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Gayden, Tenzin. "Y-chromosome polymorphisms in the Himalayas." FIU Digital Commons, 2006. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3587.
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In the present study, high resolution Y-chromosome SNP analyses were employed to investigate the genetic origins of three distinct groups from Nepal namely, the general population of Kathmandu, Newar, and Tamang, as well as a collection from Tibet. The results suggest that the Tibetans and Nepalese are descendants of Tibeto-Burman speaking groups originating in Northeast Asia. With the exception of Tamang, both Newar and Kathmandu exhibit considerable similarities to Indian Y haplogroup substructure. These results suggest recent gene flow from the Indian subcontinent, a conclusion that is also supported by the admixture analysis. In contrast, while YAP+ , a genetic signature of Central Asian origin, is completely absent in Nepal, it accounts for more than fifty percent of Tibetan Y-chromosome. Low frequencies of haplogroup R lineages in Tibet reflect limited gene flow from India most likely due to the Himalayan mountain range to the south.
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Gonon, Emmanuel. "Autour des Himalayas : géopolitique d'une marche." Lyon 2, 1997. http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/1997/egonon.
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Les Himalayas sont perçus comme une barrière, depuis l'Inde, dont il importe de cerner les traits spécifiques, au regard du reste des territoires nationaux. C'est un espace de faible pression démographique en raison des fortes contraintes du milieu, notamment d'altitude, qui s'inscrit de plus en creux dans la dynamique économique des Etats englobants. Il autorise pourtant l'existence d'un phénomène tranfrontalier et l'interaction sino-indienne est enrichie d'une composante tibétaine, exogène aux Etats en présence, même si elle constitue, politiquement, un objet de revendication intégré aux logiques frontalières nationales et physiquement, une marche. L'Inde et la Chine se considèrent comme légataires du passé historique des territoires qu'elles contrôlent aujourd'hui et l'héritage d'empires antérieurs est aussi pour elles celui de leur rayonnement régional actuel. Mais la naissance partagée" de l'Inde a impliqué une réduction territoriale du dispositif impérial anglais, même s'il est préservé dans la pensée stratégique indienne : disparition de la marche tibétaine et partition du piemond sud-himalayen entre l'Inde et le Pakistan. A l'inverse, le versant nord des Himalayas connut une dynamique contraire d'expansion territoriale par l'intégration formelle du Tibet dans le nouvel Etat chinois. Le postulat de départ est la primauté d'action de la Chine face à l'Inde. La colonisation Han du Tibet bénéficie de la forte croissance économique qui contribue à fixer durablement les colons et complète le dispositif de contrôle du territoire et de protection des frontières, dans un contexte d'affirmation de la Chine comme puissance régionale. L'action indienne vise à intégrer le dispositif frontalier hérité dans une structure d'Etat national, en créant des entités régionales "himalyennes", mais l'octroi de statuts spécifiques accroît la marginalisation sociale des populations d'altitude, d'autant que l'intégration soio-économique se fait surtout par le tourisme. A l'extérieur, le gouvernement indien semble vouloir achever l'intégration des Etats himalayens, selon un mode désormais économique. Mais le co1/4t social est élevé et fragilise paradoxalement l'accès du pays à ses territoires himalayens, par l'émergence de revendications locales sur base ethnique ou religieusesAs seen from india, the himalayas are a wall. It is a low human density area, because of the hard environmental conditions (altitude), and also an economic periphery. But the himalayan highlands are also the core of tibetan life ans territory, that is a disputed area between india and china, and geographically a non-symetrical frontier. The purpose of that research is to study that mountain range as a geographical, a historical and a geopolitical march between two giant states. India and china are considering themselves as inheritors of the history of the territories they actually control and the legacy of former empires is that of their present foreign regional policy. But for india the birth of a modern state has meant a territorial loss from the british frontier system - thow it is preserved in indian strategists mind : disappearance of tibetan frontier and partition of himalayan southern side between india and pakistan. To the opposite, the north side of the range has been the spot of china's expansion by formal integration of tibet into the prc. The basic fact is china's primacy on india's action. Han colonisation of tibet benefits by the chinese economic growth that contribute to settle chinese on long term basis and allow it to reinforce the military framework of exterior china, in an assertion of the country as a regional power. Indian political action is to integrate the british frontier system in the nation-state structure, by creating + himalayan ; administratives entities, but the granting of specific administrative statuses is marginalising upland peoples, since tourism is the only way of economic integration to the rest of the country. Outside, indian government seems to achieve integrating himalayan states, first by political force and now by economic means. But the social cost of that is the growing difficulties of the government to acces their himalayan territoiries on account of an arising ethnical instability
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Gonon, Emmanuel Foucher Michel. "Autour des Himalayas géopolitique d'une marche /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1997. http://demeter.univ-lyon2.fr:8080/sdx/theses/lyon2/1997/egonon.
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Huaripata, Cuya Julissa, and Montemayor Gonzalo Enrique Núñez. "Queen Bags." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/626546.
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El presente proyecto de carteras para mujeres estudiantes de universidades e institutos y amas de casa nos ha permitido validar el problema asumido en base a información recopilada en el análisis al sector al que se dirige nuestro producto, el NSE “C”. De esta manera, logramos detectar que las mujeres pertenecientes a este nivel no contaban con los recursos necesarios para adecuarse al cambiante mundo de la moda.
En la actualidad, el sector de la moda y la belleza presenta cambios constantemente, debido a que existen diversos diseñadores y marcas que año tras año lanzan nuevos productos al mercado, generando tendencia y atracción por parte de las mujeres de todo el mundo. Sin embargo, existen muchas categorías de productos en este sector que presentan precios muy elevados para personas que reciben una remuneración mínima o que no generan ingresos mensuales.
A partir de ello, se analizaron los diferentes productos ofrecidos en este sector, siendo las carteras producto elegido para su elaboración y venta, debido a que es muy requerido por las mujeres y se espera que su nivel de consumo aumente en los siguientes años.
