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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Kalamazoo"”.
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KALAMAZOO REVISITED: HERITAGE LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE AMONG LATVIANS IN NORTH AMERICA
… up of 49 teenagers at Gaŗezers language camp in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The other comprises 25 parents, other adult Latvian speakers and camp staff members. I explore differences and similarities among them by age, gender and self-stated national identity and language proficiency. Primary data …
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The effect of fertilizer rate and ratio on the composition of the leaves and grain of corn grown on a Kalamazoo sandy loam soil
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Soil Science, 1957
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Development of a rapid response riverine oil-particle-aggregate (OPA) formation, transport, and fate model
The aftermath of the Kalamazoo River oil spill in 2010, which resulted in years of clean up efforts, showed that research needs to be done regarding oil particle aggregate (OPA) formation and transport in riverine environments. While three-dimensional hydrodynamic models can track the transport of …
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Case study of parents’ experiences as their children with hidden disabilities navigate the K-12 system to high school completion
… experiences parents are having or not having at Kalamazoo Central High School (KCHS), a traditional high school within the Kalamazoo Public School (KPS) district. The research questions revealed the experiences of parents navigating their children with invisible disabilities. Conceptually, this …
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Implementation of a communication skills module at the University of Washington School of Dentistry: pilot study
… rubric scores, based on the Kalamazoo checklist, were used to determine that a communication module with role-playing and videography is an effective method for teaching communication skills and improving students’ perception of their own communication skills. Rubric scores as …
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Assessing interpersonal communication in Dental Hygiene students providing geriatric care
… and students using a rubric derived from the Gap-Kalamazoo. Data was compared for quantitative changes.</p> <p>Results: A total of fifty-six dental hygiene students (N=56) were included in the research study; thirty-one first-year students (n=31) and twenty-five second-year students (n=25). …
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Variables That Discriminate Between Persisting and Nonpersisting, First-Year Undergraduate Students in an Open-Admissions, Multicampus, Commuter College System
… Merrillville, Indiana; Grand Rapids, Alma, and Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Davenport College New Student Survey and the Hines College Student Persistence Inventory, which were developed for this study, were group administered during several sittings at the various campuses in October 1997. ASSET …
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A clearing in the woods : self & city in Frank Lloyd Wright's organic communities
… near Galesburg Michigan, Parkwyn Village in Kalamazoo Michigan, and Usonia Homes in Pleasantville New York. Through this study of seven planning projects Wright's thinking can be seen moving from a tradition of viewing the settlement as a 'constructed whole' to a design philosophy that …
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Assessing Patient-Centered Communication In Medical Education: A Crystallized Approach To Understanding The Quality, Nature, And Form Of Feedback By Standardized Patients
… were trained using the adapted version of the Kalamazoo Essential Elements of Communication Checklist (KEECC-A). Findings: In the content analysis, I identified that most SP feedback was positive, in nature. Additionally, the KEECC-A communication competencies and sub-competencies most …
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An analysis of the perceptions of teacher trainees, practicing teachers, college educators, and public school administrators regarding the effectiveness of undergraduate teacher preparation programs at Ball State University and Western Michigan University.
… Indiana; and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The analysis of the programs may possibly be applied to teacher preparation programs in Sierra Leone, West Africa.In the study an attempt was made to discover new concepts and practices and potential approaches that would …
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Effect of immunological castration on color stability, shelf life, and sensory characteristics of fresh and further processed pork
Improvest® (Zoetis, Kalamazoo, MI) an immunological product for intact male pigs that stimulates the production of antibodies against gonadotropin-releasing factor (GnRF), temporarily blocking its activity and causing temporary castration. Use of Improvest delays castration, taking advantage of …
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Development of a fluvial oil-particle aggregate (OPA) drift simulator to evaluate the fate and transport of contaminated sediment in rivers
To be able to mitigate the effects of inland oil spills in freshwater environments, a fast, robust, user-friendly model is required for rapid response purposes. Being able to predict the fate and transport of oil-particle aggregates (OPA) is important for alleviating much of the long-term effects …
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Evaluating fat quality and bacon slicing yields in immunologically castrated barrows
… of immunological castration (Improvest; Zoetis, Kalamazoo, MI) on lipid deposition, fresh belly quality and bacon slicing yields. Immunological castration allows producers to capitalize on the increased feed efficiency and leanness associated with intact males while controlling boar taint. One …
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Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde: Criseydan Conversations 1986-2002 A Narrative Bibliography
… warmth of a conference session at MLA, NCS, or Kalamazoo, in which Chaucerians gather to move forward as one body rather than a mix of warring clans, prima donnas, or renegade dissenters. Scholarship aside, I offer this bibliography lastly to demonstrate the wonders of Chaucer's poetic arts and …
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Effects of feeding ractopamine (Paylean®) to immunologically castrated (Improvest®) pigs on growth performance, carcass yields, and further processing characteristics
… castrated (IC; Improvest, Zoetis, Kalamazoo, MI) pigs. With costs of production rising in the swine industry, producers are constantly seeking methods to improve growth performance while keeping production costs minimal. Two technologies that have been beneficial in helping …
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Effects of gonadotropin releasing factor immunological (Improvest®) on carcass characteristics, pork quality, and further processing characteristics of finishing male pigs
… systems. Improvest® (Pfizer Animal Health, Kalamazoo, MI) is a 9 amino-acid base pair GnRF conjugate that prevents boar taint in entire male pigs even when allowed to grow to ending live weights over 130 kg. This research used two populations of pigs of PIC genetics (Pig Improvement Company, …