kate E. Callister, Angie Haslem, Greg J. Holland, Luke T. Kelly, et al. "Ageing mallee eucalypt vegetation after fire: insights for successional trajectories in semi-arid mallee ecosystems." Australian Journal of Botany 58, no. 5 (2010): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt10051.
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A critical requirement in the ecological management of fire is knowledge of the age-class distribution of the vegetation. Such knowledge is important because it underpins the distribution of ecological features important to plants and animals including retreat sites, food sources and foraging microhabitats. However, in many regions, knowledge of the age-class distribution of vegetation is severely constrained by the limited data available on fire history. Much fire-history mapping is restricted to post-1972 fires, following satellite imagery becoming widely available. To investigate fire history in the semi-arid Murray Mallee region in southern Australia, we developed regression models for six species of mallee eucalypt (Eucalyptus oleosa F.Muell. ex. Miq. subsp. oleosa, E. leptophylla F.Muell. ex. Miq., E. dumosa J. Oxley, E. costata subsp. murrayana L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. gracilis F.Muell. and E. socialis F.Muell. ex. Miq.) to quantify the relationship between mean stem diameter and stem age (indicated by fire-year) at sites of known time since fire. We then used these models to predict mean stem age, and thus infer fire-year, for sites where the time since fire was not known. Validation of the models with independent data revealed a highly significant correlation between the actual and predicted time since fire (r = 0.71, P < 0.001, n = 88), confirming the utility of this method for ageing stands of mallee eucalypt vegetation. Validation data suggest the models provide a conservative estimate of the age of a site (i.e. they may under-estimate the minimum age of sites >35 years since fire). Nevertheless, this approach enables examination of post-fire chronosequences in semi-arid mallee ecosystems to be extended from 35 years post-fire to over 100 years. The predicted ages identified for mallee stands imply a need for redefining what is meant by ‘old-growth’ mallee, and challenges current perceptions of an over-abundance of ‘long-unburnt’ mallee vegetation. Given the strong influence of fire on semi-arid mallee vegetation, this approach offers the potential for a better understanding of long-term successional dynamics and the status of biota in an ecosystem that encompasses more than 250 000 km2 of southern Australia.
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Harvey, Mark S., Jeremy D. Wilson, and Michael G. Rix. "Two new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from southern Australia." Australian Journal of Taxonomy 2 (June 2022): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.54102/ajt.h7iv8.
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The open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname L. Koch, 1873 is endemic to Australia, and currently contains 46 named species. We describe two new species from southern Australia: Aname elegans sp. nov. from the Gawler bioregion of South Australia and Aname pulchella sp. nov. from the Mallee and Hampton bioregions of southern Western Australia.
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Nuttall, J. G., G. J. O'Leary, N. Khimashia, S. Asseng, G. Fitzgerald, and R. Norton. "‘Haying-off' in wheat is predicted to increase under a future climate in south-eastern Australia." Crop and Pasture Science 63, no. 7 (2012): 593. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/cp12062.
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Under a future climate for south-eastern Australia there is the likelihood that the net effect of elevated CO2, (eCO2) lower growing-season rainfall and high temperature will increase haying-off thus limit production of rain-fed wheat crops. We used a modelling approach to assess the impact of an expected future climate on wheat growth across four cropping regions in Victoria. A wheat model, APSIM-Nwheat, was performance tested against three datasets: (i) a field experiment at Wagga Wagga, NSW; (ii) the Australian Grains Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (AGFACE) experiment at Horsham, Victoria; and (iii) a broad-acre wheat crop survey in western Victoria. For down-scaled climate predictions for 2050, average rainfall during October, which coincides with crop flowering, decreased by 32, 29, 26, and 18% for the semiarid regions of the northern Mallee, the southern Mallee, Wimmera, and higher rainfall zone, (HRZ) in the Western District, respectively. Mean annual minimum and maximum temperature over the four regions increased by 1.9 and 2.2°C, respectively. A pair-wise comparison of the yield/anthesis biomass ratio across climate scenarios, used for assessing haying-off response, revealed that there was a 39, 49 and 47% increase in frequency of haying-off for the northern Mallee, southern Mallee and Wimmera, respectively, when crops were sown near the historically optimal time (1 June). This translated to a reduction in yield from 1.6 to 1.4 t/ha (northern Mallee), 2.5 to 2.2 t/ha (southern Mallee) and 3.7 to 3.6 t/ha (Wimmera) under a future climate. Sowing earlier (1 May) reduced the impact of a future climate on haying-off where decreases in yield/anthesis biomass ratio were 24, 28 and 23% for the respective regions. Heavy textured soils exacerbated the impact of a future climate on haying-off within the Wimmera. Within the HRZ of the Western District crops were not water limited during grain filling, so no evidence of haying-off existed where average crop yields increased by 5% under a future climate (6.4–6.7 t/ha). The simulated effect of eCO2 alone (FACE conditions) increased average yields from 18 to 38% for the semiarid regions but not in the HRZ and there was no evidence of haying-off. For a future climate, sowing earlier limited the impact of hotter, drier conditions by reducing pre-anthesis plant growth, grain set and resource depletion and shifted the grain-filling phase earlier, which reduced the impact of future drier conditions in spring. Overall, earlier sowing in a Mediterranean-type environment appears to be an important management strategy for maintaining wheat production in semiarid cropping regions into the future, although this has to be balanced with other agronomic considerations such as frost risk and weed control.
