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Showing 1 to 20 of 143 for “"Midwestern United States"”.
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Moisture sources during hydrological extremes in the Midwestern United States
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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The Legitimacy of Selected Watershed Organizations in the Midwestern United States
<p>Legitimacy in natural resource management refers to the degree to which citizens accept and comply with stated goals and policies. Lack of legitimacy can threaten collaborative-based watershed groups that rely on voluntary compliance to achieve their water quality goals. These groups are …
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Eco-epidemiology of West Nile virus in the midwestern United States
… robust and accurate WNV forecast models for the midwestern United States. Specifically, the chapters of this dissertation focus on very fine-scale drivers of disease, and then comparatively analyze best-fit models across scales in Chicago. Lastly, this dissertation expands efforts from Chicago to …
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Conditions Associated With Cold Season Dense Fog in the Midwestern United States
The physical dimensions and onset time of dense fog appeared to be the best predictors of fog duration for all types of fog. Longer lasting events tended to form earlier in the night, to be more opaque and widespread, and to dissipate several hours later than short-lived events. The longer …
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An Analysis of Selected Elements of Quality Circles in Midwestern United States Firms
… of quality circles (QCs) operating in four midwestern American companies. A content analysis was used to extrapolate and categorize the elements of QCs including the experiences of participants in QCs consisting of white and blue collar employees. Data were collected in two unionized and two …
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Social-ecological systems resilience in changing rural landscapes of the Midwestern United States
… Application of place resilience to three Midwestern sites across Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin has demonstrated how meanings for rural places were embedded within interpretations of social-ecological functioning. This work informs rural sociology, conservation planning and landscape …
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Investigation of Middle Woodland population movement in the midwestern United States using strontium isotopes
This research sought to compare levels of population movement in the Illinois and Ohio regions during the Middle Woodland period in Eastern North America. This was accomplished by subjecting 81 human remains at two Illinois sites (Utica Mounds and Albany Mounds) and one Ohio site (the Hopewell …
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Computer-Mediated Communication Of History Museums In The Midwestern United States: A Web Content Analysis
… small, medium, and large history museums in the midwestern United States communicate the value of digital experiences to adult museumgoers. This qualitative content analysis follows Pauwels’ (2012) Multimodal Framework for Analyzing Websites as Cultural Expressions. The data was collected from 16 …
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Food practices, dietary patterns, and leisure behaviors among Mexican immigrants in the Midwestern United States
… populations. My study, conducted in the Midwestern United States, examined changes in food practices and dietary patterns among Mexican immigrants and investigated how leisure was related to these food practices and dietary patterns. The overall objective of the study was to characterize …
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The STRATA Study: Structural Antecedents of Tdap Administration in Obstetrical Practices in the Midwestern United States
Every year in the United States, young infants die from pertussis. The incidence of pertussis among infants exceeds that of all other age groups. Protection is only available if the mother receives the tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine during pregnancy, providing passive …
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Modeling land surface processes of the midwestern United States : predicting soil moisture under a warmer climate
… of soil moisture to climate change in the midwestern United States. To assess this response, a dynamic global vegetation model, Integrated Biosphere Simulator, was coupled to Regional Climate Model version 3 (RegCM3- IBIS). IBIS has several key advantages over the native surface physics …
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Expansion of bioenergy crops in the midwestern United States: implications for the hydrologic cycle under climate change
… of the large-scale agricultural landscape of the Midwestern United States could be converted to 2nd generation bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass. Their high biomass productivity in a longer growing season linked tightly to water use highlight the potential for significant impact …
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Generic and Professional Health Care Beliefs, Expressions and Practices of Syrian Muslims Living in the Midwestern United States
… and practices of Syrian Muslims living in the Midwestern United States and to describe the influence of worldview, cultural context, and social structure, such as technological, religious, political, educational, and economical factors on their folk care beliefs and practices. Leininger's …
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Predicting the Risk of Lyme Disease in the Midwestern United States: Surveillance Methods, Environmental Determinants, and Geographic Distribution
The use of a combination of surveillance methods is the most effective way of assessing Lyme disease risk in an area where risk is unknown. Significant environmental determinants can be identified using a GIS, and a risk map can be generated to detect unknown endemic areas and to predict where new …
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Analysis of the variation of horizontal stresses and strains in bedded deposits in the eastern and Midwestern United States
… magnitude in bedded deposits in the eastern and Midwestern United States is analyzed with respect to the site depth and the rock elastic modulus using data from 40 sites. For the development of adequate regression models with the elastic modulus, zones with sufficiently uniform strains must be …
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Estimating the water quality condition of river and lake water in the Midwestern United States from its spectral characteristics
… algorithms for water quality retrieval in Midwestern rivers and lakes. In the first part of this study, the spectral measurements collected using a hand-held spectrometer as well as water quality observations for the Wabash River and its tributary the Tippecanoe River in Indiana were used …
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Perspectives on the Geomorphic Evolution and Ecology of Modified Channels and Two-Stage Ditches in the Agriculturally-Dominated Midwestern United States
<p>We provide a critical review of the massive land drainage works, water resource degradation and a persistent eutrophication problem in agriculturally-dominated watersheds, such as the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes, which have led to examination of managing agricultural drainage ditches for …
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ASSESSING THE ROLE OF GEOLOGIC SETTING ON THE HYDROLOGY AND GROUND WATER GEOCHEMISTRY OF FENS IN THE GLACIATED MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES
… WATER GEOCHEMISTRY OF FENS IN THE GLACIATED MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES A water quality investigation of several fens located in the temperate glaciated Midwestern United States, near the southern limit of fen occurrence, was conducted to assess the role of geologic setting on the …
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Heterosis between semidormant and nondormant derived alfalfa germplasm
… has not increased over the past 25 years in the Midwestern United States. One way to increase yield in alfalfa is through capturing heterosis. Heterotic groups are genetically distinct germplasms that, when hybridized, repeatedly produce progeny that express heterosis. In alfalfa, three main …
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The Peculiar Institution? A Multisite Case Study of Athletic Department Cultures at Small Christian Institutions
… at small Christian institutions in the Midwestern United States. The study comprised of site visits to three small Christian institutions in the Midwestern United States. At each site, six individuals associated with the athletic department were interviewed; other data sources included …
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