Queen Bags lanzará al mercado un amplio catálogo de carteras elaboradas en base a los gustos y preferencias de los clientes. Asimismo, destacará por la variedad de diseños ofrecidos, el lanzamiento de nuevos catálogos por cada estación y la relación calidad-precio de los productos finales. El negocio iniciará sus operaciones en el año 2019 y para su puesta en marcha los accionistas realizarán una inversión total de S/12,719 conformada por la compra de activos y aporte de efectivo.The present project of handbags for women students of universities and institutes and housewives has allowed us to validate the problem assumed based on information gathered in the analysis to the sector to which our product is directed, the NSE "C". In this way, we managed to detect that women belonging to this level did not have the necessary resources to adapt to the changing world of fashion. Currently, the fashion and beauty sector are constantly changing, because there are several designers and brands that year after year launch new products to the market, generating trend and attraction for women around the world. However, there are many categories of products in this sector that present very high prices for people who receive a minimum remuneration or who do not generate monthly income. From this, the different products offered in this sector were analyzed, with the bags being the product chosen for its preparation and sale, because it is very required by women and it is expected that its level of consumption will increase in the following years. Queen Bags will launch to the market a wide catalog of handbags elaborated based on the tastes and preferences of the clients. Likewise, it will stand out for the variety of designs offered, the launching of new catalogs for each station and the quality-price ratio of the final products. The business will start operations in 2019 and for its start-up the shareholders will make a total investment of S/12,719 formed by the purchase of assets and cash contribution.
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Berreman, Gerald D. "Hindus of the Himalayas : ethnography and change /." New Delhi ; Bombay ; Calcutta [etc.] : Oxford university press, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37436738q.
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Zolin, Nicola <1984>. "The Geopolitics of water in the Himalayas." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/7350.
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The competition over the water resources of the Himalayan plateau is shaping the geopolitics of the Asian continent. Economic growth, industrialisation, pollution and growing population have created an unprecedented water-stress on the world’s driest continent. Water shortages have created geopolitical tensions and intensified competition over the resources of the transboundary rivers such as the Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra and Amu Darya. This research examines the international relations amongst the countries where these rivers flow and the challenges that arise from friction over water resources, taking the Brahmaputra as a case study.
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Teets, Anthony. "Queen Victoria's Shadows." Thesis, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10133413.
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This dissertation discusses how Victorian writers, artists, and critics represent historical queens as shadows of Queen Victoria throughout her long reign (1837–1901). Focusing on Victorian representations of four queens—Catherine de Medici, Mary Stuart, Queen Elizabeth I, and Marie-Antoinette—this project seeks to establish a literary genealogy by showing how British writers drew upon historical interpretations of dead French and English queens to express psychological ambivalence, political anxiety about female monarchy, national, confessional difference, and complex sexual and erotic dimensions. Rather than approach these queens as historical persons, this dissertation concentrates on the literary, figural, and spectral qualities that translate unevenly across cultural, religious and historical lines. The dissertation uses interdisciplinary methods drawn from history, psychoanalysis, and feminism to examine how Victorian writers relate their representational strategies to novels, dramas, visual texts, and historiographies in which the queens are sources of sensation, fascination, English moral exceptionalism, and spectacle. The mix of canonical and non-canonical writers recasts the familiar images of these queens in a new light and brings unfamiliar and long forgotten writers into the discussion. In examining how these cultural texts work against the grain of more canonical texts, the dissertation shows how they have the potential to unsettle what it is thought is known about Victorian attitudes toward female monarchy. Finally, I argue that it matters that Queen Victoria is on the throne because she casts her shadow over these cultural texts while they are being produced and consumed.
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Flores, Guadalupe. "The pirate queen." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2017. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5470.
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Five women actors working during the Golden Age of Hollywood vie for the lead role in a sprawling epic movie titled “The Pirate Queen.” Alliances and rivalries form among the women with the impending involvement of America looming in the background, and the struggle between democracy and fascism form a thread running through the action on the film set.
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Andermann, Christoff. "Climate, topography and erosion in the Nepal Himalayas." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg Universitaetsbibliothek "Georgius Agricola", 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:105-qucosa-86385.
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This thesis deals with the role of precipitation on erosion and landscape formation in the Nepal Himalayas. I investigate all successive steps involved in the erosion process: 1) Starting from the evaluation of precipitation datasets, 2) the transfer of precipitation to river discharge, 3) the mobilization and transport of material out of the mountain range, 4) and finally, erosion constrains over longer time-scales. I show that the dataset derived from the interpolation of rain gauge data performs best in the Himalayas. I demonstrate the importance of an until now unconsidered, major compartment of the Himalayan discharge cycle, which I identify as a fractured basement aquifer, and estimate the snow and ice melt contribution to the Himalayan rivers. Erosion rates calculated from suspended sediment fluxes and cosmogenic nuclide analysis range between 0.1 and 4 mm/yr. The rivers in the Nepal Himalayas are supply limited and the hillslopes as contributing source are transport limited. Last I show that over several thousand years erosion is not related with precipitation, but with reliefCette thèse porte sur le rôle des précipitations sur l’érosion et la formation des reliefs dans l’Himalaya Népalais. J’étudie chaque étape du processus d’érosion : 1) Evaluation des bases de données de précipitations, 2) Transfert des précipitations au débit fluvial, 3) Mobilisation et transport du matériel dans le bassin versant, et enfin 4) Mécanismes d’érosion sur de longues échelles de temps. Je montre que la base de données de précipitations obtenue par interpolation de données pluviométriques est la plus performante pour la région de l\'Himalaya. Je démontre l’importance d’une composante majeure, jusqu’alors ignorée, du cycle de débit de l’Himalaya que j’identifie comme étant les aquifères de sous-sol fracturé, et j’évalue la contribution de la fonte des neiges et glaces aux rivières Himalayennes. Les taux d’érosion calculés à partir des flux de sédiments en suspension et des analyses de nucléides cosmogéniques varient de 0.1 à 4 mm/a. Les rivières au Népal sont limitées par l’apport sédimentaire alors que les versants, en tant que source de sédiments, sont limités par le transport. Enfin, je montre que l’érosion sur des milliers d’années ne dépend des précipitations mais du relief
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle des Niederschlag bei Erosions- und Oberflächenprozessen im nepalesischen Himalaja. Ich untersuche die Abfolge der Erosionspsozesse im Himalaja: 1) Ausgehend von der Bewertung von Niederschlagsdatensätzen, 2) die Prozesse der Abflussbildung in Flüssen, 3) die Mobilisierung und Transport von Material, 4) und Erosionsraten über längere Zeiträume. Ich zeige, dass interpolierte Niederschlagsdaten die beste Qualität im Himalaya haben. Ich zeige auf, wie wichtig der bislang unberücksichtigt Grundwasserzwischenspeicher für die Abflussbildung im Himalaya ist und schätze den Anteil der Schnee-und Eisschmelze an dem Gesamtabfluss der Flüssen im Himalaja. Erosionsraten die mittels Schwebestofffracht und der Analyse kosmogener Nukluide berechnet wurden, liegen zwischen 0,1 und 4 mm pro Jahr. Der Sedimenttransport in den Flüssen in Nepal ist limitiert durch die Verfügbarkeit von transportierbarem Material, während der Transport und die Mobilisierung auf den Hängen durch die Verfügbarkeit von Wasser limitiert ist. Zudem sind die Erosionsraten über mehrere Jahrhundert nicht von der Niederschlagsverteilung abhängig sondern vom Relief
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Andermann, Cristoff. "Climate, topography and erosion in the Nepal Himalayas." Phd thesis, Université Rennes 1, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00674919.
