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Miller, Gregory E. "The Saxophone Music of Frederick Fox: An Annotated Bibliography with an Analysis of S.A.X. for Solo Alto Saxophone and Saxophone Quartet." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9751.
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McCleery, Robert Alan. "Urban fox squirrel ecology and management." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/5908.
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I studied the habitat selection, survival, and anti-predator behaviors of the fox squirrel (Siurus niger) across the urban-rural gradient in College Station, Texas. From two years of tracking the radio locations of 82 fox squirrels, my data suggested that fox squirrels in urban areas selected for use large mast bearing trees that mimicked the habitat features they prefer in non-urban areas and avoided conifer and ornamental tree species. Urban fox squirrels selected to use buildings and non-native grass during certain seasons and showed a tolerance for pavement, including it proportionally in their core-areas. Analysis of radio-telemetry data of urban and rural fox squirrels suggested that the rates of survival and causes of mortality differed between the two populations. At least 60% of the mortalities on the rural site were caused by predation, while < 5% of the mortalities on the urban site were caused by predation. Most of the mortalities on the urban site (>60%) were cause by vehicular collisions. Observations of anti-predator behaviors supported my hypothesis that squirrels decrease their anti-predator behaviors as the human presence increases. Observational data also supported my hypothesis that this phenomenon was caused by habituation. I also found that the time dedicated to anti-predator behaviors differed among urban, rural, and suburban fox squirrel populations in response to coyote and hawk vocalizations. The mean responses to both vocalizations on the rural site (coyote = 45%, hawk = 55%) were at least twice that of those found on the urban sites (coyote = 11%, hawk = 20%). I also used survey responses to questions about squirrel management to test theoretical frameworks linking attitudes to behaviors. My data suggests that beliefs and attitudes that are modified by variables shown to increase accessibility generally correspond better to behaviors. My data also suggests that the inclusion of a measure of previous behaviors will increase the predictive ability of models within different theoretical frameworks. Most importantly for the advancement of a comprehensive theoretical framework, my study showed that composite models combining components of the theory of reasoned action and attitude to behavioral process models out-performed other models.
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Halvorsen, Stina, and Hanna Mårtensson. "Sveriges Television vs : Fox News." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1450.
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Författare: Stina Halvorsen, Hanna Mårtensson
Handledare: Eva-Lotta Frid
Titel: Sveriges Television vs. Fox News, en jämförelse av
nyhetsrapporteringen kring Pakistankonflikten
Ämne: Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
År: 2007
Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att blottlägga vilka skillnader och likheter
som finns i nyhetsrapporterandet mellan kanalerna gällande den specifika
händelsen i Pakistan.
Metod: Vi använder ett kritiskt hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt och tillämpar
sedan kvalitativ metod i form av diskursanalys och bildanalys. Vi använder
oss även genomgående av nyhetsvärdering och nyhetsförmedling, då vi
finner dessa begrepp högst relevanta för analysen.
Slutsatser: Vi har upptäckt att informationen som förmedlas är den samma
hos båda kanalerna, det är vinklingen på hur informationen förmedlas som
skiljer sig åt. Tyngdpunkten i Fox News nyhetsinslag ligger på hur vidare
USA:s nationella säkerhet är hotad av konflikten, medan SVT istället lägger
fokus på att förmedla hur situationen ser ut i Pakistan och vad konflikten
betyder för landet. De likheter vi kan urskilja är först och främst val av bilder,
det vill säga båda kanalerna använder samma bilder vid flera tillfällen, samt
att President Pervez Musharraf och Benazir Bhutto framställs på liknande sätt
i båda kanalernas inslag.
Nyckelord: Komparativ studie, hermeneutik, diskursanalys, bildanalys, Fox
News, SVT, Pakistan, nyheter online, nyhetsinslag.
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Crews, Karen M. "Hugo Fox : a biography of a prominent American Bassoonist /." The Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486397841220277.
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Molsher, Robyn L. "The ecology of feral cats, Felis catus, in open forest in New South Wales interactions with food resources and foxes /." Connect to this title online, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/411.
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Trewhella, W. J. "Modelling dispersals in urban fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233625.
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Bryant, Katherine L. "Genetic structure and phylogeography of the fox squirrel, Sciurus niger, as inferred from a mitochondrial gene." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/2928.
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Thesis (M.S.)--George Mason University, 2007.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 17, 2008). Thesis director: Cody W. Edwards Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy. Vita: p. 46. Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-45). Also available in print.
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Reese, Angela. "Addressing food conditioning of Cascade red foxes in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington." Online pdf file accessible through the World Wide Web, 2007. http://archives.evergreen.edu/masterstheses/Accession86-10MES/Reese_A%20MESThesis%202007.pdf.
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Lunn, Tamika J. "Flying-fox ecology and transmission dynamics of Hendra virus." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/405630.
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Emerging zoonoses from wildlife present an increasing threat to global public health. Bats, in particular, host some of the most significant viral families to have emerged in recent decades, including coronaviruses, henipaviruses and filoviruses. Hendra virus (Genus: Henipavirus) is one such virus, which emerged in 1994 to cause lethal disease in horses and humans in eastern Australia. Increased incidence of spillover in recent decades has been concurrent with observations of dramatic ecological shifts in host flying-fox (Family: Pteropodidae) populations. Wide-spread land clearing in south-eastern Australia has compounded the effects of inter-annual climate cycles on flying-fox food availability, resulting in large-scale fragmentation and fissioning of flying-fox roosts. This has manifest as an increasing transition from a nomadic ecology, where individuals move across the landscape and form large roosts in response to ephemeral foraging opportunities, to residency, where individuals continuously occupy a single roost in an area with predictable (often exotic) food sources. Typical roosting habitat has shifted as a result, moving from forest remnants with dense roosting habitat, to urban areas with more sparse roosting habitat. Incidence of Hendra virus spillover has been correlated with the formation of these urban, continuously occupied population groups, suggesting that recent changes in host ecology may play a role in spillover dynamics. In order to predict and manage pathogen spillover from bats, we require a detailed understanding of infection dynamics within host bat populations.
In this thesis, I employ a multidisciplinary approach to investigate patterns and mechanistic drivers of Hendra virus infection dynamics in flying-fox populations, focusing on bat roosting structure as a driver of virus transmission. In Chapter 1, I describe the spillover process, and outline Hendra virus as a model to understanding spillover of bat-borne viruses. In Chapter 2, I present a spatio-temporal analysis of Hendra virus infection prevalence and excreted viral load from flying-fox populations, to estimate the dynamics of pathogen pressure over space and time, and to elaborate on possible drivers contributing to differences between roosts. This chapter presents a new longitudinal dataset of Hendra virus excretion dynamics, collected over 2.5 years (June 2017- December 2019), and comprising 4,343 samples from five main roost sites. A key finding of this chapter is that infection intensity is variable between roosts within the same regional area, suggesting that spillover risk is more nuanced than previously identified variation between broader regions.
