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Showing 1 to 20 of 221 for “"South Florida"”.
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Improving Estuarine Water Quality in South Florida: A Quantitative Evaluation of The Efficacy of a Local Nutrient Ordinance
<p>Degraded coastal water quality is a concern in Florida, in part due to nutrient enrichment of aquatic ecosystems causing eutrophication and excessive algal growth. In 2010, a fertilizer ordinance was enacted in Cape Coral located in Lee County Florida with the objective of reducing nutrient …
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How Religious Narratives and Rituals Function in Constructing the Experience of Immigrants Within the Context of a Haitian Baptist Church in South Florida
… the context of a Haitian Baptist church in South Florida. The church and its contexts are described. Then, an overview of relevant literature provides the foundation for the theory that is outlined below. The search for a descriptive model of the fluid and complex nature of the social …
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The Interrelatedness of Homosexual Identity Development and Perceptions of Campus Climate for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Students at the University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
… of campus climate at the University of South Florida, Tampa Campus for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender students. Specifically, the study determined if there was any relationship between level of homosexual identity development acquired and perceptions of campus climate. If a …
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Restoration refocused : an evaluation of the Central Everglades Planning Project
… development driven by economic speculation in South Florida. For 16 years, CERP has struggled through lawsuits, stakeholder disagreements, implementation delays and a general lack of flexibility. The vastness of the Everglades and the complexity of surrounding agricultural and urban uses …
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Marine Cercariae from Cerithidea Pliculosa Menke from Dauphin Isalnd, Alabama; Life Cycles of Heterophyid and Opisthorchiid Digenea from Cerithidea Swainson from the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
… Cerithidea costata (da Costa, 1778), found in South Florida and in the West Indies; Cerithidea californica (Haldeman, 1840), from Bolinas Bay, California to the Gulf of California; Cerithidea scalariformis (Say, 1825), from South Carolina to the Florida Keys, in the West Indies and in Bermuda; …
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Hydrological Analysis of an Urban Basin in Sub-Tropical Environment
… to heavy rainfall over an urban basin in South Florida. Rainfall-runoff simulations are acquired using the Hydrologic Engineering Center’s Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS). Three major storm events that occurred over the past five years in Florida are used in this study. Two of the …
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Cities in the Everglades : the implications of compact urban development for regional water storage in Palm Beach County
… for their significant environmental benefits. South Florida presents an excellent testing ground for this assumption, as the region grapples with issues of rapid urbanization and degradation of the Everglades, a unique ecosystem containing the largest freshwater wetlands in the United States. …
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Ecology of the Early Life History of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, <i>Panulirus argus:</i> Recruitment, Predation, and Habitat Requirements
… and quantified predation on postlarvae in south Florida, USA. In an eight-year time series, spiny lobster postlarval supply occurred year-round between the new and first quarter lunar phases. The major annual peak occurred around March corresponding to spawning activity ten months earlier, …
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Exposure Matters: Examining The Physical And Psychological Health Impacts Of Toxic Contamination Using Gis And Survey Data
… justice case study of a community in south Florida. This approach examines the social, health and environmental impacts of a Superfund site on a low income, minority community. Using geo-coded survey (N=223) and environmental data (ash deposition patterns), this thesis employs path …
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Remote Monitoring Systems For Substructural Health Monitoring
… Research Department of The University of South Florida. The first is a thermal monitoring system for a Voided Shaft study. The second is a thermal, construction load, and ongoing health monitoring system of the St. Anthony Falls Bridge in Minnesota. Results show that the systems that were …
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In Their Own Words: Post-9/11 Student Veterans’ Perceived Motivation in Higher Education
… student veterans attending the University of South Florida (USF). This inquiry explored participants' stories and experiences regarding their motivation to attend higher education at a public, research-intensive university. This narrative inquiry was informed by motivational theory (i.e., …
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Analysis, Modeling, And Simulation Of The Tides In The Loxahatchee River Estuary (Southeastern Florida).
… efforts between the University of Central Florida, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the South Florida Water Management District explore the development of a two-dimensional, depth-integrated tidal model for the Loxahatchee River estuary (Southeastern Florida). …
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Assessing land conservation strategies : the case of the Florida Everglades
South Florida's Everglades is home to 67 threatened and endangered species. By 2100 it is estimated that sea level rise will inundate over 20% of existing conservation lands. Species will be dislocated and migrate to new land. Simultaneously, more than 500,000 people are moving to the region …
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Space Use and Survival of White-Tailed Deer in a Disturbance-Driven System Containing a Restored Apex Predator
… virginianus) in the Big Cypress Basin of South Florida must cope with top-down and bottom-up forces, including frequent pyrogenic and hydrological disturbances and the threat of predation. These forces affect their space use, behavior, and survival. Recent changes to the regional hydrology …
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Examination and Comparison of the Performance of Common Non-Parametric and Robust Regression Models
… data, and faculty salaries at the University of South Florida.</p> <p>In addition, simulations were conducted of common error scenarios to test and evaluate each method. These simulations involved simple regression models in which the error terms were contaminated normal distributions with …
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Framing Environmental Messages: Examining Audience Response to Humor, Shock, and Emotional Treatments
… undergraduate students at the University of South Florida. Along with message framing, McGuire's Information Processing Theory is useful in determining an individual's psychological context, and the steps an individual will take after a message is presented. This theory gives a "good overview …
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Improving Staff Performance by Enhancing Staff Training Procedures and Organizational Behavior Management Procedures
… Analysis Services Program at the University of South Florida using a myriad of training techniques. Then, organizational behavior management techniques were implemented in order to maintain tool implementation and positive interactions with patients over time. Effectiveness of these procedures …
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Food Consumption Similarities and Differences for Two Types of Jamaican Households
… Pembroke Pines, Miramar and Lauderdale Lakes in South Florida. The two types of households were those with Jamaicans married to Jamaicans and those with Jamaicans married to individuals from other ethnic groups. An integrated theoretical framework was developed combining ideas from Bourdieu, …
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SWAMP BANDIT: The Legend of John Ashley and Florida's Notorious Ashley Gang
… make up his alleged criminal gang and reign in south Florida from 1911 to 1924. Considered the last frontier of the United States, Florida during this time is raw, untamed, and just beginning to be drained for land reclamation. Ashley makes local as well as national headlines, several of which …
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