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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Virginia counties"”.
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A study of beef cattle in nine middle Virginia counties
The counties involved in this study belong to the Piedmont Plateau. Soils are largely from crystalline rock and except for small areas of Davidson and Lloyd types, the soils are derived from acidic rock. The soils of this area are deficient in phosphorus but are fairly well supplied with potassium. …
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THE IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN HIGH RISK, RURAL VIRGINIA COUNTIES
… between drug-related crimes in high-risk, rural Virginia counties (Brunswick County and Grayson County) and efforts to reduce them with a particular focus on a cost-benefit analysis of expenditures. Four independent variables were assessed in relation to drug-related crime: expenditures …
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A computer-assisted method for deriving soil maps of Virginia counties
… the probable soils of a county in southwestern Virginia having no soil map. To facilitate the association of known soil characteristics and interpretations with derived soil units, the procedures were based on a soil map available for a similar, mapped county in the region. Using a grid-cell …
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Relationship of selected parameters to farm sale values in three Virginia counties
… a five year period in two adjacent Coastal Plain counties and 84 farm sales in a Piedmont county were studied in an effort to identify and analyze factors affecting sale price. The effect of soil productivity and landscape characteristics were of particular interest in this study. The effect of …
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Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence of ECs in Two Virginia Counties Private Well Water Supplies and Their Removal from Secondary Wastewater Effluent
… wastewater effluent. In partnership with the Virginia Household Water Quality Program, 57 private water supplies were sampled and tested for the occurrence of 142 ECs and 43 other water quality constituents. Up to 73 ECs were detected in the sampled private water supplies. Higher numbers of …
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Comparing rural land parcels transferred with all rural land parcels using local real property tax records: a case study in three Virginia counties
… assessed per acre value of rural land in three Virginia counties. This model is then transformed into a statistical model that examines a data set composed of all rural land parcels and a data set composed of bona fide transfers occurring in 1983. The regression results of the two data sets are …
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A fiscal impact model for Virginia localities
… dynamic, integrated fiscal impact models for Virginia counties and cities. It develops a theoretical base using analysis of the supply and demand for public goods and review of the literature of impact modeling. The empirical models are based on a static cross sectional econometric analysis of …
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Biodegradability of dicamba and 2,4-D in riparian wetland soils
A general review of soils in Virginia counties bordering the Chesapeake Bay reveals that coastal plain soils, especially those most agriculturally productive, are dominantly sandy texture in the subsurface horizon, and have shallow water tables. Considering the high amounts of pesticides used in …
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Euonymus scale, Unaspis euonymi (Comstock): host preference, and distribution of native and imported natural enemies in Virginia
… the presence of existing natural enemies in Virginia as well as to determine the establishment of the imported predator, Chilocarus kuwanae. In 1992, C. kuwanae and parasites from the genera Aspidiatiphagus and Encarsia was found at several locations in Virginia Beach. In 1993, C. kuvanae was …
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Relationship between maternal prenatal vitamin use and infant iron status
… (WIC) clinics. The WIC clinics were in the West Virginia counties of Ritchie, Gilmer, Calhoun, Braxton, Mason, Jackson, Pleasants, and Greenbrier where the anemia rates were greater than 10%.;Information concerning WIC participation, prenatal vitamin use, history of breast feeding, infant birth …
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Homeowner perception and response to radon
… had taken that action. In the Fall of 1992, the Virginia citizens Consumer Council, in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension, conducted a radon education campaign to promote and sell radon test kits. This study is based on a follow-up telephone survey in which 100 Virginia consumers …
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Proactive industrial targeting: an application of the Analytical Hierarchy Process
… case-study approach was taken and included three Virginia counties. The most distinctive feature of this research is the use of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), a method that allows participants to weigh the importance of subjective and objective criteria. Seven firm impacts are used to …
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Factors influencing the white-tailed deer harvest in Virginia, 1947-1967 \
Virginia's deer kill data, 1947 to 1967, were analyzed. Multiple linear regression analysis was used as the deer kill, in general, is still increasing in the counties of Virginia. The data concerning proximity, access, human population, farm size, farmland uses, and the types and acreages of forest …
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"United in Interest and Feeling:" The Political Culture of Union in the Virginia Borderland, 1850 - 1861
… of political culture in the secession of two Virginia counties: Augusta and Rockbridge. These two counties, which in 1850 were staunchly loyal to the Union, shifted loyalties late in the secession crisis of 1860 and 1861. Comparing local reactions to national politics with local views on the …
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Food and Nutrition-Related Beliefs, Attitudes, Practices, and Perceived Needs of Food Stamp Recipients in Virginia
… 26 food stamp recipients were conducted in six Virginia counties. Transcripts of the meetings were analyzed to identify themes prevalent in all of the focus group interviews. Ninety-two 24-hour food recalls from a different sub-group of food stamp recipients were also analyzed for food …
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Quantifying Potential Sources of Microbial Contamination in Household Drinking Water Samples
In Virginia, over one million households rely on private water supplies (e.g. well, spring, cistern). Previous literature acknowledges bacterial contamination in private water supplies as a significant public health concern in the United States. The present study tested private wells and springs in …
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A theoretical model for education production and an empirical test of the relative importance of school and nonschool inputs
… and is estimated with cross·sectional data for Virginia counties. The expenditure measure used in the model is specified as a polynomial lag. The model also is specified as a joint-product production process. The results of the analysis provide evidence of the importance of expenditures in …
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The Effectiveness of Sex Education Programs in Virginia Schools: Teenage Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates: A Comparison of Counties
… transmitted disease rates among minors in Virginia that participate in abstinence-only programs with rates among minors participating in comprehensive sex education programs. I hypothesize that counties implementing comprehensive sex education programs in schools will typically have lower …
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The influentials in a selected rural county: their salient characteristics and interrelationships
… information concerning influentials in certain Virginia counties, and the limited involvement of these individuals in Cooperative Extension programs. The reputational method was employed in identifying the influentials in a selected rural agricultural county in Virginia with 10,000 inhabitants. …
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The Determinants of County Growth in Virginia
Counties and cities in Virginia exhibit distinct regional patterns of growth. While some regions are amongst the fastest growing of any in the nation, other regions have experienced slow or even negative rates of growth in recent decades. To better understand growth in Virginia in recent decades, …
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