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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Evangeline"”.
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Religious women in modern American social reform: Evangeline Booth, Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Dorothy Day, and the rhetorical invention of humanitarian authority
… compares and contrasts the rhetorical efforts of Evangeline Booth (the American Commander of the Salvation Army), Aimee Semple McPherson (founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel), and Dorothy Day (co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement). I argue that each leader variously …
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Dressing Up the Past: Creating and Re-Creating Acadian Identity
… from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1847 epic poem Evangeline at nation-building events to symbolize the Acadian people and its past. Acadians came to consider the Evangeline costume to be the national and historic dress of their people. Yet their ancestors never wore this outfit. During the …
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Current Ground Motions Along the Long-Point Fault Derived from Continuous GPS Observations (2012-2014)
… 2014, the groundwater levels in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Long-Point Fault area are 50–53 m and 69–106 m below the ground surface, respectively. Daily depth to groundwater level for the Chicot and Evangeline aquifer system show correlation between aquifer recharge, and …
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GPS Monitoring and Land Subsidence in the Houston Metropolitan Area
… the Chicot aquifer and 320 wells screened in the Evangeline aquifer were investigated in order to evaluate the interaction between land subsidence and groundwater level change. The results further verify that groundwater withdrawal is the primary driver of land subsidence within the greater …
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Land Rebound and Preconsolidation Head in the Houston Ship Channel Area
… groundwater data measured in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers. Preconsolidation head levels were considered to coincide with the termination of inelastic compaction and the onset of rebound in the ship channel area. Measurements in the Chicot aquifer were ultimately used in the estimation …
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The Virginia pattern of education for children under six in historical perspective
… early childhood education leaders such as Dr. Evangeline Ward, the first black to become president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The second purpose of this study is to examine the formation of the Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education …
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Dark Houses: Navigating Space and Negotiating Silence in the Novels of Faulkner, Warren and Morrison
… Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! and its (pre)text, "Evangeline." Warren carries the motif forward in his late novels, Flood and Meet Me in the Green Glen. I examine these works relative to spatial analysis and an aesthetic of absence, including an interpretation of silence as a mode of authentic …
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Dynamics of the sweetpotato potyvirus aphid pathosystem in Louisiana
… reproduction on sweetpotato cvs. Beauregard and Evangeline with mixed virus infection compared with non-infected plants. Stylet penetration behaviors were variable depending on host and virus infection status. Differences in virus transmission rates depending on host plant, aphid species, virus …
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Off road vehicle soil suitability analysis within the Kisatchie National Forest
… Forest (KNF), especially in Catahoula (CRD), Evangeline Unit, Calcasieu (ERD), and Kisatchie Ranger (KRD) districts. The USDA-Forest Service (USFS) maintains designated trails within the forest, but many ORV users create their own trails. To address this issue, a research project was initiated …
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Dynamics and impacts of toxic Alexandrium catenella blooms in the Pacific Arctic
Recent warming in the Pacific Arctic region is facilitating the emergence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in polar waters, posing a significant threat to northern communities and ecosystems. Of particular concern is the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella, a cystforming species that produces a …
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ICU Delirium and the Relationship with Pre-Existing PTSD within the Veterans Population
<p>The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of PTSD in the Veteran population admitted to the ICU, and the relationship of pre-existing PTSD to delirium. According to Douglas (2008), there is 40% to 87% of incidence of delirium in the ICU; the cost of delirium is $60,516 to $64,421 …
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Using Archived Aerial Photography to Measure Long-term Change in the Surface Elevation of Larsen A Tributary Glaciers from 1957 to 2020
Glacial ice loss is a key indicator of Atmospheric Warming (AW). Ice mass loss from the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) accounted for approximately 17% of the total Antarctic losses between 2009 and 2017 (Rignot et al., 2019). Ice mass loss contributes to increases in local sea levels and since the …
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The Cuban Experience: Comparative of Health Systems and Infant Mortality Rates
<p>Although the United States is a developed country that spends billions of dollars for its healthcare sector, there are still many risk factors that highly influence our country’s respectively high infant mortality rates. Infant mortality rates are affected by a range of social determinants of …
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Errors are a Gateway to Discovery: Development of a Fledgling Designer
<p>This thesis is an informative and critical analysis of my development of as a designer over three years in the Department of Theatre and Dance's Masters of Fine Arts program at the University of South Carolina. It explores main stage productions The Arabian Nights, Our Country's Good, The Comedy …
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Supranational Law and Compliance
This dissertation sheds light on the reputational theory of international law, a theory used to explain state behavior in relation to international law. Due to concerns for their reputation, it is argued, countries will fulfill their commitments, not wanting to be excluded from cooperative …
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Digital Video and Mathematics: Helping High School Students Understand and Interpret Abstract Concepts
Results from the study suggest that learning occurs in new and unforeseen ways with the introduction and integration of a technology. Key issues that follow from this study include: (1) the use of digital video may act as a medium that helps students visualize abstract concepts, (2) the use of …
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