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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Southeastern US"”.
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Rolling Shear Strength and Modulus for Various Southeastern US Wood Species using the Two-Plate Shear Test
… Canada and Europe, CLT is a novel product to the US. With the additions included in the 2021 International Building Code (IBC), CLT material properties, especially rolling shear, would need to be explored. The increasing demand for softwood lumber, along with the increase of demand of CLT panel …
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The Lived Experience of Afghan Women Refugees in Three Metropolitan Areas of the Southeastern US: A Phenomenological Study
… to leave to the resettlement process in the US. The author has had a longstanding interest in Afghanistan and the Afghan refugees. Understanding the lived experience of the women refugees is important for nurses and other healthcare professionals who will eventually care for the women. This …
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Mechanisms and management for soil carbon sequestration
… for mitigating the rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations as well as for maintaining the fundamental services that soils provide to humanity. Many of the mechanisms involved in accruing and storing soil C are not entirely clear, and factors like litter chemistry and minerology can …
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The Influence of Fluvial Geomorphic Processes on Spatial Patterns of Forest Primary Succession
… bends of the Bogue Chitto River, Louisiana, USA and on nine additional rivers in the southeastern US. I hypothesized that geomorphic processes associated with river planform cause patterns of tree species to vary predictably along point bars as well as with increasing age of land during …
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A MUSCADINE GRAPE EXTRACT PREVENTS HYPERTENSION-INDUCED CARDIAC AND VASCULAR DAMAGE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANTI-FIBROTIC AND ANTIOXIDANT MECHANISMS
… and are beneficial against cardiovascular risk. Muscadine grapes are native to the Southeastern US and their skins and seeds are abundant in polyphenols including ellagic acid, gallic acid, and catechins. Previous studies demonstrated that muscadine grapes reduce cell proliferation and decrease …
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Knowledge and Perceptions of Vitamin D Among College Women Age 18-22 Years
… age 18-22, at a public university in the southeastern US. The study is a cross sectional design utilizing a qualitative method (focus groups) to create detailed descriptions of the knowledge and perceptions that college-age women have regarding vitamin D at a public university in South …
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Positive Affect, Coping, and Student Engagement In Early Adolescence
… within a school context. Building on previous research, it was hypothesized that students who report experiencing more positive emotions will use more adaptive coping, which will result in a continually spiraling increase of social resources and positive student outcomes, as measured by …
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Meaningful Recognition in a Healthy Work Environment for Nurse Engagement in a Critical Care Setting
… A descriptive, correlational design was used for this research study.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong>: Two hundred-two critical care nurses from an urban, teaching hospital in the southeastern US were invited to participate in the study. Data collection occurred in September and October …
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Soil Heterogeneity Changes During Forest Succession: Test of a Model Using Univariate and Geostatistics
We sampled forest stands in upland forests of the Southeastern US along a chronosequence of a replicated successional forest sere (1, 6, 10, 25, and 80 years) to elucidate the temporal changes in soil spatial heterogeneity. Samples were collected from loblolly pine plantations representing …
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Near Real-time Seasonal Drought Forecasting and Retrospective Drought Analysis using Simulated Multi- layer Soil Moisture from Hydrological Models at Sub- Watershed Scales
… approach of drought severity assessment using multi-layer simulated soil moisture. SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) models are calibrated for 50 watersheds in the South-Atlantic Gulf region of the Southeastern US and a high-resolution daily soil moisture dataset is obtained at …
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The Hydroclimatology of West Virginia Spatial and Temporal Trends and their Relationship with the North Atlantic Oscillation
… the intensity of storms entering the eastern US. The Southeastern US is receiving less precipitation and streamflow is decreasing while the northeastern US is receiving greater amounts of precipitation and increasing streamflows. West Virginia is typically overlooked being on the border of …
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The Prevalence and Operational Feasibility of Utilizing Pre-commercially Thinned Pine as a Woody Biomass Energy Source
… a significant threat to pine forests of the southeastern US. Pre-commercial thinning (PCT) is a commonly used silvicultural practice to mitigate and prevent SPB spread in young southern pine stands. Typically, PCT represents an added management cost to landowners and thinned material is not …
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An Aviation Weather Preflight Decision Support Tool to Improve GA Pilots' Preflight and Inflight Performance
… which often result in fatalities. Previous research identifies poor preflight planning practices and a lack of aviation weather knowledge as key contributing factors to the high novice private pilot accident and fatality rate. Research invested into resolving these issues often attempt to …
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Atmospheric Impact of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds: Improving Measurement and Modeling Capabilities
… First, we introduce a novel enriching inlet that uses selective permeation to preconcentrate reactive organic gases in small sample flows for atmospheric gas sampling, enhancing the sensitivity and detection limits of analytical instruments. Enrichments between 4640% and 111% were measured for …
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Analyzing Stakeholder Perceptions of Gaps in Public Sexuality Education: Curriculum, Context, and Community
Sexuality education in public schools in the US is a set of curricula geared toward sexual health, sexual identities, sexual acts, associated values, as well as intimacy and relationships (Naz, 2014). Taught under the curricular umbrella of family life education in the present study, it is governed …
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Diazotroph Assemblages of Salt Marsh Plants Growing Along An Environmental Gradient: Assemblage Composition and Responses to Environmental Conditions
… dominated coastal salt marshes of the southeastern US are nitrogen-limited despite being among the most productive ecosystems known. Nitrogen fixation (diazotrophy) by the nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in these ecosystems is one of the primary sources of `new' nitrogen and is therefore …
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Applications of Imaging Spectroscopy in Forest Ecosystems at Multiple Scales
… provide a number of ecosystem services which sustain and enrich the wildlife, human societies, and the environment. However, many disturbances threaten forest ecosystems, making it necessary to monitor their health for optimal management and conservation. Although there are many indicators of …
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Landscape patterns and patch dynamics in Hamilton county over a forty year period: applicability to the conservation of the eastern box turtle
… development is the fastest growing form of land use in the southeastern US and the primary driver of habitat and biodiversity loss. Species with long generation times such as the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) can persist in an urbanizing environment but have higher mortality …
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'A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Pregnancy Intentions among Black Women Living with HIV in South Carolina'
… women of childbearing age residing in the Southeastern, US are disproportionately impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Considering the potential risks of transmitting the virus to an infant and/or uninfected sexual partner combined with concerns about the possibility of leaving a living child …
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Evaluation And Characterization of Herbicide Resistance In Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) Biotypes To Diclofop-methyl And Alternative Management Options
… production areas throughout the northwestern and southeastern US. In small grains, Italian ryegrass has generally been controlled with postemergence treatments of diclofop, or diclofop-methyl, a member of the subfamily of the aromatic carboxylic acid family, the aryloxyphenoxypropionates. The …
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