To understand the ecological context for transmission in aggregative bat populations, I then assess spatio-temporal patterns of flying-fox density and distribution within roosts in Chapter 3. I present insights from detailed roost structure surveys, comprising a 13-month dataset from 2,522 spatially referenced roost trees across eight roost sites. A key finding is that tree structure density drives patterns of bat abundance within trees, with implications for transmission in emerging, urban roost types. I then integrate this ecological context into mathematical models of infection in Chapter 4, where I develop spatially explicit, compartmental models of bat roosts, and explore dynamics of infection invasion and spread. I utilise empirical data on roost tree structure and flying-fox aggregation from Chapter 3 to capture the spatial structure of roosts, and contrast scenarios of tree structure density that are representative of observed ecological shifts with urbanisation. In my last research chapter (Chapter 5), I propose a modelling framework to holistically integrate between-host and within-host contexts into these transmission dynamics. Specifically, I propose an alternative transmission model structure to allow the integration of dose-response relationships into epidemiological models. I also demonstrate how changes in the design and accessibility of dose-response experiments would facilitate integration into epidemiological modelling, to ultimately enable more realistic predictions of zoonotic transmission outcomes.
Collectively, insights from this thesis further our understanding of Hendra virus infection dynamics and spillover risk in a situation of changing host ecology. Beyond Hendra virus, the information presented highlights how aggregative spatial structuring of bats within roosts can add substantial heterogeneity to the contact structure of roost populations, with implications for models of bat-virus interactions. I present compelling evidence that spatial structure and flying-fox aggregation may be a missing piece to understanding differences in shedding intensity and spillover risk from roost sites across eastern Australia, particularly in the context of urbanisation and shifting roost structure. These insights will be relevant for modelling studies of other communally roosting species of zoonotic interest, as well as other emerging diseases linked with habitat modification and changing populations, including coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Environment and Sc
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Nelson, Julia Lynn. "Effects of varying habitats on competition between endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and coyotes (Canis latrans)." Thesis, Connect to this title online Connect to this title online (alternative address), 2005. http://www.montana.edu/etd/available/nelson%5F1205.html.
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Roberts, Billie. "The Ecology and Management of the Grey-Headed Flying-Fox Pteropus poliocephalus." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366934.
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Effective conservation and management of many highly mobile animal species, including flying-foxes of the genus Pteropus, are constrained by lack of knowledge of their ecology, especially of movement patterns over large spatial scales.
This study deals with the conservation ecology of the grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), a highly mobile colonial-roosting mammal endemic to eastern Australia. Like many flying-foxes in the Asia-Pacific, this species frequently comes into conflict with humans for raiding commercial fruit crops, establishing roost sites in urban areas, and because it is a vector for some diseases of humans and their commensal animals. For these reasons, P. poliocephalus has been the subject of numerous control attempts, mostly conducted at the local scale (killing of individuals at feeding sites and roosts; attempts to destroy or relocate roosts). These attempts have rarely been successful in reducing conflict between humans and flying-foxes over the long term. Partly as a result of these actions and partly because of a loss of habitat, P. poliocephalus is considered a threatened species in some jurisdictions. The conservation and management of P. poliocephalus is therefore a difficult problem. The broad objectives of this thesis are to provide new information on the ecology of P. poliocephalus, particularly in relation to distribution, movement patterns and roosting behaviour, in the hope that this information will better inform the management and conservation of the species.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Linder, Kari K. B. "For Fox Sake: Animal Roles and Interspecies Empathy." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1396.
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We classify animals into a few distinct groups: companion animals (pets and strays like dogs and cats), utility animals (animals that serve a purpose like cows farmed for dairy or meat or foxes farmed for fur), and wild animals (nondomestic animals in their natural habitat). This study will investigate empathic relationships between people and animals of these four types in two abuse scenarios (active abuse and neglect). These factors were manipulated in a 2x4 experimental design. I expect a closer relationship with humans will correlate with a higher degree of empathy for the victim such that homed companion animals will generate the most empathy, followed by stray, utility, and finally wild. Results supported this hypothesis to an extent. This research is intended to bridge gaps between empathy towards humans and empathy towards other animals. If we can manipulate the degree to which people tend to relate to animals by varying our descriptions of these animals, we can also manipulate people’s desire to protect them.
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Reynolds, Glen David. "Was George Fox a gnostic?" Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399190.
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The critique of Quakerism made by John Owen (Puritan Vice-chancellor of Oxford University) in tracts published in 1655 and 1679 was that Quaker theology renewed aspects of Gnosticism, a theology interpreted by patristic commentators as a Christian heresy. Owen's comparison was confined to the Quaker concepts of Light and spiritual perfection (which Owen viewed as being similar to the nature and function of Gnostic revelatory knowledge). This thesis argues that Fox's theological message (and in particular his interpretation of the concept of revelatory Light) incorporated a remarkably similar soteriology and realised eschatology to that found in Valentinian Christian Gnosticism. Gnosis is defined (Chapter 1) as an individual's realisation, arising from revelatory knowledge and spiritual baptism (received in a Christian context from the redeemer figure of Christ) that a divine ontological component exists within the human body which needs to reunite with a consubstantial eternal heavenly Light/Christ. The soteriological and eschatological implications arising from Valentinian Gnostic revelation are therefore: supernatural reunion of the divine element in the individual with Christ (chapter 2) awakening the individual to their divinity, resulting in spiritual perfection and freedom from the power and temptation of sin on earth (chapter 3); 2. the consequential devaluation of calendrical time/events (as significant aspects of theological exegesis) in pursuance of an anti-cosmic/historical emphasis upon inward revelation, thus limiting the authority of a) Scripture and b) communion and baptism to the extent that they are historically particular outward rituals (chapter 4). Fox claimed to restore primitive Christianity, yet unconsciously renewed aspects of Valentinian Christian Gnosticism. His quest for divine union, perfection and a realised eschatology is readily transferable to the early Church context of Valentinian Gnosticism in which (in opposition to the authority of the developing orthodoxy) reunion with God is a realisable eschatological aim on earth. The concept of union with God is a "keystone" of Foxian theology and incorporates the use of "Light" in an eschatologically motivated metaphysical dynamic. Previous scholarship has generally emphasised "Light" and "union" in Fox's theology as merely ethically motivated concepts. The conclusions of this thesis place Fox's quest for divine union and perfection in a Valentinian context, as opposed to the purely apocalyptic framework identified in current research. The thesis detects similarities between the demise of Valentinian Gnosticism and the abandonment of a distinctive Valentinian theology in Fox's message. There is no evidence that Fox used or was influenced by Gnostic mythological texts, save for an isolated reference Fox makes to concepts found in Gnostic-Hermeticism. This fact, together with a difference in scriptural/sacramental exegesis between Fox and Valentinian Gnosticism and the Valentinian reservation of a postmortem element to eschatological completion, results in the thesis concluding that Foxian theology is not Gnostic per se but is nevertheless remarkably similar to Valentinian Gnosticism.
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Kinkade, Natalie. "Fox Dreams and Other Essays." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1620380678047587.
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Frost, Nancy. "San Joaquin kit fox home range, habitat use, and movements in urban Bakersfield /." California : Humboldt State University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2148/36.
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Stansell, Ronald Gene. "The development of the missiological element of the International Studies Program at George Fox College." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
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Smith, G. C. "Urban foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and rabies control." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234565.
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Marti, Katelyn. "Habitat selection and niche partitioning of fox and (Sciurus niger) and gray (Sciurus carolinensis) squirrels in Charleston, IL /." View online, 2009. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131591319.pdf.
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Zoellick, Bruce William. "KIT FOX MOVEMENTS AND HOME RANGE USE IN WESTERN ARIZONA." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275279.
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Hill, Stewart Lloyd. "Fox Lake First Nation land use and occupancy : living memory of the Fox Lake Cree." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1993. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/MQ32129.pdf.
