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McDonald, Paul G. "Reproductive success, dimorphism and sex allocation in the brown falcon Falco berigora /." View thesis entry in Australian Digital Theses Program, 2003. http://thesis.anu.edu.au/public/adt-ANU20041111.100436/index.html.
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Clarke, M. Shayne. "Feathers: A Creative thesis." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2308.
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Feathers is a young adult novel about two knucklehead boys and a summer of mischief they share. Boots and Gopher, the two principal characters in Feathers, are twelve-year old boys who are fascinated by a loft of racing pigeons kept by a peculiar man living on the edge of their small town. The fascination leads them to steal a few pairs of pigeons in hopes of generating their own loft. Their plan is to release the adult pigeons back to the man's loft while Boots and Gopher keep the babies. In stealing the pigeons, they discover the man also houses falcons and hawks. Gopher becomes obsessed with falcons and begins a study of falconry. The obsession overrides better judgment and federal law, and the boys also steal a small kestrel falcon. They don't realize the gravity of the situation until a "wanted" poster is put up at the local feed store letting people know that a federal law has been broken. The story continues with the resolution of this conflict and the relationship that is developed between the young men and the old falconer. It is a story about consequences of seemingly simple acts; it also explores relationships between the boys and their parents, and between the boys and an unlikely mentor.
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Leite, Patrícia Isabel Batista. "Falcoaria Real: processo de inclusão ao património cultural e imaterial da UNESCO." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/15911.
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A presente dissertação é apresentada em forma de um projeto, propondo-se elaborar o processo de candidatura da Falcoaria Real de Salvaterra de Magos à equipa de suporte da proposta UNESCO que credenciou a Falcoaria como Património Cultural e Imaterial da Humanidade.
Este projeto pretende construir o programa de inclusão e refletir sobre a pertinência de apresentar uma candidatura e como no caso português esse procedimento poderá implicar a inclusão da Falcoaria no inventário nacional; ABSTRACT:The present dissertation is presented as a project, in order to detail the application process of the Royal Falconry of Salvaterra de Magos to UNESCO’s support team, who qualified the Falconry as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
This project intends to create an inclusion program and to reflect on the pertinence of submitting an application and how, in the case of Portugal, this process could involve the inclusion of the Falconry in the national inventory.
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Buonvino, Mark. "A study of the falcon concentrator." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=67457.
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A Falcon model B6 was tested on a massive gold-copper sulphide ore (AgnicoEagleLaRonde Division, AELR), to assess its ability to produce a smeltable concentrate(200000 to 300000 g/t); a fine gold-pyrite-silica flotation tail (Meston Resources, MR)to assess the Falcon's ability to recover gold from a low density and very fine material;and a synthetic magnetite-silica ore to obtain more fundamental information on its modeof operation.For 20 kg of AELR's flotation concentrate fed at 20 to 30% solids at 20-30 l/min,the Falcon recovered 22 ± 3% of the gold at a grade of 900 g/t. It overloaded whenmore than 20 kg of material was processed and recovery dropped sharply.Samples of MR's flotation tails were processed with the Falcon. Three differentbowls (8, 10, 14 degree) were tested at two flowrates (10,20 L/min), and three densities(10,20,30 %w/w). None of theparameters were found significant for pyrite, but bowlangle and flowrate were found to be significant for gold. On average, the Falconrecovered 50% of the gold and 20% of the pyrite at a concentrate grade of 4.0 g/t goldin a weight yield of 10%.Three 3-level nested factorial experiments were performed with an artificial feedconsisting of silica and magnetite to study the effect of gangue particle size, bowl type,% solids, and flowrate. A typical loading cycle includes (i) the initial unselectivecreation of a first concentrate bed; (ii) more selective recovery as bed growth stops and(iii) saturation of the bed surface leading to a zero incremental recovery .A sythetic feed (5% magnetite, p5% silica) was used to characterize the Falcon'sloading cycle, its overload, and the effect of operating variables. Overload with thesynthetic feed was virtually complete upon feeding 30 kg, either at 20 or 30 L/min.Three 3-level nested factorial experiments showed that for a constant mass of thesynthetic feed, magnetite recovery increased with decreasing particle size and bowl angle.These effects masked the impact of feed flowratLe separateur Falcon est un nouvel appareil centrifuge qui a ere concu pourrecuperer de l'or fin « 53ILm). Cette etude visait a mieux comprendre sonfonctionnement.Un concentre de flottation de la mine Agnico-Eagle, Division LaRonde (75%de pyrite, 200 g/t d'or) a ere traite avec un separateur Falcon afin de produire unconcentre fusionable (200000 a 300000 g/t). Pour une masse traitee de 20 kg, lemeilleur rendement (recuperation d'or: 22 ± 3%; teneur du concentre: 900 g/t) a eteatteint aune densite de 20 a30 l/min, et un debit de 20 a 30 l/min al'alimentation.On a note qu'en augmentant la masse de 20 a80 kilogrammes, la recuperation d'ora diminue de facon tres marquee.On a effectue une deuxieme serie d'essais avec un rejet de flottation tres finde la mine Meston (60% de silice, 1% de pyrite, 1 g/t d'or) afin de reduire les pertesd'or du circuit de flottation. En moyenne, le Falcon a pu recuperer 50% de l'or desrejets, dans un concentre de 4 g/t qui pourrait etre cyanure.Une derniere serie d'essai a ete completee avec une alimentation synthetique(95% de silice et 5% de magnetite) afin de preciser le fonctionnement du Falcon etd'identifier le lien entre la recuperation et les conditions d'operation. Le bol a l'anglele plus aigu, 8°, en presence de la gangue fine, -75 ILm, a permis de maximiser larecuperation de magnetite. Plus precisement, la recuperation de magnetite etait pluselevee pour les tailles granulometrique tres fines « 50 ILm), moyenne pour les taillesgrossieres (+ 200 JLm), et faible pour le reste.On a identifie 3 etapes qui caracterisent le cycle de fonctionnement duseparateur: i) au debut du cyle, l'accumulation de solides contre la paroi du bol, etla formation d'une couche de concentre; ii) une phase de recuperation selective a lasurface de la premiere couche du concentre; iii) et la saturation ala surface vers lafin du cycle. fr
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Marsden, Amy. "Population studies of falcons using microsatellite DNA profiling." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395595.
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Schroer, Sara Asu. "On the wing : exploring human-bird relationships in falconry practice." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2014. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=225716.
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This thesis is concerned with the relationships that develop between humans, birds of prey, prey animals and their environments in the practice of falconry. Falconry is a hunting practice in which humans and birds of prey develop a hunting companionship through which they learn to hunt in cooperation. Described by falconers as a way of life, falconry practice and the relationship to their birds take on a crucial role in their everyday lives. The research is based on fieldwork carried out over a period of three years largely in the UK, with shorter fieldtrips to Germany and Italy. Falconry practice raises many interesting questions about human-animal sociality and identity formation. Through the practice falconers learn how to 'lure' a bird into a relationship, as birds of prey cannot be forced to hunt and cooperate. When hunting the abilities of birds of prey are seen to be superior to those of the human being who becomes – if skilful enough – an assisting hunting companion. The careful attention necessary to establish a bonded relationship between falconer and falconry bird demands practices particular to falconry and involves a highly complex set of knowledge practices and methods. The establishment of this relationship depends on a fine balance between independence and dependence as well as wildness and tameness of the falconry bird that cannot be understood through conceptualising notions of 'the wild' and 'the tame' (or 'the domesticated') as opposites. Rather, the becoming of falcons and falconers through the practice allows moments of transformation of beings that resist familiar categories. This study of falconry challenges an anthropocentric mode of anthropological inquiry as it demands to open up the traditional focus of anthropology to also include nonhuman animals and to consider meaning making, sociality and knowledge production as co-constituted through the activities of humans and nonhuman animals. I focus on the practices involved in taming, training and hunting with birds of prey as well as in domestic breeding, arguing that it is important to see both humans and birds as well as predator and prey as active participants in mutually constitutive learning relationships. Focussing on processes of emergence in both becoming falconers and becoming falconry birds I develop the notion of beings-in-the-making, in order to emphasise that humans and birds grow in relation to each other through the co-responsive engagement in which they are involved. I further show how humans and nonhuman animals relate to the environment within which they engage, in which movements and forces of the weather play a central role. I use the term weathering to refer to the ways the weather influences the movements of human and nonhuman animals as well as being a medium of perception in which they are immersed. The landscape and the sky above are here not to be understood as two separate spheres divided by an interface but rather as caught up in a continuous process of transformation in which the lay of the land and the currents of the air are co-constituted. Finally, I suggest the perspective of creaturely ways to describe a mode of sociality that is constituted beyond the purely human sphere of interaction and to show that the sense of identity and belonging of both falconers and birds is not delineated by a fixed species identity but rather emerges out of the experiences and relationships that each living being develops throughout its life. Creaturely ways thus involves a focus on questions of ontogeny rather than ontology, which is crucial for understanding the mutually constitutive processes of meaning making, becoming and knowing in which falconers and falconry birds are involved. Through exploring the complex relationships involved in falconry practice and the consideration of humans and birds as active participants within them, this thesis makes an original contribution to anthropological studies of human-animal relationships. It further contributes to the development of a notion of more-thanhuman sociality that reaches beyond the idea of the social as confined to members of the same species. Moreover, the study contributes to the anthropology of learning and enskilment through analysing processes of knowledge making in their constitutive influence on the development of human and nonhuman ways of becoming. It further contributes to studies on the perception of the environment through considering the practitioner's perception and experience of the weather and currents of the air as they interplay with the ground below. Finally, this study makes a contribution to the as yet little studied field of 'modern' hunting practices and suggests a more nuanced approach of understanding the relationships of predator and prey they involve.
