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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Mayfield"”.
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Mayfield: survey and master plan
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning, 1947.
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"Into the Mainstream and Oblivion": Julian Mayfield's Black Radical Tradition, 1948-1984
… writer and political activist Julian Hudson Mayfield. As a member of the black Left, Mayfield’s life of activism and art bring the complex network of artists, activists, and political theorists who influenced the construction, tactics, and strategies of social movements during the latter half …
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Exploring the Interpersonal Dynamics of the Supervisory Triad of Pre-Service Teacher Education: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
… of pre-service teacher education (Borko & Mayfield, 1995). At the core of this experience is the supervisory triad, consisting of the pre-service teacher, mentor teacher, and university supervisor. Utilizing positioning theory as its theoretical framework, this qualitative meta-synthesis …
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Educated guesses that affect access to educational resources beyond early childhood
… also have significant disabilities (Aos, Lieb, Mayfield, Miller, & Pennucci, 2005). In this study, possible sources for reduced expectations for post-middle childhood students are discussed and evaluated. Brigance test scores of seven adult students labeled with severe cognitive impairment are …
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Nesting and Boat Disturbance Studies of Colonial Birds in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
… during each nest visit. I used a modified Mayfield method (Mayfield 1 975, Johnson 1 979) for estimating survival of nests. The following nest survival rates were determined for the target species: African spoonbills= 0.69%, reed connorants = 1.65%, purple herons= 16.71%, darters= 32.86%, …
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Changes in Waterfowl, Wetlands, Demographics, and Land Use on the Waubay Study Area, Day County, South Dakota: 1950-53 vs. 1992-93
… over-water nester during both years. Over-water Mayfield nest success for all species combined was 14.2% in 1992 and 23.6% in 1993. Forty upland nests were incidentally found with blue-winged teal (Anas discors) being the most common nester. Upland Mayfield nest success for all species combined …
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Home range, habitat use, behavior, and morphology of the Gettysburg vultures
… vultures. Productivity as calculated by the Mayfield method was 0.73 and 0.42 young per active nest for black and turkey vultures respectively. Planned vegetation and road changes on Gettysburg National Military Park could affect the populations. Residential development outside the Park has …
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Demography, Nest Site Selection, and Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Overflights and other Human Activities, of Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) at Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina
… to be near dense vegetation than random points. Mayfield nest survival was 25%, and predation caused most of the nest failure. Daily nest survival was negatively correlated with nest age and initiation date. Nests with cameras and heart rate monitors had lower survival, and nests with predator …
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Habitat use, nest success, and management recommendations for grassland birds of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, West Virginia
… (x¯ = 1.57; SE = 0.26) (P = 0.026). Mayfield nest survival did not differ between nests found in hayfields and pastures, and mowed and unmowed treatments. While nest success did not differ between mowed and unmowed treatments, mowing these fields at the conclusion of the breeding …
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Aspects of Reproduction and Cub Survival in a Hunted Population of Virginia Black Bears
… and 76% (0.63, 0.92) using Heisey-Fuller (Mayfield) methods. We also evaluated the utility of radio transmitters implanted subcutaneously in 42 (21M:21F) wild black bear (Ursus americanus) cubs from 2 study areas in Virginia between 1996 and 1999 to monitor first year cub survival. More …
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Időskori gyász az idősotthon intézményén belül
… társadalmi, lelki és érzelmi szintekre is (Mayfield, 2014). Ezek mellett rámutat egy partner kapcsolat felbomlására, költözésre, munkanélkülivé válásra, nyugdíjkorba való lépésre (Pilling, 2010) vagy egy másik embertől való elválásra, hosszantartó betegségre (Antholzer, 2001). Kutatásom …
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The radical south: Grassroots activism, ethnicity, and literary form, 1960-1980
… and third chapters, I look at novels by Julian Mayfield and Jose Yglesias, both of which insist on the specificities of local forms of oppression, community memory, and familial bonds against the more abstracting vision of a global Marxist struggle. In the final chapter, I demonstrate how Toni …
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The struggle for recognition by the Confederate States of America
Purpose From 1861 until 1865 the South staged a dramatic struggle for its independence. The military side of that struggle has received much attention from the historians, but the diplomatic aspect has not received an equal share of attention. There is a close relationship between the military and …
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A Study of Highly and Moderately Gifted Students in Mixed-Age Settings and the Effect on Social Status and Self-Concept
This research addresses issues of self-concept, social status, and relative age as they relate to moderately (n=146) and highly (n=161) gifted students. Previous research regarding self-concept and giftedness yielded mixed results. The majority of social status research had not been conducted with …
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Sooty blotch and flyspeck disease of apple: expansion of the fungal complex in Turkey and evaluation of a warning system for the Upper Midwest
<p>Sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) is a disease complex caused by nearly 80 fungal species that blemish the surface of apple fruit, reducing crop value in humid regions worldwide. The severity of SBFS is a concern for apple producers in northeastern Turkey. However, the composition of the SBFS …
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Documenting Magma Evolution of the Fossa delle Felci (Salina Island, South Tyrrhenian Sea) by Integrating In Situ Plagioclase Data with Quantitative Modeling
<p>Compositional diversity occurs via processes dominated by recharge, assimilation and fractional crystallization (RAFC), quantification of which can provide insights into eruption catalysts, and therefore assist in hazard mitigation. This study evaluates the relative roles of RAFC processes in …
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Development and validation of the cancer literacy measure for African Americans
Research has shown that higher levels of cancer health literacy are related to improved health outcomes. However, there is a dearth of research regarding the influence of health literacy on breast and cervical cancer health disparities within the African American community. To further explore this …
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Assessment of predation by the West Coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) : relationships among growth rate, diet and benthic community composition, with implications for the survival of juvenile abalone (Haliotis midae)
This thesis focused on two aspects of predation by the West Coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii). These were (1) the problem of slow growth currently observed in adult male rock lobsters and the putative link between growth rate and food availability, and (2) the influence of rock-lobster predation …
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Response of Vegetation and Endangered Waterbirds to Habitat Management Techniques at Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
… mass loss for stilts and coots respectively. The Mayfield nest success in 2004 for stilts was 0.38 and 0.36 for coots. Habitat utilization of both endangered waterbirds was examined in 2003 and 2004. Hawai’ian waterbirds highly selected newly created habitats over other habitats of similar water …
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An industrial revolution for fingerprint science? The impact of cognition and human factors on fingerprint examiners: implications for the use of fingerprint examiner expertise and administration within law enforcement.
… profile cases such as Shirley McKie and Brandon Mayfield (Thompson et al 2005, Zeelenburg 2008, McKie 2007) have resulted latterly in legal counsel, media and the public asking whether fingerprint examination is valid and safe forensic science (Saks et al 2005). Psychologists have highlighted …
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