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Waterparks' Impact On Rural Communities In Eastern Kentucky
<p>As many rural communities are searching for ways to increase their local economy, several of these communities have begun to turn their attention to the tourism industry. By turning their attention to the tourism industry, they are searching for ways to increase tourism in hopes of bringing in …
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Community Perceptions of Prescription Drug Abuse in Eastern Kentucky.
… by 17 residents over 18 years of age from Kentucky's Pike and Letcher counties. In respect to prescription drug abuse research nationwide, much research has been conducted in eastern Kentucky; however, there are seemingly few studies measuring the thoughts and feelings of community members …
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First-Year Writing Ungraded Study At Eastern Kentucky University
… of failing the course. The study conducted at Eastern Kentucky University, which uses a Google questionnaire and interviews of students and instructors, has highlighted how beneficial Ungrading is to students and instructors. Teachers can create an environment where students have more agency, …
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Tidal sedimentation in the mid-Pennsylvanian Breathitt Group, eastern Kentucky
… Comers Formation, Breathitt Group) outcrops in eastern Kentucky as a coarsening-upward succession of rhythmically interstratified sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone. Primary sedimentary structures, trace fossils, vertical successions of facies, and sediment body geometries suggest that these …
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Estimating Population Numbers of Black Bears (Ursus Americanus) in Eastern Kentucky Using Microsatellite Analysis
… bears (Ursus americanus) occur sporadically in eastern Kentucky, and there is some evidence that a breeding population exists. In order to establish management practices to enhance the black bear population in Kentucky, information about this population is needed. However, until recently, no …
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Flash Flooding in Eastern Kentucky: An Analysis of the 3-4 August 2001 Event
… than any other weather related natural disaster. Eastern Kentucky experienced an average of 41 flash floods per year (1993-2002), yet little research exists for this region. Therefore, this paper presents an analysis of the particularly devastating flash flood event of 3-4 August 2001, which …
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Before Me, After Me, Through Me: Stories Of Food And Community In Eastern Kentucky
… oral history interviews conducted in eastern Kentucky during the summer of 2016 as a part of a Master of Arts thesis in southern studies. The interviews were conducted with people specifically connected to food, farming, and community activism in and near Letcher County, Kentucky. The …
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Disasters And Disorganization: The Flood Of 2022 In Eastern Kentucky And The Struggles That Linger
… washed out many small communities across 13 Kentucky counties in Central Appalachia. This disaster, like previous disasters, uncovered structural and socioeconomic issues perpetuated by those in power that were hidden from the outside world. Minimal news coverage of the flood damage created …
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Teacher Perspectives on Environmental Education Programs Provided By Eastern Kentucky University Division of Natural Areas
… age, so they will care about them in the future. Eastern Kentucky University’s (EKU) Division of Natural Areas has been conducting EE programming for students K-12 for the past 13 years. The areas utilized for EE programming include Maywoods Environmental and Educational Laboratory in Garrard …
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Land Cover Change and its Impacts on a Flash Flood-Producing Rain Event in Eastern Kentucky
<p>Eastern Kentucky is a 35-county region that is a part of the Cumberland Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains. With mountaintop removal and associated land cover change (LCC) (primarily deforestation), it is hypothesized that there would be changes in various atmospheric boundary layer parameters …
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Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Nada Member of the Borden Formation (Lower Mississippian) in Eastern Kentucky
… of the Borden Formation (Mississippian) in northeastern Kentucky was the delta platform deposit of the Borden delta. It consists mainly of iliciclastic mudstones with carbonates and siltstone interbeds. The dominant fossil groups that it contains are crinoids, brachiopods, rugose corals, and …
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Influence of Forest Management on Bumblebee-Plant Networks and Community Compositions in Eastern Kentucky Forest Openings
… across the otherwise forested landscape in the eastern United States. Fire suppression and the loss of these important habitats are well-documented, but it is unknown if bumblebee composition or forage plant availability changes between high-quality and low-quality forest openings. To determine …
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Interactions between Eastern Newts and Wood Frogs in an anthropogenically altered wetland system in eastern Kentucky
… key characteristic of the ridge-top ecosystem in eastern Kentucky is the presence of ephemeral wetlands. Ephemeral wetlands of the ridge-top ecosystem support an amphibian community assemblage characterized by species with short larval periods (e.g., Wood Frogs [<em>Lithobates sylvaticus<em>] and …
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Four-Toed Salamander (hemidactylium Scutatum) Nest Site Characteristics In Natural And Constructed Wetlands In Eastern Kentucky
… of the natural history of the species in Kentucky. Six natural and six constructed wetlands were studied in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky during 2011. Several nest- and wetland-level variables were measured in each wetland and at each nest site. Data were collected at 207 …
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The Lived Experience of Non-traditional Students in the Occupational Science Program at Eastern Kentucky University
<p>The purpose of this study was to discover the lived experience of non-traditional students in the OS program at EKU. The findings of this research will allow faculty, staff, and other students to gain an understanding of this population of students and their perspective and experience. </p> …
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Accessing Appalachia - One Byte at a Time - The Need for Broadband Access in Rural Eastern Kentucky Region
… divide presents a significant challenge in rural Eastern Kentucky, where the absence of broadband internet access has hindered economic development, education, health care, and overall quality of life. Broadband, characterized by high-speed internet access that is always on and faster than …
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