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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Lafayette"”.
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Factors Effecting Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Lafayette River Estuary
… species composition and abundance in the Lafayette River from August to October 1981. Stations located in four distinct areas of the river were statistically analyzed to determine data relationships. Environmental factors considered as potentially influencing the presence and numbers of …
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Silence Descends: Lynchings and Their Aftermath in Lafayette and Union Counties, Mississippi
… Elwood Higginbottom was lynched in neighboring Lafayette County in 1935 and, despite a silence that has persisted for decades, has recently been memorialized. The process of memorializing Higginbottom’s lynching and what it has meant to the family is compared to the continuing silence around …
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The Village of River Ranch: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of a Traditional Neighborhood Development in Lafayette, Louisiana
… planning projects. The Village of River Ranch in Lafayette, Louisiana is the site of my research. Utilization of multiple research methods (survey, interviews, naturalistic observations) offered opportunities for triangulation and the ability to produce a more comprehensive analysis.
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The Effects of Varying Fresh Water Discharge on Dispersion in an Estuarine Hydraulic Model of the Lafayette River, Norfolk, Virginia
<p>Three experimental tests were conducted in the Lafayette River branch of the Chesapeake Bay Hydraulic Model, each successive test with an increase in the amount of fresh water discharged into the head of the river. This was done to study the response from varying river discharge on mixing …
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The Ghost Of Ravishment That Lingers In The Land: The Beginnings Of Environmentalism In Seraph On The Suwanee And Go Down, Moses
… Suwanee and Faulkner's fictional depiction of Lafayette County in Go Down, Moses. This thesis seeks to prove that Hurston and Faulkner were keenly aware of the ecological problems of their hometowns through a close reading of each book alongside the environmental history each book was based on, …
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Controls on the Formation of Algal Blooms in the Lower Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries
… that promote the initiation of algal blooms, the Lafayette River, a tidal sub-estuary of Chesapeake Bay that experiences seasonal algal blooms, was sampled daily in the fall of 2005. Three phytoplankton blooms (Chlorophyll <em>a</em> concentrations exceeding twice the average of monthly …
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Crafting Lagrange: A Southern Town's Search For Historical Identity In The 1970s
… to the American Revolutionary hero Marquis de Lafayette, who related the area near Troup County to his French estate. This French connection led to a statue being placed in the LaGrange town square in 1976. By focusing on the planning, correspondence, and public events involving the …
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A study of the Warrensburg sandstone
… area covered by this problem includes parts of Lafayette, Johnson, and Henry Counties, Missouri where the Warrensburg sandstone is exposed. The collection of samples and field data was done during the summer of 1951 and the laboratory work was done during the fall and winter at the University of …
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DeTROYt
… with a district tube router facility inside the LaFayette Tower. Apartments vitalize the landmark Fisher Building. A new multi-storey research/ education/ work station with more stairs then elevators fills in an old parking lot.
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3D Seismic Interpretation of Turbidite-Sands from the Gulf of Mexico
… in the Gulf of Mexico 160 miles southwest of Lafayette. Threedimensional seismic data and some well logs were integrated and analyzed to construct a reasonable geological subsurface image. GeoFrame software from Schlumberger was used in this research. A spatial attention was given to salt …
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UNEXPECTED TRANSITION FROM VFR TO IMC: AN EXAMINATION OF TRAINING PROTOCOLS TO MITIGATE PILOT GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCE
… New Jersey and Purdue University located in West Lafayette, Indiana. Participants were recruited from the surrounding areas of each location.
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Does the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) promote access to postsecondary education for students from low-income families in Louisiana?
… State University, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and selected Louisiana two-year postsecondary institutions. This study gives evidence to indicate that Louisiana’s TOPS program disproportionably benefits students from middle and upper income families, most of whom could afford college …
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Effective Methods of Formative Assessment
… student achievement, a study was conducted at Lafayette High School. The researcher compared two popular methods of formative assessment: daily exit slips and unit probing (pre-, middle-, and post-testing). While the data collected through research indicated that the use of unit probing showed …
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A Study Of The Associations Between Demographics And Socioeconomic Status Of Parents And Use Of Functional Foods In Feeding Their Child(Ren)
… email and take home flyer within the Tupelo and Lafayette County Public School Districts in North Mississippi. A total of 187 parents met the inclusion criteria and completed the survey. This study found that parental education, race, marital status, self-reported overall health, and the age of …
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Transmission: Premium Television Characters Outside of the Gender Binary
… melodrama <em>The L Word</em> (2004- 2010), Lafayette Reynolds from HBO’s supernatural drama-comedy <em>True Blood</em> (2008- 2014), Roscoe Kaan from Showtime’s corporate drama-comedy<em> House of Lies</em> (2012-), Brienne of Tarth from HBO’s political-fantasy-epic <em>Game of Thrones</em> …
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Examining Hope and Resilience among Mississippi Adolescents
… following three counties: Coahoma, DeSoto, and Lafayette. When exploring hope in North Mississippi, it was found that males demonstrated higher levels of hope, resilience, and self-esteem than did females in this sample; in regards to ethnicity differences, African-Americans reported higher …
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Musings from the Margins of a Polychrome Future
I decided to create MMPF mostly for my own process of self-discovery around my beliefs around the relationship between planning and speculative fiction. As a thesis project my initial desire was to hold a convening of futurists, artist, planners, and architects to discuss how we meld our fields to …
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Integration of lean manufacturing and value engineering techniques to improve the internal distribution system in a manufacturing company
The XYZ Corporation is located in Lafayette, Georgia. The company produces cooking ranges for the North American market. It has 1500 employees with a daily production capacity of 1000 to 1500 cooking ranges. The company is implementing lean manufacturing techniques to improve their performance. One …
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The Boy Battery: A Socio-Military Study of the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery
… in the Boonslick area. Although formed in Lafayette County, the men were drawn from 32 different counties. Compared to the populous state as a whole, the 2nd Missouri's soldiers had a higher ratio of slave ownership, but most did not own slaves. They came from counties supporting moderate …
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Creating A Stormwater Runoff Model For The City Of Oxford, Mississippi: When It Rains, Where Does That Water Go?
… and published soil infiltration rates from a Lafayette County soil survey, impervious cover created from Lidar and Aerial Photography, published evapotranspiration rates, and storm drain locations provided by the city of oxford planning department. This model uses high resolution Lidar for a …
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