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Siroonian, Jason. "Gay pornographic videos, the emergent Falcon formula." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0005/MQ43951.pdf.
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Siroonian, Jason. "Gay pornographic videos the emergent Falcon formula /." Thesis, Connect to this title online, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD%5F0005/MQ43951.pdf.
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Hedback, Sara. "Giovanni Falcone : l'uomo che cercò di combattere la mafia." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Italienska, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-3100.
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Kross, Sara Mae. "The efficacy of reintroducing the New Zealand falcon into the vineyards of Marlborough for pest control and falcon conservation." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6726.
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In our ever more populated world, the rapid expansion and intensification of agriculture is driving worldwide biodiversity loss, and the interactions between production landscapes and wildlife conservation are becoming increasingly important. Farming systems depend on ecosystem services such as biological control, while conservationists are calling for the establishment of conservation initiatives in non-preserve landscapes. Despite this, the goals of agriculture and the goals of predator-conservation are rarely mutual. Here, I demonstrate one of the first examples of a mutually beneficial scenario between agriculture and predator conservation. I used, as a case study, a reintroduction project that translocated individuals of the threatened New Zealand falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae) from the hills of Marlborough into vineyards, to determine if predators can survive within an agricultural landscape while simultaneously providing that landscape with biological control services.
Examples of vertebrates providing biological control to agriculture are rare. I show that the presence of falcons in vineyards caused an economically important reduction in grape damage worth over US $230/ ha. Falcon presence caused a 78- 83% reduction in the number of introduced European pest birds, which resulted in a 95% reduction in the damage caused by these species. Falcon presence did not cause a reduction in the abundance of the native silvereye
(Zosterops lateralis), but did halve the damage caused by this species.
To assess the conservation value of the falcon translocations, I used remote videography, direct observations and prey analysis to measure the behavioural changes associated with the relocation of falcons from their natural habitat in the hills and into vineyards. Falcons in vineyard nests had higher nest attendance, higher brooding rates, and higher feeding rates than falcons in hill nests. Additionally, parents in vineyard nests fed their chicks a greater amount of total prey and larger prey items compared to parents in hill nests. I also found an absence of any significant diet differences between falcons in hill and vineyard habitats, suggesting that the latter may be a suitable alternative habitat for falcons. Because reintroduced juvenile falcons were released in areas devoid of adult falcons, it was possible that they were missing essential training normally provided by their parents. I used direct observations to demonstrate that the presence of siblings had similar effects to the presence of parents on the development of juvenile behaviour, with individuals flying, hunting, and playing more often when conspecifics were present. Finally, through the use of artificial nests and remote videography, I identified that falcons nesting in vineyards are likely to suffer lower predation rates. I also found that falcons in vineyards are predated by a less dangerous suite of
animals (such as hedgehogs, Erinaceus europaeus, and avian predators), than their counterparts in the hills, which are predated by more voracious species (such as stoats, Mustela erminea, and feral cats, Felis catus). The work presented in this thesis has also added to the current knowledge of New Zealand falcon breeding behaviour, prey preferences, and behavioural development.
Although agricultural regions globally are rarely associated with raptor conservation, and the ability of raptors to control the pests of agricultural crops has not been previously quantified, these results suggest that translocating New Zealand falcons into vineyards has potential for both the conservation of this species, and for providing biological control services to agriculture
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Falcón, Muñoz Rosalía, and Villanueva Evelyn Riveros. "Análisis comparativo de las exportaciones de quinua de Perú y Bolivia, 2005 - 2010." Universidad de San Martín de Porres. Programa Cybertesis PERÚ, 2011. http://cybertesis.usmp.edu.pe/usmp/2011/falcon_ro/html/index-frames.html.
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La presente investigación ha sido realizada con el propósito de determinar los principales factores de éxito de las exportaciones de quinua tomando como referencia al mercado boliviano. Además se realizó un análisis comparativo de las exportaciones de quinua entre Perú y Bolivia desde el 2005 al 2010, determinando cuales han sido los factores de éxito que han ido influyendo en el crecimiento de las exportaciones, tomando como modelo al mercado boliviano, por tratarse del principal productor y exportador de quinua, encontrado como principales factores a la asociatividad y la promoción a las exportacionesThis research was conducted in order to identify key success factors quinoa exports by reference to the Bolivian market. We also carried out a comparative analysis of quinoa exports between Peru and Bolivia from 2005 to 2010, which have been the determining success factors that have been influencing the growth of exports, modeled on the Bolivian market, being the leading producer and exporter of quinoa, as main factors found to associativity and export promotion
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Joseph, Sunitha. "Chromosome evolution and genome reconstruction in falcon species." Thesis, University of Kent, 2017. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/65667/.
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Falcons and falconry have become an essential part of life in the Middle East since ancient times. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) itself, the number of trained falcons ranges from 8,000 to 10,000. Over the last five years, falcon racing, a traditional sport, has gained momentum in the UAE where captive falcons are competing for huge prizemoney. A proportion of the UAE economy goes into their care and conservation e.g. through establishing falcon hospitals with modern facilities for disease treatment and breeding as well as centers for diagnosis and research. Being the national bird of the UAE, any research on falcons is of significant interest for the country. Most of the world's falcon species are in decline. Moreover, Saker falcons are classified as 'endangered' according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. From the chromosomal perspective falcons are very interesting, as they represent birds that have undergone significant genome rearrangement compared to the "norm" of 2n=~80. 'Molecular cytogenomics' in birds includes karyotyping, cross species comparisons, nuclear organization, BAC mapping, physical mapping and telomeric DNA profiling. This thesis makes use of the above approaches to define chromosome evolution and genome organization in falcon species with the following results: Firstly, successful conventional characterization of the Saker, Peregrine and Gyr falcon karyotypes (2n=50-52) was achieved producing improved karyotypes and ideograms than those previously published. Comparative genomic analyses among these three species using molecular cytogenetic approaches revealed differences between Peregrine and the other two species, but none between Saker falcon and Gyrfalcon. Also, this study has supported upgrading the fragmented Saker genome assembly to chromosome level using a novel approach hitherto only published for the Peregrine falcon (and pigeon). Secondly, a comparison of genome-wide BAC-based studies and bioinformatic analysis Multiple Genomes Rearrangement Algorithm 2 (MGRA2) revealed the chromosomal changes (inter- and intra-) that led to the falcon lineage. Also, the present study established that common mechanisms of chromosomal fusion do not recur in two different groups of species with rearranged karyotypes (falcons and parrots). This thesis also provided an overview of the telomeric DNA profile in the three species of interest. It established that the highly rearranged karyotypes studied (plus those of the budgerigar and crocodile) do not appear to possess interstitial telomeres at evolutionary fusion points. Also, this study demonstrated the existence of megatelomeres in falcon species, their nature differing between the Peregrine and the other two species studied. Finally, this thesis produced the first detailed description of nuclear organization in a bird species (Peregrine falcon) other than the Galloanserae. Non-fused macro and microchromosomes behave the same way in chickens and falcons. This implies that the same general nuclear organization mechanisms are present in falcons as well as in chickens, ducks and turkeys whose last common ancestor existed around 89 million years ago. Most notably, fused microchromosomes in the Peregrine falcon retain the same nuclear organization pattern despite being fused to a larger chromosome. The findings from this study give insight into the basic nature of chromosome territory patterns in bird species with highly rearranged karyotypes. Overall, results presented in this thesis provide significant insight into genome organization and evolution in the Falco genus, revealing previously undetected levels of chromosomal synteny between three species important to the UAE. Results generated here have also made a significant contribution to the chromosome-level genome assembly of the Saker falcon, providing tools for further study of avian species both within and beyond the falcon group.
