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Latinx Family Engagement in Schools and Surrounding Communities: Assessing the Impact of Parent (and Other Family Member) Development on Improving Student Educational Outcomes at Gene Ward Elementary School

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2019
This article examined the success of broadly defined family engagement activities of Latinx parents of students at Gene Ward Elementary School. Gene Ward Elementary School is a part of the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rosemary Q. Flores   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clark County town advisory boards and citizens advisory councils: Participation rates

open access: yes, 2008
Citizen participation rates in Clark County Town Advisory Boards (TABs) and Citizens Advisory Councils (CACs) were assessed. We measured citizen participation by analyzing attendance at TAB and CAC meetings over a two-month period.
Greger, Lucy   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Ephemeral vegetation drivers of occupancy dynamics of Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)

open access: yesEcosphere
Understanding the factors associated with the probability of a species occurring across the landscape has become a foundational component of wildlife management and monitoring.
Seth M. Harju   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting a Historic Manuscript: Vere Huddleston’s Report on East Place (3CL21) Excavations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Vere L. Huddleston was one of several amateur archaeologists who excavated Caddo sites in Clark County, Arkansas, during the 1930s and 1940s. Huddleston took better notes about the sites and contexts of his finds than many of his contemporaries.
Evans, Linda, Trubitt, Mary B.
core   +1 more source

The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Self-Sufficiency in Clark County, Illinois [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The struggles facing many Illinois families today did not begin with the current economic crisis. Economic security has been steadily eroding throughout the last few decades.

core  

Racism and racial disparities in firearm violence: A scoping review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firearm violence (i.e., interpersonal, police firearm violence) disproportionately affects racially minoritized communities. Researchers recently shifted their focus from race to racism to better understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in firearm violence.
Daniel B. Lee   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A second species of non‐crocodyliform crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of southwestern UK: Implications for locomotory ecological diversity in Saltoposuchidae

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Late Triassic–Early Jurassic fissures of the Bristol Channel area (southwest England and south Wales) are renowned for their diverse vertebrate faunas. These assemblages have yielded an array of predominantly small‐bodied forms that are crucial to our understanding of the early evolution of several major tetrapod clades.
Ewan H. Bodenham   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Origin of translocated animals is associated with time to settlement and post-translocation survival

open access: yesMovement Ecology
Translocation of animals is a widespread tool for resolving human-wildlife conflicts and augmenting struggling wild populations. However, expected time to settlement and survival (both measures of translocation success) are often unknown, particularly as
Seth Harju, Scott Cambrin
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring variations in potential carbon and nitrogen mineralization in managed grasslands among the diversity of soils in North Carolina

open access: yesGrassland Research, EarlyView.
Under steady–state conditions, potential nitrogen mineralization in soil under grasslands is closely tied to potential carbon mineralization. This study provides supporting evidence that field–specific nitrogen fertilizer recommendations could be indicated by using a simple and rapid analysis of soil–test biological activity.
Alan J. Franzluebbers
wiley   +1 more source

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