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Hamré, Moa. "Förutsättningar för jökellopp vid Fox Glacier, Nya Zeeland." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-71989.
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A great number of tourists visits each day the Fox Glacier in New Zealand and are subjected todangers such as jökulhlaups. This phenomena can occur suddenly and in a destructive way when abuilt up of water suddenly bursts and releases large amounts of water. This is well known to happen atthe near by Franz Josef Glacier which has similar settings to Fox Glacier, but sparse previous researchon the subject indicates different results of whether jökulhlaups are present or not by Fox Glacier. Thisthesis therefore aims to study the conditions for jökulhlaups at the glacier. This is done by remotesensing and field observations of the sandur in the Fox Glacier Valley, qualitative interviews andliterature studies with a comparison with Franz Josef Glacier. The results shows that there has beenjökulhlaups from an ice dammed lateral lake which is also the most likable way for jökulhlaups tohappen again, although there are other potential ways for it to happen due to the large amount of heavyrain that this region gets.
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Abo, Elrish Mohamed Rasmy. "The numerical modelling of fox rabies." Thesis, Brunel University, 2002. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247493.
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Finite difference numerical methods are developed for the solution system in the biomedical sciences; namely, fox-rabies model. First-order methods and second-order method are developed to solve the fox-rabies equations. The fox-rabies model is extended to one-space dimension to incorporate diffusion. The reaction terms in these systems of partial differential equations contain non-linear expressions. It is seen that the numerical solutions are obtained by solving non-linear algebraic system at each time step, as opposed to solving anon-linear algebraic system which is often required when integrating non-linear partial differential equations. The numerical methods proposed for the solution of the initial-value problem for the fox-rabies model are characterized to be implicit. In each case, however, it seen that the numerical solutions are obtained explicitly. In a series of numerical experiments, in which the ordinary differential equations are solved first of all, it seen that the proposed methods have an identical stability properties to those of the well-known, first-order, Euler method. The proposed methods for the numerical solution of partial differential equations are seen to be economical and reliable. Error analysis for the methods, computer implementation and numerical results are discussed. The stability of the numerical method is analyzed using maximum principle analysis.
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Greentree, Carolyn, and n/a. "Experimental evaluation of fox control and the impact of foxes on lambs." University of Canberra. Science &Design, 2000. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060713.101158.
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Baiting with sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) to protect lambs (Ovis aries)
from red foxes (Vulpes vulpes L.) has become more frequent in NSW and other parts
of Australia during the last 10 years despite the lack of reported evidence evaluating
the effects of fox baiting on lamb survival. NSW Agriculture has developed fox
control recommendations aimed at minimising impact, but these guidelines have not
been tested experimentally. Defining the extent of a pest problem and the
effectiveness of pest control are key components of a strategic approach to vertebrate
pest management as it is the damage of pests that justifies their control.
This thesis describes an experimental evaluation of the recommended practice
of fox control in NSW. The effects of three levels of fox control were tested in the
experiment; no treatment, baiting once a year before lambing (the recommended
practice) and baiting three times a year (thought to be the maximum farmers would
instigate). Each treatment had two replicates. No previous manipulative experiment
using synchronous controls and matched replicates has been undertaken to test the
effects. The study quantifies the level of fox predation on healthy lambs and the level
of predation on lambs that had other causes including illness and mismothering
contributing to this fox predation. It also examines the response of the fox
population, lamb predation and lambing outcomes to different levels of fox control.
The cost effectiveness of fox control is examined in relation to lamb predation and an
investigation of the optimum level of fox control is begun. The experiment also
provides the first chance to consider the examination of multiple response variables
and the scale of field ecology experiments required to recognise a significant response
and avoid a Type II error due to between replicate variability even with tightly
controlled site selection criteria to standardise experimental sites, and with the
synchrony of experimental control and treatment surveys.
The study occurred on five sheep properties near Boorowa (34°28'S,
148°32'E) and Murringo (34°18'S, 148°3 1'E) in south-eastern Australia. The terrain
was undulating to hilly with a maximum elevation of 660 m above sea level. The main
agricultural enterprises in the district are Merino wool, fat lamb and beef cattle
production and winter cereal cropping. The native vegetation of Eucalyptus
woodland has been mostly cleared, though remnant patches occur. Most of the area
is now sown with pasture of Phalaris tuberosa, Lolium spp. and clover Trifolium
spp.. The experimental properties grazed self-replacing Merino flocks, primarily for
wool production, so lamb survival was vital to the economic operation of the farm.
Over 50 selection criteria including lamb survival rates, ewe fertility and bloodline,
sheep management practices, climate and habitat features that affect lamb survival,
past fox control practices and prey species were used to select sites Sites were
representative of most sheep farming properties in the region, but were also extremely
similar in factors that affected fox abundance and ewe and lamb survival, thus
minimising variation between replicate sites.
The manufactured meat baits used to poison foxes contained 3 mg of sodium monofluoroacetate (compound 1080). A replacement baiting program was carried
out in 1995 and 1996. Fox control programs were carried out over the experimental
units and adjacent buffer zones covering approximately two fox territories,
approximately 6km2, around the lambing paddock under study. The recommended fox
control practices described by NSW Agriculture also included neighbouring farmers
taking part in an extended group baiting program. In all the area baited at varying
intensities totalled 3400 km2. Synchronised lambing with neighbours was a further
recommended practice to reduce fox predation and was carried out on these sites.
Lambing occurred during a six to eight week period in late winter on all sites, a
practice known as 'spring lambing', and on many surrounding properties so a surplus
of lambs was available to foxes over a relatively short time.
The benefits of fox control were measured directly as enhanced lamb survival
derived from differences in lamb marking rates between ultrasounded flocks of
approximately 1000 ewes and the predation of lambs was measured from over 2000
lamb carcases post-mortemed in 1994, 1995 and 1996. A mean of 138 lambs were
expected at ultrasounding from 100 ewes and 113 lambs per 100 ewes were alive at
lamb marking.
There was no significant (P>0.05) effect of fox control on lambing
performance (the number of lambs per 100 ewes that lambed) Fox predation was
inferred as the cause of lamb death in a minimum of 0.8% and a maximum of 5.3% of
lamb carcases during 1995 and 1996. There was a significant (P<0 05) effect of fox
control on the minimum possible percentage of lamb carcases classified as healthy
lambs killed by foxes, with the percentage declining from 1.50% (no fox control), to
0.90% (fox control once per year) to 0.25% (fox control three times per year). There
was also a significant (P<0.005) effect of fox control on the maximum possible
percentage of lamb carcases classified as healthy lambs killed by foxes with the
percentage declining from 10.25% (no fox control), to 6.50% (fox control once per
year) to 3.75% (fox control three times per year). The observed results were used to
estimate the number of treatment replicates needed to be confident of detecting an
effect of predator control on lamb marking performance. The estimated numbers
were very high if small effects were to be detected. No significant correlation
between the fox density and the minimum and maximum possible number of lambs
carcases classified as killed by foxes was found. Bait uptake was monitored as were
the costs of fox control.