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Jenkins, Andrew Robert. "Behavioural ecology of Peregrine and Lanner falcons in South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16100.
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Bibliography: p. 88-94.The Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus is a specialized predator of birds. It occurs almost worldwide but is generally uncommon. In many areas, it is sympatric with one of a complex of similar, less specialized, congeneric species (subgenus Hierofalco, the desert falcons). Peregrine density and productivity tend to decrease with latitude, while desert falcons may be most successful in the tropics. This study compares the biology of Peregrines and sympatric Lanner Falcons F. biarmicus in South Africa, and examines the relative influence of resource limitation and interspecific competition with congeners on the natural regulation of Peregrine populations in tropical environments.
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So, Chintae. "Tethered falcon : the South Korean Air Force, 1946-1956." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1996. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/tethered-falcon--the-south-korean-air-force-19461956(46cc2ee7-d69c-43aa-9b61-9cb1be192785).html.
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Heshula, Unathi-Nkosi Lelethu Peter. "Induced plant responses of different Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) varieties to herbivory by Falconia intermedia (distant) (Hemiptera: Miridae)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015368.
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A highly variable invasive shrub, Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), has been notoriously difficult to control thus far despite a well established biological control programme in South Africa. A promising leaf-feeding biological control agent, Falconia intermedia (Distant) (Hemiptera: Miridae), released to control this invasive plant eventually crashed at three out of five sites in the Eastern Cape Province. In the Mpumalanga Province, after initially colonising and building up high numbers on the L. camara stands the agent populations crashed. Several reasons for these population crashes have been suggested, but induced plant defences have not been investigated. Although plants face the challenge of herbivory by various organisms while remaining immobile, some plants may possess the ability to induce physical and/or chemical defensive responses following feeding and thus prevent further plant tissue damage and loss. Laboratory trials were conducted to determine the existence, nature and effect of physical and chemical feeding-induced responses of L. camara on the performance of the leaf-feeding biological control agent, F. intermedia. Lantana camara plants used in the study were obtained from five localities in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, while the insect culture was established from field populations. Plants from all varieties on which F. intermedia was released significantly increased the toughness of their leaves compared to control treatment plants. In addition, plants from three localities: Lyndhurst Farm, East London and Port Alfred, significantly increased trichome density after prolonged feeding by F. intermedia. On the three varieties showing increases in these two factors (i.e. leaf toughness and trichome density), oviposition, survival and feeding damage by the mirid agent was significantly lower on previously damaged plants. A significant negative correlation between trichome density and population numbers was found (R²= 0.52, p < 0.0003), suggesting that an increase in trichome density strongly contributes to a reduction in F. intermedia's growth. The growth and reproduction of the resistant plants was not significantly impacted by F. intermedia feeding. The defensive responses were found to be plant systemic and rapidly induced as they were elicited and expressed throughout the plant in both damaged and undamaged leaves within five weeks after insect release. Leaf toughness and trichome density were not significantly increased after feeding on plants from Whitney Farm and Heather Glen Farm. On the contrary, mirid individuals performed significantly better on plants from Whitney Farm and Heather Glen Farm than on plants of other varieties, indicating their susceptibility and suitability to the agent and the lack of induced resistance against the agent. Plants from all localities besides East London showed some level of tolerance and overcompensated for feeding damage by increasing plant growth and reproductive factors on plants fed upon. This was however only significant in two variables of the more susceptible localities, Whitney Farm and Heather Glen Farm. This increase in plant fitness did however indicate an induced defence response by these plants to feeding, a response designed to lessen the effects of agent feeding. Headspace volatile analysis was used to investigate any volatile chemical responses by L. camara due to F. intermedia feeding at two of the five localities chosen: East London and Whitney Farm. There was no significant difference in headspace volatiles emitted by leaves of plants from the East London insect infested and control treatment plants. On the Whitney Farm damaged plants however there was a 2.5 fold increase in the emission intensity of one of the three main compounds, later identified as Beta-caryophyllene. Three major chemical constituents which were found to be common to leaf volatiles of the two varieties were identified through gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) from the damaged and undamaged leaves of these two varieties. The methods used in collecting leaf volatiles were shown to be significant in the strength of chromatogram peaks. Using general authentication methods and purified standards, one of these was identified as the sesquiterpene, Beta-caryophyllene (C₁₅H₂₄). This compound is one of the major constituents found in isolations of L. camara varieties worldwide. This is the first such work done on a variety of L. camara in South Africa, and hopefully the beginning of more in-depth studies of the volatile organic chemicals from the numerous naturalised varieties of L. camara. It is suggested that the sum of these responses may play a role bigger than is currently understood in this plant-insect relationship. It is also argued that feeding induced plant defences may play an important role in attempts to control alien plants using insect agents.
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Johnstone, Robin M. "Aspects of the population biology of tundra peregrine falcons, Falco peregrinus tundrius." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ27415.pdf.
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Gahbauer, Marcel A. "Breeding, dispersal and migration of urban Peregrine falcons in eastern North America." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32584.
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The recovery of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) in eastern North America is a great conservation success, but the largely new urban population that it has produced has received remarkably little study. Satellite telemetry, detailed monitoring of active nests, and a review of archived nesting data since the resumption of breeding in the east were used to characterize aspects of the ecology of this rebuilding population. The accuracy of small satellite transmitters was confirmed to be appropriate for tracking long-distance movements, and they were used to compare the dispersal and migration of 34 Peregrine Falcons. Adults from Alberta migrated farther than juveniles from eastern North America. Among the juveniles, those raised at natural nest sites or in rural habitat departed earlier, while males were much more likely to migrate long distances than females. Siblings varied considerably in their migratory strategies, and the one juvenile tracked over multiple years adapted his behaviour annually, suggesting that there are many factors involved in determining migratory movements in Peregrine Falcons, and that their relative importance may change with time. In Ontario, the Peregrine Falcon population has grown to a record size, initially due to an intense captive-breeding and release effort, and more recently to considerable immigration from adjacent states. This influx resulted in a substantial dilution of the original F.p. anatum gene pool, in part because anatum juveniles appear to have been recruited to the breeding population at a lower rate. The shift was also facilitated by a small number of immigrant adults producing a disproportionate percentage of the offLe rétablissement du Faucon pèlerin (Falco peregrinus) dans l'est de l'Amérique du Nord est un grand succès de conservation, mais la nouvelle population n'est pas bien connue. La télémétrie satellite, l'observation détaillée de nids en Ontario, et une analyse des données concernant les nids depuis le recommencement de la reproduction dans l'est de l'Amérique du Nord ont été utilisés pour caractériser des aspects de l'écologie de la population. L'exactitude des petits émetteurs satellites pour la documentation des grands mouvements a été vérifiée, et ils ont été utilisés afin de comparer la dispersion et la migration de 34 faucons pèlerins. Des adultes de l'Alberta ont entrepris des migrations plus longues que des juvéniles de l'est de l'Amérique du Nord. Parmi les juvéniles, ceux des nids naturels ou des sites ruraux sont partis plus tôt, et les mâles avaient tendance à se déplacer sur de plus grandes distances. Les frères et sœurs ont démontré des stratégies plutôt différentes concernant la migration, et le seul juvénile suivi pendant plusieurs années a changé sa stratégie à chaque fois, suggérant que plusieurs variables ont de l'influence sur le comportement migratoire des faucons pèlerins, et que l'importance relative de ces facteurs peut changer progressivement. En Ontario, la population du faucon pèlerin s'est agrandie à un niveau record, grâce à un programme vaste d'élevage en captivité, et plus récemment à l'immigration des individus des états contigus. L'arrivée de plusieurs adultes américains a causé une dilution de la composition génétique de la population qui était à l'origine entièrement de la s
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Siquela, Eduardo Armando. "Beneficiamento de finos de carvão por concentrador centrífugo - Falcon®." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/77759.
