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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Ann Arbor"”.
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Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor Public Schools: A cultural geography
… and African American students within the Ann Arbor Public School District. This research analyzed the historical and geographical evolution of the city of Ann Arbor, specific to the organization of its public schools. This study sought to define the dominant cultural groups of Ann Arbor, …
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Utilization of research technologies within a local community hospital in Ann Arbor
<p>Technology has the ability to change the way clinical trials are conducted. Technology utilization has expanded into research in the form of handheld smartphones, wearables, and social media. This project explored technologies and assessed which of those technologies are being utilized at a …
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Exploring the food landscape in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI: Neighborhood racial characteristics and food availability
… specifically impacting minority populations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI. This study explores these cities' neighborhood retail food environments alongside neighborhood racial composition with three measures: Modified Retail Food Environment Index (mRFEI), Grocery Store Density, and Fast-Food …
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The Building of a New Left Conglomerate in the City of Ann Arbor: VOICE, the Black Action Movement, and the Human Rights Party (1965-1975)
… played a vital role within both the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan throughout much of the 1960s and early 1970s. Three organizations, VOICE, the Black Action Movement (BAM), and the Human Rights Party (HRP), particularly allowed for student activism to become an integral …
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Southeast Michigan wastewater treatment plants as potential sources of microplastic pollution in the Rouge River and Huron River
… Michigan wastewater treatment plants: the Ann Arbor Wastewater Treatment Plant and Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority (YCUA). Results from this study indicated that YCUA, which discharges into a small stream with limited watershed inputs, is a significant source of microplastic …
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Breastfeeding practices among Arab women living in the United States
… from the Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor, MI; Islamic Institute of Knowledge, Dearborn, MI; Michigan Islamic Academy; and Entesar‟s Beauty Salon, Ann Arbor, MI.</p> <p>Results: The results of this study showed low levels of exclusive breastfeeding, as well as early introduction …
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Investigating sources of microplastics and effects of plastic pollution on biofilm function in the Huron River
… upstream and downstream from urban centers (Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti) and the Ann Arbor WWTP. The average MP load among sample sites was 7.77 x 106 MPs/day, ranging from 1.47 x 106 to 2.03x 107 MPs/day. Findings indicate that neither urban areas nor the WWTP are significant sources of MP …
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Modeling scenic quality of residential streets using mensurational variables
… scenic quality for residential streets in Ann Arbor, Michigan for both Summer and Winter vegetative conditions. Scenic quality was quantified using the Scenic Beauty Estimation method. Only variables that existed in the city's computer data base were used. Variables such as diameter at …
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The development of caching behavior, cache site and cache item defense tactics, and cache site and cache item sharing in orphaned fledgling blue jays (<i>cyanocitta cristata</i>) at a songbird rehabilitation center
… of the Bird Center of Washtenaw County, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Birds were videotaped and observed for the development of caching behavior, cache item and cache site sharing, and cache defense tactics. Caching behavior and cache defense tactics all developed without parental or caretaker …
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Ypsilanti: A cultural assessment
… Diversity, history, uniqueness, a comparison to Ann Arbor, and the presence of music and the arts were repeatedly mentioned in participants’ answers regarding the general culture. Five of the nine participants say music and the arts are part of Ypsilanti’s culture.</p>
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Design and implementation of safety control for a class of stochastic order preserving systems with application to collision avoidance near intersections
… with TTC (Toyota Technical Center), Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Development of a headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) procedure for the determination of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in activated sludge by GC-FID
… of wastewater treatment using samples from the Ann Arbor Wastewater Treatment Facilities.</p>
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Stopout prediction in massive open online courses
… a podium in the center of Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, lecturing 109,000 students. Though that sounds like an unlikely scenario, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOCs, have practically made that a reality by offering previously exclusive classes to mass audiences. However, as the barriers to …
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Predictors of help-seeking in returning Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans
… and service members that registered with the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System between 2001 and 2007 were contacted by mail and asked to participate in the Internet-based survey. Participants were asked to complete several questionnaires regarding their current physical and psychological health, …
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Exploring how integrating art & animation in teaching text-based programming affects high school students' interest in computer science
… programming. Three groups of students from Ann Arbor public and private schools participated in this study with different coding time. The demographic data were also collected and analyzed in this study. The field of CS is currently dominated by White and Asian males. This study also aimed …
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The impact of experiential avoidance on the relationships among military sexual trauma, excessive behaviors, and health-related outcomes in female veterans
… the women’s health clinic located within the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS). Eligible participants completed a series of questionnaires assessing for the presence of trauma exposure, including MST, experiential avoidance, and potential outcomes such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, physical …
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Temperature regulation and metabolic rhythms in populations of the house sparrow Passer domesticus
… from Boulder, Colorado; Syracuse, New York; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Houston, Texas. It was found that both the diurnal and nocturnal levels of metabolism of the Houston population were significantly lower than any of the other populations at all temperatures tested. Evaporative water loss …
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Das follikuläre Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom - retrospektive Analyse aus einer strahlentherapeutischen Klinik
… den klinischen Stadien I und II (67,4%) nach der Ann-Arbor-Klassifikation. 27 Patienten (30,3%) erhielten eine „Total Nodale Bestrahlung“, 49 (55,1%) wurden mit der „Extended-Field-Technik“ behandelt und 13 (14,6%) wurden mit der „Involved-Field-Technik“ bestrahlt. Nach Behandlung konnte bei 73 …
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American Art Histories: Framing Race in Exhibitions, 1842-1876
… on display in Washington, D.C., New York, Ann Arbor, New Haven, Boston, and Philadelphia and outlines the terms by which the artwork was interpreted in situ. Drawing on installation photographs and previously unpublished lectures, this project reveals the formative role that ideas about …
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An analysis of the factors associated with adoption of electronic supply chain management (e-SCM) procurement systems within the U.S. automotive industry
… How High‐Tech is the Automotive Industry?</em> Ann Arbor, MI: Center for Automotive Research (CAR)). This study investigated the use of electronic supply chain management (e-SCM) system usage within this industry and its influence on work-related procurement outcomes. An electronic questionnaire …
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