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Fox, Leann Alicia. "An exploration of the relationship of explanatory style to academic achievement, college student persistence, ACT/SAT composite scores, and College Student Inventory measures." Thesis, Montana State University, 2006. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2006/fox/FoxL0506.pdf.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of explanatory style to academic performance, SAT or ACT composite scores, College Student Inventory (CSI) data, and retention or attrition of Montana State University College of Agriculture students. The predictive capability of measured independent variables to anticipate first to second year attrition of freshmen in the College of Agriculture (COA) at Montana State University (MSU) was tested. The potential for using the Academic Attributional Style Questionnaire (AASQ) to identify COA students most susceptible to attrition during their freshmen year at MSU was ascertained. Freshmen took the CSI during summer orientation and the AASQ was administered to students in four COA classes. A cohort group of COA full-time, first-time freshmen that had taken both the CSI and AASQ was established and tracked from the fall of 2004 through the fall of 2005. Retention was defined as enrollment in the COA for a second fall semester. The majority of the cohort group was female, white/Caucasian, had been enrolled in a high school agriculture class, graduated from high schools with enrollments less than 400 students, had been involved in 4-H or FFA, and intended to seek a graduate level degree. Mothers were more highly educated than fathers. Most students planned to work while in college. The only independent variable significantly correlated with retention was second semester cumulative GPA. The combination of second semester cumulative GPA, plans to work, degree sought, and high school agriculture class enrollment was able to predict 19 percent of the variance in retention rates. However, contrary to the literature, high school agriculture class enrollment was negatively correlated with retention. The majority of students demonstrated neither optimistic nor pessimistic explanatory styles. Significant relationships were shown between explanatory style and high school GPA, study habits, sociability, and openness to financial guidance. The AASQ demonstrated little value for recognizing students in the cohort susceptible to attrition from the COA, but did indicate some usefulness for use as an advising tool.
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Fox, Linette Sue. "Property taxes on land and land use." Thesis, Montana State University, 1992. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/1992/fox/FoxL1992.pdf.
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All fifty U.S. states have some form of property tax relief for agricultural land. Preferential assessment of agricultural land for property taxes distorts the like treatment of equally valuable real property. However, property taxes are administered as a part of the nation's tax system. The effect of preferential assessment for agricultural land must be evaluated within the tax system. A formal model of land values and times of converting agricultural land to urban uses is developed in this thesis. A property tax on land, a rollback tax, an income tax, and a capital gains tax are applied to the model, and the optimal time of conversion is examined. Comparative static results are discussed by simulating the tax rates. Property tax preferences for agricultural land, when administered in a vacuum, delay conversion to urban uses. Rollback taxes, intended to penalize conversion of land out of agricultural uses, have little effect on the allocation of land. Land rents and capital gains are effectively untaxed for land in owner-occupied housing. Property tax preferences are small in comparison with these preferences for land in owner-occupied housing; thus, the tax system's bias is to allocate more land to housing. However, land rents and capital gains are taxed for land in commercial use, allocating land to agricultural over commercial uses. The effect of the property tax is to reduce the allocation of land to commercial uses and to mitigate the bias created by other taxes when land is converted to housing. Thus, the current tax policy does not necessarily promote an inefficient allocation of land.
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Fox, James Lewis. "Snapshot imaging spectroscopy of the solar transition region: the multi-order solar EUV spectograph (MOSES) sounding rocket mission." Diss., Montana State University, 2011. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2011/fox/FoxJ0511.pdf.
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We have developed a revolutionary spectroscopic technique for solar research in the extreme ultraviolet. This slitless spectrographic technique allows snapshot imaging spectroscopy with data exactly cotemporal and cospectral. I have contributed to the successful realization of an application of this technique in the Multi-Order Solar EUV Spectrograph, MOSES. This instrument launched 2006 Feb 8 as a NASA sounding rocket payload and successfully returned remarkable data of the solar transition region in the He II 304 Angstrom spectral line. The unique design of this spectrometer allows the study of transient phenomena in the solar atmosphere, with spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution heretofore unachievable in concert, over a wide field of view. The fundamental concepts behind the MOSES spectrometer are broadly applicable to many solar spectral lines and phenomena and the instrument thus represents a new instrumentation technology. The early fruits of this labor are here reported: the first scientific discovery with the MOSES sounding rocket instrument, our observation of a transition region explosive event, phenomena observed with slit spectrographs since at least 1975, most commonly in lines of C IV (1548 Angstrom, 1550 Angstrom) and Si IV (1393 Angstrom, 1402 Angstrom). This explosive event is the first seen in He II 304 Angstrom. With our novel slitless imaging spectrograph, we are able to see the spatial structure of the event. We observe a bright core expelling two jets that are distinctly non-collinear, in directions that are not anti-parallel, in contradiction to standard models of explosive events, which give collinear jets. The jets have sky-plane velocities of order 75km s -¹ and line-of-sight velocities of +75km s -¹ (blue) and -30km s -¹ (red). The core is a region of high non-thermal doppler broadening, characteristic of explosive events, with maximal broadening 380 km s -¹ FWHM. It is possible to resolve the core broadening into red and blue line-of-sight components of maximum doppler velocities +160 km s -¹ and -220km s -¹. The event lasts more than 150 s. Its properties correspond to the larger, long-lived, and more energetic explosive events observed in other wavelengths.
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Schmidt, Lauren Noelle. "East Asian Fox Legends: Read at Your Own Risk, Possession Possible." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1290465314.
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Costa, Felix Silva 1982. "Função H de Fox e aplicações no cálculo fracionário." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/306996.
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Orientador: Edmundo Capelas de OliveiraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica
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Resumo: Neste trabalho é apresentado um estudo sistemático da função H de Fox e aplicações no cálculo fracionário. Inicialmente é feito um estudo da função hipergeométrica e suas possíveis generalizações, logo em seguida é definida a integral de Mellin-Barnes e a função G de Meijer, em conjunto com suas propriedades e seus casos particulares. Depois é definida a função H de Fox, objetivo principal do trabalho, e seu atual campo de aplicação, que é o cálculo fracionário. Finalmente, apresentam-se as aplicações envolvendo a função H de Fox e o cálculo fracionário. Das três aplicações, os dois primeiros resultados correspondem a duas generalizações: uma da equação do telégrafo e a outra da equação de Schrödinger. Enfim, é discutida uma generalização da equação de onda-difusão no caso em que as condições iniciais são periódicas
Abstract: This work presents a systematic study of the Fox H function and its possible applications in fractional calculus. It begins with a study about the hypergeometric function and its possible generalizations; after that, the Mellin-Barnes integral and the Meijer G function are defined and their properties and particular cases are presented. The Fox H function is then defined and its current field of application, fractional calculus, is discussed. In the sequence some applications involving the Fox H function and fractional calculus are presented, which constitute its main results; the two first results involve the telegraph equation and the Schrödinger equation in their generalized sense. Finally, one discusses a generalization of the wave-diffusion equation in the case in which the initial conditions are periodic
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Huson, Leslie William. "Statistical approaches to sensitivity analysis of mathematical models : applications in ecology." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/37731.
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Murdoch, James D. "Competition and niche separation between Corsac and Red Foxes in Mongolia." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670063.
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Pecáková, Jana. "Volby v Mexiku 2006." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2006. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-551.
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Práce se zabývá situací v Mexiku před prezidentskými volbami v roce 2006. Nejprve je zhodnoceno funkční období odstupující administrativy prezidenta Vicenta Foxe Quesady a poté je v kontextu popsané společensko-ekonomické reality v zemi analyzován průběh předvolební kampaně.
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Gentle, Matthew Nikolai. "Factors Affecting The Efficiency Of Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) Baiting Practices On The Central Tablelands Of New South Wales." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/890.