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Dixit, Prakash N., and Deli Chen. "Farm-scale zoning of extreme temperatures in Southern Mallee, Victoria, Australia." Biosystems Engineering 105, no. 2 (February 2010): 198–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.10.008.
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Cruz, M. G., W. L. McCaw, W. R. Anderson, and J. S. Gould. "Fire behaviour modelling in semi-arid mallee-heath shrublands of southern Australia." Environmental Modelling & Software 40 (February 2013): 21–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.07.003.
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F. Braby, Michael, and Ted D. Edwards. "The butterfly fauna of the Griffith district, a fragmented semi-arid landscape in inland southern New South Wales." Pacific Conservation Biology 12, no. 2 (2006): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc060140.
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Thirty-three species of butterflies are recorded from the Griffith district in the semi-arid zone of inland southern New South Wales. The butterfly community comprises the following structure: 19 species (58%) are resident; 7 (21 %) are regular immigrants; 2 (6%) are irregular immigrants; 5 (15%) are vagrants. Except for a few migratory species, most occur in relatively low abundance. Lack of similar studies elsewhere in western New South Wales precludes generalizations regarding the species richness, composition and structure of semi-arid butterfly communities. Comparison of the butterfly fauna with that from five other inland regions on the slopes and foothills of the Great Diving Range, revealed that the Griffith district is most similar in species richness and composition to that of Deniliquin and to a lesser extent Wagga Wagga and Cowra in the south, than with two regions in the higher summer rainfall area of the north of the State (Coonabarabran-Mendooran, Narrabri-Bellata). Overall, the butterfly fauna of inland New South Wales (total of 73 species, of which 49 occur in the southern regions) is depauperate compared with that recorded from the coastal/subcoastal areas east of the Great Dividing Range. Attention is drawn to the conservation significance of several vegetation types and habitat remnants in the Griffith district. Much of the native vegetation in the district has been extensively modified since European settlement due to excessive clearing for agriculture, resulting in a highly fragmented landscape for the conservation of native flora and fauna. With the exception of the lycaenid Candalides hyacinthinus Simplex, which is considered threatened locally, there is a general absence of narrow range endemic butterflies associated with mallee-heathland or mallee-woodland, possibly as a result of widespread land clearing practices of mallee vegetation in the past.
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Rodriguez, D., J. Nuttall, V. O. Sadras, H. van Rees, and R. Armstrong. "Impact of subsoil constraints on wheat yield and gross margin on fine-textured soils of the southern Victorian Mallee." Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57, no. 3 (2006): 355. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ar04133.
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The APSIM-Wheat module was used to investigate our present capacity to simulate wheat yields in a semi-arid region of eastern Australia (the Victorian Mallee), where hostile subsoils associated with salinity, sodicity, and boron toxicity are known to limit grain yield. In this study we tested whether the effects of subsoil constraints on wheat growth and production could be modelled with APSIM-Wheat by assuming that either: (a) root exploration within a particular soil layer was reduced by the presence of toxic concentrations of salts, or (b) soil water uptake from a particular soil layer was reduced by high concentration of salts through osmotic effects. After evaluating the improved predictive capacity of the model we applied it to study the interactions between subsoil constraints and seasonal conditions, and to estimate the economic effect that subsoil constraints have on wheat farming in the Victorian Mallee under different climatic scenarios. Although the soils had high levels of salinity, sodicity, and boron, the observed variability in root abundance at different soil layers was mainly related to soil salinity. We concluded that: (i) whether the effect of subsoil limitations on growth and yield of wheat in the Victorian Mallee is driven by toxic, osmotic, or both effects acting simultaneously still requires further research, (ii) at present, the performance of APSIM-Wheat in the region can be improved either by assuming increased values of lower limit for soil water extraction, or by modifying the pattern of root exploration in the soil profile, both as a function of soil salinity. The effect of subsoil constraints on wheat yield and gross margin can be expected to be higher during drier than wetter seasons. In this region the interaction between climate and soil properties makes rainfall information alone, of little use for risk management and farm planning when not integrated with cropping systems models.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Southern Mallee"
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Latham, Amity. "Tracing farmers' exploitation, alienation and agency through technology." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2020. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/175264.