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Cette thèse porte sur le rôle des précipitations sur l'érosion et la formation des reliefs dans l'Himalaya Népalais. J'étudie chaque étape du processus d'érosion : 1) Evaluation des bases de données de précipitations, 2) Transfert des précipitations au débit fluvial, 3) Mobilisation et transport du matériel dans le bassin versant, et enfin 4) Mécanismes d'érosion sur de longues échelles de temps. Je montre que la base de données de précipitations obtenue par interpolation de données pluviométriques est la plus performante pour la région de l'Himalaya. Je démontre l'importance d'une composante majeure, jusqu'alors ignorée, du cycle de débit de l'Himalaya que j'identifie comme étant les aquifères de sous-sol fracturé, et j'évalue la contribution de la fonte des neiges et glaces aux rivières Himalayennes. Les taux d'érosion calculés à partir des flux de sédiments en suspension et des analyses de nucléides cosmogéniques varient de 0.1 à 4 mm/a. Les rivières au Népal sont limitées par l'apport sédimentaire alors que les versants, en tant que source de sédiments, sont limités par le transport. Enfin, je montre que l'érosion sur des milliers d'années ne dépend des précipitations mais du relief.
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Andermann, Christoff. "Climate, topography and erosion in the Nepal Himalayas." Doctoral thesis, Rennes 1, 2011. https://tubaf.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A22808.
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This thesis deals with the role of precipitation on erosion and landscape formation in the Nepal Himalayas. I investigate all successive steps involved in the erosion process: 1) Starting from the evaluation of precipitation datasets, 2) the transfer of precipitation to river discharge, 3) the mobilization and transport of material out of the mountain range, 4) and finally, erosion constrains over longer time-scales. I show that the dataset derived from the interpolation of rain gauge data performs best in the Himalayas. I demonstrate the importance of an until now unconsidered, major compartment of the Himalayan discharge cycle, which I identify as a fractured basement aquifer, and estimate the snow and ice melt contribution to the Himalayan rivers. Erosion rates calculated from suspended sediment fluxes and cosmogenic nuclide analysis range between 0.1 and 4 mm/yr. The rivers in the Nepal Himalayas are supply limited and the hillslopes as contributing source are transport limited. Last I show that over several thousand years erosion is not related with precipitation, but with relief.Cette thèse porte sur le rôle des précipitations sur l’érosion et la formation des reliefs dans l’Himalaya Népalais. J’étudie chaque étape du processus d’érosion : 1) Evaluation des bases de données de précipitations, 2) Transfert des précipitations au débit fluvial, 3) Mobilisation et transport du matériel dans le bassin versant, et enfin 4) Mécanismes d’érosion sur de longues échelles de temps. Je montre que la base de données de précipitations obtenue par interpolation de données pluviométriques est la plus performante pour la région de l\'Himalaya. Je démontre l’importance d’une composante majeure, jusqu’alors ignorée, du cycle de débit de l’Himalaya que j’identifie comme étant les aquifères de sous-sol fracturé, et j’évalue la contribution de la fonte des neiges et glaces aux rivières Himalayennes. Les taux d’érosion calculés à partir des flux de sédiments en suspension et des analyses de nucléides cosmogéniques varient de 0.1 à 4 mm/a. Les rivières au Népal sont limitées par l’apport sédimentaire alors que les versants, en tant que source de sédiments, sont limités par le transport. Enfin, je montre que l’érosion sur des milliers d’années ne dépend des précipitations mais du relief.
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle des Niederschlag bei Erosions- und Oberflächenprozessen im nepalesischen Himalaja. Ich untersuche die Abfolge der Erosionspsozesse im Himalaja: 1) Ausgehend von der Bewertung von Niederschlagsdatensätzen, 2) die Prozesse der Abflussbildung in Flüssen, 3) die Mobilisierung und Transport von Material, 4) und Erosionsraten über längere Zeiträume. Ich zeige, dass interpolierte Niederschlagsdaten die beste Qualität im Himalaya haben. Ich zeige auf, wie wichtig der bislang unberücksichtigt Grundwasserzwischenspeicher für die Abflussbildung im Himalaya ist und schätze den Anteil der Schnee-und Eisschmelze an dem Gesamtabfluss der Flüssen im Himalaja. Erosionsraten die mittels Schwebestofffracht und der Analyse kosmogener Nukluide berechnet wurden, liegen zwischen 0,1 und 4 mm pro Jahr. Der Sedimenttransport in den Flüssen in Nepal ist limitiert durch die Verfügbarkeit von transportierbarem Material, während der Transport und die Mobilisierung auf den Hängen durch die Verfügbarkeit von Wasser limitiert ist. Zudem sind die Erosionsraten über mehrere Jahrhundert nicht von der Niederschlagsverteilung abhängig sondern vom Relief.
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Kandare, Camilla Eleonora. "Figuring a Queen Queen Christina of Sweden and the embodiment of sovereignty /." Diss., UC access only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=67&did=1871856601&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=7&retrieveGroup=0&VType=PQD&VInst=PROD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1270228865&clientId=48051.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 334-352). Issued in print and online. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.
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Ramlawi, Rachel L. "Queen of the Hill." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1605097917011871.
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Benz, Lisa. "Queen consort, queen mother : the power and authority of fourteenth century Plantagenet queens." Thesis, University of York, 2009. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14154/.