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O objetivo deste trabalho é de avaliar o desempenho do concentrador Falcon® no beneficiamento de finos de carvão. Para tal foi usada uma amostra de carvão ROM da mina LEÃO II. Nos ensaios foi usado o concentrador Falcon® modelo L40. As variáveis operacionais estudadas foram: a aceleração da centrífuga, a granulometria da alimentação e a pressão da água de fluidização. Para todos os ensaios realizados na faixa granulométrica -0,25mm as taxas de rejeição de enxofre variaram entre 42,55% e 69,51%, e a recuperação da matéria orgânica variou entre 65,79% e 95,85%. Na faixa granulométrica de -0,5+0,25mm o valor mínimo da rejeição de enxofre total foi de 53,63% e o máximo de 75,22%. A recuperação de matéria orgânica variou entre 57,77% e 90,86%. Já a rejeição de cinzas mostra as taxas mais baixas para a faixa granulométrica-0,25mm, que varia entre 11,78% a 46,87%, comparada à faixa granulométrica de -0,5+0,25mm que apresenta valores entre 29,98% e 60,42%. Em geral o processo mostrou-se mais eficiente quando operado com valores baixos de aceleração (78G), e pressão de água relativamente baixa (entre 4 e 8Psi).This study aims to evaluate the performance of the Falcon® concentrator in beneficiation of fine coal. A sample from LEAO II ROM and a L40 Falcon® concentrator was used for all tests. Operating variables studied were: G forces, the feed particle size and the water backpressure. For the tests performed with samples of -0.25mm particle size, sulfur rejection rates ranged from 42.55% to 69.51%, and the coal recovery ranged from 65.79% to 95.85%. In the -0.5+0.25mm size fraction the minimum value of total sulfur rejection was 53.63% and a maximum of 75.22%. The recovery of organic matter ranged from 57.77% to 90.86%. The ash rejection shows the lowest rates for the -0.25mm particle size, ranging from 11.78% to 46.87%, compared to -0.5+0.25mm size fraction which has values between 29.98 % and 60.42%. In general the process was more efficient when operated at low values of G-Force (78G), and low water pressure (4 and 8Psi).
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Eastham, Christopher Paul. "Morphological studies of taxonomy of the saker (Falco cherrug - Gray 1833) and closely allied species." Thesis, University of Kent, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314277.
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Trutor, Clayton J. "" Major League City": Atlanta, Professional Sports, and the Making of a Sunbelt Metropolis, 1961-1976." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108212.
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Thesis advisor: Marilynn JohnsonThis dissertation is a study of how the pursuit, advent, and popular response to professional sports in Atlanta both shaped and reflected the region’s evolving political and consumer culture during the 1960s and 1970s. It examines the concerted effort by municipal elites during this time period to acquire professional sports franchises for their city and its environs. Atlanta’s leadership succeeded at luring four major professional sports franchises to Atlanta in a six-year period (1966-1972) by securing significant public and private investments in two playing facilities in the Central Business District (CBD). Scholars of the economic history of professional sports describe the increasing geographic mobility of the major leagues in the post-World War II era as “franchise free agency.” Atlanta took advantage of this expanding market by making civic investments in two playing venues as a means of attracting franchises. This dissertation analyzes how the emerging metropolis’ negotiation of “franchise free agency” reshaped the culture, public policy, and urban planning of Atlanta. It shows how Atlanta provided a model employed by future Sunbelt cities as they pursued professional teams of their own, often luring clubs from Rust Belt cities with similarly lucrative offers of public support. This dissertation proceeds to analyze the response to professional sports in Metropolitan Atlanta in the decade after it achieved major league status. The city’s elites assumed that residents would embrace the teams and transform their tony playing facilities into twin focal points of leisure and communal pride. Instead, Atlantans from all of the region’s racial, socio-economic, and residential clusters responded apathetically to the teams. The collective shrug with which Atlantans reacted to their new franchises demonstrated the growing cultural divergence which characterized life in the booming Sunbelt center over the course of the 1960s and 1970s. In subsequent decades, civic elites in other rapidly growing Sunbelt centers believed, like their predecessors in Atlanta, that municipal investments in professional sports would provide their communities with a wellspring of unity and prestige. Residents of these metropolitan areas responded to their new stadiums and teams in the 1980s and 1990s with an apathy similar to that of Atlantans toward their teams during the 1960s and 1970s
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2018
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: History
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Carlzon, Linnéa, and Amanda Karlsson. "Extreme weather affects the peregrine falcon’s (Falco peregrinus tundrius) breeding success on South Greenland." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-35160.
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In order to understand the effects of climate change on the peregrine’s future prospects, we investigated the relationship between weather variables (extreme weather) and breeding success parameters for the peregrine in South Greenland. We defined two variables for comparison with weather data: young per known territory and nest success, i.e. proportion of known sites producing young, for each monitored year (N = 33). Weather data were obtained from two weather stations in the study area. From the weather data four extreme predictor variables were calculated: extreme low temperature, extreme precipitation, consecutive rainy days and total days with extreme weather. Peregrine breeding success (both parameters) was correlated negatively with number of days with extreme weather; the strongest correlation found was between total days in the season with extreme weather and breeding success. Low temperature and total days with extreme weather during the pre-laying and incubation period were also significantly negatively correlated with breeding success. Thereby, extreme weather is an important factor in explaining the peregrine’s breeding success. However, other factors also influence the breeding success, in the last few years there has been a strong downward trend but not an increase of extreme weather events during the same period.Den globala uppvärmningen påverkar Arktis klimat vilket orsakar en snabbt föränderlig miljö för den Arktiska biotan. Effekten av klimatförändringarna är ökade väder variationer och extremer. Pilgrimsfalken är en väl studerad toppredator men få studier har undersökt hur extremt väder påverkar pilgrimsfalkens häckningsframgång i arktiska miljöer. Därför undersöker vi förhållandet mellan extrema väder och häckningsframgången för pilgrimsfalken på södra Grönland. Vi har i denna studie använt data om pilgrimsfalkens häckningsframgång på södra Grönland som sträcker sig från år 1981 och fram till 2015. Väderdata som använts för att kalkylera variablerna: extrem temperatur, extremt regn, regndagar i följd och totalt antal dagar med extremt väder har erhållits från två väderstationer inom studieområdet. Häckningssäsongen analyserades i sin helhet samt delades in i perioderna: “innan äggläggnings-”, “ruvnings-” och “ungar-i-boet-perioden”, vilka korrelerades mot vädervariablerna. Vi fann att dagar med extremt väder påverkar pilgrimsfalkens häckningsframgång negativt under hela säsongen samt under perioderna “innan äggläggning” och “ruvning”. Extrema väderhändelser kan alltså förklara variationer i häckningsframgången för pilgrimsfalken på södra Grönland. Resultatet indikerar även att andra faktorer påverkar häckningsframgången då det finns en stark nedåtgående trend i pilgrimsfalkens häckningsframgång men inte en ökning av extrema väderhändelser under samma period.
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Черниш, Д. І., and О. А. Мельникова. "Використання алгоритмів приведення базису решітки при атаках на алгоритм ЕЦП FALCON." Thesis, НТУ «ХПІ», 2020. http://openarchive.nure.ua/handle/document/14286.
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Метою доповіді є аналіз відомих алгоритмів приведення базису решітки таких як Slide та різні модифікації алгоритму BKZ. Розгляд можливості використання цих алгоритмів для реалізації атак на ЕЦП FALCON. В доповіді наводяться характеристики та принцип роботи самих ефективних алгоритмів приведення базису решітки а саме Self-dual BKZ та Slide.
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Mellor, Gordon T. "Falconry in Britain between 1750 and 1927 : the survival, organisation and development of the sport." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4202.
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Stein, Gary. "FALCONET force-feedback approach for learning from coaching and observation using natural and experiential training /." Doctoral diss., Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002746.
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Stephenson, Alan. "Ecology and breeding biology of Lanner Falcons in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005352.
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Lanner Falcons Falco biarmicus are the commonest large falcons in Africa and this study in the coastal area of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa investigated their ecology from 1984 to 2000. Lanners have recently been categorised as near-threatened and this study was initiated to ascertain if the population was stable. Breeding success of a small population, in different habitat types, was monitored intensively from 1997 to 2000, and the factors that inhibited breeding were investigated. The earliest onset of incubation was 17 July and the latest 16 August, with 2.2 young fledged per breeding pair over the four-year period. Incubation lasted 32 days and young fledged after 42-45 days. All nest sites were on cliffs with a mean height of 114 m, a mean vertical face of 53 m; 45% of the nests were in ravens’ nests. The aspect of cliff sites also influenced breeding success. Radio tracking was used to determine home range, habitat use and hunting methods, with prey species identified. Home ranges were between 66 km² and 249 km². Preferred prey was domestic chickens, pigeons and small birds during the breeding season. Foraging ranges were smaller in intensively cultivated areas with seed crops. Data obtained from ringing returns showed that no long distance movements occurred in this region, but two juveniles dispersed 152 km and 127 km. Conservation aspects with possible threats to Lanner Falcons such as poisons, electrocutions and direct persecution are discussed with some recommendations made for future research. Evidence from this study indicates that Lanner breeding success is not limited by nest site availability, but by rainfall timing and prey availability. Lanners foraged more in open areas than areas with tall vegetation, and benefited from intensive agriculture. This population appeared to be healthy and in no danger of declining in the near future.
