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Improving Word Embeddings Projection For Turkish Hypernym Extraction, Savaş Yildirim Jan 2019

Improving Word Embeddings Projection For Turkish Hypernym Extraction, Savaş Yildirim

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Corpus-driven approaches can automatically explore is-a relations between the word pairs from corpus. This problem is also called hypernym extraction. Formerly, lexico-syntactic patterns have been used to solve hypernym relations. The language-specific syntactic rules have been manually crafted to build the patterns. On the other hand, recent studies have applied distributional approaches to word semantics. They extracted the semantic relations relying on the idea that similar words share similar contexts. Former distributional approaches have applied one-hot bag-of-word (BOW) encoding. The dimensionality problem of BOW has been solved by various neural network approaches, which represent words in very short and dense …

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Diversity Of Biochemical Content In Fruits Of Some Indigenous Mulberry Genotypes, Aytül Balik, Mustafa Kenan Geçer, Rafet Aslantaş Jan 2019

Diversity Of Biochemical Content In Fruits Of Some Indigenous Mulberry Genotypes, Aytül Balik, Mustafa Kenan Geçer, Rafet Aslantaş

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This research was carried out to assess the biochemical diversity of the fruits of mulberry genotypes grown in Muş Province in the eastern Anatolia region and to determine the genotypes available for breeding. Morphological and biochemical characteristics of 13 mulberry fruit genotypes, including 5 white (Morus alba) and 8 black (Morus nigra), were determined. Fruit antioxidant capacity was determined by Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity assay. Fruit weight, pH, soluble solid content, titratable acidity, vitamin C, and antioxidant capacity were 1.38-3.77 g, 4.77-6.79, 14.33%-23.50%, 0.53%-2.20%, 4.47-35.83 mg 100 g-1, and 4.33-13.63 µmol Trolox equivalent g, respectively, indicating enough diversity among genotypes …

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Improvement Of The In Vitro Regeneration And Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation Of Medicago Sativa L., Farzad Nofouzi, Muhammet Çağri Oğuz, Saber Delpasand Khabbazi, Ali̇ Ergül Jan 2019

Improvement Of The In Vitro Regeneration And Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation Of Medicago Sativa L., Farzad Nofouzi, Muhammet Çağri Oğuz, Saber Delpasand Khabbazi, Ali̇ Ergül

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Alfalfa is a fodder crop that accounts for one of the best sources of protein and is widely cultivated around the world. In vitro regeneration of alfalfa has been studied earlier; however, most of the studies were almost intervened with callus formation. In this study, 3 explant sources (cotyledonary node, hypocotyl, and root crown) of two Turkish cultivars (Nimet and Savaş) were excised from young seedlings. Explants were subjected to different concentrations of BAP, BAP-IBA, and TDZ to evaluate the direct in vitro regeneration potential of selected plant parts. Moreover, we transformed the alfalfa plant with pBin19 harboring 35s.GUS-INT_35s.nptII construct …

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Effects Of Different Zinc Levels On Grain Yield And Some Phenological Characteristics Of Red Lentil (Lens Culinaris Medic.) Under Arid Conditions, Ayşe Gülgün Öktem Jan 2019

Effects Of Different Zinc Levels On Grain Yield And Some Phenological Characteristics Of Red Lentil (Lens Culinaris Medic.) Under Arid Conditions, Ayşe Gülgün Öktem

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This research aimed to determine the effects of different zinc (Zn) levels on the grain yield and some phenological characteristics of the Fırat-87 red lentil variety (Lens culinaris Medic.). The study was conducted during the winter months of 2013-2014 and 2014- 2015 in Zn-deficit areas of Şanlıurfa, Turkey. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with 4 replicates. The Fırat-87 lentil variety and Zn sulfate (ZnSO4.7H2O) were used as the plant material and Zn source, respectively. The Zn levels used were the control (0 kg ha-1 Zn), 5 kg ha-1 Zn, 10 kg ha-1 Zn, 15 kg ha-1 …

