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Showing 1 to 20 of 153 for “"San francisco Bay"”.
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Dating for College Students in the San Francisco Bay Area
… study was to develop a greater understanding of San Francisco (SF) Bay Area college students’ perception, practice, and occupational impact of dating. Phenomenological interviews were conducted with seven college students living in the SF Bay Area. Three themes emerged: the dating process, …
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Undocumented Students’ Access to Higher Education in San Francisco, Bay Area
… students’ ability to access higher education in San Francisco and Bay Area, California?” Even though DACA does not encompass any direct policies regarding access to education, there is a very strong correlation between having DACA status and accessing higher education for the undocumented …
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The Potential for Marine Protected Areas in the San Francisco Bay
<p>The San Francisco Bay (the Bay) is the largest estuary on the Pacific Coast. This makes it one of country's greatest natural resources. Historical and current impacts from mining, pollution, and dredging have reduced the size of the Bay’s shallow, productive environment, which provides vital …
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Modeling the Biogeochemical Cycle of Selenium in the San Francisco Bay
… recent concerns about selenium toxicity in the San Francisco Bay and the roles of refinery and San Joaquin River inputs on the selenium cycle, the model ECoS 3 (distributed from Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom) was modified to simulate the biogeochemical cycle of selenium in the …
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Northern San Francisco Bay Ecological Risk Assessment: Potential Crude by Rail Incident
… discharge of Bakken crude oil into the Northern San Francisco Bay from a train derailment. This assessment was based on the risk of crude by rail derailments into the San Francisco Bay; in 2014, California oil refineries imported over 240 million gallons of Bakken crude oil by rail for …
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Environmental factors influencing English sole (Parophyrus vetulus) populations in San Francisco Bay, California
… abundances of English sole within the San Francisco Bay from 1973 to 1981 showed a significant positive correlation with Delta outflows, and a significant negative correlation with salinity. Temperature in the bay and ocean upwelling showed no correlation with English sole abundance in …
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Organ Trade : sea level rise adaptation strategies for the San Francisco Bay Area
… clip in Alameda County, located in South San Francisco Bay, is taken as a test case in order to assess this hypothesis. The site is selected from a set of nested types of more general coastal and fluvial conditions. This thesis traverses multiple landscape scales in this way. The nested …
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Afro-Latinx Transnational Identities: Adults in the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Area
… construction of Afro-Latinas/os/x in the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Area. Marginalized communities predominately Black and Latina/ o/x concentrated are at the epicenter of disenfranchisement caused by the globalization of neoliberalism. Neoliberal reforms to education restrain the …
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Irrational market : facts and fiction behind affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area
… on surrounding housing values. Currently, the San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing a housing shortage. The results of this housing crunch are most acutely felt by low income families who can no longer afford to live in the region. The housing shortage also threatens to undermine the economic …
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Particulate Matter Air Monitoring Network in the San Francisco Bay Area: Assessment and Management Recommendations
… air monitoring network operated by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), or Air District, and to make management recommendations on how the air monitoring network may be improved. Improving the air monitoring network can lead to a better understanding of sources of …
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Exile and Home: Narrative Identity in the Central American Community of the San Francisco Bay Area
… of Central American immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and is focused on the mimetic power of the narrative to foster within the individual a sense of home, identity, and forgiveness, calling for meaningful action.</p> <p>Theory and Protocol</p> <p>Using critical …
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