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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

Automatic control: the vertebral column of dogfish sharks behaves as a continuously variable transmission with smoothly shifting functions

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2016-July-07
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During swimming in dogfish sharks, Squalus acanthias, both the intervertebral joints and the vertebral centra undergo significant strain. To investigate this system, unique among vertebrates, we cyclically bent isolated segments of 10 vertebrae and nine joints….

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生态文明理念下的国土综合整治与生态保护修复 Comprehensive national land remediation and ecological protection and restoration under the concept of ecological civilization. A Translation and Case Study of Shenzhen Bay’s Mangrove Forests

Publication Date
2022-April-01
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