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The European red fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) is a well known predator of native species and domestic stock, and is recognised as one of Australia’s most devastating vertebrate pests. Current fox management relies heavily on poisoning using baits impregnated with sodium monofluoroacetate (1080). This reliance on 1080 is likely to continue given the lack of viable alternatives for controlling foxes, so that, in the meanwhile, it is important to improve the efficiency of the current techniques. Factors affecting the susceptibility of individual foxes to bait include their ability to locate it, as well as the bait’s palatability and toxicity. The economic costs associated with using different bait types, the pattern and density of their distribution will also affect the efficiency of control programs. It is essential to examine and refine all such issues to ensure efficient use of the 1080 baiting technique. This thesis focuses generally on problems associated with management of the fox in eastern Australia. More specifically, I investigate the factors affecting the efficiency of fox baiting practices on the central tablelands of New South Wales. The study was conducted largely on agricultural lands near the town of Molong (33010’ 37”S, 148087’15”E) on the central tablelands of New South Wales. This area was chosen as it is broadly representative, in terms of land use, of a large region of eastern Australia. The highly modified, predominantly agricultural landscapes near Molong are well suited to foxes, and conflict with the predominantly pastoral community means that fox management is widely undertaken. I determined the persistence of 1080 in two commonly used bait types, Foxoff® and chicken wingettes, under different climatic and rainfall conditions. The rate of 1080 degradation did not change significantly between the central tablelands and the relatively hotter and drier western slopes. Foxoff® baits remained lethal for longer than wingettes under all conditions, although their rate of degradation generally increased with increasing rainfall. I confirmed the presence of defluorinating micro-organisms in thesoils of eastern Australia for the first time, and suggest that, following removal from the bait, 1080 would not persist in the environment for long. Bait should be attractive and highly palatable to ensure that the target species will find and consume it upon discovery. Caching, where discovered food is removed but not immediately consumed, may potentially reduce the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of baiting campaigns. I quantified the caching of chicken wingette, day-old chick and Foxoff® baits by inserting transmitters into bait material and assessing whether it was eaten or cached following removal. The intensity of caching did not change significantly between seasons. Type of bait had the largest influence on caching intensity, with a greater percentage of non-toxic Foxoff® baits (66.9%) being cached than either wingettes (5.7%) or day-old chicks (4.5%). The percentage of toxic (1080) baits cached was even greater, suggesting that 1080 bait may be less palatable, and detectable to foxes. I also investigated the use of conditioned taste aversion to reduce multiple bait uptake by foxes. Levamisole, an illness-inducing chemical, was added to bait and the fate of removed bait was again monitored via radio-telemetry. Following consumption of a levamisole-treated bait, foxes avoided eating treated baits but consumed untreated baits. I concluded that a reduction in bait consumption was achieved through learned aversion to levamisole rather than via conditioned taste aversion to baits. Adding levamisole to baits, especially non-toxic bait such as rabies vaccines, could potentially be used to reduce bait monopolisation by individual foxes. Fox density and den site preferences were assessed by investigating the distribution and density of fox natal dens on one property (9.6 km2) over three consecutive years. A total of 9 natal dens were located in 2000 and 2001, declining to 6 in 2002. No preference was shown for den sites on the basis of habitat, slope or aspect, but more dens were located under, or adjacent to cover. Assuming that each natal den represents a breeding pair and that the population sex ratio did not differ from parity (1:1), the site contained a prebreeding density of 1.9 foxes/km2 in 2000 and 2001, and 1.25 foxes/km2 in 2002. Given that the mean number of cubs is 4.0, the post-breeding density was estimated at 5.6 and 3.75 foxes/km2 in 2000/2001 and 2002, respectively. The results demonstrated that high densities of foxes occur on agricultural lands. The success and likely accuracy of the technique to monitor fox density suggests that it may be used to calibrate more efficient abundance estimates that will be essential for the strategic management of foxes in future. Pest animal management strategies are traditionally assessed for their effectiveness, with less consideration being given to the efficiency or cost of achieving the desired effect. I used cost-effectiveness analyses to compare between different baiting strategies based on the longevity, palatability and handling/replacement costs associated with each bait type. The results indicated that, when measured on a total cost-per-bait-consumed basis, wingettes and day-old chicks were the most cost-effective baits for campaigns of up to 4 weeks duration. This demonstrates the importance of including the longevity, and particularly the palatability of bait, when assessing cost-effectiveness. However, it is recognised that other factors, including the consistency of dosage and uptake by nontarget species, may be equally or more important in deciding the appropriate baiting strategy. The spatial and temporal application of fox baiting in the region overseen by the Molong Rural Lands Protection Board was examined between January 1998 and December 2002 as a case study to evaluate the apparent effectiveness of cooperative management practices. Most landholders (78.8%) did not bait for foxes during this period. Based on known dispersal distances, the effect of fox immigration into baited areas was determined. The results indicated that no areas baited for foxes were separated by a sufficient buffer distance (>9.58 km) from unbaited areas to be protected from fox immigration. This suggests that, at current levels of coordination, the effectiveness of most baiting operations in eastern Australia is compromised over the long term by fox immigration. However, it is recognised that short-term reductions in fox density may sometimes be all that are required to reduce predation to acceptable levels, especially for seasonally-susceptible prey. Ultimately, the cost-effectiveness of control should be evaluated in terms of the response of the prey rather than that of the predator. This study has highlighted deficiencies in current ‘best-practice’ baiting techniques. Specific recommendations for current baiting practices, in addition to future research, are also given. In brief, these include minimising free-feed baiting, increasing the minimum distance between bait stations, and, where possible, presenting the most palatable bait. Continued research into conditioned taste aversion, aerial baiting, and techniques to reduce caching are recommended as potential techniques to improve the efficiency of baiting practices.
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Gentle, Matthew Nikolai. "Factors Affecting The Efficiency Of Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) Baiting Practices On The Central Tablelands Of New South Wales." University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/890.
