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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"geographic analysis"”.
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Geographic Analysis of Viticulture Potential in Virginia
… occurred in two phases: a small scale analysis that encompassed the entire state, and a large scale analysis which focused on site selection at the local level. After identifying regions across the state in terms of their viticulture potential, a study area was chosen from within the …
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Quantitative Geographic Analysis: A Cultural History of Australian Bushfire Narratives
… techniques to extract, geolocate, and map geographic information about historic Australian bushfires from 19th-century journalism and serialised fiction. Reading fiction in dialogue with bushfire reporting offers a critical lens through which to examine the cultural values and beliefs …
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Quantitative Geographic Analysis: A Cultural History of Australian Bushfire Narratives
… techniques to extract, geolocate, and map geographic information about historic Australian bushfires from 19th-century journalism and serialised fiction. Reading fiction in dialogue with bushfire reporting offers a critical lens through which to examine the cultural values and beliefs …
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Oil fields of South America, excluding Venezuela: A geographic analysis
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A Geographic Analysis of the Development Potential of Rantoul, Illinois
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School Choice, Opportunity and Access: A Geographic Analysis of Public School Enrollment in New Orleans
… of its students’ schools. The results of this analysis suggest that the lack of quality schools in low-income and minority areas significantly limits those families’ access to quality schools even under New Orleans’ far-reaching school choice policy.</p>
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Where are you talking about? Advances and Challenges of Geographic Analysis of Text with Application to Disease Monitoring
… (called Geotagging) and grounded to their geographic coordinates (called Toponym Resolution). However, our research goes further than any previous work by showing how to distinguish the literal place(s) of the event (Spain, Malaga) from other linguistic types/uses such as nationalities …
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Pilot Validation of VSMOKE with Implications for Smoke Management Regulations
… smoke management guidelines (SMG); and (3) a geographic analysis of Virginian's current SMG. VSMOKE-GIS showed good accuracy in predicting the PM2.5 concentration and location of the smoke plume downwind. Criteria were identified when managing Rx smoke and the strengths, weaknesses, and …
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Ecofeminism and geography: the case of Vandana Shiva and Chipko
… conceptualized as the "man-land" theme in geographic analysis. Feminists and other post-structuralists criticize that conceptualization. Following those critiques, this study evaluates ecofeminism as a possible alternative to a "man-land" formulation. Ecofeminism is presented and analyzed …
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A comparative study of condominium and single family house price appreciation in the Salt Lake Valley
… was analyzed. The sales were grouped into eight geographic analysis areas. Hedonic models were used to quantify the contributory effect on value of the time of sale, age of the unit, and other significant housing characteristics. The price indices created by the hedonic models for each housing …
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Determining the Viability of a Hybrid Experiential and Distance Learning Educational Model for Water Treatment Plant Operators in Kentucky
… a variety of demographic and industry data, a geographic analysis of Kentucky was conducted to assess the viability of the traditional classroom delivery model versus a hybrid experiential and distance learning educational model (HEDLEM). Although this analysis indicates that population density …
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The Geography of Community Bands in Virginia
… 34 community bands today. This study presents a geographic analysis of present day community bands in Virginia. I visited 25 active bands and administered a twenty-five question, self-designed survey to 900 band members (98% response rate). I also personally interviewed conductors and band …
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Biodiversity And Evolution In The Guiana Shield, South America
… of Guiana shield biota, synthesizing relevant biogeographic and phylogeographic investigations to summarize what is presently known, and more importantly, to prioritize necessary future research. Through rigorous fieldwork, I explored the herpetofaunal assemblage present in and around an isolated …
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY DISCHARGE AFTER POST-ACUTE CARE AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES
… 2 was an ecological study in which the unit of analysis was Texas Hospital Referral Regions (HRRs). We calculated the silhouette index, a proxy of how homogenous or disparate levels of social capital are among counties within Texas HRRs. We then regressed the percent of successful discharges to …
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Why, New York City? Gauging the Quality of Life Through the Thoughts of Tweeters
… to measure the quality of life through sentiment analysis. This capstone project explores another methodological technique—querying Twitter data around specific keyword terms to determine dominant topics, word patterns, and sentiment leanings in a geographical area. Focusing on New York City and …