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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Central Appalachia"”.
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The Necrogeography of Melungeon Cemeteries in Central Appalachia
… heritage. They have settled primarily in the Central Appalachian region, and more specifically within Hancock County, Tennessee. Their traditional burial practices include the construction of a unique gravehouse. I conducted personal interviews with Melungeons, religious leaders, and cemetery …
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Implications of Bottled Water Use in Rural Central Appalachia
… and bottled drinking water throughout rural Central Appalachia: a documented water inequity hotspot. To evaluate the uses, perceptions, motivations, expenditures, and quality related to in-home and bottled water sources, 24 homes in three different Central Appalachian counties were recruited …
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Production and cost analysis of two harvesting systems in central Appalachia
… manual and mechanized harvesting operations in central Appalachian hardwood forest sites in order to obtain time study data. Production and cost analysis were conducted on the harvesting system data in order to compare the two systems. Chainsaw felling productivity was 363.4 ft3/PMH (2180.4 …
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Ontological Possibilities: Rhizoanalytic Explorations of Community Food Work in Central Appalachia
… non-profit community food organizations in central Appalachia. I used and appreciative inquiry approach to capture stories that affected these individuals' stories about their work captured their visions and hope for food system change. I then used a (non)method, rhizoanalysis, to code the …
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Effects of Forest Regeneration Methods on Salamander Populations in Central Appalachia
… of this dissertation. As part of the Southern Appalachian Silviculture and Biodiversity (SASAB) project (Chapter 1), a long-term replicated field experiment designed to evaluate a range of silvicultural treatments on biodiversity, I evaluated specific hypotheses related to salamander …
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Beyond Food Access: Accumulation by Dispossession and Dollar General in Central Appalachia
… class in low-food-access urban and rural areas. Central Appalachia in particular -- which has one of the highest rates of low food access and poverty in the nation -- has been a growth center for Dollar General stores. Has the growth in Dollar General stores in Central Appalachia affected …
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Associations Between Drinking Water Source Watershed and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Central Appalachia
… source of drinking water degradation within the Central Appalachian region, which may result in adverse exposures and health disparities. The purpose of this study was to identify potential correlations between land cover and adverse birth outcomes (ABOs) through the application of watershed …
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Exploring the Connections between Community Cultural Development and Sustainable Tourism in Central Appalachia
… conditions of many of the coal towns in the Central Appalachian region of the United States. Efforts to identify and seek alternatives to replace the ongoing decline of their traditional way of life are deeply entangled with community identity and culture due to the historical hegemonic role …
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Land Cover as a Predictor of Safe Drinking Water Act Violations in Central Appalachia
… situation, and system characteristics. In Central Appalachia, from 2001 to 2016, proportions of land cover in each target CWS's upstream source water watershed were weighted based on their distance to a CWS's source water intake. Violations to the SDWA at respective CWSs over the same …
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Ecology and Climate Tolerance of Emerging Tick Disease Vectors in Central Appalachia/Southwestern Virginia
… about the tick populations found within the central Appalachian/southwestern region of Virginia. The main focus of this research was to better assess local tick communities in the central Appalachian-Southwestern region of Virginia, which was addressed by determining species diversity, …
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Appalachian studies in grades 6-12 language arts and English curricula in central Appalachia
… this study are to determine the extent to which Appalachian studies courses or units have become part of the middle and secondary public school English curricula in Central Appalachia and, in relation to these courses, to describe content and learning activities, to assess the effectiveness of …
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A multi-disciplinary approach to tracking the downstream impacts of inadequate sanitation in Central Appalachia
… attempted to quantify HF183 in two particular Appalachia streams with known discharges of untreated household waste. Water samples were taken above and at multiple points below these discharges on 29 occasions between August 2012 and April 2016, and tested for both HF183 and E. coli. HF183 was …
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Regional food security in south-central Appalachia: Connecting diet, land requirement, and agricultural carrying capacity
… to meet complete diet food need in the south-central Appalachian foodshed. First, a complete diet approach was applied to the entire foodshed to test the influence of animal product and fat consumption on the land requirements of food production. The quantity of specific regionally-adapted …
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Harvested log damage and value loss associated with two ground-based harvesting systems in central Appalachia
… felling function, species, and damage type in central Appalachia. Observations were made of all grade logs during the felling, skidding, decking/sorting, and loading functions of the harvesting operations. Saw logs or veneer logs sustaining damage to the bark or cambium were recorded with …
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Benthic macroinvertebrate community structure responses to multiple stressors in mining-influenced streams of central Appalachia USA
… downstream ecosystems. Surface coal mining in central Appalachia impacts headwaters by burying streams and introducing pollutants to remaining streams including excessive sediments, trace elements, and salinity. Benthic macroinvertebrates are widely used as indicators of biological conditions …
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Monitoring CO2 Plume Migration for a Carbon Storage-Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Test in Central Appalachia
During the past decade, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) has gained considerable recognition as a viable option to mitigate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This process involves capturing CO2 at emission sources such as power plants, refineries, and processing plants, and safely and …
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Vegetative Potential to Reduce Total Dissolved Solid Nutrient Ions Generated from Reclaimed Mine Lands in Central Appalachia
One of the major issues in surface coal mine land reclamation is the impact of total dissolved solids (TDS) on water quality. To address this issue, this study assessed whether vegetation could reduce TDS nutrient ion movement from the rooting zone in early reclamation stages when TDS generation is …
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The Influence of Time Perspective on Physical Activity Intentions and Behaviors Among Adolescents Residing in Central Appalachia.
<p>Obesity and inactivity are prevalent among central Appalachian adolescents. Appalachian residents have been labeled "fatalistic," a time perspective unsupportive of health-promoting behaviors such as regular participation in physical activity. The theory of planned behavior has been used …
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Free Clinics and the Uninsured: The Need for Remote Area Medical in Central Appalachia After Health Reform.
… This thesis looks at the ongoing need for RAM in central Appalachia after the passage of the ACA due to a continued lack of comprehensive health care coverage for all Americans.</p>
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Integrative Geophysical and Environmental Monitoring of a CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Test in Central Appalachia
A storage and enhanced coalbed methane (CO2-ECBM) test will store up to 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide in a stacked coal reservoir in southwest Virginia. The test involves two phases of CO2 injection operations. Phase I was conducted from July 2, 2015 to April 15, 2016, and injected a total of 10, …
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