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Initiation and sustenance of small portion size consumption behavior in rural Appalachia, USA: Application of multi-theory model (MTM) [PDF]

Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2019
Introduction: About 81% counties of the central Appalachia in USA are experiencing the nation’s highest obesity rates. It is generally accepted that the consumption of large food portion sizes is associated with obesity which in turn is related to the ...
Ram Lakhan, Sierra Turner, Sangyal Dorjee, Manoj Sharma   +3 more
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Variation in Lepidopteran Occurrence in Hemlock-Dominated and Deciduous-Dominated Forests of Central Appalachia [PDF]

, 2018
Eastern hemlock, (Tsuga canadensis Carrière, Pinaceae), is threatened with extirpation by an exotic invasive herbivore, the hemlock woolly adelgid, (Adelges tsugae Annand, Homoptera: Adelgidae). Given this threat, a broader and more detailed knowledge of
Cornett, Z., Dodd, L. E, Rieske, L. K, Smith, A.   +3 more
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Ecological niche modeling reveals habitat differentiation and climatic vulnerability in two imperiled, sympatric southern Appalachian carnivorous plants

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Understanding the habitat requirements of imperiled flora is critical for informing ex situ conservation practices, designing effective reintroduction strategies, and understanding how climate change will impact such species, especially in montane regions with high levels of environmental heterogeneity. In southern Appalachia, USA, the
Nicholas J. Chang, Lauren Eserman, Amanda Carmichael, Adam B. Smith, Xingwen Loy, Emily E. D. Coffey, James Ojascastro   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ways of Unseeing: Crowdsourcing the Frame in Roger May's Looking at Appalachia

Southern Spaces, 2017
Mark Nunes considers Roger May's Looking at Appalachia, a crowdsourced photography archive of spaces, places, and people in Appalachia, drawn from the work of many photographers of the region.
Mark Nunes
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Appalachia Partnership Initiative Progress Report [PDF]

, 2017
This report highlights progress made by the API through 2016. In this report you'll learn about the people, programs, communities, and projects that we support.

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Bridging data gaps: Evidence‐based population assessment for an endemic amphibian of conservation concern

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Plethodon welleri exhibits strong seasonal shifts in elevational activity with abundance and occupancy being linked to terrain characteristics. Despite historical habitat assumptions, P. welleri occurs in a broad range of forest types across a larger elevation gradient. Photo Credit to Maxwell Ramey.
Rosemary Ronca, Elyssa Winterton, Jon M. Davenport   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Hearing Health Among Adults in Rural Health Clinics

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Rural health clinics are a critical healthcare system tasked with improving health in rural communities. This study recruited 403 adults from 10 rural healthcare clinics throughout rural Kentucky, mostly within Appalachia, to screen for hearing loss and evaluate the utilization of diagnostic hearing healthcare and found that 70% of participants ...
Mit A. Patel, David Adkins, Laura Bellnier, Anthony Mahairas, Matthew L. Bush   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Point-of-use chlorine residuals and disinfection byproduct occurrences in rural households served by public water utilities in Appalachian Virginia

Journal of Water and Health
We characterized concentrations of trihalomethanes (THMs), a measure of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), in tap water samples collected from households with utility-supplied water in two rural counties in Appalachian Virginia, and assessed associations ...
Md Rasheduzzaman, Bethesda O'Connell, Leigh-Anne Krometis, Teresa Brown, Alasdair Cohen   +4 more
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Need for addressing oral health disparities in rural Appalachia [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2017
Commentary
Brian Martin, Amanda H. Wilkerson, Gilbert Patterson, Vinayak K. Nahar, Manoj Sharma   +4 more
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Perspectives and behaviors surrounding planting practices in North America inform genetic conservation realities for American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
American ginseng is a shade‐obligate, North American medicinal plant that is widely traded and used internationally. To meet global demand, ginseng is cultivated in forest farms in the Appalachian region of the USA and field‐based artificial shade farms in two regions: Ontario, Canada and Wisconsin, USA. We conducted social research leveraging in‐depth
Rachel E. Palkovitz, Mary K. Shenk, Eric P. Burkhart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source