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Between 1299 and 1369 there was a continuous succession of queen consorts and queen dowagers. Margaret of France was queen consort between 1299 and 1307 and died in 1318, Isabella of France was queen consort between 1308 and 1327 and she died in 1358 and Philippa of Hainault was queen consort between 1328 and 1369 when she died. A continuous transition between queens is particularly exciting for a study of queenship because an analysis of these queens' activities provides a unique opportunity to form conclusions about nonnative queenly behaviour, and to determine the extent to which their activities depended on circumstance and inclination. The overlapping of consorts and dowagers also allows us to study the relationships between these women. Yet there has been no full-length study which takes advantage of this exceptional period in late medieval history. This present study proposes to do so, and frames this examination around four major themes: gender; status; the concept of the crown; and power and authority. By using administrative, visual and literary sources this study seeks to address the themes of gender, status, medieval concepts of the crown and power and authority. Through these themes it expounds upon the relationship of the ideology of queenship and the historical actions of three fourteenth-century queens. This thesis will demarcate when the queen's power is symbolic or achieved through her own initiative. It examines the extent to which gender and status dictated the nature of her power and authority, and it will use the concept of the crown to assess her royal status. It acknowledges that gender inequality existed in the medieval period; the queen could not rule in her own right, nor act as chancellor, treasurer or member of parliament. However, instead of emphasizing the queen's independence or her constraints and limitations, this study seeks to provide an even-handed analysis of how the queen acted. Overall, this thesis concludes that not only did the queen remain a visible part of the centralized monarchy, she also held official roles within government She was embedded in the administrative apparatus of government as a wife, a mother and a widely recognized representative of the crown.
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Fujita, Koji, 耕史 藤田, Lonnie G. Thompson, Yutaka Ageta, Tetsuzo Yasunari, Yoshiyuki Kajikawa, Akiko Sakai, and Nozomu Takeuchi. "Thirty-year history of glacier melting in the Nepal Himalayas." American Geophysical Union, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/11359.
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Llorente, M. "The image of the Catholic Queen, Mariana of Austria : consort, regent and Queen Mother." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2012. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1348748/.
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María Anna of Austria was the daughter of Emperor Fernando III and the Infanta María. She married her uncle, Felipe IV. After the death of Felipe IV, Queen Mariana became regent, guardian-tutor and guardian-curadora of her son, the child-King, and in his name ruled the monarchy. Although Mariana is relatively obscure as a historical figure, we know her portrait thanks to Velázquez, who produced a number of portraits and included her, as wife of the King and mother of the Infanta, in Las Meninas, in the famous background mirror. The goal of this thesis is to examine the various portraits of the Spanish Queen Mariana in order to distinguish and explore the roles she played. There has been little recent historical research treating the years 1665-1696, the period which covers Queen Mariana´s designation as governor and tutor, and ends with her death. My research directly addresses this gap. A thorough list of illustrations of these portraits will facilitate an analysis of the iconography of her portraits and of the different elements which worked to constitute and represent her roles. The overall intention is to retrieve, reconstruct and bring back Queen Mariana’s image as a whole, the image that she, in the course of her life, originally commissioned. A systematic examination of Queen Mariana’s portraiture has allowed me to engage with the visual forms consciously used to represent the elements characteristic of the three states of womanhood -maid, wife and widow- as well as of the functions pertaining to queen consort, governor, tutor, curadora and queen mother. In addition, in my analysis of royal portraiture in seventeenth century Spanish painting, I have incorporated viewpoints developed by what is known as Court Studies. In this regard, my study of the royal portraits includes a detailed reading of the Spanish etiquettes, cortesias, and royal regulations (premáticas y pragmáticas), as well as an analysis of ceremonial and gender oriented subjects (period documents concerning the use of jewels, dress, female ceremonial, etc.).
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Griffin, Sean Franz Patrick. "Snow Queen : in the halls of the Snow Queen and what finally happened there /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3099919.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2003.Vita. For 6 solo sopranos, women's chorus, string orchestra, percussion, harp, piano, and celesta. Accompanying tape includes recording of work.
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Correa, Jose Marcio. "Laying the queen of spades." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/24392.
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Мисаковець, Надія Валеріївна. "Style of Queen Elizabeth II." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2019. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/13094.
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Moran, Arik. "Permutations of Rajput identity in the West Himalayas, c. 1790-1840." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a5436935-3a87-4702-8b0a-471643633c46.
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The sustained interaction of local elites and British administrators in the West Himalayas over the decades that surrounded the early colonial encounter (c. 1790-1840) saw the emergence of a distinctly new understanding of communal identity among the leaders of the region. This eventful period saw the mountain ('Pahari') kingdoms transform from fragmented, autonomous polities on the fringes of the Indian subcontinent to subjects of indigenous (Nepali, Sikh) and, ultimately, foreign (British) empires, and dramatically altered the ways Pahari leaders chose to remember and represent themselves. Using a wide array of sources from different locales in the hills (e.g., oral epics, archival records and local histories), this thesis traces the Pahari elite's transition from a nebulous group of lineage-based leaders to a cohesive unitary milieu modelled after contemporary interpretations of Hindu kingship. This nascent ideal of kingship is shown to have fed into concurrent understandings of Rajput society in the West Himalayas and ultimately to have sustained the alliance between indigenous rulers and British administrators.
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Khan, Mohammad Asif. "Petrology and structure of the Chilas ultramafic complex, NW Himalayas, Pakistan." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/47506.
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West, A. Joshua. "Silicate chemical weathering from the Himalayas to models of global controls." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615246.
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Tashi, Sonam. "Soil carbon stocks under different forest types in Bhutan, Eastern Himalayas." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16520.
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This dissertation focusses on quantifying C stocks from forest ecosystems in the Eastern Himalayan. Total soil C and N stocks significantly increased with altitude and decreased with soil depth. Carbon and N stocks were significantly correlated with altitude which accounted for 73% and 47% of the variation in C and N stocks, respectively. To elucidate the driving processes of C and N stocks, inputs and stability, C and N isotopes in soil and biomass were measured. Overstorey vegetation contributes significantly to the soil C, as 13C of overstorey and soil showed similar trends. The slope of soil δ13C versus the C concentration, indicative of organic matter decomposition, was smallest at the highest altitude forest. This suggests slow turnover of C and N in the high altitude forest soils. Sequential density fractionation, DRIFT spectroscopy and IRMS were used to determine the different proportion and forms of C in forest soils. Lighter soil density fractions had a greater proportion of aliphatic C, while the heavier soil density fractions had a greater proportion of aromatic C. The larger proportion of aromatic C in the higher soil density fractions suggests that SOC in this fraction has been more processed, corroborated by the accompanied decreased C:N ratio and enrichment of δ13C with increasing soil density fractions. Aboveground biomass (AGB) allometric equations were developed to estimate forest AGB C stocks for the study area. Estimated AGB C stocks increased with altitude from 57 to 207 Mg C ha-1. The use of measured C concentration rather than an assumed 50% C for biomass reduced estimated AGB C stocks between 6.8 and 8.6%. The estimation of C stocks in the forest soils and biomass allometric equations for the different forest types in Bhutan will enable the region to better monitor its C stocks and emission to benefit from the United Nations REDD programs.
