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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Joplin"”.
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The Joplin Reading Program in Historical Perspective
… During this time the ideas for the basis of the Joplin Reading Plan formed in the mind of Mr. Cecil Floyd. The plan started in 1953 at the urgence of Roi S. Wood, Joplin's superintendent of schools.The Joplin Reading Plan received attention in the 1950's and was widely accepted as an …
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Spontaneous Minds and Electric Romanticism: Kerouac, Ginsberg, Dylan, Joplin
… Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, and Janis Joplin. Kerouac’s and Ginsberg’s electric Romanticism resembles the acoustic, but the Beats’ cultural landscape contained technological advancements they used to achieve spontaneous writing—such as typewriters, automobiles, and tape recorders—as …
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Lessons learned in a crisis situation : the Joplin Schools' story
Natural disasters affect millions of lives each year, devastating educational institutions across the world (United States Agency for International Development, 2010). This qualitative study was designed using a case-study approach to understand one school district's leadership response to a …
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Storm mergers and their role in tornado genesis during the 2011 Joplin storm
… and tornadic vortex in the 22 May 2011 Joplin, MO case. This case was noted for the rapid evolution of the storm from tornado formation (tornadogenesis) to peak intensity in relation to the merging of cells in the rear-flank region of the parent storm. In an effort to identify the …
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Changes in the Potentiometric Surface of the Deep Aquifer in the Joplin Area, Missouri, 1900-Present
The Joplin area is defined for this study to include all of Jasper and Newton Counties in southwest Missouri. A majority of the municipalities in these two counties rely on deep wells for their public water supplies. These deep wells tap the Cambrian and Ordovician age units which are collectively …
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A Comparative Study of the Joplin Reading Plan and the Traditional Reading Plan in the Northshore School District
… of two reading programs, one using the Joplin Plan of reading, and the other, the Traditional plan of grouping for reading instruction. A comparison of the results of reading achievement test scores was made between the groups.
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Analysis of residential building performance in tornadoes as a function of building and hazard characteristics
… data sources from the May 22, 2011 tornado in Joplin, MO were mined to create a detailed Joplin Tornado Residential Damage Database. Methodologies were devised to partially automate data collection from several existing ground-based and aerial imagery sources and to quantify pre-tornado …
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Resources for tackling post-traumatic stress disorder in local newsrooms
… from local media organizations who were sent to Joplin to cover the tornado in 2011 were interviewed for this study. They spoke confidentially about their experiences in Joplin and whether their employers offered any counseling programs for those who needed treatment. Upon completion of the …
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A comparative study between two organizational patterns of reading instruction
… reading. The organizational plan used in Joplin, Missouri, was reviewed and was tried in some of the district's schools during the school year of 1959-60.</p>
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Graduate Recital, Trumpet
… Holcombe arrangement of Pineapple Rag by Scott Joplin.
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Physical-socio-economic systems integration for community resilience-informed decision-making and policy selection
… the proposed methodologies were applied to the Joplin, Missouri, testbed subjected to tornado hazard but are generalizable. The goal is to enable community leaders and stakeholders to better understand the community-wide impacts of a scenario beyond physical damage and further empower them to …
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Psychedelic music in San Francisco : style, context, and evolution
… Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and members of the Jefferson Airplane. The catalyst for the folk revival musicians to adopt the rock band format was the British Invasion, which began in 1964 with the arrival in America of the Beatles. …
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A method for characterization of single-event latchup technologies as a function of geometric variation
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology is the dominant integrated circuit (IC) technology in modern electronics systems. As CMOS comprises of p-channel and n-channel transistors, there are parasitic PNPN paths that act as cross-coupled bipolar transistors capable of creating …
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Dynamic impact induced by tornadoes through simulations based on two-way wind-structure interactions
… caused by building failure. For example, in the Joplin, MO tornado of 22 May 2011, 161 people were killed, and 84% fatalities were related to building failure. Therefore, it is imperative to develop science-based tornado-resistant building codes, in order to provide a better level of occupant …
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Permeable Reactive Concrete For Enhanced Heavy Metal Removal With Optimization Of Individual Components
… on a historical mine tailings waste site in Joplin, Missouri. In this scenario high carbon and sulfur fly ash had the most economical removal, followed by aggregate alone, and lastly traditional portland cement PRC. These results suggest permeable reactive concrete to be a novel and effective …
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Reproduction And Propagation Of The Neosho Mucket, Lampsilis Rafinesqueana
… sites in the Spring River system: Shoal Creek at Joplin, MO and Spring River at Carthage, MO. Monthly samples of 6-30 individuals were examined at each site in 2001 for the presence of brooded larvae. Females spawned in May and brooded eggs and larvae from May through July. This timing is atypical …
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Wind-Borne Debris Resistance of Façades: Identification of Alternative Impact Test Requirements
… the building envelope. On May 22nd, 2011, the Joplin tornado killed 161 people, and 14 of those were receiving treatments at the St. John’s Regional Medical Center. At the hospital, most of the windows were broken by the impact of wind-borne debris. The structure of the hospital has remained …
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The Effects of Trained Facilitation of Learning-Oriented Feedback on Learner Engagement, Performance, Self-Efficacy, and Enjoyment
… & Latham, 1985), and (3) hands-on learning (Joplin, 1995; Kolb, 1984; Pfieffer & Jones, 1985; Williamson, 1995) were examined. Facilitators" competence in (1) delivering learning-oriented feedback, (2) using verbal learning-oriented feedback to increase learner engagement, and (3) using …
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Identification of the Essential Elements in the Clinical Reasoning Process in Health Care Professionals
Clinical reasoning is an essential skill all health care professionals must learn and continue to develop. Clinical reasoning combines thinking strategies to reason about a patient’s real or potential problem (Delany & Golding, 2014). Health care professionals with poor clinical reasoning skills …
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