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Using Smoke Solutions In Grass Pea (Lathyrus Sativus L.) To Improve Germination And Seedling Growth And Reduce Toxic Compound Odap, Uğur Başaran, Medi̇ne Çopur Doğrusöz, Erdem Gülümser, Hani̇fe Mut Jan 2019

Using Smoke Solutions In Grass Pea (Lathyrus Sativus L.) To Improve Germination And Seedling Growth And Reduce Toxic Compound Odap, Uğur Başaran, Medi̇ne Çopur Doğrusöz, Erdem Gülümser, Hani̇fe Mut

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The effects of smoke solutions derived from wheat straw on the germination, seedling growth characteristics, and biochemical content of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) were examined in this study. The smoke solutions were applied to petri and pot media at different concentrations. Both experiments were conducted in a randomized plot design with 3 replications. In the pot experiments, the smoke solutions were applied through the initial irrigation at 5 different concentrations (1%, 5%, 10%, 20%, and 40%) while 6 concentrations were used for petri experiments (0.5%, 1%, 2%, 4%, 8%, 10%) and results were compared to a control (distilled water). …

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Construction Of Crispr/Cas9 Vectors For Directed Mutagenesis Of Fusarium Graminearum, Rebekah Akers Jan 2019

Construction Of Crispr/Cas9 Vectors For Directed Mutagenesis Of Fusarium Graminearum, Rebekah Akers

Honors Program Theses

Fusarium graminearum causes the fungal disease known as scab or head blight in cereals, including barley. There is no known resistance in barley against scab disease. Generating mutations in the fungus is a promising strategy to reduce infection. Research has shown that CRISPR/Cas9 is a very powerful tool for gene mutation. In this study, CRISPR/Cas9 vectors containing guide RNA sequences were constructed to mutate one visual marker gene (AUR1) and two genes essential for infection in F. graminearum (Tri5 and MGV1). Plasmids pFC332 and pFC334 were used to create vectors with the target genes using the …

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On The Generalized Log Burr Iii Distribution: Development, Properties, Characterizations And Applications, Fiaz Ahmad Bhatti, Gholamhossein Hamedani, Azeem Ali, Munir Ahmad Jan 2019

On The Generalized Log Burr Iii Distribution: Development, Properties, Characterizations And Applications, Fiaz Ahmad Bhatti, Gholamhossein Hamedani, Azeem Ali, Munir Ahmad

Mathematical and Statistical Science Faculty Research and Publications

In this paper, we present a generalized log Burr III (GLBIII) distribution developed on the basis of a generalized log Pearson differential equation (GLPE). The density function of the GLBIII is exponential, arc, J, reverse-J, bimodal, left-skewed, right- skewed and symmetrical shaped. The hazard rate function of GLBIII distribution has various shapes such as constant, increasing, decreasing, increasing-decreasing, upside- down bathtub and modified bathtub. Descriptive measures such as quantile function, sub- models, ordinary moments, moments of order statistics, incomplete moments, reliability and uncertainty measures are theoretically established. The GLBIII distribution is characterized via different techniques. Parameters of the GLBIII distribution …

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A Feasibility Study On Utilizing Data Science As An Advanced Lean Manufacturing Tool In The Biopharma Manufacturing Sector, Tanya Heerts Jan 2019

A Feasibility Study On Utilizing Data Science As An Advanced Lean Manufacturing Tool In The Biopharma Manufacturing Sector, Tanya Heerts

Graduate Research Papers

The critical understanding, on which all else hinges in the biopharmaceutical industry, is that value is only added when a drug or a biologic is produced as a safe, efficacious first-pass product, in an efficient and effective manner. Every other activity is an expense and a cost to the company. In a tightly regulated industry that is facing turbulent times, the need to reconcile rising costs while still maintaining quality within the processes and products is imperative within the biopharma manufacturing sector. Current literature suggests that data science will have major implications in the future of biopharmaceutical manufacturing, however this …

