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Pathways: a monastery in the Allegheny River
Architecture must go beyond merely sustaining and supporting our needs. It has the ability to enlighten and to enrich our lives. However, it cannot succeed when the origin lies in merely satisfying programmatic needs. The pathway to a rich and meaningful architecture begins by examining the symbols …
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Food habits of the Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister )
Regional declines in Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister ) populations suggest a better understanding of the ecology of this species is needed for proper management. I described seasonal food habits of the Allegheny woodrat in the Ridge and Valley and Allegheny Plateau physiographic provinces of …
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Planning Release: An Evaluation of the Allegheny County Jail Project
The goal of the Allegheny County Jail Project is to allow inmates to maintain social bonds by obtaining meaningful employment and reduce the rate of recidivism. The rates of recidivism were evaluated for the Allegheny County Jail Project and then compared to the rate of recidivism of the general …
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Conservation and management of the Allegheny woodrat in the central Appalachians
The Allegheny woodrat occurs throughout the Appalachian Mountains, where it forms isolated colonies in rock outcrops, cliffs, and caves. Populations along the northern and western peripheries of the range have experienced drastic declines in the past 20--30 years. A paucity of ecological …
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Environmental Mapping of the Lower Allegheny Series of the Appalachian Basin
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-09T20:34:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6503175.pdf: 4722603 bytes, checksum: a65d753794549eb9e6c55beb2dd84696 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1964
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Reading Specialist Practices at the Third Grade Level in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
… the practices of the reading specialists in Allegheny County conform to the Standards for Reading Professionals, Revised, 2003 (IRA, 2004) with specific reference to third grade settings. The total research population was 381, 127 each of the subgroups. However, 71 total participants returned …
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Watershed and Streamside Management Zone Characterization in the Allegheny Plateau of West Virginia
… SMZ widths and harvesting intensities in the Allegheny Plateau of West Virginia. The objective this paper is to present the pre-harvest SMZ and watershed characterization. Each of the watershed SMZs were characterized pre-harvest in terms of vegetation, water, soil, carbon, and monetary value …
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Organic carbon and fertility of forest soils on the Allegheny Plateau of West Virginia
Soil series occurring above 1020 m in elevation in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia were sampled and analyzed for soil organic and soil microbial biomass carbon as well as various fertility parameters. Additionally, vegetative biomass estimates were made at the sampling sites. The …
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Nest-site resources for cavity-nesting birds in the southern Allegheny Mountain forests of West Virginia
… by a lack of proper nesting sites. Southern Allegheny Mountain forests of West Virginia are unique due to the juxtaposition and diversity of forest cover types. Management must focus on monitoring wildlife population levels as well as habitat requirements within each cover type. Cavity tree …
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Bryophyte Community Response to Prescribed Fire and Thinning in Mixed-Oak Forests of the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau
Silvicultural treatments are applied to forests to meet a variety of management objectives including timber production and wildlife habitat management. However, such methods may also profoundly affect other non-timber forest resources and negatively impact biodiversity. Modern forest science has …
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A Higher Public Spirit and a Better Social Order: The Civic Club of Allegheny County, 1895-1930
The Civic Club of Allegheny County was an organization created in the Progressive era that confronted urban issues that plagued early twentieth century Pittsburgh. Although the club's origins were part of a long tradition of women's reform groups, this organization was a mixed-gender organization, …
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Providing Culturally Appropriate Services to Immigrant Children and Families Involved with the Allegheny County Department of Human Services
In the last decade, the immigrant population in Allegheny County has doubled and currently accounts for approximately seven percent of the general population. This number, despite being low, especially compared to other counties and states, is very diverse from an ethnic point view and includes …
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A Quantitative Study of Perceived Factors That Influence Enrollment Within a Regional Conference Seventh-day Adventist School System
… factors influencing enrollment within the Allegheny East Conference school system, ultimately explaining the enrollment shift from 1277 students to 635 students over a twenty-year period within the Allegheny East Conference school system. The study also determined if there are significant …
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Parental Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Outcomes: A Study of Biological Mothers and their Children in Out-of-Home Placement in Allegheny County
… branch child welfare responsibilities for Allegheny County, which includes the city of Pittsburgh, PA. The sample in this study included children who had been removed from the home for the first time in 2012, and was split by age, creating two models. Parental drug abuse was found to make …
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Perceptions of Opportunity Among Youth Served by the Allegheny County Department of Human Services: A Program Evaluation Study of the Partnership for Youth Transition
The Allegheny County Department of Human Services implemented the Partnership for Youth Transition Program (PYT) to provide services for transition aged youth in Allegheny County who suffer from Severe Emotional Disturbance. One of the goals of this program was to enhance the perceptions of …
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System Transformation in the Context of Building an Integrative System in the Child Welfare System in Allegheny County through Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment
In the last decade, the Allegheny County constituents could witness the transformation of a widely criticized system of divided services into a single Department of Human Services. As an attempt to improve service planning DHS moved to a common assessment (CANS Comprehensive) shared across the …
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Geospatial and statistical foundations for streamflow synthesis in West Virginia
… by the climatic component are located along the Allegheny Front while watersheds dominated by the geomorphic component are located in the Allegheny plateau and Valley and Ridge physiographic provinces.
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Characterization of Vascular Plant Species Composition and Relative Abundance in Southern Appalachian Mixed-Oak Forests
… mixed-oak forests in the Ridge and Valley and Allegheny Mountain physiographic provinces of Southwestern Virginia and West Virginia to address questions concerning the variability in species composition, richness, and relative abundance of vascular plant species in those communities. All forest …
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The Upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation in the Central Appalachian Basin: a Hierarchical Sequence Stratigraphic Record of a Greenhouse to Icehouse Transition
… member (Hinton Formation). Outcrops along the Allegheny Front were investigated sedimentologically and structurally, and subjected to gamma ray analysis. Composite outcrop sections from deformed rocks of the Allegheny Front were correlated with the relatively undeformed rocks in the subsurface …
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