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Hamilton, Dakota L. "The household of Queen Katherine Parr." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332964.
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Burrus, Ann. "Finessing for the Queen of Trumps." VCU Scholars Compass, 1991. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4392.
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Rieger-Jandl, Andrea. "Living culture in the Himalayas : anthropological guidelines for building in developing countries /." Wien : WUV, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014192444&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Ayres, Michael William. "Trace-element behaviour during high-grade metamorphism and anatexis of the Himalayas." Thesis, Open University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339861.
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Neuhaus, Thomas. "British and German representations of Tibet and the Himalayas, c.1890-1959." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612287.
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Hanson, Jonathan H. "Snow leopards and sustainability : livelihoods, governance and coexistence in the Nepal Himalayas." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/274910.
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This thesis seeks to understand the coexistence that occurs between people and snow leopards on the roof of the world. Within a political ecology framework, it aims to show how various social and economic factors can influence this coexistence and promote the conservation of Himalayan species and ecosystems. In particular, the thesis addresses the twin assumptions that access to assets, via more diverse livelihoods, and access to influence, via decentralised conservation governance, will improve coexistence. The study opens with an assessment of household livelihoods and then compares them between two iconic but contrasting Protected Areas. The thesis then assesses: (i) knowledge of and attitudes to snow leopards; (ii) attitudes to their conservation; (iii) household livestock losses to snow leopards; and (iv) conflicts between people and snow leopard conservation. Additionally, perceptions of several proposed mitigation methods are also examined. The political ecology framework employs access theory, the Sustainable Livelihoods model and a mixed-methods approach. Using systematic sampling, a quantitative questionnaire was administered to 705 households at two sites in the Nepal Himalayas: Sagarmatha National Park, with a centralised governance model, and Annapurna Conservation Area, with a decentralised one. Seventy qualitative interviews were also collected for cross-methods triangulation. Multiple and logistic regression models were the main form of statistical analyses. Access to tourism income, and larger household size, best explained livelihoods scores. Attitudes to snow leopards were best explained by attitudes to their conservation and numbers of livestock owned per household. Attitudes to snow leopard conservation depended on perceptions of snow leopards and household livelihoods. Perceptions of conflict with snow leopards and their conservation was related to the number of livestock lost by any source of mortality. A number of variables explained attitudes to the proposed mitigation measures, including gender, livelihood strategies, livestock numbers and support for snow leopard conservation. In conclusion, access to assets and access to influence do shape human coexistence with snow leopards and their conservation, albeit in more nuanced ways than anticipated.
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JAMWAL, Pushpinder Singh. "Niche modelling, current distribution and future scenarios for the otters in Himalayas." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi del Molise, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11695/109967.
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Otters (Family Mustelidae; Subfamily Lutrinae) are considered bioindicators of the wetlands they live in. Because they are engaged in a variety of ecosystem processes, any disruption to these ecosystems, such as hunting or climate change, is first reflected in the otter populations in the area. For species conservation and management, a basic knowledge of species ecology is required. Feeding and habitat ecology are critical for species survival because they allow for informed decisions regarding the protection and management of a species' preferred habitats.
Additionally, the Himalayan mountain ranges are anticipated to warm faster than the worldwide average. As a result, any animal found in this region, such as the otter, is of special significance. Future climatic changes are expected to have a disastrous effect on both the ecosystem of this area and the animals that occupy the environment.
Himalaya is home to three otter species: Eurasiasn otter (Lutra lutra), Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata), and Small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus). Otter research in the Himalayan area has received less academic attention than other parts of the world, leading to a lack of scientific knowledge about the species and its ecosystem.
In recent years, the conservation and scientific significance of otters in the Himalaya has grown significantly. However, several unknown aspects of this species have not been thoroughly investigated. Hence, this research aimed to address a knowledge gap on current distribution and future scenarios for otter species found in Himalaya. Determining the occurrence of rare and endangered species in freshwater habitats is critical for ecological research and conservation concerns, but it may be time consuming and difficult. In the present research we also tested an environmental DNA approach to detect Lutra lutra in the South Italian and Himalayan rivers.
We used the recently proposed Climate Niche Factor Analysis (CNFA) framework combined with Species Distribution Models to assess the vulnerability of three otter species found in the Himalayan region, namely Aonyx cinereus, Lutra lutra, and Lutrogale perspicillata, to 2050 climate and land-use change. Our study revealed that future climate and land-use change will shrink (6–15%) and shift (10–18%) the geographic ranges of the three Himalayan species, with land-use changes having much more severe consequences than climate change. Among the vulnerability factors, sensitivity was more important than exposure in determining the otters' vulnerability. In contrast to the most generalist, L. lutra, the most specialised species, L. perspicillata, exhibited the greatest vulnerability. Our findings showed that combining climate and land-use change components in CCVAs may result in divergent estimates of species vulnerability when compared to methods that solely include climate change. Furthermore, intrinsic factors like species sensitivity were shown to be much more relevant in predicting vulnerability than extrinsic factors like habitat exposure.