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McDonald, Paul, and Paul McDonald@latrobe edu au. "Reproductive success, dimorphism and sex allocation in the brown falcon Falco berigora." The Australian National University. Faculty of Science, 2003. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20041111.100436.
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This project describes various aspects of the breeding ecology and behaviour of the brown falcon Falco berigora, a common but poorly study Australian raptor. In particular it examines (a) the main influences on reproductive success; (b) tests predictions of theories proposed to explain the evolution and maintenance of sexual size dimorphism (RSD; females the larger sex) in raptors; and (c) investigates sex allocation patterns in the light of current sex ratio and parental investment theory. The study was conducted between July 1999 and June 2002 approximately 35 km southwest of Melbourne, at the Western Treatment Plant (WTP), Werribee (38°0S 144°34E) and surrounds, a total area of approximately 150 km2.¶
· In all plumage and bare part colouration of 160 free-flying falcons was described. The majority of variation in these characters could be attributed to distinct age and/or sex differences as opposed to previously described colour morphs.¶
· Nestling chronology and development is described and formulae based on wing length derived for determining nestling age. An accurate field-based test for determining nestling sex at banding age is also presented.¶
· Strong sex role differentiation was apparent during breeding; typical of falcons females performed most parental duties whilst males predominantly hunted for their brood and partner. Based on observations of marked individuals, both sexes of brown falcons aggressively defended mutual territories throughout the year, with just 10% of each sex changing territories during the entire study period. Males performed territorial displays more frequently than females, the latter rarely displaying alone.¶
· The diet of the population as a whole was very broad, but within pairs both sexes predominantly specialised on either lagomorphs, small ground prey (e.g. house mice Mus musculus), small birds, large birds or reptiles, according to availability.¶
· Reproductive parameters such as clutch size and the duration of parental care were constant across all years, however marked annual differences in brood size and the proportion of pairs breeding were evident.¶
· Age was an important influence upon reproductive success and survival, with immature birds inferior to adults in both areas. However, interannual differences were by far the most influential factor on breeding success and female survival. Heavy rain downpours were implicated as the main determinant of reproductive success and adult female mortality in a population largely devoid of predation or human interference.¶
· Female-female competition for territorial vacancies was intense; larger adult females were more likely to be recruited and once breeding fledged more offspring. In contrast, male recruitment and breeding success was unrelated to either body size or condition indices, although smaller immature males were more likely to survive to the next breeding season. This directional selection is consistent only with the predictions of the intrasexual competition hypothesis.¶
· Despite marked RSD (males c. 75% of female body mass), throughout the nestling phase female nestlings did not require greater quantities of food than their male siblings. However, female parents fed their last-hatched sons but not daughters, resulting in the complete mortality of all last-hatched female offspring in focal nests. Given last-hatched nestlings suffered markedly reduced growth rates and female, but not male, body size is important in determining recruitment patterns, the biased allocation amongst last-hatched offspring is likely to reflect differing benefits associated with investing in small members of each sex, consistent with broad-scale Trivers-Willard effects. Recruitment patterns support this, with surviving last-hatched females, in contrast to males, unable to gain recruitment into the breeding population upon their return to the study site.¶
Thus selection appears to act at the nestling, immature and adult stages to maintain RSD in the focal population. Larger females were favoured in the nestling phase, at recruitment and once breeding had greater reproductive success. In contrast, selection favoured a reduction or maintenance of immature male size as smaller birds had a greater chance of survival in the year following recruitment than their larger counterparts; thereafter male size was unimportant. Together, this directional selection favouring increased female competitive ability is consistent only with the predictions of the intrasexual competition hypothesis, which appears the most probable in explaining the maintenance and perhaps evolution of RSD in raptors.
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McMaster, Don. "Flight of the falcon : the Sikh Panth : a claim for national identity /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm16668.pdf.
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Ruddock, Marc. "Housewives' planning : Population ecology, predation and prey selection in the peregrine falcon." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.479323.
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GREER, AMANDA LOUISE. "RAPTOR AND RAPTURE: KING JAMES IV OF SCOTLAND WITH A PEREGRINE FALCON." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612983.
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During the 1400s and 1500s, noblemen and noblewoman were expected to participate in falconry. Therefore, I was surprised to discover that there was hardly anything written about the ca. 1500 portrait of James IV of Scotland with a Peregrine falcon, extant only in a copy by Daniel Mytens in 1620-1636. What was written was limited to issues of style and attribution of the copy painted by Mytens. There was nothing at all about the falcon or falconry implements represented in the portrait. To understand the function of this portrait, I considered the material culture and physical practices of falconry, the specific habits and characteristics of the falcon, symbolism of falconry in courtly love poetry, the history and culture of animals, the history and economic state of Scotland, and the actual expenses of the practice as recorded in court documents. I argue that the original watercolor portrait of James IV of Scotland with a Peregrine falcon functioned as a marriage portrait. Specifically, the relationship between James and his female falcon in the portrait served to promise a relationship of mutual trust, respect and loyalty between James and his bride-to-be in the future.
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Cammarota, George V. "In search of the dingus a geographic approach to The maltese falcon /." 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:1464417.
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Angenvoort, Joke Henriette [Verfasser]. "West Nile virus: Vaccination and pathogenesis studies in large falcons and mice / Joke Henriette Angenvoort." Hannover : Bibliothek der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1124560904/34.
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Ngxande-Koza, Samella W. "Chemical composition of leaf essential oils of Lantana camara varieties in South Africa and their effect on the behavioural preference of Falconia intermedia." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/4877.
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Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) is one the most problematic invaders in South Africa invading forest edges, sand dunes, and shorelines by forming impenetrable thickets. Lantana camara invasions degrade natural biodiversity, reduce the value of land and consequently it has been a target for biological control, over the last 50 years in South Africa. Studies that have reported on chemical profile of Lantana camara have been conducted around the world but not in South Africa. Hence, the first aim of the current study was to identify the chemical baseline of L. camara varieties in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Recent studies have shown that feeding by one of the agents released against L. camara, Falconia intermedia (Distant) (Hemiptera: Miridae), induces anti-herbivory response through increased leaf toughness and trichome density. A preliminary study conducted also reported the production of volatile chemicals by one variety, Whitney Farm, due to feeding by the mirids. Therefore, the second aim was to determine the induced changes in chemical compounds of L. camara varieties after feeding by F. intermedia. A third aim was to determine the effect these chemical compounds have on the behaviour of F. intermedia. To identify the chemical baseline of L. camara varieties, the essential oils of four L. camara varieties (East London, Port Alfred, Whitney Farm and Heather Glen) were analysed using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and that resulted to the identification of 163 constitutive and 75 induced chemicals across the varieties tested. Lantana camara varieties showed different chemical classes but were highly dominated by terpenes. A great variation in the number of constitutive chemical compounds was found in all the varieties. There were 56 constitutive chemical compounds in the Whitney Farm variety, 41 in the East London variety, 36 in the Heather Glen variety and 30 in the Port Alfred variety. The Whitney Farm variety had the highest number (22) of unique constitutive chemicals identified when compared with other varieties. This indicates the chemical distinctiveness of the Whitney Farm variety from the other varieties. In the varieties tested, there were common chemical compounds identified in constitutive and induced (discussed below) states of the plants such as caryophyllene, hexane, naphthalene, copaene and a-caryophyllene. Besides naphthalene, the majority of chemical compounds in South African L. camara varieties were similar to compounds that have been identified across the world, suggesting that they are closely related. The expression of naphthalene in these varieties may be due to changes in the chemicals expressed over evolutionary time as predicted by the Novel Weapons Hypothesis. Amongst the varieties, a great variation in chemical compounds and their concentrations was shown in the induced states of the plants. The concentration of constitutive caryophyllene ranged from (3.13 - 15.7) %, to (4.02 - 11.10) % after feeding. The concentration of constitutive hexane ranged from (6.13 - 71.19) %, to (33.3 - 75.8) % after feeding. The concentration of constitutive naphthalene ranged from (0.21 - 4.79) %, to (0.92 - 2.11) % after feeding. The concentration of constitutive copaene ranged from (0.57 - 1.57) %, to (1.20 - 2.72) %. Lastly, the concentration of constitutive a-caryophyllene ranged from (1.18 - 9.03) %, to (0.78 - 5.48) % after feeding. The changes in chemical concentrations in lantana varieties indicated that feeding by the mirid on L. camara varieties causes an induction by either reducing or increasing the chemical concentrations. To determine the effect of the identified compounds on the behaviour of F. intermedia adults, olfactometer bioassays were conducted using a Y-tube technique. A significantly higher proportion of F. intermedia were attracted to undamaged leaves over damaged leaves and purified air. Undamaged leaves attracted 52 % of F. intermedia from the East London variety, 62.5 % from the Port Alfred variety, 56 % from the Whitney Farm variety, 58 % from the Lyndhurst variety and 54.5 % from the Heather Glen variety in dual choice trials versus damaged leaves. Furthermore, a significantly higher proportion of F. intermedia were attracted to damaged leaves over purified air. Damaged leaves attracted 67 % of F. intermedia from the East London variety, 67 % from the Port Alfred variety, 65.9 % from the Whitney Farm variety, 65.3 % from the Heather Glen variety and 64.5 % from the Lyndhurst variety. Olfactometer bioassays were also conducted using purified standard compounds of four chemical compounds identified from essential oils, hexane was used as a positive control as it is reported to be an insect attractant in literature. Hexane was highly attractive to the mirids compared to three standard compounds caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide and naphthalene at the rate of 80 %, 73 % and 80 %, respectively. The standard compounds tested against F. intermedia are major compounds contained by L. camara varieties and they have proven to have a repellent effect. This may indicate that after feeding by F. intermedia, the major compounds expressed by the plant varieties repel F. intermedia contributing to the invasiveness of this weed. The increased expression of hexane and caryophyllene after feeding may also indicate increased attraction to some insects, opening up the potential for third trophic level interactions in varieties where this is the case. This is the first study on the chemical composition of essential oils of L. camara in South Africa. Therefore, we recommend that where appropriate chemical profile studies of the invasive alien plants should be considered during host specificity testing, and the vital role of chemical compounds on agent-weed interactions must be taken into consideration with other factors before and after the biological control agents are released.