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Grain growers are caught in a system of production which is characterised by the privatisation of the farm services sector, global trade, machinery automation, and technologies. The commodity chain is structured so that costs are passed on to farmers through what they buy and sell. As a consequence of this structure, farmers are exploited and subject to the condition of alienation. Previous research has revealed the challenges of farm-scale efficiencies and the demise of rural areas due to farmer-exodus. Since Kautsky’s original publication of The Agrarian Question in 1899, there is still limited material offering a new sociological understanding of farming and the humanistic effects of farm trade. Therefore, this doctoral study is about farmer-exploitation, alienation, and agency, together with the role of political economy, and the function of the commodity chain. It draws upon historical works from labour theorists to seek a better understanding of the humanism of work and participation in commerce in reference to the relations and networks that exist through farming. To trace farmers and their operations, this research uses actor network theory by deploying some of the methods that sit within this approach. Reflexive photography creates a hybrid method with digital images supporting the findings. The photographs in this thesis help to transport the reader to the research setting that is family operated grain growing farms. The key findings are that agency is a property of farmers, land and their machinery. It was found that technology and science facilitated farmer-agency to re-arrange humans and non-humans to hold science stable on farm through strong networks. Technology is responsible for facilitating farmer-agency, which is used as a tool and then it becomes a force, to exert control over farm production. This thesis makes a significant contribution in understanding modern farmer exploitation and how farmers can work to overcome their vulnerability in socio-political economy. This research is place-specific in the dryland agricultural zone of the Wimmera Southern Mallee region of Victoria, but it contributes to a global understanding of what makes farmers act.Doctor of Philosophy
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Starks, Jonathan. "The use of on-farm water points and artificial wildlife ponds in providing habitat for fauna in the Wimmera and Southern Mallee, Victoria, Australia." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2016. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/154256.
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Fauna living in arid environments face strong ecological and physiological constraints. Water is the key requirement and vertebrates exhibit a range of adaptations for survival. Some species obtain water from their diet, but those which require water to drink or as habitat must either live in or near permanent water, or move in search of water. This strongly influences the distribution and abundance of vertebrate species in arid environments. In arid agricultural landscapes, the development of artificial water sources for stock has benefited water-dependant native fauna, particularly frogs. Little is known about the effects of removal of artificial water sources in these environments. In North-western Victoria, completion of the Northern Mallee Pipeline and the proposed construction of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline will ultimately replace over 20,000 farm dams, resulting in the widespread loss of an open water resource currently used by fauna across the Wimmera and southern Mallee. The wildlife values of the different on-farm water points in the Northern Mallee Pipeline region and the remaining Wimmera Mallee Domestic and Stock Channel System were examined. Species richness and abundance of vertebrates were surveyed at farm dams, channels and stock troughs in open paddocks, and at farm dams in Mallee woodlands. Mallee woodlands with no available water were also surveyed. Sites were surveyed once per season to determine which species were utilising the different on-farm water points and Mallee woodlands. Knowledge of their usage by different species allowed the importance of each water point type to be determined and the impact of the closure of the channel system to be assessed. The study recorded 57 vertebrate species in the Northern Mallee Pipeline region, including six reptile, 43 bird, seven mammal and zero frog species. Surveys in the Wimmera Mallee Channel/dam region recorded 74 different species, including three reptile , 57 bird, eight mammal and six frog species. Overall species richness and abundance was highest at sites with a farm dam in a Mallee woodland, and the levels of species richness and abundance were significantly higher than at sites with Mallee woodland and no available water. The differences between the two site types were due mainly to greater abundance of water- dependant species at farm dams in Mallee woodland sites. For water points in open paddocks, species richness and abundance was highest at sites with a farm dam in an open paddock and lowest at sites with a stock trough in an open paddock. The difference between the different open paddock water point types were significant, and like woodland sites, were driven by greater numbers of water-dependant species. The study also examined whether