We also examined the ecological niche overlap, similarity, and potential distribution of the three otter species—L. lutra, A. cinereus, and L. perspicillata— throughout their ranges. We created potential distribution maps for three of four Asian otter species (Lutra lutra, Aonyx cinereus, and Lutrogale perspicillata) using SDM, as well as a comparison of their geographic and climatic niche overlap and similarity. According to our findings, L. lutra, L. perspicillata, and A. cinereus are appropriate for 77.48 percent (SD=10.19), 77.32 percent (SD=9.31), and 75.26 percent (SD=10.68) of the respective IUCN ranges. The L. lutra niche was the largest of the three species, with a core centred on high NDVI (of July), NPP, and Driest Quarter Precipitation values. The niches of the other two species are distributed along a gradient of NDVI (February), Annual Mean Temperature, Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter, and Precipitation of Wettest Month, with the A. cinereus niche lying toward greater values of these predictors than the L. perspicillata niche. Significant niche similarities were found between A. cinereus and both L. lutra (D=0.40, p0.05) and L. perspicillata (D=0.56, p0.05) in niche similarity tests. Furthermore, substantial similarity was found between L. perspicillata and A. cinereus (D=0.56, p0.05), but not between L. perspicillata and L. lutra (D=0.31, p0.05). Finally, niche similarities between L. lutra and the other two species were not significant (with A. cinereus, D= 0.40, p0.05; with L. perspicillata, D= 0.31, p0.05). Two of the three species are now classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN red list due to an estimated population decrease of more than 30% in the past 30 years, while L. lutra's East Asian range is extremely fragmented and rare, as is the situation with many terrestrial mammals in South Asia. Despite being well adapted to human-threatened environments, each species' appropriate habitat only covers around 75% of its present range. Wetland loss, poaching, pollution, and a decrease in prey biomass are dangers to all the species. Our results indicate that stringent protection and freshwater habitat restoration may help them expand their existing range and expand their present regions of residence in Asia.
In this thesis, we also evaluated the potential of utilising environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect the presence of Eurasian otters from South Italy. Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection may offer novel and reliable methods for monitoring and conservation of rare and elusive species like the Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra. We used an experimental approach based on a target qPCR assay to detect L. lutra eDNA from water samples as a rapid monitoring tool to complement fine-scale conventional field surveys on a broad scale. This is the first time in Italy that an eDNA-based method has been used to monitor the presence of L. lutra. We compared the eDNA-based findings to conventional survey observations and found that this novel method to large-scale monitoring of such secretive aquatic species is reliable.
We also tested an environmental DNA method to detect Lutra lutra in Himalayan rivers. Little is known about the Eurasian otter's habitat preferences throughout the Himalaya, particularly in the Trans-Himalayan region. This indicates a major knowledge gap in the region's poorly-known species biology and conservation. Future climate change is expected to have devastating consequences for the ecosystem of Himalayan region as well as the species that occupy the terrain. The findings of eDNA monitoring methods revealed the presence of L. lutra eDNA in 11 out of 15 Himalaya samples tested positive, a rate of 73 percent compared to 53 percent using the conventional monitoring technique. The PCA biplot overlaid on the scatter plot revealed that absent locations had a large Channel width and low Nitrate, Acidity, Surface velocity, and relative humidity values. We used glmulti to test 2100 models by autoruning various combinations of variables. The variables that contributed to the top five GLM models explaining the occurrence of eDNA at the 15 sample locations were acidity, channel width, and surface velocity. The concentration of acidity (pH) was shown to be the most important factor in the presence of otters (AIC = 10.45).
In this context, environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys may help to overcome the expenses and constraints of conventional monitoring techniques in terms of species detection. For the first time, our results demonstrated that non-invasive molecular monitoring methods may effectively detect the presence of Lutra lutra in freshwater bodies, particularly on a medium-large scale. However, when evaluating an area with just a few sampling sites or a limited number of repetitions, the use of the eDNA method to detect otter presence in water samples should be approached with care. Future research should focus on testing eDNA surveys in various seasons and environments, since eDNA detection may be affected by temperature and other environmental variables that contribute to DNA degradation.
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Prince, Christophe Iain. "The timing of prograde metamorphism in the Garhwal Himalaya, India." Thesis, Open University, 1999. http://oro.open.ac.uk/54179/.
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The Himalaya provide the most significant example of present-day orogenesis and consequently have been extensively studied to gain an understanding of the principle controls on the response of the crust to continental collision. However, our understanding of the prograde metamorphic evolution of the orogen remains poor. This thesis builds on recent advances in the study of PTt paths, using garnet chronometry, to better constrain the thennobarometric evolution of the Garhwal section of the Indian Himalaya. Results show that the metamorphic core of the Garhwal Himalaya - the High Himalayan Crystalline Series (HHCS) - records a complex, continuous prograde thermal history from initial burial -10 Ma after continental collision at -50 Ma, up to cooling and exhumation at 20-16 Ma BP. PT paths obtained from garnets indicate that prograde metamorphism occurred during crustal thickening and "peak" thermobarometric estimates show that the presently exposed HHCS records temperatures of -700 °C throughout the section accompanied by a decrease in pressures from --13 kbar at the base to -6 kbar at the top. However, chronometric information shows that reorganisation of the orogenic wedge resulted in the juxtaposition of rocks which attained different PT conditions at different times and places during orogenesis. Additionally, temperatures were sufficient in the early stages of orogenesis for the development of small leucogranitic bodies to form by fluid-present melting. The HHCS in Garhwal, therefore, cannot be considered as a single coherent crustal slice. Furthermore, the continued reorganisation of the orogen since collision also means the heat generation within the overthickened orogenic wedge is sufficient for anatexis of the crust to form the well-studied melts intruding the upper levels of the HHCS. However, interpretation of the results is complicated by the isotopic systematics involved in garnet chronometry and by the role of small inclusions with high concentrations of the critical elements of- Nd, Pb, Sr. The systematics of the Sm-Nd system in garnet has been investigated by a comparison of concentrations obtained insitu by LA-ICP-MS with those obtained by isotope dilution. Results show that while such inclusions can pose a problem to chronometry, their effects can be identified and constrained. In the course of such work data was obtained on the trace-element zonation in garnet, which acts as a monitor of the chemical evolution of the rock. While the controls on such zonation are still poorly understood the data presented here emphasise the importance of fractionation of the chemical system from which the garnet grows by both accessory minerals and by garnet itself. Furthermore, different minerals fractionate distinctly different elements this can be recognised in the trace-element zonation preserved in garnet.
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Kosior, Katarzyna. "Becoming a queen in early modern Europe." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/422262/.
