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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Wytheville"”.
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Stratigraphy and petrography of the Wytheville formation in southwest Virginia
The Wytheville Formation, a newly recognized rock-stratigraphic unit between the Shady Dolomite and the Rome formations, is composed of carbonate rocks which range considerable in lithology between well-defined lower and upper limits. In a number of sections south of Wytheville, Wythe County, …
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3D Visualization of Highway Corridors: The I-77/81 Case Study near Wytheville, VA
… and pattern changes will affect the town of Wytheville, both in terms of economy and community development. The goal of the project is to present these visualizations at public participation meetings. Visualizations that have been developed in 2D, 3D, 4D, and virtual reality, will be …
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Using writing-to-learn strategies in community college associate degree nursing programs
… in freshman associate degree nursing classes at Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, Virginia. It sought to determine if the use of writing-to-Iearn strategies would affect the students' achievement in the course and their critical thinking skills. The design of the study was experimental. …
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Assessing the Thermal Tolerance and Growth Potential at Elevated Temperatures of Three Different Strains of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
… study, we quantified the CTM of the Kamloop, Wytheville and Case Western strains of rainbow trout. The Case Western strain was of particular interest to us because it was thought to possess a higher thermal tolerance than other common strains of trout. We found that there were significant …
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Community Learning: Process, Structure, and Renewal
… in the context of an action research project in Wytheville, Virginia. Here participants worked with a Virginia Tech research team to better understand their community and develop a unified "vision" for the community's future. The study revealed that the collective or collaborative learning of the …
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Geology of the Kent Window area, Wythe County, Virginia
… Window is located along U.S. Highway 11 between Wytheville, Fort Chiswell, and Max Meadows. It is surrounded by the Elbrook formation to the northwest and the Rome formation to the southeast and southwest, which make up part of the Pulaski thrust block. The rocks exposed within the window are the …
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The effect of monochromatic light on the growth, food conversion, and survival of two strains of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri (Part I); Catfish farming as supplemental income in rural Virginia: use of catfish strains (Part II)
… hundred rainbow trout from each of two strains (Wytheville and the Soap Lake) were exposed in equal numbers to three non-overlapping wavebands of light (red, green, blue). One hundred fish from each strain were used as a control. These fish were exposed to unfiltered light of intensity equal to …
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Comparison of Water Quality, Rainbow Trout Production, and Economics in Oxygenated and Aerated Raceways
… production, and economics were compared at the Wytheville State Fish Hatchery (WSFH) for 270 days. Mean dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations and delta DO were significantly higher (P < 0.001) in the oxygenated raceways (9.5 and 2.75 mg/L, respectively) compared to aerated raceways (7.4 and 0.57 …
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Dual Credit English: Program History, Review, and Recommendations
Wytheville Community College implemented the Dual Credit English program in 1988 following the Virginia Community College System's adoption of the Virginia Plan for Dual Enrollment. Essentially, the program allows qualified high school seniors to enroll in the college's freshman-level ENG 111: …
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Ghost Town Tension: Post-War Public Health and Commerce in a Rural Virginian Polio Epidemic, 1950
This thesis is a study of a post-World War II polio epidemic in one small Southwest Virginian town before widespread application of the vaccine. While others have explored urban public health responses to polio and national efforts to promote prevention and treatment efforts, in this history I look …