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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Central Valley"”.
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Planning Across Differences: Collaborative Planning in the California Central Valley
This dissertation examines the intersections between difference, participation, and planning processes. Rooted in scholarly conversations about deliberative democracy, collaborative planning, and nonprofit organizations in civil society, this research considers how planning practitioners can better …
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First Year College Experiences of California’s Central Valley Latina/o/x Students
… acclimation into higher education has been a central point. The aim of this study was to explore how Latina/o/x students from California’s Central Valley navigated their college transition in the first year by drawing from their high school experiences and a summer youth conference, …
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Environmental Flow Regime Recommendations for the Promotion of Salicaceae Seedling Recruitment in California’s Central Valley
… This is evident in the rivers of California’s Central Valley, where altered flow regimes are present in all of its major rivers. As a result, Salicaceae spp. are not regenerating at historic rates and older trees are senescing. This dominant riparian tree family is dwindling due to these …
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An Assessment of Habitat Suitability for Pronghorn Populations of the Central Valley Region of California
… americana</em>) to the California Central Valley, specifically the Carrizo Plain National Monument (CPNM) and the Mojave Desert (Antelope Valley) portion of Tejon Ranch, have largely been unsuccessful due to dwindling numbers of translocated animals. The objective of this study was …
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Perceptions and understandings of educators working in an MLK Street community school in the Central Valley of California
… their school located on an MLK Street in the Central Valley of California? Emergent themes included urban teacher identity formation, teaching beyond academics, making connections, understanding community layers, and constructing knowledge of MLK Street localities. Findings indicated educators …
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Estar Con el Agua al Cuello: Spanish-Language Communications for Equitable Water Policy Development in California's Southern Central Valley
… water inequities have plagued California’s Central Valley for decades. Two counties in particular face the highest number of long-term failing water systems in the state, with greater than 50% of drinking water systems classified as failing or at risk: Kern and Tulare Counties. As a result …
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Enhancing Dengue Fever Modeling Through a Multi-scale Analysis Framework – A Case Study in the Central Valley of Costa Rica
… framework for the study of dengue fever in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. One of the main objectives was to develop an agent-based model, which integrated GIS to simulate the spread of dengue fever disease in an urban environment, as a result of an individual’s interactions in a geospatial …
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Planimetric and Volumetric Analysis of Channel Change In the Post-Hydraulic Mining Period (1906-2009) In the Central Valley, California
<p>Advances in remote sensing technologies can facilitate acquisition of topographical and planimetric information in fluvial environments and can produce spatial data with high spatial and temporal resolutions. Measuring planimetric and volumetric change in fluvial sediment budgets and geomorphic …
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Geochemistry of the fynbos ecosystem in a Table Mountain Group sub catchment of the Olifants River, Western Cape, South Africa
… soil, and vegetation of the Olifants River Valley around Citrusdal. The valley occurs in a synclinal fold with the main aquifers, the Table Mountain Group (MG) sandstones of the Peninsula Formation and the Nardouw Subgroup, folded beneath the central valley.
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Remote Sensing of 21st Century Water Stress for Hazard Monitoring in California
… is due to intense groundwater overdraft of the Central Valley Aquifer. This groundwater overdraft has led to poroelastic compaction of the aquifer system and subsidence of the land surface. Water mass loss also causes elastic deformation of the solid Earth, an opposite and smaller amplitude …
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An Acoustic Study of Voiced Stop Allophony in Costa Rican Spanish
… of the study show that the dialect of the Central Valley of Costa Rica is more conservative in its treatment of /b, d, g/. Speakers of this dialect categorically produced more occlusive realizations in all tasks performed relative to those obtained from speakers of Madrid Spanish. This …
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Carving out a sense of place: The making of the Marble Valley and the Marble City of Vermont
<p>The making of the Central Valley of Vermont created a sense of identity for the region. Strategically between two Native American confederations, the area was also enmeshed in European settlement to the north, south, east and west. At first conventional farming was the engine of growth in the …
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Examining the role of instructional rounds as a catalyst in building a learning organization
… low-income, rural school located in California's Central Valley. The theoretical framework on learning organizations developed by Garvin, Edmondson, and Gino (2008) helped in examining the data. Findings from the research suggests that leadership and the four-step process that guides instructional …
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Visalia: The Mother Parish of the San Joaquin Valley and its First Pastor; The Reverend Daniel Francis Dade
… little has been written about the central valley of California. In the large standard histories of the state, the journeys of a few early explorers through the San Joaquin Valley are recounted, and sometimes a few excerpts from their diaries are quoted; but thereafter, California …
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The Intersection of Academia and Identity: A Phenomenological Inquiry on the Ethnic and Racial Identity of Hmong American Students in Higher Education
… and Hispanic Serving Institution in the Central Valley. The study was guided by a conceptual framework incorporating Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model, "race and ethnicity as doings,” and intersectionality. Data collection was completed through three-phases which included interviews and a …
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Nutritional quality of lunches at a Seventh-Day Adventist school
… the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade children (n=36) at Central Valley Christian Academy (CVCA) were eating for lunch followed the beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church and if lunches brought from home (LFH) provided more nutritional quality than combination lunches.</p> <p>This study showed …
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Establishing a Translational Research Center in California's San Joaquin Valley: Principles, Partnerships, and Initial Steps
<p>The Great Valley Center seeks to promote the social, economic, and environmental well-being of California's Central Valley. UC Merced's Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI) was established in 2012 to engage in collaborative, multidisciplinary research with a community emphasis in order to …
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Whiteness in Public School Administration: A Critical Narrative Approach to Understanding How Insider Superintendents Communicate With Their Administrative Staff Members
… serving in school districts within California’s Central Valley. Framed within the broad context of critical White theory (CWT), I explored each man’s approach to interpersonal communication while conducting business. Additionally, I applied the urban dictionary’s definition of “Whitesplaining” to …
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Faculty Members’ Perceptions Regarding The Role Of Assessment In Developmental Writing Courses
… interviews with full-time faculty members at a Central Valley community college in California. Focusing on the participants’ experiences and perceptions about the purposes of assessment in developmental English/writing courses, the analysis of data suggested that frequent writing assessments and …
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Human mediated physical and virtual water transfers of the United States: Who uses the water?
… Mississippi Embayment, High Plains, and Central Valley aquifer systems in the United States to their final destination. Specifically, we determine which US metropolitan areas, US states, and international export destinations are currently the largest consumers of these critical aquifers. …
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