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My thesis approaches sixteenth-century European queenship through an analysis of the ceremonies and rituals accompanying the marriages of Polish and French queens consort: betrothal, wedding, coronation and childbirth. The thesis explores the importance of these events for queens as both a personal and public experience, and questions the existence of distinctly Western and Eastern styles of queenship. A comparative study of ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ ceremony in the sixteenth century has never been attempted before and sixteenth-century Polish queens usually do not appear in any collective works about queenship, even those which claim to have a pan-European focus. The thesis combats the stereotype of the cultural ‘otherness’ and political isolation of sixteenth-century Poland in relation to the ‘West’ through a comparison with France, considered a quintessentially ‘Western’ early modern state. Comparing the ceremonies of France, an absolute monarchy, and Poland, a ‘noble democracy’, exposes the complex impact of the system of government on royal ceremony. The comparison is especially viable since French and Polish queens consort were related to each other and married their husbands for political gain. The role of early modern queens was steeped in mystique and mythologised through ceremonies that transformed them into the virgin mothers of the coronation or the sexual objects of wedding poetry and pageant. But these queens were inherently political, spinning the thread that connected the realms of Europe. Armed with diplomatic protocol, titles, lands and objects, they brought alliances, their native culture and dynastic connections to European monarchs. The thesis suggests that the identities of these queens were often multiple and as they became daughters, wives, and often widows of European monarchs, they carried the imprint of their ancestors and relatives. The similarities between ceremonies were dictated by shared liturgy and the willingness of monarchs to follow European fashions and remain part of the shared royal culture. This by no means excluded local flavours from entering royal ceremony. Subtly distinctive customs, such as a traditional first meeting place, specific colour scheme, or preparation of a royal entry, were shaped by the practicalities of staging the royal ceremonies and addressed matters of legitimacy particular to every European realm.
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Hellfritz, Andrea. "Traverse City queen City of the north." Trier Wiss. Verl. Trier, 2008. http://www.american-heartland.com.
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Tsering, Tashi. "Social inequality and resource management : gender, caste and class in the rural Himalayas." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51178.
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The management of irrigation water and other resources, as practiced by traditional farming communities in developing countries, is often presented as a model of an equitable system – especially when compared to systems managed by states. This study demonstrates that the resource management practices in two Himalayan farming communities are, in fact, inequitable in terms of local gender, caste and class roles. This thesis examines inequalities in the social organization of irrigation systems in two villages in Spiti Valley in India’s Himachal Pradesh state. Its key finding is that the social organization of irrigation management, particularly in terms of farmers’ gender, class and caste backgrounds, is best understood as part of a broader division of labor for farming and related resources (such as for the management of fodder, dung and firewood), which are all embedded in the local socio-economic structure. This finding, which is based on participatory observation and interviews with farmers, as well as an analysis of historical and legal documents, underlines the importance of studying management of different resource sectors relationally rather than compartmentally. In particular, this study identifies key functional linkages between the social organization of farming and different resource sectors and develops theoretical approaches to the study of resource management in rural communities.Science, Faculty of
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White, Nicola Mary. "The early to middle Miocene exhumation history of the High Himalayas, NW India." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621432.
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Shrestha, Rudra Kumar. "Towards an improved understanding of regional scale climate change in the Nepal Himalayas." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/towards-an-improved-understanding-of-regional-scale-climate-change-in-the-nepal-himalayas(e2fe4192-a0ef-4d4e-be16-107b5c572d47).html.
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The effects of enhanced greenhouse gas concentrations on Earth’s climate are well understood. However, the impacts of anthropogenic aerosol particles, in particular due to the many aerosol-cloud indirect feedback mechanisms are not fully or even explicitly quantified as yet. This PhD seeks to contribute to improve our knowledge and understanding of aerosol – precipitation interactions over the Nepal Himalayas region and their consequences for precipitation patterns there. The research was carried out using the cloud-resolving Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model through a series of sensitivity studies and supported by literature reviews of satellite and field observations, although the latter are sparse. To complement the modelling studies, from March to December 2011, aerosols and surface meteorology were also continuously measured at Nagarkot (Lat: 27.7°N, Lon: 85.5° E, Alt: 1900m), Nepal, located in the eastern flank of a bowl shaped Kathmandu valley. The location was chosen to provide a representative vertical profile of aerosol and the impact on topographical flows. Our results showed a unique pattern of diurnal pollution circulation within the valley with a morning and evening peak. The evening peak, which is higher than the morning peak is attributed to the light wind blowing through the valley carrying locally generated fresh evening pollution, further enhanced by re-circulations of aged pollutants through suppression of the mixing layers as suggested by a previous study at a different location. The morning peak is caused by calm wind conditions followed by the transitional growth of the nocturnal boundary layer. It is found that the thermally driven mountain – valley wind circulations are responsible for ventilation of pollutants. The WRF simulations showed that a sophisticated double moment bulk microphysics parameterization scheme performed best, which did not show any statistically significant difference compared to the observed data at 80% confidence interval using a Chi-squared goodness of best fit test. A sensitivity analysis of aerosol and temperature perturbations on the monsoon precipitation was conducted. We found that the model represented the first indirect effect reasonably well however, rainfall was not particularly sensitive to the aerosol perturbations used, due to the poorly documented role of the ice phase processes which assume a greater importance in this region due to the influence of topography and diurnal heating cycle. Further model studies focusing on chemical properties of aerosol and sensitivity of Ice Nuclei (IN) to precipitation in this region are recommended. In contrast, the effects of temperature perturbation were found to be significant, more so than the currently modelled aerosol indirect effects, suggesting that reduced frequency but intense rain events are likely over the Himalayas as the climate warms.
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Merton, Charlotte Isabelle. "The women who served Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Ladies, Gentlewomen and Maids of the Privy Chamber, 1553-1603 /." Thesis, Online version, 1992. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/33095.
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Aron, Serge. "Queen-worker conflict over sex ratio in ants." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211502.
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Shamy, Tania. "Rubens' Medici cycle, justification for a heroine queen." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0030/MQ64193.pdf.
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Shamy, Tania Solweig. "Rubens' Medici cycle : justification for a heroine Queen." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30217.
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In 1622 Maria de Medici commissioned two series of twenty four paintings for the galleries in her new home in the Palais du Luxembourg from the renowned artist Peter Paul Rubens. The Henri cycle was to illustrate the "triumphs" of her late husband the King, and the Maria cycle was to illustrate the Queen's "illustrious life and heroic deeds". This thesis proposes that the Maria de Medici cycle cannot be disassociated from the Henri IV cycle because the Queen's intention was to present her reign as a continuation of his and to prove that she was equally capable to rule the French nation. Chosen by Henri as his successor, Maria overcame obstacles that originated in his reign and that jeopardised the throne for her son and the Bourbon line.Although the Henri IV cycle was never completed, the paintings and sketches that exist make it possible to link the two galleries by the pivotal event of marriage. The Maria cycle addresses and resolves issues stemming from this union. The repetition of specific images and themes in the two cycles represents Maria's unique qualifications and reinforces the equality of the two sovereigns. Maria completed the mandate that Henri authorised her to carry out, ensuring peace at home and in Europe, thus justifying her designation as a heroine Queen.