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Doctor of Philosophy(PhD)The European red fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) is a well known predator of native species and domestic stock, and is recognised as one of Australia’s most devastating vertebrate pests. Current fox management relies heavily on poisoning using baits impregnated with sodium monofluoroacetate (1080). This reliance on 1080 is likely to continue given the lack of viable alternatives for controlling foxes, so that, in the meanwhile, it is important to improve the efficiency of the current techniques. Factors affecting the susceptibility of individual foxes to bait include their ability to locate it, as well as the bait’s palatability and toxicity. The economic costs associated with using different bait types, the pattern and density of their distribution will also affect the efficiency of control programs. It is essential to examine and refine all such issues to ensure efficient use of the 1080 baiting technique. This thesis focuses generally on problems associated with management of the fox in eastern Australia. More specifically, I investigate the factors affecting the efficiency of fox baiting practices on the central tablelands of New South Wales. The study was conducted largely on agricultural lands near the town of Molong (33010’ 37”S, 148087’15”E) on the central tablelands of New South Wales. This area was chosen as it is broadly representative, in terms of land use, of a large region of eastern Australia. The highly modified, predominantly agricultural landscapes near Molong are well suited to foxes, and conflict with the predominantly pastoral community means that fox management is widely undertaken. I determined the persistence of 1080 in two commonly used bait types, Foxoff® and chicken wingettes, under different climatic and rainfall conditions. The rate of 1080 degradation did not change significantly between the central tablelands and the relatively hotter and drier western slopes. Foxoff® baits remained lethal for longer than wingettes under all conditions, although their rate of degradation generally increased with increasing rainfall. I confirmed the presence of defluorinating micro-organisms in thesoils of eastern Australia for the first time, and suggest that, following removal from the bait, 1080 would not persist in the environment for long. Bait should be attractive and highly palatable to ensure that the target species will find and consume it upon discovery. Caching, where discovered food is removed but not immediately consumed, may potentially reduce the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of baiting campaigns. I quantified the caching of chicken wingette, day-old chick and Foxoff® baits by inserting transmitters into bait material and assessing whether it was eaten or cached following removal. The intensity of caching did not change significantly between seasons. Type of bait had the largest influence on caching intensity, with a greater percentage of non-toxic Foxoff® baits (66.9%) being cached than either wingettes (5.7%) or day-old chicks (4.5%). The percentage of toxic (1080) baits cached was even greater, suggesting that 1080 bait may be less palatable, and detectable to foxes. I also investigated the use of conditioned taste aversion to reduce multiple bait uptake by foxes. Levamisole, an illness-inducing chemical, was added to bait and the fate of removed bait was again monitored via radio-telemetry. Following consumption of a levamisole-treated bait, foxes avoided eating treated baits but consumed untreated baits. I concluded that a reduction in bait consumption was achieved through learned aversion to levamisole rather than via conditioned taste aversion to baits. Adding levamisole to baits, especially non-toxic bait such as rabies vaccines, could potentially be used to reduce bait monopolisation by individual foxes. Fox density and den site preferences were assessed by investigating the distribution and density of fox natal dens on one property (9.6 km2) over three consecutive years. A total of 9 natal dens were located in 2000 and 2001, declining to 6 in 2002. No preference was shown for den sites on the basis of habitat, slope or aspect, but more dens were located under, or adjacent to cover. Assuming that each natal den represents a breeding pair and that the population sex ratio did not differ from parity (1:1), the site contained a prebreeding density of 1.9 foxes/km2 in 2000 and 2001, and 1.25 foxes/km2 in 2002. Given that the mean number of cubs is 4.0, the post-breeding density was estimated at 5.6 and 3.75 foxes/km2 in 2000/2001 and 2002, respectively. The results demonstrated that high densities of foxes occur on agricultural lands. The success and likely accuracy of the technique to monitor fox density suggests that it may be used to calibrate more efficient abundance estimates that will be essential for the strategic management of foxes in future. Pest animal management strategies are traditionally assessed for their effectiveness, with less consideration being given to the efficiency or cost of achieving the desired effect. I used cost-effectiveness analyses to compare between different baiting strategies based on the longevity, palatability and handling/replacement costs associated with each bait type. The results indicated that, when measured on a total cost-per-bait-consumed basis, wingettes and day-old chicks were the most cost-effective baits for campaigns of up to 4 weeks duration. This demonstrates the importance of including the longevity, and particularly the palatability of bait, when assessing cost-effectiveness. However, it is recognised that other factors, including the consistency of dosage and uptake by nontarget species, may be equally or more important in deciding the appropriate baiting strategy. The spatial and temporal application of fox baiting in the region overseen by the Molong Rural Lands Protection Board was examined between January 1998 and December 2002 as a case study to evaluate the apparent effectiveness of cooperative management practices. Most landholders (78.8%) did not bait for foxes during this period. Based on known dispersal distances, the effect of fox immigration into baited areas was determined. The results indicated that no areas baited for foxes were separated by a sufficient buffer distance (>9.58 km) from unbaited areas to be protected from fox immigration. This suggests that, at current levels of coordination, the effectiveness of most baiting operations in eastern Australia is compromised over the long term by fox immigration. However, it is recognised that short-term reductions in fox density may sometimes be all that are required to reduce predation to acceptable levels, especially for seasonally-susceptible prey. Ultimately, the cost-effectiveness of control should be evaluated in terms of the response of the prey rather than that of the predator. This study has highlighted deficiencies in current ‘best-practice’ baiting techniques. Specific recommendations for current baiting practices, in addition to future research, are also given. In brief, these include minimising free-feed baiting, increasing the minimum distance between bait stations, and, where possible, presenting the most palatable bait. Continued research into conditioned taste aversion, aerial baiting, and techniques to reduce caching are recommended as potential techniques to improve the efficiency of baiting practices.
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Tolley, Rebecca. "Fox Sisters, Mary Heaton Vorse, Nancy Ward, Robert Ingersoll, Settlement Houses." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://www.amzn.com/B008KZU12Y.
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Grimm, Gretchen K. "Preparation of Fox Valley Technical College faculty for multicultural education." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000grimmg.pdf.
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Brady, Matthew J., John L. Koprowski, R. Nathan Gwinn, Yeong-Seok Jo, and Kevin Young. "Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger, Linnaeus 1758) introduction to the Sonoran Desert." WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623925.
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The eastern fox squirrel, native to the eastern and midwestern United States, was recently documented in the Sonoran Desert in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona, constituting the first state record for this species. We surveyed the people of Yuma to determine when and how the squirrels arrived. The squirrels were first observed in the 1960s, but may have been resident for a longer period. Since the 1960s, squirrels have spread throughout the city limits and extended south similar to 15 km into Somerton, Arizona. How the squirrels arrived is not clear, but must be the result of an introduction, as no nearby populations exist. The persistence of eastern fox squirrels in this unique habitat is due to synanthropic relationships.
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Fox, Oliver [Verfasser]. "eXBO-Framework für eCommerce Anwendungen / Oliver Fox." Aachen : Shaker, 2003. http://d-nb.info/1170541313/34.
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Pérez, Delgado Juan Cruz. "Plan de expansión comercial de Mountain Fox." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, 2019. http://bdigital.uncu.edu.ar/13938.
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El siguiente trabajo tiene por objetivo explicar, fundamentar y proponer una nueva estrategia de marketing digital para el nuevo emprendimiento Mountain Fox.
A través de un análisis que incluye desde la historia de la marca, pasando por sus características, público y actual estrategia, se presentará una propuesta de mejora mediante un plan de marketing digital que tiene por objetivo lograr una mejora en el rendimiento actual tanto en el ámbito online como offline.
La nueva estrategia digital estará basada en un fuerte posicionamiento en redes sociales, con un gran apoyo en el buscador más utilizado en el mundo, Google, para posicionar a la marca como una de las más importantes en la mente del consumidor. Esta propuesta se fundamenta en un exhaustivo análisis de las condiciones dadas en un mercado definitivamente cambiante y de comportamiento aleatorio.
Gracias a las nuevas estrategias de medición online se logra obtener mayor información y sobre todo conocimiento de una mayor calidad, lo que permite no solo a la empresa, sino a todos aquellos que deseen realizar este tipo de proyectos una mejora en la toma de decisiones para poder reducir la incertidumbre a la hora de tomar decisiones presentes a todo nivel organizacional.
Espero encuentren en éste trabajo una solución para empresas de bajo presupuesto o start ups que sirva y genere una mejora en su manejo y creación de contenidos.Fil: Pérez Delgado, Juan Cruz. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas.
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Starz, Andrew. "Dead Fox Run: A Collection of Stories." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc68046/.
