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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Roanoke County"”.
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Spatial Econometrics Revisited: A Case Study of Land Values in Roanoke County
… is spatial dependence in the land value model in Roanoke County. The second proposition is that mechanical construction of neighborhood effects, or grouping nearby land parcels into neighborhoods, is not always the best way to capture spatial effects. Finally, the third and most important …
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A comprehensive evaluation of the Roanoke County elementary school guidance and counseling program
… in the Commonwealth of Virginia is located in Roanoke County. An integral component of every elementary school guidance and counseling program is evaluation. The purpose of this study was to design and conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Roanoke County Elementary School Guidance and …
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A study of certain school leavers at Mount Pleasant School, Roanoke County, Virginia
At the outset of this investigation its purpose was stated as that of discovering causes contributing to termination of schooling on the part of certain children who had completed the seventh grade at Mount Pleasant School; also, that of observing the results of dropping out of school at that time. …
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Youth at Risk: An Analysis of the Health Behaviors of Roanoke County Students
… risks among the adolescent population allows Roanoke County to develop and implement a youth risk behavior prevention program that is tailored to the needs of the students. This study provides Roanoke County Schools with a large sample of student survey data regarding youth risk behavior. The …
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A case study of education in Virginia: the Roanoke County public school system, 1870-1920
… of an historical account of public schools in Roanoke County from 1870 to 1920. The primary focus rests with the cultural, economic, political, and geographic factors that affected the evolvement of public schools in Virginia relative to Roanoke County Public Schools, a system in southwest …
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An Evaluation of the Getz - Roanoke County School Division's School Counselor Peer Group Clinical Supervision Program
… The evaluation participants included current Roanoke County K-5 school counselors, and selected administrators. The sources of data for the evaluation were interviews, an informal observation, program documents, Semantic Differential Scales (SDS) designed for this evaluation, the Job …
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Water Quality Impacts of Pure Chlorine Dioxide Pretreatment at the Roanoke County (Virginia) Water Treatment Plant
… in the Spring Hollow Water Treatment Plant (Roanoke County, Virginia) to oxidize manganese and iron, prevent tastes and odors, and avoid the formation of excessive halogenated disinfection by-products. A state-of-the-art, gas:solid ClO₂ generation system manufactured by CDG Technology, Inc. …
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Federal Compensatory Education Programs of the 1960s: The Implementation of Head Start and Title I Services in Roanoke County Public Schools
… the identified students as implemented through Roanoke County Public Schools. The purpose of this study is to provide a historical account of the development of Head Start and Title I programs in Roanoke County Public Schools within the national context of Head Start and Title I programs. The …
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The political geography of annexation--Roanoke, Virginia
… examined and analyzed as critical factors in Roanoke, Virginia's historic use of annexation. Particular attention was paid to the 1943, 1949, and 1962 annexation suits because they occurred during the period of increasing county opposition to annexation. An historical and political geographic …
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Rhetoric as Praxis in Leading and Organizing A Public Administration: A Journey in Democratic Governance
… to study. A field study was conducted with the Roanoke County administration. The rhetorical patterns of administrative leaders were observed and documented in their day-to-day activities. Rhetoric is the conceptual glue both highlighting and pulling together different layers of understanding. …
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An economic analysis of the 1971 Roanoke, Virginia annexation case
… consisting of five separate annexation cases in Roanoke County, Virginia. Two cases involved areas which had petitioned to be annexed to Salem, two cases involved areas which had petitioned to be annexed to Roanoke, and the other case involved the petition of the City of Roanoke to annex the …
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Diffuser Operations at Spring Hollow Reservoir
… year. Spring Hollow Reservoir, located in Roanoke County, Virginia is a deep reservoir that undergoes stratification during the summer months. During 1997 Roanoke County purchased a bubble-plume diffuser from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to oxygenate the hypolimnion to maintain …
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An exploratory study of predisposing factors for eating disorders in adolescent girls
… disorder, were surveyed at a public school in Roanoke County, Virginia. The participants were asked to complete four different instruments which were: The Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale, the Children's Assertiveness Inventory, the Nutrition Questionnaire designed by the researchers …
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Evaluation of a technique employing the chemosterilant diethylstilbestrol for suppressing reproduction of wild foxes in Virginia
… 13,000-acre Havens area on Fort Lewis Mountain, Roanoke County, Virginia; reference areas were also selected. Foxes were pre-conditioned to bait acceptance using molded beef suet. A total of 614 suet baits each containing diethylstilbestrol (50 mg) and oral marker (35 mg of …
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Relationships Between Select Protective Factors and Tobacco Use
Students enrolled in Roanoke County Schools in 2003 became voluntary participants in the Communities That Care Youth Survey (CTCYS), which had been administered to a group (N = 3022) of 6th through 12th graders. The students answered multiple choice questions to determine their attitudes concerning …
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Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence of ECs in Two Virginia Counties Private Well Water Supplies and Their Removal from Secondary Wastewater Effluent
… in private well water supplies in Montgomery and Roanoke County, VA 2) quantify the concentrations of three ECs in selected private water supplies; 3) examine the relationship between water quality constituents (nitrate, bacteria, pH and total dissolved solids) to EC occurrence in private water …
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Evaluation and Use of Stream Temperature Prediction Models for Instream Flow and Fish Habitat Management
… majority of predictions, >80% for Back Creek (Roanoke County, VA) and >90% for the Smith River tailwater (SRT) (Patrick County, VA), within 3°C of the measured water temperature. Sensitivity of model input parameters was found to differ between model, stream system, and season. The most …
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