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Measurement of tide induced changes to water table profiles in coarse and fine sand beaches along Pegasus Bay, Canterbury [PDF]
, 1970 Measurements of changing water table profiles in beaches along Pegasus Bay, Canterbury, show an interchange of water between the sea and beach sand pores throughout a single semi-diurnal tidal cycle. The velocity of water escaping from the water table in
Ericksen, Neil
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Quality of Life in Autism: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Patients and Caregivers
Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition associated with significant challenges in daily functioning and well‐being. Caregivers often experience substantial psychological and physical burden. However, comprehensive synthesis of quality of life (QoL) outcomes for both individuals with ASD and their caregivers ...
Kamila Castro +11 more
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Journal of Health and Pollution, 2016 Background. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are organic compounds, known to be carcinogenic and banned by the Stockholm Convention. PCBs are hydrophobic substances able to accumulate in organic materials, including plastic pellets. Plastic resin pellets
Irene A. Agbo, Daniel Abaye
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1993 Muscidae flies belonging to four Familia and 13 species in a total number of 3.652 specimens were collected from beaches at Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil using different breeding substrates, and subsequently bred in the laboratory.
José Mário D'Almeida
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, 2017 Maximum beach retreat (in percentage of the maximum beach width) predicted by the model ensemble for the Black Sea beaches under a 0.5 m SLR (coastal retreat estimated to 21.4 m.)
Allenbach, Karin +13 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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Newquay (Cornouailles, Grande-Bretagne)
Mondes du Tourisme, 2014 Newquay, Cornwall (UK) communicates blithely on resources that are the beaches and surfing for territorial identification. However, the economy is more the case of private companies (“surf shops”, “surf lodges”, etc.) that of the municipality or the ...
Christophe Guibert
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher +1 more
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Land birds on atolls: diversity, origin, and function
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Oceanic islands are global hotspots of avian biodiversity and endemism. Their isolation and distinct environmental conditions have uniquely shaped the evolutionary trajectories of island birds, while, in turn, land bird communities have become critical providers of ecological functions to island ecosystems.
Sebastian Steibl +6 more
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Save Oregon\u27s Beaches Forever - Vote Yes on No. 6 [PDF]
, 1968 Pamphlet that was printed and distributed by the non-profit organization Beaches Forever, Inc. The pamphlet emphasized citizens to vote in favor of Ballot Measure 6, which called for a gasoline tax to be used to purchase beach land along the coast for ...
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