Rodrigues and Contract Law
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This PhD dissertation explores the affordances and limits of the sublime for figuring modes of materiality and non/human agency in contemporary American ecobiographical memoirs. Because the sublime has a particularly contested literary and cultural history in the United States, where the ‘American sublime’ has been conflated with problematic notion...
Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), also known as the fall armyworm (FAW), is a major pest that causes yield losses in maize crops around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where farmers have limited access to effective control measures, the economic impact is particularly severe. The thesis provides the first data on the invasio...
editorial reviewed / This work presents a methodology for quickly computing unsteady aerodynamic loads and flutter in the transonic regime within the context of preliminary aircraft design. The approach relies on correcting an unsteady three-dimensional source and doublet panel method using a recently developed transonic correction technique. The r...
editorial reviewed / Chemical pollution, recognized as the ninth planetary boundary, encompasses the pervasive introduction of synthetic chemicals and toxic metals into the environment, posing significant risks to ecosystem stability and human health. Aquatic pollution is a particularly critical issue that threatens both the environment and biodive...
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The monitoring of geological hazards, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, is the primary and most important task of volcano observatories. These hazards are observed and studied from a wide range of scientific disciplines. The work presented in this thesis is principally based on a local seismic network, which is often viewed as an essentia...
Sub-Saharan Africa is a hotbed of remarkable terrestrial biodiversity, home to a unique diversity of mammals. Unfortunately, this richness is threatened by the growing impact of human activities. While wildlife populations are declining, livestock numbers have been increasing for decades. With significant population growth predicted for the region ...