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Rowe, Paul S. "Heeding the falcon, a new look at pivotal regionalisms in the Middle East." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq24907.pdf.
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Janchivlamdan, Choikhand. "Scalar dimensions of environmental governance : conservation, trade and the Saker Falcon in Mongolia." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37238.
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The central Mongolian steppe has become a globally significant site of endangered and migratory wild Saker Falcon conservation. The economic value of the Mongolian wild Saker Falcon has grown substantially in the Arabic falconry market. Maintaining the viable population size of the wild Saker Falcon is vital to Mongolia’s state revenue and to reverse prospects of the falcon’s global extinction. A key task is to deal with unsustainable harvesting and unregulated trade, and to support the Saker Falcon’s core breeding ground in the context of conservation. In order to fulfil these tasks, an artificial nest project has been launched by the International Wildlife Consultants (IWC) UK, in collaboration with the Ministry of Nature, Environment, and Tourism, Mongolia, through funding provided by the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD), UAE. This initiative has raised hopes for Saker Falcon conservation and governance, improving the trade and harvesting practice at the local level. Examining the fortunes of wild Saker Falcon conservation and trade processes across different scalar dimensions in this study involved a primary assessment of conservation progress and development; in doing so, major governance challenges were identified. The study also highlights the challenges of the sustainable use concept as a management strategy for endangered and migratory species. A second finding is that endangered and migratory species conservation is a political and socioeconomic process that extends beyond biological and ecological solutions. This thesis examined stakeholders’ perspectives on Saker Falcon policy-development in Mongolia, using qualitative research methods such as surveying, focus groups, and in-depth interviewing. The analysis also incorporated the perceptions of rural communities, who are conservation stakeholders, living inside and on the fringe of the artificial nest areas. The study concludes that current environmental governance in Mongolia needs substantial improvements in order to facilitate sustainable use of the Saker Falcon in the future, and to respond to wider threats to the conservation of endangered and migratory species, with due cognisance to improving rural community livelihoods.
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Long, Elizabeth Claire. "Prey Utilization and Energy Demand of a Breeding Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Population." W&M ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626886.
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Falcone, Manuel [Verfasser], Dieter [Akademischer Betreuer] Bothe, and Michael [Akademischer Betreuer] Schäfer. "Direct Numerical Simulations of Reactive Transport Processes at Single Bubbles / Manuel Falcone ; Dieter Bothe, Michael Schäfer." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1183911602/34.
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Go, Cassandra Lim. "The Game's Afoot! Game Theory in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon and Red Harvest." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/835.
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Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon and Red Harvest are examples of iconic hard-boiled detective literature that reflect on the anxieties and tensions of the 1930s-1940s. With the Great Depression looming over these decades, the genre uses the hard-boiled detective as a way to communicate with and understand this time period. In our analysis of game theory, we look at how Dashiell Hammett's characters make decisions based on the actions of other players in the game, illustrating the influences of bargaining power and manipulation. With characters that oftentimes find themselves in situations where they must collude to reach maximum utility, the novels explore the various ways in which one player takes advantage of another, almost always leading towards the detective's best payoff. Game theory provides us with a unique method to looking at literature, hard-boiled fiction particularly, as a reflection of the historical period of its conception and prime.
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Wakamiya, Sarah M. "A habitat and population viability analysis for potential peregrine falcon reintroductions in southern Illinois /." Available to subscribers only, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1650505341&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Mellone, Ugo. "Movement ecology of long-distance migrants: insights from the Eleonora's falcon and other raptors." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/35523.
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Heshula, Unathi-Nkosi Lelethu Peter. "Establishment and impact of the sap-sucking mirid, Falconia intermedia (Distant) (Hemiptera: Miridae) on Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) varieties in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008085.
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The biological control of the weedy complex Lantana camara (L.) (Verbenaceae) has been ongoing in South Africa for over 40 years. Despite this, the weed is still not under sufficient control and continues to invade new territories in the country. The biological control programme needs to be bolstered with releases of new and potentially damaging biological control agents. A promising biological control agent endemic to Central America, Falconia intermedia (Distant) (Hemiptera: Miridae), was imported into quarantine from Jamaica in 1994. This agent was released on sites in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces of South Africa in 1999. Even though it initially established and damaged L. camara, populations died out at most of the release sites. As varietal difference and adverse climate have been cited as the reason for non-establishment and ineffective control in L. camara biocontrol programmes worldwide, this study attempts to investigate the role that these two factors play in this weed herbivore relationship. Laboratory no-choice trials were conducted to determine the varietal performance of F intermedia, among five Eastern Cape varieties of the weed from East London, Whitney Farm, Heather Glen Farm, Port Alfred and Lyndhurst Farm, and a variety from the Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria. However, there were differences in performance as the adult mirids performed better on white-pink varieties from Whitney Farm and Heather Glen Farm. To test varietal preference in field conditions, field releases of F intermedia were also made at East London, Whitney Farm, Heather Glen Farm, Port Alfred and Lyndhurst Farm. Post release evaluations were conducted monthly for two years (2002 and 2003). The insect established at East London and Whitney Farm, both of which have white-pink varieties. Insect populations quickly died out at the Lyndhurst Farm and Port Alfred sites, which have dark pink varieties. It is suggested that field conditions may have resulted in poor plant quality and led indirectly to varietal preference, and to non-establishment at these two sites. With the onset of cooler weather, populations disappeared at Heather Glen Farm. This suggested that F. intermedia was suitable for release in more subtropical areas within South Africa where climatic conditions would be suitable throughout the year. The mirid performed well at Whitney Farm, resulting in significant reduction in plant growth parameters such as height and percentage cover, and increasing the cover of other flora growing beneath L. camara plants. Finally, ways to improve the efficacy of this agent are considered in an effort towards better control of L. camara in South Africa.
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Intile, Alessandro. "L’approccio del ciclo di vita applicato a sistemi di gestione ambientale: il caso dell’aeroporto Falcone – Borsellino di Palermo." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/9766/.
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La tesi tratta l’analisi preliminare dell’Organization Environmental Footprint (OEF) dell’ente gestore dell’aeroporto Falcone - Borsellino di Palermo (GES.A.P.).
Viene inoltre sviluppato un nuovo metodo per la classificazione degli aspetti ambientali utilizzabile all’interno del Sistema di Gestione Ambientale (SGA) attualmente utilizzato dall’ente GES.A.P.