purpose-built artificial wildlife ponds could provide habitat for water-dependant fauna and whether artificial wildlife ponds could potentially maintain fauna populations after de-commissioning of the existing channel system. The results of this study showed that artificial wildlife ponds placed in Mallee woodlands can provide habitat for birds, both in the Northern Mallee Pipeline region and the Wimmera Mallee Channel/dam region. The results also showed that these wildlife ponds can support species assemblages at levels comparable to a farm dam in a Mallee woodland, demonstrating that wildlife ponds can be effective in providing a degree of ‘replacement’ habitat for birds on farms. Frogs were not recorded using wildlife ponds situated in Mallee woodlands and this was considered due to the wildlife ponds being placed at least 900 metres from a nearby water source potentially too far for many frog species to disperse in an arid environment. Given these findings, the position of ponds was adjusted for the ponds installed in Black Box woodlands. Wildlife ponds in Black Box woodlands were also successful in providing habitat for birds and functioned as an important source of water for water-dependant birds in summer. Frogs were recorded using the wildlife ponds situated in Black Box woodlands and this was most likely due to their close proximity (<200 metres) to a nearby water source, as well as being located in a wetland-associated vegetation type. The success of the wildlife ponds concept has been demonstrated both in their ability to function as habitat for water-dependant fauna and through widespread community acceptance and support. With the de-commissioning of the channel and dam system removing open water sources from the farming landscape, artificial wildlife ponds installed on farms across the region could provide not just a vital habitat resource supporting water-dependant fauna, but in many areas, the only source of water for wildlife within the Wimmera and southern Mallee regions.Masters of Applied Science
Books on the topic "Southern Mallee"
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1962-, Booker-Canfield Suzanne, ed. Contemporary Southern men fiction writers: An annotated bibliography. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
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In the master's eye: Representations of women, Blacks, and poor whites in antebellum Southern literature. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1995.
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Twain, Mark. Prikli︠u︡chenii︠a︡ Toma Soi︠e︡ra ; Prikli︠u︡chenii︠a︡ Geklʹberri Finna. Kiev: Tomiris, 1993.
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xun, Zhu jian, and Zheng kang, eds. Tang mu, suo ya li xian ji. Nan jing: Yi lin chu ban she, 2011.
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Eastman, Jason T. "Southern Masculinity in American Rock Music." In Perspectives on Males and Singing, 271–86. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2660-4_17.
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Keith, David A., Christopher C. Simpson, and Mark G. Tozer. "Mallee and Maalok Ecosystems of Southern Australia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes, 869–79. Elsevier, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12059-7.
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Boyce, Paul, and Gordon Isaacs. "Male Sex Work in Southern and Eastern Africa." In Male Sex Work and Society, 288–313. Harrington Park Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.17312/harringtonparkpress/2014.09.msws.012.
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"Southern Gothic and the Queer Male Body." In The Male Body in Medicine and Literature, edited by Thomas Lawrence Long, 221–40. Liverpool University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781786940520.003.0013.
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The homosexual male body as a threatening transmitter of social and libidinal disquiet is addressed by Thomas Long in relation to writing of the American South. He argues that argues that in the post-1945 period, and particularly prior to the Stonewall riots of 1969, the gay male body has increasingly replaced the black body in Southern culture as the abject Other, drawing down on it homophobic violence as a consequence. Working with Eve Sedgwick’s premise that, as a genre, the gothic codifies a form of ‘homophobic thematics’, Long considers how the specific religious, geographical and political intensities of Southern culture are grafted onto that base. The tensions between normative moralities and reactive deviancies that characterise the gothic tradition are heightened by the historical fact of slavery in the American South, which creates a tradition of scapegoating the black body as symbolic of social fears. Underlying that, and more evident in the integrationist period of Civil Rights protest, is a deeply confused struggle between homosocial and homosexual relations. In a range of texts that straddle Stonewall, Long detects a quarrel between what he calls a ‘blazoning’ attitude towards self-expression and the repressive demonisation of the queer body through homophobic discourse.
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Merkel, Stephen. "Provenancing Viking Age Silver." In Silver, Butter, Cloth, 206–26. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198827986.003.0012.