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Situational Judgment Tests As Measures Of 21st Century Skills: Evidence Across Europe And Latin America, Gary Burkholder, Filip Lievens, Emily Solberg, Jan Harbaugh Jan 2019

Situational Judgment Tests As Measures Of 21st Century Skills: Evidence Across Europe And Latin America, Gary Burkholder, Filip Lievens, Emily Solberg, Jan Harbaugh

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

Over the years, various governmental, employment, and academic organizations have identified a list of skills to successfully master the challenges of the 21st century. So far, an adequate assessment of these skills across countries has remained challenging. Limitations inherent in the use of self-reports (e.g., lack of self-insight, socially desirable responding, response style bias, reference group bias, etc.) have spurred on the search for methods that could complement or even substitute self-report inventories. Situational judgment tests (SJTs) have been proposed as one of the complements/alternatives to the traditional self-report inventories. SJTs are low-fidelity simulations that confront participants with multiple domainrelevant …

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The Purr Of The Lionfish: Sound And Behavioral Context Of Wild Lionfish In The Greater Caribbean, Michelle T. Schärer-Umpierre, Carlos Zayas, Richard S. Appeldoorn, Evan Tuohy, Jack C. Olson, Jessica A. Keller, Alejandro Acosta Jan 2019

The Purr Of The Lionfish: Sound And Behavioral Context Of Wild Lionfish In The Greater Caribbean, Michelle T. Schärer-Umpierre, Carlos Zayas, Richard S. Appeldoorn, Evan Tuohy, Jack C. Olson, Jessica A. Keller, Alejandro Acosta

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Passive acoustic technology has become a useful and cost-effective method to collect data with very high temporal resolution that can be used to detect the presence, distribution, and remotely monitor soniferous marine biodiversity. In order to maximize the potential of bioacoustic and soundscape research in the oceans, understanding the association between the different realms of sound sources, species-specific calls and behavioral context of sound production are fundamental. A previously unknown vocalization was associated with a behavioral display of lionfish (Pterois spp.) by recordings with synchronous audio and video at deep coral reefs in both Puerto Rico and the Florida …

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Gota A Gota, No. 18, 2019, Toni Pérez Fernández Jan 2019

Gota A Gota, No. 18, 2019, Toni Pérez Fernández

Gota a Gota

Contents: Editorial -- VII Concurso Internacional de Fotografía de Flora y Fauna Cavernícolas -- Cova Figuera-Carrotja d'en Servera o Cova de Sa Figuera (Manacor, Mallorca) -- El Enigmatico Mundo de las Cazoletas, en Torno a la Sima del Silex y Cueva de las Palomas (Teba, Málaga) -- Inestabilidad Critica de Cavernas (I): Inventario de Evidencias -- Expedición Intimachay 2019 (Perú) -- Las Cuevas Perdidas de Córdoba Capital -- Sa Comuna de Bunyola y Alrededores (1ª Parte) (Bunyola, Mallorca) -- Estudio de las Paletas o Escudos de Calcita de la Cueva Titán en el Elemento Natural Destacado "Pan de Guajaibón" (Cuba) …

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The Attention Crisis Of Digital Interfaces And How To Consume Media More Mindfully, Kristen M. Liu Jan 2019

The Attention Crisis Of Digital Interfaces And How To Consume Media More Mindfully, Kristen M. Liu

Scripps Senior Theses

Digital forms of media are monopolizing individuals' attention spans, utilizing visual strategies that demand our interactions. Throughout the history of media technology, mediums have become increasingly immersive, presenting more information than ever before. The user interface designs of digital platforms can damage our ability to focus and distribute attention in meaningful ways. Through analysis of our digital media consumption, this capstone project ultimately proposes mindful practices that help us lead more balanced lives and thrive in the digital age. The second half of this capstone project is a digital zine with digital illustrations, animations, and editorial-style articles. The digital zine …

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Josephine Baker & Me: Black Femme Identity In Performance, Meghan Gwinn Jan 2019

