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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Highland.
1. From Icon to Identity. Scottish Piping & Drumming in Scandinavia
Sammanfattning : In the 1960s, a few individuals in Scandinavia got so interested in Scottish Highland piping and pipe band drumming that they started to play themselves, although there was no existing tradition for this music in Scandinavia, and they formed a small community of dedicated pipers and drummers. The major objective of this thesis is to analyse the background to why and processes through which the marginal culture of Scottish piping and drumming spread to and developed in Scandinavia as well as to interrogate what use and function this genre of music may have in Scandinavia. LÄS MER
2. Groundwater chemistry and recharge rate in crystalline rocks : case study from the Eritran highland
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3. Natural Products from Highland and Medicinal Plants from Bolivia
Sammanfattning : Bolivia is located in the central part of South America and has a large varied ecology - the Amazonas rainforests, the dry forests of the Chaco, the mist forests, the punas and high Andean vegetation. Plants that live in the Bolivia highlands have developed physical and chemicals defense mechanisms to survive in the hard environment of the region. LÄS MER
4. Antioxidant Activity of Bolivian Plant Secondary Metabolites
Sammanfattning : Certain climatologically-adverse conditions in the basin of the Poopo Lake, located on the high plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano, have prevented the existence of a reliable agricultural system and the impact on the population of the area has been severe. These problems have been the main motivation in choosing this region for this particular study. LÄS MER
5. Evaluation and release of East African highland cooking banana ‘Matooke’ hybrids
Sammanfattning : The production of East African highland bananas Eastern Africa is under threat by pests and pathogens. Improved banana cultivars with high and stable yield, suitable end use quality, host plant resistance to major pests and pathogens, and adaptation to target population of environments can help boost productivity when combined with sound crop husbandry practices. LÄS MER