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This collection consists of a critical preface and five linked short stories. The preface analyzes the usage of violence in literate and other forms of media, and specifically the ways in which literature can address violence without aggrandizing or stylizing it. The stories explore this idea through the lens of the lives of two young men, following them from boyhood marked by violence to adulthood crushed by the trauma of the American Civil War. Collection includes the stories "Dead Foxes," "Cow Pen," "Fatherless," "Woodsmoke," and "Brotherhood."
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Nygren, Markus. "Att lyssna på film : (en närlyssning av) musiken i Fantastic Mr. Fox." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-24039.
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Denna avhandling tar upp filmmusiken i Fantastic Mr. Fox. Syftet är mer specifikt att ta reda på vad musiken har för funktion i filmen, hur man använder musiken för att hjälpa till att föra fram handlingen och varför använder man sig av både egen komponerad musik och redan befintlig musik. Urvalet av låtar är grundat på hur stor betydelse de har för samspelet mellan musik och bild. Metoden som är använd är ett närstuderande, eller snarare ett närlyssnande, av musiken i filmen med hjälp av teoretisk grund i tidigare forskning och litteratur. Texten behandlar dels de låtar som är specifikt komponerade för filmen och dels de som är tagna utifrån, det vill säga redan befintlig musik, som har använts i filmen. Genom en diskussion utrönas också det olika musikala beståndsdelarnas viktigare element där diskussionen utmynnar i en jämförelse mellan de två musikala huvudgrupperna, det vill säga de sammanställda (de redan befintliga) låtarna och de sammansatta (de speciellt komponerade) låtarna. Avhandlingen slutar med att diskutera olika metoder man kan använda sig av för att studerna musiken i Fantastic Mr. Fox och även att förklara resultaten i analysen mer djupgående.
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Hudatzky, Emilia. "Kompetent, men kriminell : Framställningen av Hillary Clinton i CNN och Fox News." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-55689.
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This essay aims to find out how Hillary Clinton is portrayed in news articles dated between October 8th to November 8th 2016 gathered from Fox News and CNN. With the help of qualitative framing analysis the study looks closer on 14 articles from the chosen time period to reveal which frames that are visible in the news material. The study also raises questions about how those frames portray masculinity or femininity and how the results of the study differs from studies done by other researchers. Results reveal that there are three prominent frames visible in the chosen material; a game frame, a scandal frame and a frame about competence and trustworthiness. Hillary Clinton is mostly portrayed as a masculine, competent yet criminal person, and the previous research matches with the findings in some areas that concern scandals and trust and differs in others that concern gender stereotypes.
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Marinkovic, Sladana. "Reporting the news : the discourse in two newscasts on a fire in Rhode Island night club." Thesis, University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-1473.
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Jordan, Stephen Andrew. "Epidemiology and etiology of Eutypa dieback of grapevine and partial characterization of Eutypella vitis, a new pathogen of grapevine." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.
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Towerton, Alison. "The ecology and management of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in woodland-agricultural environments in New South Wales." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/11780.
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The European red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a predator of native species and livestock in Australia. Coordinated approaches to fox management are most effective and were explored in this thesis by studying fox behaviour and responses to baiting and by monitoring baiting programs. Fieldwork was carried out in the Goonoo, an area of public and private forest that supports populations of the endangered malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata), a ground-dwelling bird susceptible to fox predation. Fox management here uses a collaborative community approach to protect malleefowl and livestock in surrounding agricultural areas. Movements of foxes were investigated using VHF- and GPS-tracking devices. Foxes occupied large areas, with mean range sizes (100% minimum convex polygons) for VHF- and GPS-tracked foxes (post dispersal), respectively, 836 ha ± 596 (SD) (n = 9) and 6096 ha ± 2766 (SD) (n = 3). Fox activity, indexed by bait uptake, showed no consistent decline after poison baiting. Fox baiting effort was assessed across the landscape by mapping bait stations set on public and private land to identify gaps in baited areas, a potential source of recolonising foxes.. Remote camera traps were used to examine pest and prey responses to baiting operations across the landscape. No significant changes in activity were observed for any species between pre- and post-baiting, but a trend for reduction in fox activity was observed. Baiting operations were successful in that up to 75% of collared foxes succumbed to poisoning, while fox activity was reduced following some baiting operations. This mixed success may suggest that the current approach is close to being sufficient to reduce fox activity and increase the protection of livestock and native species, but also that improvements are needed to sustain any long-term benefits. The large areas occupied by individual foxes in the forested environment strengthen the need for fox management efforts to be on-going and coordinated across the landscape.
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Fox, Christopher Michael. "Performative Drawing Apparatus: Relations of Constraint and Abandon." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/22975.
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Through investigating relations between constraint and abandon, this research paper discusses how a series of performative drawing projects have effected the relationship I’ve had with control in my drawing practice. Experimenting with drawing’s expansive potential – the interconnected processes involved in this research has been both analytical and exploratory. Initially introducing predetermined methods into my drawing process, a threedimensional armature was developed. These methods are discussed in relation to the early modernist photographic work and the Futurists artworks, in order to contextualise the mapping of the bodily movement through drawing. This is further investigated through a process of notation from two dimensions into three dimensions. Two processes are tested – the autographic, where I am positioned in direct contact with the work, versus the allographic in which notation becomes a method of mediation via an iterative armature. The second chapter discusses how a three-dimensional armature becomes an instrument for performative drawing. Since the armature is worn as an extension of the body it may be understood as an apparatus (or abstract prosthesis) for my body. This apparatus, while intending to create open-ended process, also asserts control upon the process. This tendency towards control challenges the possibility for free abandon within specific studio-based projects that collectively constitute this research project. The connection between loss of control and restraint is discussed in relationship to concepts of the apparatus as outlined by Giorgio Agamben. The final chapter discusses the performative aspect of the research project. It considers the heroic figure in the performance of the drawing. This chapter looks at Amelia Jones’s examination of Jackson Pollock’s centred subjectivity embodied by the heroic male figure in art. This is discussed in relation to my own studio work and how it entails my costumed figure performing for an audience while struggling with a large steel appendage. This chapter also critically investigates the notion of the ‘artist as genius’ in relationship to the ways in which I have negotiation relinquishing control within the process of drawing.
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Aranda, Blanca, and Blanca Aranda. "Textualidad e Identidad: Por una Teoría de la Intertextualidad en los Andes." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12409.
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There is an intertextual web unique to Andean culture that goes beyond references
to literary texts. This dissertation analyzes an alternative text, Andean textiles, two
intimately related textual practices: Andean cosmology and story telling variants, and two
written texts: the XVI century quechua manuscript Gods and Men from Huarochirí and
José María Arguedas’ last novel The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below.
In this analysis, I place the oral trace of the fox character, shared by the textualities
consulted, at the center of an intertextual web that gives us an Andean perspective on the
concept of cultural encounter. Through the reconstruction of this intertextual web that
shares the common ground of orality, it can be said that the fox character is capable of
traversing opposite spaces and inhabiting areas of contact, and we find that all of the
textualities where he is to be found share the recurring tropes of origin, immigration and
mestizaje. As a central conclusion of my study in regards to the relationship between
textuality and identity, I propose that the way in which the fox has been textualized
expresses with an admirable constancy the dilemma of a subject that transits and
therefore belongs to two different worlds: condemned to lose yet destined to survive. This dissertation intends to lead to a new perspective on two literary classics, to open up space
for other kinds of textualities and textual practices, to redefine the theory of
intertextuality paying attention to the text and context dynamic and most importantly to
stress the influence of textuality in identity formation.