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Bucholz, R. O. "The court in the reign of Queen Anne." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381790.
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Sin, Wai-yu Brenda, and 冼惠如. "Urban redevelopment in Queen Street area: neighbourhood planning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31258396.
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Loomis, Karen Ann. "Organology of the Queen Mary and Lamont harps." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19551.
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The metal strung harp indigenous to Ireland and Scotland from the Medieval period to the end of the 18th century was widely admired throughout its time period, and is now an important part of the cultural and musical heritage of both of these countries. This type of harp, known as the 'Irish harp', cláirseach, or clàrsach, currently has 18 known surviving instruments, including two sets of fragments. All of these harps are now too fragile to be played, therefore musicians and audiences wishing to explore the performance practice and repertory associated with them must rely on faithful replicas. The extensive knowledge and understanding of the construction of the surviving harps that is crucial to building these replica instruments is currently very limited, however. Although harps of this type enjoyed a long period of use dating back to the Medieval period, most surviving instruments post-date the beginning of the 17th century. Two harps belonging to the National Museum of Scotland, the 'Queen Mary' and 'Lamont', generally dated to circa the 15th century, are understood to be two of the oldest extant examples, making a study of their construction of particular interest. This dissertation presents the results of a comprehensive study of the construction of these two harps. A methodology was developed to address the issue of their uniqueness and fragility by combining the techniques used for non- and minimally destructive analysis of archeological artefacts with non-invasive medical diagnostic imaging. This study has utilized CT-scanning to provide three-dimensional radiography of each harp; XRF and SEM-EDX analysis to identify woods, metals, and pigments; photography and microscopy to record the decorative work, visible damage, repairs, and modifications; and a visual examination to assess the current state of each harp and to identify areas of interest for further analysis. The CT scanning was conducted at the Clinical Research Imaging Centre of Queen's Medical Research Institute, and the remainder of the analysis was conducted at the National Museums Scotland Collections Centre. Staff at both centres kindly facilitated the acquisition of the data for this study. Part I of this dissertation discusses the stringing of the instruments, presenting materials analysis of wire fragments, analysis of the effect of damage to the frames on the length and number of strings, and proposed reconstructions of the 'as-built' string lengths. Possible solutions for the pitch and gamut of each harp are also discussed. The construction of the harps is discussed where it is relevant to understanding the stringing. Part II presents a general discussion of the construction of each harp, including materials, decorative work, modifications, and signs of wear. This section also discusses evidence that may help establish dates of construction and timelines of modifications. Diagrams showing the dimensions of each harp are also presented. The implications of the results of this study for current understanding of these harps are discussed in detail and the methodology employed is discussed in terms of its applicability to future research of other surviving instruments.
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Coleman, Elizabeth Marie. "Corn queen: "I'm telling you stories. Trust me"." The Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1327418521.
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Britland, Karen. "Drama at the courts of Queen Henrietta Maria /." Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2006. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40142192q.
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Sin, Wai-yu Brenda. "Urban redevelopment in Queen Street area : neighbourhood planning /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13814072.
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Michaud, Heather. "Walking in the footsteps of the Guru, Sikhs and seekers in the Indian Himalayas." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0013/MQ31301.pdf.
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Axelby, Richard. "Pastures new : pastoral development and the determination of grazing access in the Indian Himalayas." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424480.
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Bohlin, Madeleine Sassaya. "Silicate weathering in the Himalayas : constraints from the Li isotopic composition of river systems." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270728.
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Chemical weathering of silicate rock consumes atmospheric CO2 and supplies the oceans with cations, thereby controlling both seawater chemistry and climate. The rate of CO2 consumption is closely linked to the rate of CO2 outgassing from the planetary interior, providing a negative feedback loop essential to maintaining an equable climate on Earth. Reconstruction of past global temperatures indicates that a pronounced episode of global cooling began ~50 million years ago, coincident with the collision of India and Asia, and the subsequent exhumation of the Himalayas and Tibet. This has drawn attention to the possible links between exhumation, erosion, changes in silicate weathering rates, and climate. However, many of the present-day weathering processes operating on the continents remain debated and poorly constrained, hampering our interpretations of marine geochemical archives and past climatic shifts. To constrain the controls on silicate weathering, this thesis investigates the lithium (Li) isotopic composition of river waters, suspended sediments and bed load sediments in the Alaknanda river basin, forming the headwaters of the Ganges. Due to the large fractionation of Li isotopes in the Earth’s surface environment, Li is sensitive to small changes in silicate weathering processes. As a consequence of the pronounced gradients in climate (rainfall and temperature) and erosion across the basin, the river waters show large variations in their Li isotopic composition (δ7Li), ranging from +7.4 to +35.4‰, covering much of the observed global variation. This allows a detailed investigation of the controls on Li isotope fractionation, and by extension silicate weathering. The Li isotopic composition is modelled using a one-dimensional reactive transport model. The model incorporates the continuous input of Li from rock dissolution, removal due to secondary mineral formation, and hydrology along subsurface flow paths. Modelling shows that the Li isotopic variations can be described by two dimensionless variables; (1) the Damköhler number, ND, which relates the silicate dissolution rate to the fluid transit time, and (2) the net partition coefficient of Li during weathering, kp, describing the partitioning of Li between secondary clay minerals and water, which is primarily controlled by the stoichiometry of the weathering reactions. The derived values of the controlling parameters ND and kp, are investigated over a range of climatic conditions and on a seasonal basis, shedding light onto variations in the silicate weathering cycle. In a kinetically limited weathering regime such as the Himalayan Mountains, both climate and erosion exert critical controls the weathering intensity (the fraction of eroded rock which is dissolved) and the weathering progression (which minerals that are being weathered), and consequently the fractionation of Li isotopes and silicate weathering in general. Modelling of the Li isotopic composition provides an independent estimate of the parameters which control silicate weathering. These estimates are then used to constrain variables such as subsurface fluid flux, silicate dissolution rates, fluid transit times and the fraction of rock which is weathered to form secondary clay minerals. The simple one-dimensional reactive transport model therefore provides a powerful tool to investigate the minimum controls on silicate weathering on the continents.
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Yu, Fahong. "Systematics and biogeography of flying squirrels in the eastern and the western Trans-Himalayas." Connect to this title online, 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000621.
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