Josephine Baker & Me: Black Femme Identity In Performance, Meghan Gwinn

Scripps Senior Theses

The paper explores the complicated intersection between Black womanhood and performance by considering Josephine Baker as a site to engage the concept of “performing identity.” It discuss both the development of burlesque and the history of Josephine Baker to provide a foundation for the investigation of her early-career movement and visual practices. Then, the paper explore these hallmarks through Sherril Dodds’ “critical components of neo-burlesque striptease” writ into her book, Dancing on the Canon: Embodiments of Value in Popular Dance. The second half of this document includes a script of CATHARSIS, a self-devised solo show created to process one’s personal …

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With A Little Help From My Friends: Use Of Recommendations At School, Maria Soledad Pera, Emiliana Murgia, Monica Landoni, Theo Huibers Jan 2019

With A Little Help From My Friends: Use Of Recommendations At School, Maria Soledad Pera, Emiliana Murgia, Monica Landoni, Theo Huibers

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this exploratory paper, we study the usage of recommendations by and for children (ages 9 to 11) in an educational setting. From our preliminary analysis, it becomes apparent that recommender systems (RS) could provide extra support to and help children successfully complete inquiry tasks. Nonetheless, children have difficulty in recognizing the role of RS, in terms of aiding information discovery for classroom assignments. Findings from our study set a foundation that can inform future design and development of RS for children that support classroom-related work.

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Advent Devotional Guide 2019, Belmont University Jan 2019

Advent Devotional Guide 2019, Belmont University

Advent Devotional Guides

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Creating Creators Cinema Project: Transforming Lives Through The Arts, Christian Quintero Jan 2019

Creating Creators Cinema Project: Transforming Lives Through The Arts, Christian Quintero

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This work centered on the Creating Creators Cinema Project (CCCP), a for-profit organization that works with K-12 school districts in California to integrate student filmmaking into core subjects. The qualitative case study documented the experiences of CCCP’s founders, the teaching artists who mentor filmmaking youth, and the students participating in year-long projects, providing a “thick description” of the creation, implementation, and impact of the program in a high school setting. The research addressed the dearth of arts programs in urban schools and their connection to representation in arts fields, particularly filmmaking. The study utilized three frameworks: Critical Pedagogy, Constructivism, and …

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What Supports Are Needed To Encourage And Assist Community Festivals And Events To Succeed And Grow? An Empirical Study., Helen Mcdwyer Jan 2019

What Supports Are Needed To Encourage And Assist Community Festivals And Events To Succeed And Grow? An Empirical Study., Helen Mcdwyer

Theses

Abstract: Communities are motivated to host festivals and events for a myriad of reasons. They generate important economic and social benefits for an area with increased visitor numbers, increased local spending and greater community cohesion. Festival and event tourism is an important segment of the overall tourism product in Ireland, particularly in an area such as Kerry where there is a heavy reliance on tourism. Many festivals and events in Kerry are organised by community and voluntary groups and yet these groups are increasingly pressurised to increase the professionality of their offering to compete for regional funding and sponsorship. Changes …

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Delivering Sustained, Coordinated, And Integrated Observations Of The Southern Ocean For Global Impact, Louise Newman, Petra Heil, Rowan Tebilco, Katsuro Katsumata, Andrew Constable, Esmee Van Wijk, Karen Assmann, Joana Beja, Phillippa Bricher, Richard Coleman, Daniel Costa, Steve Diggs, Riccardo Farneti, Sarah Fawcett, Sarah T. Gille, Katharine R. Hendry, Sian Henly, Eileen Hofmann, Ted Maksym, Matthew Mazloff, Andrew Meijers, Michael M. Meredith, Sebastien Moreau, Burcu Ozsoy, Robin Robertson, Irene Schloss, Oscar Schofield, Jiuxin Shi, Elisabeth Sikes, Inga J. Smith, Sebastiaan Swart, Anna Wahlin, Guy Williams, Michael J. M. Williams, Laura Herraiz-Borreguero, Stefan Kern, Jan Lieser, Robert A. Massom, Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Patricia Miloslavich, Gunnar Spreen Jan 2019