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This chapter investigates the changing sources of silver during the tenth century at Hedeby, an important Viking Age trading centre and mint situated between the economies of the Baltic and North Seas. It first characterizes regional and chronological differences in Viking Age silver, in terms of both elemental composition and lead isotopes. A dual archaeometric approach to the analyses of silver items is then advanced. Observed differences in the trace elements and lead isotope ratios of Anglo-Saxon, Carolingian, and Islamic coin are exploited to determine the likely origin of silver bullion and coin circulating at Hedeby. The so-called Malmer KG7 coinage, together with a significant hack-silver assemblage, appears to be related to silver of eastern origin, which reached southern Scandinavia and the Baltic region prior to the large-scale influx of Samanid silver in the early-to-mid tenth century. Such results provide new insight into the chronology and movement of silver in the Viking Age.
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Lang, Andrew F. "Endings." In A Contest of Civilizations, 282–320. University of North Carolina Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469660073.003.0008.
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The final chapter of Part II explores the nature of Confederate surrender. While Union political and military leaders insisted that Confederates unconditionally end the rebellion, dismantle their government, dissolve their armies, and consent to emancipation, the Union also maintained policies in accordance with Lincoln’s pledge in his Second Inaugural Address of “malice toward none.” This chapter thus probes a controversial question about the end of the American Civil War: should the United States have extended far greater punishment to Confederates to avoid the forthcoming horrific white southern counterrevolution against Reconstruction? While some did, many loyal citizens believed that excessive retribution violated the purpose of waging a war for Union, emancipation, and the preservation of self-government. With the slaveholding class destroyed and seemingly no longer a threat to national accord, future rebellions against federal authority seemed unlikely. Former Confederates realigning in the nation alongside formerly enslaved people, according to myriad white loyal citizens, contrasted the Union’s peaceful, moral restraint to a world governed by state-sponsored reprisals.
Conference papers on the topic "Southern Mallee"
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Chumakova, Anna, and Eugene Kobyliansky. "VARIABILITY OF MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN THE HIGHLY-INBREAD SOUTHERN SINAI'S BEDOUIN POPULATION (MALES AND FEMALES)." In XVI International interdisciplinary congress "Neuroscience for Medicine and Psychology". LLC MAKS Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.29003/m1334.sudak.ns2020-16/516-518.
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COSTA, Andrei Ferreira Nicolau, Eduardo Butturini DE CARVALHO, Pedro Paulo de Assis MOTTA, Lucas Baptista MOTTA, and Amanda da Silva ROCHA. "NOSOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DOGS SUBMITTED TO TPLO BY AN ORTHOPEDIC SERVICE IN THE STATE OF RJ, BRAZIL." In SOUTHERN BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 2021 INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. DR. D. SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.48141/sbjchem.21scon.39_abstract_rocha.pdf.
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Cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs causes knee instability. It is one of the main causes of pelvic limb lameness in this species. There are several techniques for surgical treatment, and TPLO – tibial plateau leveling osteotomy aims to change the biomechanics of the knees in an attempt to better distribute the forces and generate dynamic stability in the joint. Still, little epidemiological data about dogs submitted to TPLO has been published. This retrospective study investigated nosological and epidemiological characteristics of 76 dogs submitted to this technique performed by a private orthopedic service in two cities in the state of Rio de Janeiro over fourteen months. The mean time between diagnosis and surgery was 23 days (median nine days). The mean age of the dogs was 73±43 months, and there were no differences between males and females. Approximately 10,5% of dogs had contralateral ligament rupture. Most animals were spayed or neutered (66,66% vs. 33,33%, p=0,02). There were no transpiratory complications in 89,6% of patients, and 79,2% had no postoperative complications. Exploratory arthrotomy was the most performed associated surgery technique (61% of patients). It is believed that studies like this allow a better understanding of this rupture and its treatment options, providing a better quality of life for affected dogs.
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LOREDO NETO, Francisco Antonio, Gabriela Santos FREITAS, Raquel Varella SERAPIÃO, Leticia Patrão GOMES, and Thiago Luiz Pereira MARQUES. "ANALYSIS OF THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF BULLS OF THE TABAPUÃ BREED." In SOUTHERN BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 2021 INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. DR. D. SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.48141/sbjchem.21scon.43_abstract_loredo.pdf.
