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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Reston"”.
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The Redevelopment of Lake Anne, Reston, Virginia
Lake Anne is the showcase of the first "new town" developed in the United States after World War II. Built in the early 1960's, Lake Anne is now 35 years old. Although, it was built as the model for a new way to live and work; time has affected its economic viability. Deterioration, through age, …
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Characteristics of new town travel revisited: an update of the Morgan-Dickey study of Reston, Virginia
… of New Town Travel: A Case Study of Reston, Virginia</i>"). Using Reston as a case study (and Vienna, Virginia, as a "control" post WWII suburb), the objective of the Morgan-Dickey research was "to determine if the transportation element of this satellite new community has, in fact, …
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Citizens, services, and new towns
… and New Towns" is a study of two new towns, Reston, Virginia and Columbia, Maryland, their private governmental structures and their service delivery mechanisms. Because of the relative success of Reston and Columbia and the 1970 Housing Act, new towns are springing up across the country. …
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The fiscal impact of new town and suburban development: an assessment of the effects of Reston and West Springfield on Fairfax County, Virginia
… types of communities within its boundaries -- Reston, a growing new town, and West Springfield, a conventional suburb. Among the ten services provided by the County to both communities, education accounted for the largest share of expenditures. On the revenue side the real estate tax was the …
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Does "good design" add value? : a comparative analysis of two residential projects; the planned unit development of Mission Valley and the new town of Reston
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1989.
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From ‘Remedy Highly Esteemed’ to ‘Barbarous Practice’: The Rise and Fall of Acupuncture in Nineteenth-Century America
… modern myth that New York Times reporter James Reston “discovered” acupuncture and brought it to the United States in the early 1970s. My research clearly shows that information on acupuncture first came to the United States not from Reston, but from European physicians – specifically, from …
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A study of international baccalaureate science teachers' choices in curriculum and instruction
… had attended either an April, 2007 workshop in Reston, Virginia or a January, 2008 IB roundtable discussion in Kansas City, Missouri. Surveys solicited the different choices IB science teachers make for options, Internal Assessment (IA) activities, Theory of Knowledge (TOK) emphasis, and …
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Nutrition Knowledge Assessment of Preschool Children
… years) in preschools and child care centers in Reston, VA by high school early childhood education students. The assessment was designed to meet current criteria that assessment be teacher administered, provide useful information to the teacher, reflect the typical activities of children in the …
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Marriage role expectations of divorced men and women
… and State University campuses in Blacksburg and Reston, Virginia, and a church directory. The responses of 70 divorced persons and 128 first-married persons were obtained and compared on the basis of their traditional-equalitarian conceptualizations in six areas of role behavior--authority …
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Study and Evaluation of Traffic Responsive Control on a Large Arterial Network
… delay and 21.13% of average number of stops for Reston Parkway network. The third issue is an attempt to improve the current threshold mechanism by relaxing the threshold constraints and using variable thresholds for different levels of plan selection parameters. The last issue is a study for the …
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A Framework for Site Analysis with Emphasis on Feng Shui and Contemporary Environmental Design Principles
… factors. This research uses the town of Reston in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the study area because of the availability of information. SiteOne analyzes a range of alternatives and then derives solutions from the suggested site conditions in the form of GIS maps. There are various …
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In vitro Staining of Denture Liners and Potential for Color Correction Using Commonly Available Denture Cleansers
… Hunter Associates Laboratory, Reston, VA) on the 1st, 15th, 30th, 45th, and 60th day and color differences (ΔE) were calculated.</p> <p>Results: Statistical analysis revealed that all liners experienced substantial color change from baseline to 2-weeks. From 2-weeks to 8-weeks, …