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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Kern County"”.
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Vascular Floristic Study of the Piute Mountains, Kern County, California
… at the southern terminus of the Sierra Nevada in Kern County, California. The study area covers ca. 543 square km (210 square mi), with elevations ranging from 777 m (2,550 ft) to 2,562 m (8,406 ft) at Piute Peak. Though situated in the Sierra Nevada ecoregion, the Piute Mountains lie near the …
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The Yanks Are Striking: Kern County, the 1921 Oil Strike and the Discourse on Americanism
<p>In the fall of 1921 oil workers of the San Joaquin Valley faced a post-war economic slump, wage cuts across the board and an increasingly hostile attitude of oil operators towards consultation with the federal government on labor relations. They voted to strike, and the next day eight thousand …
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The impact of an English language learner professional development program on teacher perception of preparedness and practice
… The purpose of this study was to examine Kern County K-6 public school teachers' perceptions regarding their perceived preparedness for teaching English language learner (ELL) students the skills needed to gain English language proficiency and content knowledge before and after their …
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Identifying mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in the navel orangeworm and novel methods of control
… resistance in A. transitella occurred in Kern County almond orchards in 2013, and the initial mechanism reported suggested overexpression of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) and carboxylesterases (COEs). In the first chapter of my dissertation, I investigated the role of all P450s in …
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A comparative study of attendance problem students and students of regular attendance at Arvin High School, 1952-1953
… study of attendance conditions existed for the Kern County Union High School District, this investigation has undertaken to meet that need.</p>
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Investigating the Valley Fever – Environment Relationship in the Western U.S.
… valley fever and climatic variables, focusing on Kern County, California, an understudied region in the U.S. where valley fever is highly endemic. Chapter 3 focuses on a regional spatial analysis using ecological niche modeling to better understand the environmental factors that influence the …
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English learner professional development strategies: Administrators' perceived perception in readiness for implementation
… of public elementary school principals in Kern County who have participated in the SB 472 ELPD Institute and their preparedness as instructional leaders for teachers teaching English learner students. And to identify what resources, support, and/or professional development opportunities …
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Conservation Genetics of Narrowly Distributed Annual, <em>Erythranthe discolor </em>(Phrymaceae), in the Southern Sierra Nevada
… and occurs in the southern Sierra Nevada in Kern and Tulare counties with known flower color polymorphisms. There are 133 known occurrences of E. discolor with the core of its range found in the Piute Mountains in Kern County, managed by Sequoia National Forest. The Piute Mountains has a …
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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 systems classified as failing or at risk: Kern and Tulare Counties. As a result of inadequate systems compounded with industrial contamination, residents of the area face a severe lack of access to clean drinking water. The residents of Kern and Tulare Counties, primarily low-income, …
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Towards an Archaeology of Belonging: Corporate Agriculture in the San Emigdio Hills, California and the Transformation of the Modern American West
… households and corporate households of the Kern County Land Company. Some corporate households are also nested dual-gendered households living in paternalistic situations, and are commonly linked to positions of power in the corporate structure. Tensions of the similarities and differences …
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Effect of Evapotranspiration Rate on Almond Yield in California
… and almond yield variability within a year in Kern County, CA. The study evaluated 185 almond farms that were classified in three locations (east side, west side and north west side). The years of the study were 2011 (wet year) and 2013-2015 (drought condition years). Model 1 determined a …
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Insecticide detoxification in the navel orangeworm Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
… in which pesticide failures were reported in Kern County, California were shipped to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Their susceptibility to bifenthrin and other pyrethroids was compared to that of an established colony of navel orangeworms. Administration of piperonyl butoxide …
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Impacts of organic and conventional neurotoxic pesticides on a pest and a pollinator in almond agroecosystems (Prunus dulcis)
… insecticide bifenthrin has been reported in Kern County, California, determining the range of pesticides metabolized by P450s is critical for making management decisions designed to delay widespread cross- and multiple-resistance acquisition. In Chapter 2, I measured the behavioral responses …