The evolution of galaxy populations is dependent upon the environment in which they are located, from low mass galaxy groups to rich galaxy clusters. However, what remains unclear is which physical process(es) dominate ...

Communities in the vicinity of the Mico River, located in Chontales, Nicaragua, suffer from periodic dry season water shortages. The Mico River is impacted by artisanal and industrial mining, cattle ranching, effluent from ...

This thesis is devoted to the study and application of gas-liquid segmented flow microfluidic reactors. In the most common configuration, these devices facilitate mixing and reaction of liquid-phase constituents by the ...

This study examines science teachers' beliefs and ideas about science prior to and following a one and a half day workshop on Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Witsuwit'en knowledge of science. It is part of a wider ...

Les deux personnages dont nous faisons l'analyse sont Gavroche dans Les Misérables de Victor Hugo (1862) et Jacquou dans Jacquou le Croquant d'Eugène Le Roy (1899). Gavroche, scion l'expression de Jacques Neefs, est considéré ...

This project explores the gender relations among a group of recyclers belonging to a consortium of nine recycling cooperatives in the ABC region of São Paulo, Brazil. Employing a feminist geographical lens and participatory ...

This dissertation examines the discursive, political, and legal context of the European Union’s (EU) Working Time Directive, beginning with the history of its adoption and ending with its unsuccessful revision attempt in ...

In SCUBA diving, the propulsive efficiency of a diver regulates, in part, his autonomy. An inefficient method of propulsion will increase the power output required and, therefore, the intake of oxygen and increase fatigue. ...

In this thesis, a general methodology for generating representative load cycles for arbitrary monohull surface vessels is developed. The proposed methodology takes a hull geometry and propeller placement, vessel loading ...