This dissertation is written in Spanish.
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Needleman, William A. "Collective Anti-egalitarianism, Fox News Consumption, and Support for President Trump." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1561385319760775.
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Barré, Nicolas. "Étude de la sélection des structures transverses stationnaires dans les lasers." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014REN1S133/document.
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L'objet de cette thèse est l'étude de la sélection des structures transverses stationnaires dans les lasers. Nous nous attachons à décrire expérimentalement et à expliquer numériquement à l'aide d'une méthode de type Fox--Li les observations de modes transverses qui peuvent être réalisées dans un laser à état solide pompé longitudinalement. Ainsi, nous sommes amenés à explorer en profondeur le comportement des cavités non--dégénérées dans différentes situations de pompage, ainsi que les notions de dégénérescence exacte et de dégénérescence partielle. Nous sommes également amenés à étudier, bien que de manière assez qualitative, le rôle important des effets thermiques dans la formation des modes transverses dans les zones de dégénérescence de la cavité. Ces questions ont fait l'objet de multiples investigations depuis l'avènement du laser, mais nous mettons toutefois en évidence que de sérieux problèmes d'interprétations d'observations expérimentales persistent dans la littérature scientifique contemporaine. Une idée fausse assez répandue stipule par exemple qu'il est possible d'exciter un mode Laguerre--Gauss ou Ince--Gauss d'ordre élevé en utilisant un faisceau de pompe suffisamment petit afin qu'il recouvre parfaitement le lobe principal du mode visé. Nous montrons analytiquement, numériquement et vérifions expérimentalement que ceci est impossible dans une situation non--dégénérée, et expliquons comment certaines observations réalisées proches d'une dégénérescence peuvent contribuer à propager cette idée erronée. Bien que le modèle que nous utilisons n'élude pas les questions importantes concernant le rôle de la dynamique temporelle dans la formation des modes transverses dans un laser, sa pertinence réside dans sa simplicité et sa capacité à reproduire de manière très satisfaisante toutes les observations expérimentales. Ainsi, toutes les observations de modes transverses qu'il est possible de réaliser dans un laser peuvent être comprises à travers ce modèle, qui ne nécessite comme ingrédients principaux qu'une cavité, un gain saturé, des effets thermiques et éventuellement des effets de diaphragme. De plus, le modèle simple que nous présentons peut s'étendre sans difficulté à l'étude de cavités instables ou de cavités à miroirs asphériques qui offrent des possibilités nouvelles pour l'excitation de modes transverses originauxThe main concern of this thesis is the selection of stationary transverse structures in lasers. Throughout the manuscript, we get involved into describing the observations that can be realized in a longitudinally pumped solid--state laser, from both experimental and numerical perspectives using Fox--Li simulations. We explore in detail, on the one hand, the particular behavior of non--degenerate cavities in various pumping situations, and on the other hand the exact and partial degeneracy situations. We also investigate the very influential role played by thermal effects concerning the formation of transverse structures in degeneracy regions, although this study is limited to a more qualitative description. These problems have been of great interest since the early development of laser, however we show in this manuscript that the contemporary scientific litterature still suffers from misinterpretations concerning experimental observations of transverse modes that can occur in lasers. For instance, there still remains the widespread belief that it is possible to excite a high-order Laguerre--Gaussian or Ince--Gaussian mode by strongly focusing the pump beam inside the active medium so that it matches the principal lobe of the targeted mode. We demonstrate analytically, numerically and experimentally that this idea is unfounded and show how some experiments that occur near a cavity degeneracy are misleading and can contribute to spread this misconception. Even if the model we use is unable to deal with some very significant issues concerning the mode formation in the time domain and the build--up of the laser oscillation, we believe that its strength lies into its simplicity and its ability to reproduce every experimental observation in a very accurate way. Hence, we managed to explain and interpret all the experimental observations we have realized given a very few assumptions including the presence of a cavity, a saturated gain, thermal effects and eventually diaphragm effects. Moreover, the simple model that we present can be extended without any difficulty to the case of unstable resonators, or to resonators built from graded--phase mirrors which offer new possibilities towards the excitation of original transverse modes
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Wright, Harry. "Monogamy in the bat-eared fox, Otocyon megalotis." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/55819/.
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Mammalian monogamy is puzzling from and evolutionary perspective because it is unclear why males, which have the potential to father a great many offspring, should choose to associate with only one female. This project investigated the behaviour of a socially monogamous (pair-living) population of bat-eared foxes in Laikipia, Northern Kenya, and had two principal aims. The first aim was to identify the selective forces that operate to maintain social monogamy in the study population. The second aim was to determine whether bat-eared foxes mate exclusively with their social partners (i. e. if they are genetically as well as socially monogamous). Chapter I summarizes by background to the research: Broadly speaking, theories advanced to explain the evolution of monogamy fall into two categories; those that proposing that monogamy occurs when male assistance is required for successfW reproduction, and those that proposing that aspects of female spatial and/or temporal distribution make it impossible for even the most competitive males to gain more than one mate. Chapter 2 describes the study site and general methods employed. Chapter 3 examines whether a requirement for paternal care maintains social monogamy by investigating the parental roles of males and females: I found that females invest very heavily in reproduction, feeding at close to maximum rate throughout lactation and suffering increased mortality rates during this period. Consistent with previous studies of the species, I found that males are heavily involved in the rearing of young, spending significantly more time than females close to breeding dens, and contributing to all aspects of cub care. The importance of male care was revealed by the fact that, after statistically controlling for the confounding effects of territory quality, the male den attendance was significantly associated with cub survival. Chapter 4 investigates factors other than the requirement for male care that may prevent males from achieving polygynous status: Social monogamy was not enforced because males were incapable of defending sufficient resources to support more than one female, as some male territories contained sufficient food to support two or more females. I found, however, that because females occupied largely exclusive ranges and had synchronized fertile periods, it was probably impossible for even the most competitive males to successfully defend more than one fertile female. Chapter 5 investigates the mating tactics of bat-eared foxes by comparing their behaviour during and outside the mating season: Neither male nor female foxes increased their home range sizes during the mating season, demonstrating that they do not roam widely in search of extra-pair mates. Time-budget data suggest that this may be because bat-eared foxes have little time available to engage in activities other than foraging. The behaviour of mated partners wass highly coordinated, particularly during the mating season, and the close proximity of mated partners did not reduce their feeding rate. Chapter 6 uses DNA microsatellite analyses to establish the paternity of bat-eared fox cubs: We found that for the vast majority of cubs (42 of 44) social fathers were most likely to be their true fathers. These data demonstrate a high level of genetic monogamy in the study population. Chapter 7 summarizes data from the thesis: I conclude that, although male care enhances offspring survival, there are circumstances under which males may gain from polygyny. Males are probably unable to attain polygynous status, however, because the spatial and temporal distribution of females, combined with intense competition for mates makes it impossible for them to defend more than one mate. Consistent with observations of occasional polygynous breeding from other bat-eared fox populations, I conclude that polygyny could only a viable male strategy if compliant females were willing to co-ordinated their behaviour. I argue that the high levels of genetic monogamy observed are probably consequence of the species insectivorous diet, which leaves individuals with little time to engage in activities other than foraging, and makes it easy for males to guard their own partners.
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Goda, Chinmayee. "Transcriptional regulation of lung diseases by Fox proteins." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin159213479759453.
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