Dopo un'introduzione sulle ragioni che hanno portato allo sviluppo di questi strumenti, vengono approfondite le fasi necessarie per la loro applicazione, specificate nella guida metodologica sull’OEF e nella norma ISO 14001.
I dati raccolti per il calcolo dell’OEF sono stati inseriti in un modello dell’organizzazione creato con il software GaBi7 al fine di stimare gli impatti ambientali dell’organizzazione negli anni analizzati.
In questo lavoro viene effettuata un’analisi del metodo EMRG (Environmental Management Research Group) utilizzato per l’individuazione e la classificazione degli aspetti ambientali nell’ambito del SGA (certificato ISO 14001:2004) di GESAP e delle innovazioni introdotte nella versione 2015 della norma ISO 14001.
Viene suggerito un metodo alternativo basato sull’integrazione dei risultati di un'analisi Life Cicle Assessment (LCA), svolta tramite l’OEF, con la metodologia EMRG, attualmente impiegata, al fine di avviare il processo di transizione del SGA verso l’aggiornamento-consegna
richiesto dalla ISO14001:2015.
Dall’applicazione del metodo viene ricavata una nuova gerarchia degli aspetti ambientali di GESAP utilizzabile per l’implementazione del suo SGA.
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Atkins, Alexander. "An experimental assessment of the efficacy of falconry to mitigate human-wildlife conflict: Egyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiaca at golf courses." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15501.
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Includes bibliographical referencesHuman-wildlife conflicts are increasing globally and are believed to be one of the most prevalent and intractable issues that face conservation biologists today. One such conflict is found on golf courses, where high numbers of geese can come into conflict with residents and members. In South Africa, the indigenous Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca population has increased dramatically over recent years and as a result they are often seen as nuisance animals whose population requires active management. Most non-lethal methods of goose control have had little success due to habituation to their presence, whilst the use of lethal methods are often deemed socially unacceptable. In this study we experimentally investigated the efficacy of falconry as a management tool to mitigate human-wildlife conflict. We hypothesised that the use of falconry would re-establish a landscape of fear, whereby habitat choice is influenced by the perceived fear of predation, resulting in the local departure of geese to a safer habitat, thereby reducing the population of geese to a tolerable level. Absolute counts of geese and analysis of vigilance levels were conducted at three golf courses in the Western Cape which included two control sites and a treatment site. The results of the experiment indicate that goose abundance declined by 73% at the treatment site after falconry was initiated, and that this was well over the losses due to direct predation. Vigilance levels increased by 7 6% during the treatment period, with no such changes observed at either control site. Additionally, vigilance was higher when filmed from a golf buggy compared to when filmed on foot, which may suggest the geese also learned to associate the golf buggy with the threat of predation, enhancing the overall efficacy of the falconry. While there is a relatively small lethal aspect to falconry, the results of this study confirm that a reduction in the population of geese can be achieved by simulating the naturally occurring non-lethal effects of predation that have been lost in some habitats, as a result of anthropogenic changes to the landscape. To our knowledge, this is the first truly experimental test of the efficacy of falconry to reduce nuisance birds and these important ecological findings have relevance for techniques that people deploy for dealing with human wildlife conflict, particularly where lethal options are unfavourable.
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Querol, San Abdon Jordi. "L’art de la falconeria a la Corona d’Aragó durant la baixa edat mitjana: edició i estudi dels tractats escrits en català." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666811.
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El petit corpus de tractats de falconeria escrits en català a la Corona d’Aragó durant la baixa edat mitjana ens permet estudiar el vessant teòric d’aquest art en aquell context. Després de l’edició i l’estudi de tots dels tractats conservats accessibles, ara es fan públics els resultats dels que s’han considerat precedents dins de la nostra tradició, postergant la resta per a la seva publicació postdoctoral a fi d’escurçar l’extensió del present treball. La tesi es centra, doncs, en: el Tractat de medicina per a tots els ocells de caça, testimoni de la tradició àrab, amb l’arrelament probable en el Ġiṭrif, el text més reculat conservat d’aquella, mitjançant accés directe, és a dir, per traducció de l’àrab al català; el Llibre del rei Dancus i el Llibret del mestre falconer, el nostre binomi Dancus-Guillelmus particular, amb una cadena de transmissions que podria enllaçar amb la tradició oriental mitjançant l’intermediari llatí; el Llibre del nodriment i de la cura dels ocells els quals pertanyen a caça o Epístola d’Àquila, Símacus i Teodosi a Ptolemeu, emperador d’Egipte, traducció de l’Epistola ad Ptolomeum –tractat llatí del segle XII segons la historiografia– amb dos testimonis en català conservats, malgrat que en el seu moment foren més, text que permet enllaçar amb la via enciclopedista i oferir algunes particularitats de la península Ibèrica (Juan Gil de Zamora) i potser dels territoris de la Corona d’Aragó; l’Herbes de les cures, un text sorgit i transmès per corrupció dins de la tradició catalana i clau per al coneixement de la transmissió de l’anterior; i el Flors de les receptes medicinals per a ocells de caça, el testimoni de compilació a partir de tractats llatins (com la Doctrina nutritionis accipitrum) i de la utilització selectiva de la font enciclopedista (com el De falconibus d’Albert el Gran) en un projecte didàctic. La tesi consta de tres volums: el primer, amb una introducció a la temàtica i una primera part amb el material i els mètodes, una segona amb l’estudi individualitzat dels tractats triats, i una tercera amb la història dels textos i l’estudi conjunt dels tractats triats, incloent-hi el del contingut a partir de l’índex temàtic (zoologia, falconeria i medicina); el segon, amb les edicions i les notes complementàries; i el tercer amb el material lexical (vocabulari tècnic de l’art de la falconeria, glossari de medicaments simples i compostos i glossari de noms propis).The small corpus of falconry treatises written in Catalan in the Crown of Aragon during the Late Middle Ages allows us to study the theoretical side of this art in the aforementioned context. After editing and studying all the accessible preserved treatises, the results of research on those considered precedent within our tradition have now been made public, postponing the rest for their postdoctoral publication to shorten the length of this essay. For this reason, the PhD thesis is focused on: the Tractat de medicina per a tots els ocells de caça, which bears witness to the Arabic tradition, probably taking root in the Ġiṭrif, the oldest preserved example from that one, by means of direct access, that is to say, by translation from Arabic into Catalan; the Llibre del rei Dancus and the Llibret del mestre falconer, our particular Dancus-Guillelmus binomial, with a chain of transmissions that could link with the Eastern tradition by means of the Latin intermediary; the Llibre del nodriment i de la cura dels ocells els quals pertanyen a caça or Epístola d’Àquila, Símacus i Teodosi a Ptolemeu, emperador d’Egipte, translation of the Epistola ad Ptolomeum –a XIIth century treatise according to the historiography– with two Catalan examples preserved, despite the fact that there were more at that time, a text that allows us to connect with the encyclopaedist path and to offer some particularities of the Iberian Peninsula (Juan Gil de Zamora) and perhaps the territories of the Crown of Aragon; the Herbes de les cures, a corrupted text produced and transmitted within the Catalan tradition and key to understanding the transmission of the foregoing; and the Flors de les receptes medicinals per a ocells de caça, the example of compilation from Latin treatises (such as the Doctrina nutritionis accipitrum) and of the selective use of the encyclopaedist source (such as the De falconibus by Albertus Magnus) in a didactical project. The PhD thesis consists of three volumes: the first, with an introduction to the subject and a first part with the materials and methods, a second one with the individualized study of the treatises, and a third one with the history of the texts and an overall study of the treatises, including the content from the thematical index (zoology, falconry and medicine); the second one, with the editions and the complementary notes; and the third one with the lexical material (technical vocabulary of the art of falconry, glossary of simple and compound medicines and glossary of proper names).
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Cane, David Cervigni Dino S. "The falcon, the beast and the image Dante's Geryon and W. B. Yeats' The second coming /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1046.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.Title from electronic title page (viewed Mar. 27, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Romance Languages." Discipline: Romance Languages; Department/School: Romance Languages.
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Van, den Hoven Carina. "The coronation ritual of the falcon at Edfu : tradition and innovation in ancient Egyptian ritual composition." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PSLEP005.