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Beef cattle is one of the main sectors that drive the national economy, given the great generation of employment, presence in the consumer market, and exports. Among the various services generated, technical assistance to producers stands out, who work in several areas and, especially reproduction, which is a great ally to bovine production, because through it it is possible to monetize the creation with the use of reproducers with high fertility potential boosting livestock productivity. Therefore, the andrological evaluation in the sires is an important factor in selecting superior animals, seeking to improve the fertility of the herd. The present study aimed to analyze the sexual behavior of bulls of the Tabapuã breed, through the libido test, as part of the andrological examination. Ten young bulls of the Tabapuã breed were used, aged between 24-43 months, with an average weight of 375kg, without sexual experience. The libido test was performed from the contact of males with females in estrus and out of estrus to assess sexual interest. It was observed that half of the animals were classified with low libido (50%) and the other part with medium (30%) and high (20%) libido. In addition, it was observed that the most frequent sexual events were the identification of estrus. Finally, given the results of animals classified with low libido, it is suggested that sexual inexperience is correlated, and it is recommended to insert these cattle with high libido bulls so that they can observe the behaviors and gain experience.
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Silva, Taís Lorrane Mendes, Júlia Maria Orsini Zava, Bruna Chociai dos Santos, and Helenton Cristhian Barrena. "Hospitalizations for meningococcal infection in the southern region of Brazil: epidemiologic characterizations and prevalent serotypes." In XIII Congresso Paulista de Neurologia. Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicação, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/1516-3180.361.
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Introduction: Meningococcal disease occurs due to infection by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, which is classified according to serogroups. Objective: To survey the profile of hospitalizations and prevalent serogroups of meningococcal infection in the southern region of Brazil. Design and Setting: Is an observational, cross-sectional study using public use data. Methods: The data were taken from the DATASUS, in the year 2020, in states of Paraná (PR), Santa Catarina (SC), and Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Results: In 2020 there were 139 hospitalizations, 76 in RS, 38 in PR and 25 in SC. In RS the most affected age group was 70- 79 years, in PR 60-69 and in SC 30-39. In all states, the male sex had the highest number of hospitalizations. The prevalence of serogroups in RS were B and Y, in PR B and C 1 and in SC, B. The category of ‘’Ignored/Blank’’ stands out in all regions. Conclusion: The highest number of hospitalizations was in RS and in male patients over 30 years old. The large number of serotypes filled in as ignored/blank denotes inadequate data updating, reinforcing the need for regular training for health professionals, so that the filled out data will allow a better configuration of the disease and implementation of public health measures.
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SAMAN, Thiago Abreu, Isabelle Medeiros RODRIGUES, and Mário dos Santos FILHO. "THE EVOLUTION OF CATARACT IN A DOG WITH TYPE I DIABETES - CASE REPORT." In SOUTHERN BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 2021 INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. DR. D. SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.48141/sbjchem.21scon.46_abstract_saman.pdf.
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Diabetes Mellitus is one of the endocrine diseases that most affect dogs in Brazil and worldwide. It is characterized by a chronic metabolic disorder, where the ability to respond or produce the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in the abnormal activity of carbohydrate metabolism, coursing with hyperglycemia and glucosuria. The signs of 4P's (polyuria, polyphagia, polydipsia, and weight loss) are classic in this disease. As Diabetes Mellitus progresses, complications such as cataracts, retinopathy, and metabolic ketoacidosis may occur. Cataract is one of the most frequent complications in diabetic and early-onset dogs. It has a rapid development, as the lens has high permeability to glucose, converting it into fructose and sorbitol, which, as they are sugars with osmotic potential, can attract water, causing lens edema. The definitive treatment for cataract is surgical, with phacoemulsification being the most used technique. A canine male, Shih-tzu, weighing 5 kg, 06 months old, and not neutered, was treated at the private veterinary clinic in the city of Nilópolis. The patient had polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, weight loss and was prostrate most of the time. The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus was confirmed and a protocol was started with the use of Insulin NPH for human use. In addition, a diet was performed with the consumption of food for weight control, glycemic, and drug treatment. After six months of DM treatment, the dog presented bilateral lens opacity (crystalline), confirming a diagnosis of cataract secondary to diabetes, and underwent phacoemulsification surgery on the left eye. With the good postsurgical evolution, the doses of the prescribed medications were gradually reduced until the animal recovered completely. The present work aims to report the clinical case, atypical, of a young dog, with type I DM, with cataract manifestation after six months of diagnosis.
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Shurrab, Farah, Hadeel Al-Jighefee, Salma Younes, Duaa Al-Sadeq, Asmaa Althani, Hadi Yassine, Mohamed Syed, Ahmed AlNuami, Hamda Qotba, and Gheyath Nasrallah. "Seroprevalence of SARS-Cov2 in Qatar: A Longitudinal Epidemiological study." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2020.0292.