Delivering Sustained, Coordinated, And Integrated Observations Of The Southern Ocean For Global Impact, Louise Newman, Petra Heil, Rowan Tebilco, Katsuro Katsumata, Andrew Constable, Esmee Van Wijk, Karen Assmann, Joana Beja, Phillippa Bricher, Richard Coleman, Daniel Costa, Steve Diggs, Riccardo Farneti, Sarah Fawcett, Sarah T. Gille, Katharine R. Hendry, Sian Henly, Eileen Hofmann, Ted Maksym, Matthew Mazloff, Andrew Meijers, Michael M. Meredith, Sebastien Moreau, Burcu Ozsoy, Robin Robertson, Irene Schloss, Oscar Schofield, Jiuxin Shi, Elisabeth Sikes, Inga J. Smith, Sebastiaan Swart, Anna Wahlin, Guy Williams, Michael J. M. Williams, Laura Herraiz-Borreguero, Stefan Kern, Jan Lieser, Robert A. Massom, Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Patricia Miloslavich, Gunnar Spreen

CCPO Publications

The Southern Ocean is disproportionately important in its effect on the Earth system, impacting climatic, biogeochemical, and ecological systems, which makes recent observed changes to this system cause for global concern. The enhanced understanding and improvements in predictive skill needed for understanding and projecting future states of the Southern Ocean require sustained observations. Over the last decade, the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) has established networks for enhancing regional coordination and research community groups to advance development of observing system capabilities. These networks support delivery of the SOOS 20-year vision, which is to develop a circumpolar system that ensures time …

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Bad Gurley Feminism: The Myth Of Post-War Domesticity, Erin Amann Holliday-Karre Jan 2019

Bad Gurley Feminism: The Myth Of Post-War Domesticity, Erin Amann Holliday-Karre

Journal of Feminist Scholarship

According to feminist history, the 1950s constitute a lapse in feminist literature as women in the post-war era were ushered into the realm of domesticity. In this article I argue that this perceived literary “gap” was both created and perpetuated by feminist historians and scholars who insist that Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique (1963) was the defining feminist text of the time. I offer an alternative discourse to that of Friedan by presenting feminist writers who challenge, rather than adopt, masculine ideology as the means to women’s empowerment. I end by encouraging feminists to allow commonly dismissed feminists from the …

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Is It Ethical To Genetically Enhance Your Future Child?, Bella Ratner Jan 2019

Is It Ethical To Genetically Enhance Your Future Child?, Bella Ratner

Scripps Senior Theses

As the science related to genetic engineering becomes more advanced, more and more ethical questions relating to technologies such as CRISPR and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) arise. If we have the opportunity to choose the genes of our future children in order have children with our desired characteristics, should we do so? Is it okay to mess with some genes of your future child and not others? In this paper, I discuss arguments and objections associated with these questions. The aim of this paper is to show that it is ethical to alter the DNA of your future child or …

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The Application Of Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) For A Green Economy: A Review, Tahseen Karche, Manager Rajdeo Singh Jan 2019

The Application Of Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) For A Green Economy: A Review, Tahseen Karche, Manager Rajdeo Singh

Turkish Journal of Botany

The concern for the issues related to the growing needs of human civilization like resource depletion, pollution, climate changes, and health risk has led to a search for eco-friendly alternatives to environmental problems. Recently, hemp started gaining popularity for its medicinal, nontoxic, greenhouse negative, and biodegradable properties. Originating from the steppes of Central Asia, Cannabis sativa L. (hemp) is one of the oldest domesticated plants known to humans. Since 5000-4000 BC, different parts of the plant were used for spinning, weaving, papermaking, the seed for human feed, animal feeds, medicinal, and health purposes. Reports also suggest the use of hemp …

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Giving Into The Darkness, Mckenna Smack Jan 2019

Giving Into The Darkness, Mckenna Smack

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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The Fire And The Bird, Odelle Erickson Jan 2019