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Cette thèse de doctorat a pour objectif d’étudier le rôle et la fonction de la tradition et des innovations dans la création de nouveaux textes rituels dans l’Égypte ptolémaïque. L’étude est concentrée sur une analyse approfondie de l’organisation structurelle et de la composition rituelle d’un des rituels les plus élaborés et les plus complexes que nous connaissons dans l’Égypte ptolémaïque: le rituel du couronnement du faucon sacré à Edfou, représenté sur le mur d’enceinte du temple. Les sources disponibles suggèrent que ce rituel est une nouvelle composition de l’époque ptolémaïque dans laquelle des traditions sont associées à des traits nouveaux, ce qui ouvre la possibilité d’une analyse sur le rôle et la fonction de la tradition dans ce rituel, sur l’étendue de l’originalité de la composition, et sur les processus de composition et d’édition qui ont abouti à la création de ce nouveau rituel. L’analyse de l’organisation structurelle du rituel a montré que l’ordre des scènes rituelles sur la paroi ne correspond pas nécessairement à celui dans lequel les actes rituels étaient exécutés dans la réalité et que rituel n’était pas nécessairement effectué là où il se trouvait représenté. Ces conclusions ont débouché sur une nouvelle reconstruction de la séquence rituelle du couronnement du faucon sur la base des inscriptions hiéroglyphiques. De plus, en s’appuyant sur une analyse approfondie des sources textuelles, iconographiques, lexicographiques et archéologiques, une nouvelle identification des lieux où se déroulait le rituel dans le domaine du temple d’Edfou a été proposéeThis research project investigates the role and function of tradition in the composition of new ritual texts in Ptolemaic Egypt on the basis of an in-depth analysis of the structural organisation and ritual composition of one the most elaborate and complex temple rituals known from Ptolemaic Egypt: the coronation ritual of the sacred living falcon. The available source material suggests that this ritual was a new composition of the Ptolemaic period in which tradition was merged with contemporary ideas. An investigation of the interrelations of the ritual texts and iconographic themes of this ritual with other textual and iconographic materials enabled us to investigate the role and function of tradition in the ritual, to identify the editorial processes to which the new composition was subjected and to reach conclusions on the extent of originality and the conceptualisation of innovation in ancient Egyptian ritual composition. The analysis of the structural organisation of the ritual on the temple walls has shown that the order of the ritual scenes on the temple walls does not necessarily reflect the order in which the ritual took place in reality and that the ritual was not necessarily carried out in the specific location where it is depicted on the temple walls. These findings resulted in a new reconstruction of the ritual sequence of the coronation ritual of the falcon based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions. On the basis of textual, iconographic and lexicographic material combined with an analysis of the archaeological sources a new identification was proposed of the various locations in and around the Edfu temple domain where the ritual was carried out
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Bailey, Kenneth D. "Report of an internship with the Bureau of Land Management for the Falcon to Gonder construction project." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1098144755.
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Bailey, Kenneth D. "REPROT OF AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOR THE FALCON TO GONDER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1098144755.
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Dimond, Mark James. "The rise and fall of the falcon : the Sokol gymnastics movement in Czech and Czechoslovak politics, 1862-1955." Thesis, Swansea University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.559847.
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Moge, Charlotte. "La construction d'une mémoire publique de la lutte contre la mafia de 1982 à 2012 à partir d'un martyrologe : Pio La Torre, Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Giovanni Falcone et Paolo Borsellino." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015GREAH030/document.
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Si la mafia est un objet d’étude, certes récent, l’antimafia reste en revanche un trou noir de l’historiographie du Mezzogiorno alors que les assasssinats des représentants de l’État sont des moments de tenisons dans l’histoire de l’Italie républicaine. Nous avons choisi de concentrer notre attention sur quatre figures emblématiques assassinées au cours des crises de violence mafieuse de 1982 et 1992 : Pio La Torre (député et secrétaire régional du PCI) ; Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (assassiné alors qu’il était préfet de Palerme) ; Giovanni Falcone et Paolo Borsellino (magistrats). Afin d’observer le processus de construction d’une mémoire publique de la lutte contre la mafia, nous utilisons un panel de sources typique de l’histoire du temps présent, archives, presse, productions mémorielles écrites et audiovisuelles, mais aussi des sources orales grâce aux entretiens réalisés lors de notre enquête de terrain. Ces sources nous permettent tant de comprendre le contexte que d’analyser l’évolution des représentations des martyrs de la lutte contre la mafia.La première partie est consacrée à l’étude du moment des assassinats et de la construction d’une mémoire immédiate. L’analyse de la presse au lendemain des crises de violence mafieuse fait émerger les caractéristiques de la mémoire immédiate des victimes et révèle un mobilisation civile antimafia sans précédent. La deuxième partie s’intéresse à la construction et à l’institutionnalisation de la mémoire des victimes, à travers l’étude des commémorations et des représentations. L’analyse croisée des différentes sources met au jour les différentes strates de la construction mémorielle. Enfin, la troisième partie montre que la mémoire de l’antimafia, bien qu’institutionnalisée et structurée, est en réalité une mémoire tourmentée, comme le démontrent les manquements de la justice, les usages politiques de la mémoire de l’antimafia ou le conditionnement des commémorations décennales par l’actualité. Faire l’histoire de la mémoire de l’antimafia nous permet ainsi de révéler, sous un jour nouveau, un certain nombre de tensions qui caractérisent l’Italie contemporaine. La mémoire de la lutte contre la mafia apparaît donc comme un observatoire privilégié pour examiner les mutations politiques, sociétales et culturelles de l’Italie républicaineThough the Mafia has become recently an object of study, the Antimafia remains a black hole in the historiography of the Mezzogiorno while the assassinations of officials constitute tense moments in the history of Republican Italy. We have chosen to focus our attention on four emblematic figures that were murdered by the Mafia over its 1982 and 1992 outbursts of violence: Pio La Torre (deputy and regional secretary of the PCI); Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (assassinated while he was Palermo prefect); Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino (magistrates). In order to observe how a public memory of the fight against the Mafia was built, we use a panel of sources that is typical of the present time history: archives, press, written and audiovisual memory productions, but also oral sources thanks to the interviews we lead during our field investigation. These sources allow us to understand the context as well as to analyze the evolution of the representations of the anti-mafia fight’s martyrs.The first part is dedicated to the study of the moment when these four officials were assassinated and an immediate memory built. The analysis of the press, in the wake of the outbursts of violence of the Mafia, brings out the characteristics of the immediate memory of victims, and reveals an unprecedented anti-mafia civil mobilization. The second part deals with the elaboration and the institutionalization of the victims’ memory, through the study of the commemorations and the representations. The cross-study analysis of our various sources brings to light the different strata of the memory elaboration. Finally the third part shows that the anti-mafia memory, though institutionalized and structured, is actually a tormented memory, as is revealed by the justice breaches, the political uses of the anti-mafia memory or the conditioning effect of current events on the decennial commemorations. Making the history of the anti-mafia memory thus allows us to reveal under a new light a number of tensions that are characteristic of contemporary Italy. Therefore the memory of the fight against the Mafia appears as a privileged observatory to examine the political, societal and cultural mutations of Republican Italy
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Kroll-Rabotin, Jean-Sébastien. "Analyse physique et modélisation de la séparation centrifuge de particules ultrafines en film fluant : application au séparateur industriel Falcon." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010INPT0077/document.
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Les concentrateurs Falcon permettent de séparer des particules en fonction de leur densité. Leur capacité à traiter des débits de suspension importants rend leur utilisation courante dans les procédés miniers. Dans les gammes de tailles ultrafines (entre 1 et 100 μm), leur coupure devient à la fois granulométrique et densimétrique. Ce travail a porté sur la compréhension de leur physique et de ses limites. Une analyse de leurs mécanismes de séparation a abouti à une loi d’échelle analytique, validée expérimentalement. Des investigations plus complètes appliquées aux suspensions ultrafines ont été réalisées numériquement. Finalement un critère physique liant la gamme de taille à séparer aux densités des différentes fractions a été explicité et appliqué à la valorisation de sédiments finsEnhanced gravity separators are widely used in minerals beneficiation, as their superior gravity field enables them to separate particles within narrow classes of density and size. This study aims to shed light on the Falcon concentrator’s ability to separate particles with size and density ranges lower than usual, 1 to 100 micrometers and 1.2 to 3.0 s.g. respectively. Differential particle settling being identified as the prevailing separation mechanism under such conditions, this study couples a theoretical and numerical approach with targeted experiments to build a predictive Falcon separation model that embeds phenomenological fluid and particle flow analysis. Based on this model, physical limitations were identified and quantified through explicit relations between operating parameters, and particle size and density ranges. Falcon’s efficiency to beneficiate dredged sediments was characterized in this way