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Life history, habits and phylogenetic relationships of Ithycerus noveboracensis (Forster), (New York weevil) (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
(1979)Larvae of Ithycerus are described for the first time. Ten instars are identified with the possibility of more to be found. The pupa remains unknown. Spiracular air tubes and orifices show allometric growth and this, ... -
Life on the edge : the role of habitat selection on vole density near forest boundaries
(1997)Theories of density-dependent habitat selection predict pronounced gradients of population density near habitat edges. Population density in high-quality habitats should decline toward edges with lower-quality habitats, ... -
Light-weight federated learning with augmented knowledge distillation for human activity recognition
(2023)The field of deep learning has experienced significant growth in recent years in various domains where data can be collected and processed. However, as data plays a central role in the deep learning revolution, there are ... -
Lightning occurrence in Pukaskwa National Park and surrounding area
(2000)Pukaskwa National Park has implemented a natural fire regime emulation program. One component of the natural fire regime is the pattern of ignitions, primarily from lightning. There were three ways in which patterns ... -
Lightweight deep learning for monocular depth estimation
(2021)Monocular depth estimation is a challenging but significant part of computer vision with many applications in other areas of study. This estimation method aims to provide a relative depth prediction for a single input ... -
Lignin acrylic acid polymer as an emulsifier for oil-water emulsions
(2022)Oil-water emulsions are applied in various fields such as food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and agricultural products. Currently, synthetic-based emulsifiers are extensively used in oil-water emulsions, ... -
Lignin Degradation by some wood-rot fungi with emphasis on cylindrocladium camelliae
(2012-11-10)Thirty wood-rot fungi were screened for their ability to grow on media containing Kraft lignin with a limited amount of glucose. Of these fungi, twenty-three were tested for ligninolytic activity judged by decolorization ... -
Lignin modification to produce hydrophobic products
(2017)Kraft lignin is not widely utilized for industrial applications. In this MSc work, kraft lignin was modified by grafting hydrophobic groups to produce hydrophobic materials. The main objective was to study the grafting of ... -
Lignin-based flocculant and dispersant for wastewater treatment
(2018)The wastewaters produced from different industries contain fine and charged suspended particles and other impurities. Today, the removal of these colloidal particles from the wastewater has become a serious challenge for ... -
Lignin-based hydrogels
(2017)Currently, limited information is available on lignin-based hydrogels, but its potential in commercial applications presents a promising avenue for the utilization of lignocellulosic materials. Recent studies have employed ... -
Lignocellulosic materials in hydrolysis and spent liquors
(2018)Biomass pretreatment is widely used for softening biomass prior to its disintegration for value added product production. There are numerous methods for biomass pre-treatment, among which alkaline pulping and acid hydrolysis ... -
Limitations of forest overstory composition and age as proxies for habitat in a harvested boreal forest
(2014-12-11)Despite the importance of wildlife habitat protection in meeting land use management objectives, criteria for habitat identification are surprisingly amorphous. For example, while much current habitat modeling has tended ... -
Limnology and remediation of two proximal pit lakes in Northwestern Ontario
(2005)Two adjacent pit lakes, Caland and Hogarth, were formed after the closure and subsequent flooding of the Steep Rock Iron Mines near Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. They were examined to predict flooding patterns, outflow ... -
Limnology of two proximal pit lakes after twenty years of intense flooding
(2001)Two adjacent pit-lakes, Caland and Hogarth, formed after the flooding of open pit iron mines near Atikokan, Ontario, Canada, were examined for their water quality relationships and potential to support aquaculture. ... -
Linearization of an abstract convexity space
(1978)Axiomatic convexity space, introduced by Kay and Womble [22] , will be the main topic discussed in this thesis. An axiomatic convexity space (X,C), which is domain finite and has regular straight segments, is called a ... -
Linking environment, biodiversity, and ecosystem functions in forest ecosystems
(2014-12-16)The positive biodiversity and ecosystem functions relationship (BEF) has been well established, especially in controlled experiments. However, a coherent study to examine the multiple relationships in BEF in natural ... -
Lipoic acid and its potential role in the treatment of oxidative-induced injury of A549 lung epithelial cells
(2013-02-01)Oxidative stress is the imbalance between prooxidants and antioxidants within a cell that can cause and/or contribute to the progression of many pathological conditions. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) formed from the ... -
Listening to the voices that matter most : establishing personhood in people residing in long-term care with a diagnosed dementia
(2009)This study sought to hear the voices of people residing in a long-term care facility (LTC), thereby recognizing the inherent worth in all people despite the constraints of dementia. Data were collected through the generation ... -
Literacy at the secondary level : pre-service teachers' perceptions of characteristics and effective practices of exceptional educators / by Natalie Watkins.
(2007)This study, Literacy at the Secondary Level: Characteristics and Effective Practices of Exceptional Educators, uses a mixed methods (concurrent nested strategy) approach to data collection through the use of a survey ...