The Fire And The Bird, Odelle Erickson

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Mindful Practices Of Law Practices, Susan Greene Jan 2019

Mindful Practices Of Law Practices, Susan Greene

Faculty Scholarship

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Unoccupied: How A Single Word Affects Wyoming’S Ability To Regulate Tribal Hunting Through A Federal Treaty; Herrera V. Wyoming, Jason Mitchell Jan 2019

Unoccupied: How A Single Word Affects Wyoming’S Ability To Regulate Tribal Hunting Through A Federal Treaty; Herrera V. Wyoming, Jason Mitchell

Wyoming Law Review

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Design,Formulation And Synthesis Of Uv/Thermal Dual Cure, Bio-Based Polyurethane Coatings, Ozlem Kubra Akdogan Jan 2019

Design,Formulation And Synthesis Of Uv/Thermal Dual Cure, Bio-Based Polyurethane Coatings, Ozlem Kubra Akdogan

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

In the present work, polyurethane resins have been synthesized using soybean oil based polyols (> 80% bio-renewable content) as a primary component. To overcome some of the limitations associated with soft and flexible structure of soy-based polyols, the resin has been designed with two unique set of functional groups –OH and acrylate, as a means of crosslinking sites. Such resin system can be cured by two independent cure mechanisms – (a) thermal (or ambient) curing of –OH groups by use of isocyanate cross-linkers, and (b) by UV-curing of acrylate functional groups using appropriate photoinitiators. Thus, this dual-curable system can provide …

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Counterpoint Is A Piece Of Cake: Renaissance Improvisation In A Modern University Course (In Honorem Petri N. Sutoris), Frauke Jürgensen Jan 2019

Counterpoint Is A Piece Of Cake: Renaissance Improvisation In A Modern University Course (In Honorem Petri N. Sutoris), Frauke Jürgensen

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

Renaissance counterpoint was for a long time a mainstay of university and conservatoire music degrees, aimed primarily at the composer and musicologist: a time-intensive subject, it has recently has fallen out of favor in increasingly broad curricula with a more diverse student body. Traditionally, counterpoint was taught using rule-based methods that were developed long after the musical style itself. Peter Schubert’s textbook Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style (2005) was seminal in returning to the theoretical and pedagogical sources of the period, although the underlying approach was still modern, species-based. More recent research (including Schubert) has revealed pedagogical approaches of the Renaissance, …

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Three Exercises Involving Goldberg Canons, Jonathan Guez Jan 2019

Three Exercises Involving Goldberg Canons, Jonathan Guez

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

The following worksheets provide improvisation, singing, analytic, and compositional exercises involving canons from Bach’s Goldberg Variations (or Aria mit 30 Veränderungen, BWV 988), published in 1741. They are designed as supplemental activities for second-year theory classes (which typically do not include units on counterpoint or canon), although they could also be used in counterpoint courses, where they might themselves be supplemented with further dictation, improvisation, partimento, and other structured composition exercises. Currently, I use them in my third-semester theory class in an effort to expose students to (and stimulate interest in) the notion of strict counterpoint. They are part of …

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Ranging And Behavior Of Black And Gold Howler Monkeys In Formosa, Argentina, Claire Rossi De Leon Jan 2019

Ranging And Behavior Of Black And Gold Howler Monkeys In Formosa, Argentina, Claire Rossi De Leon

Library Map Prize

Howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.) are known for their adaptability, allowing them to inhabit a large range of forest types and driving high levels of variation in ranging and behavioral patterns. I address a series of hypotheses relating these relationships: 1) If an energy minimizing lifestyle is an adaptation to eating high quantities of leaves, then howler groups that have a high proportion of leaves in their diet will occupy smaller home ranges, have shorter daily path lengths, and spend more time resting, 2) if temperature is the primary driver of high levels of resting, then howlers will conserve energy and …

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Index: Sports Law In Law Reviews And Journals, Audrey Johnson Jan 2019

Index: Sports Law In Law Reviews And Journals, Audrey Johnson

Marquette Sports Law Review

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