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Appalachian Farmers: Building Value from Values [PDF]

, 2012
This trio of authors has presented a microcosm of values-based shared business practices, involving local food production and distribution in a small, rural Appalachian region in the United States.
Rosado Feger, Ana L, Shubert, Natalie, Taylor-Blanco, Amy   +2 more
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Expanding Possibilities for the Use of Writing Genres in Early Elementary Science: Investigating First‐Graders’ Multimodal Sequential Explanations

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the outcomes of the implementation of a first grade unit incorporating multiple modes of representation and genre‐based pedagogy to support writing instruction in the genre of sequential explanations. At the end of a 6‐day unit investigating the structure and functions of carnivorous plants, 47 first graders completed a
Rachel E. Wilson, Leslie U. Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial clustering of adolescent substance use during heatwaves and coldwaves in North Carolina: a Bernoulli SaTScan analysis (2008–2022)

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Temperature extremes represent an emerging, but understudied environmental determinant of adolescent behavioral health, with little known about how these risks vary geographically.
Caleb Blackburn, Margaret M. Sugg, Sophia Ryan, Jennifer D. Runkle   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The pervasive crisis of diminishing radiation therapy access for vulnerable populations in the United States—Part 4: Appalachian patients

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2018
Purpose: Compared with the rest of the United States, the population of Appalachia has lower education levels, higher rates of poverty, and limited access to health care.
Shearwood McClelland, III, MD, Tasneem Kaleem, MD, Mark E. Bernard, MD, Hiba Z. Ahmed, MD, Terence T. Sio, MD, MS, Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Appalachian Coalfield Delegation Position Paper on Sustainable Energy [PDF]

, 2007
Appalachian grassroots groups(with support provided by the DataCenter) release a scathing report on the impact of coal mining to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. The Delegation created an historic moment with its powerful stories
Harvard Ayers, Jeff Boyer, Kim Rodgers, Lauren McGrath, Matthew Wasson, Patricia Feeney, Steve Owen   +6 more
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The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of Asthma Treatment Adherence in Rural Appalachian Adults with Asthma

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2004
This descriptive, non-experimental study in a sample of 102 rural Appalachian adults with asthma evaluated relationships between treatment regimen adherence and health beliefs, attitude, behavioral intention, and age.
Heidi Putman
doaj   +1 more source

M is for Apple: Biliteracy for Pre‐Service Teachers

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This qualitative study explores the dynamics between pre‐service and cooperating teachers, emphasizing the need to shift traditional power structures. It highlights the value of pre‐service teachers' biliteracy knowledge and the importance of reflective practice.
Jennifer Arcila
wiley   +1 more source

Scoping review of the societal impacts of compound climate events

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Climatic extremes have historically been seen as univariate; however, recent international reports have highlighted the potential for an increase in compound climate events (e.g., hot and dry events, recurrent flooding). Despite the projected increase in
Caroline A. Fehlman, Sophia C. Ryan, Kristen G. Lysne, Quinn M. Rundgren, Taylin J. Spurlock, Rustyn O. Orbison, Jennifer D. Runkle, Margaret M. Sugg   +7 more
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A Bioregional Approach to Teaching Sustainability and Resilience Online

New Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This chapter describes how the first graduate program in resilient and sustainable communities has evolved over the past decade, maintaining its bioregional approach to distance learning while adapting the curriculum to meet new challenges in the age of climate change.
Laird Christensen
wiley   +1 more source