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In Qatar, the first COVID-19 cases were reported on the 29th of February 2020, and the numbers increased dramatically within few months. Primary Health Care Corporation in collaboration with Qatar University’s Biomedical Research Centre initiated a three-phase longitudinal epidemiological study to obtain precise estimates of point and period prevalence by age, gender and nationality. The first phase of the study is done and included 2084 individuals. The results showed that the overall prevalence was 11.1%. However, the point prevalence and the period prevalence of SARS-CoV2 was 1.6 and 9.5 % resp. IgG prevalence was higher amongst 18-39- year old (10 %) and ≥ 60 (11.9 %), and higher in males (11.6 %) compared with females (6.2 %), and higher incidences were reported among Highest amongst North African (10.9 %) and Southern Asian (15.1 %) nationalities.
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Otávio Oliveira Capelari, Luis, and André Luis Schwerz. "O Perfil Socioeconômico dos Concluintes de Computação do Sul do Brasil." In Computer on the Beach. São José: Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.14210/cotb.v12.p133-140.
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Arguably, the computing has become one of the most importantareas in the world, demanding more and more skilled labor. In thisdirection, higher education plays an important role in the trainingof professionals that supply the market demand. To measurethe education quality of these professionals, the Enade evaluatesthe undergraduate’s performance from all higher education institutionsin Brazil. However, only a few studies have explored theinformation provided by the exam and its surveys. Based on the2017 Enade edition, this paper identifies the socio-economic profilesof undergraduate candidates in several computing courses inthe southern region of Brazil. As results, we found out that thecomputing student socio-economic profile consists of white people,male, between 18 and 26 years old and family income of 3 to 6minimum wages. Also, most students have no scholarship, theirparents attended up until high school, the high school completedin public school, and study in the night shift of private institutions.This work summarizes student’s profiles, enabling managers ineducation to introduce new policies to improve higher education.
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Sanocki, E., D. T. Lindsey, S. Deeb, and A. Motulsky. "Deuteranomalous trichromacy in a subject revealing only an L-cone pigment gene." In OSA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.: Optica Publishing Group, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oam.1990.fm4.
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A 19-year-old male was shown to have a deutan defect when he was examined with the FM-100 hue test (186 errors). The subject's performance on the Nagel anomaloscope was consistent with that of a person with deuteranomalous trichromacy: His match point was broad and shifted towards the green end of the red/green scale (10-40). However, southern blot analysis of the subject's DNA by means of probes for the X-linked photopigment genes revealed an absence of the restriction fragments characteristic of M-cone pigment genes. By this analysis, the subject should have deuteranopia. The differences between the psychophysical and molecular genetic results cannot be accounted for by rod intrusion into the subject's color matches: The quantal match predicted by rod and L-cone pigments falls outside the subject's anomaloscope match range. These results suggest that there are M-cone photopigment genes that are missed by conventional molecular genetic analysis.
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Tessaro, Camila Lorenzini, Renata Dal-Prá Ducci, Cláudia Suemi Kamoi Kay, Otto Jesus Hernandez Fustes, Lineu César Werneck, Paulo José Lorenzoni, and Rosana Hermínia Scola. "Clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of the peripheral polyneuropathies from a single specialized center in the Southern Brazil." In XIII Congresso Paulista de Neurologia. Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicação, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/1516-3180.359.
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Background: The peripheral polyneuropathies have etiological heterogeneity, with more than a hundred known causes. In addition, they have a lack of information related to their epidemiology. Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of each etiology of polyneuropathy in a single specialized center from Southern Brazil and to correlate main clinical manifestations and electrophysiological aspects. Design and setting: Observational cross-sectional study. Neuromuscular disorder center from a tertiary service. Methods: This study comprised individuals with electrodiagnostic tests compatible with polyneuropathy from a neuromuscular disorder center. Selected patients were those who underwent nerve conduction studies between 2008 and 2017. Through analysis of medical records, polyneuropathies were classified according to etiology and neurophysiological aspect. Results: The sample population consisted of 380 patients who has a male predominance (59.5%), with a median age of 43 years (26-57). The main etiologies were inflammatory (23.7%), hereditary (18.9%), idiopathic (13.7%), multifactorial (11.1%) and diabetes (10.8%). The main electrophysiological patterns were Axonal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy (36.1%) and Demyelinating- Axonal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy (27.9%). Idiopathic, diabetic, and multifactorial polyneuropathies had predominantly axonal pattern, while inflammatory and hereditary polyneuropathies had mainly demyelinating pattern. Conclusions: The frequency of inflammatory etiology was higher than previously described and frequency of diabetic polyneuropathy was lower. There may be a change in epidemiology of polyneuropathy in specialized centers, with a tendency to decrease idiopathic polyneuropathy. Electrodiagnostic testing is useful for etiological diagnosis since electrophysiological patterns correlate with specific etiologies.
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Martínez de Guereñu, Laura. "Letter from the Basses-Pyrénnées: An Unintended Trigger for a Site Exchange." In LC2015 - Le Corbusier, 50 years later. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/lc2015.2015.915.
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Abstract: The contents of an unpublished letter (FLC I1-17-5), sent to Le Corbusier from the Basses-Pyrénées during the development of the Villa Ocampo project (1928), is the key to understanding the Swiss-French master’s particular response to the site at the end of the 1920s. Countess Adela Cuevas de Vera, who negotiated the project from Anglet, revealed the Côte Basque as an attractive new market and claimed Le Corbusier's presence there. Furthermore, she reminded him of the prevailing regionalism and the strong cultural identity of the place, as well as the fact that Robert Mallet-Stevens, a great competitor of his, had already embarked there. Whatever the content of this letter awakened in Le Corbusier, led him to submit a very similar version of the third Villa Meyer project (1925) (designed for Paris) to be built in Buenos Aires. This paper re-evaluates the reasons behind a site exchange between two Southern cities on different sides of the Atlantic, studying the role of the negotiation site in the design process; and reassesses Le Corbusier’s critical attitude towards regionalism, mapping out his relationship with a French region in which he never intervened. Through primary source research, this paper also recognizes that in architecture, rivalry, pride and ambition can quite often be authentic triggers for action. Resumen: El contenido de una carta inédita (FLC I1-17-5), enviada a Le Corbusier desde los Bajos Pirineos durante el desarrollo del proyecto de la Villa Ocampo (1928), es la clave para entender la muy particular respuesta al lugar del maestro suizo-francés a finales de los años 20. La Condesa Adela Cuevas de Vera, que negoció el proyecto desde Anglet, presentó a Le Corbusier la Côte Basque como un atractivo mercado, al tiempo que reclamó allí su presencia. Le habló del regionalismo imperante y de la fuerte identidad cultural del lugar, recordándole que Robert Mallet-Stevens, un gran competidor suyo, había desembarcado ya allí. La reacción a esta carta llevó a Le Corbusier a entregar un proyecto muy similar a la tercera versión del proyecto de la Villa Meyer (1925) (proyectado para París) para ser construido en Buenos Aires. Este artículo reevalúa las razones que pueden existir tras el intercambio de lugar entre dos ciudades del Sur situadas a los dos lados del Atlántico, estudiando para ello el papel que el lugar de negociación juega en el desarrollo de un proyecto; y reexamina la actitud crítica de Le Corbusier hacia el regionalismo, mapeando su relación con una región francesa en la que nunca intervino. A través de la investigación de fuentes primarias, este artículo muestra también cómo la rivalidad, el orgullo y la ambición pueden asimismo ser auténticos desencadenantes para la acción durante el desarrollo de un proyecto. Keywords: Site; negotiation; pragmatism; universalism; regionalism; dwelling. Palabras clave: Lugar; negociación; pragmatismo; universalidad; regionalismo; habitar. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/LC2015.2015.915
Reports on the topic "Southern Mallee"
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Child marriage briefing: Zambia. Population Council, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy19.1005.
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This brief provides an overview of child marriage as well as the particulars of child marriage in Zambia. This landlocked southern African nation is home to 10.9 million people, with 47 percent of its population under age 15. Zambia is one of the poorest countries in the world; nearly two out of three Zambians live on less than US$1 a day. The country’s economic growth was hindered by declining copper prices and a prolonged drought in the 1980s and 1990s. More recently, the AIDS epidemic has taken a devastating toll: 920,000 adults and children are living with HIV/AIDS, and 630,000 children have been orphaned because of the disease. Child marriage is widespread in Zambia, even though the legal age of marriage is 21 for both males and females. Customary law and practice discriminate against girls and women with respect to inheritance, property, and divorce rights. Domestic violence is a serious problem, with over half of married girls reporting ever experiencing physical violence and more than a third reporting abuse in the past year. Included in this brief are recommendations to promote later, chosen, and legal marriage.