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A Comparative Spatial Analysis of Two Communities from the Hickory Ground Site in Wetumpka, Alabama 

Ervin, Kelly (2014-12-09)
This thesis presents analyses on the intra-site spatial arrangement of two communities from the Hickory Ground site, 1EE89, in Elmore County, Alabama. Spatially referenced archaeological datasets of a Protohistoric community ...

Distribution of encrusting foraminifera at Cat Island, Bahamas: Implications for foraminiferal assemblages in the geologic record 

Smith, Christopher (2015-06-05)
Benthic foraminifera that are cemented by calcium carbonate or are otherwise firmly fixed to hard surfaces are commonly known as encrusting foraminifera. Very few studies focus on the use of encrusting foraminifera as ...

A GIS-based Analysis of the Hotel Locations Choice in Manhattan, New York, 1820-2012 

Du, Ting (2015-07-24)
Location is one of the most important elements of hotel development. This study aims to investigate the locations of hotels in Manhattan, New York. This research was conducted for the following purposes: (1) to analyze ...

Socioeconomic Disparities, Community Physical Environment, and Childhood Obesity in Alabama's Black Belt Region 

Carter, William (2015-04-30)
Health inequalities have been linked to socioeconomic disparities. These disparities are communal differences which have a profound influence on the physical environment. Scholarship has recently connected socioeconomic ...

Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Heavy Metal Water Pollution and the Impact on Public Health in China 

Li, Huixuan (2015-05-18)
Water is the source of life. China’s water pollution has become a burning research field because of the severely polluted conditions. 60 percent of the country's rivers were not potable according to the State Environmental ...

The Study of Urban Heat Islands in the Birmingham and Auburn-Opelika, Alabama Urban Areas, Using Satellite and Observational Techniques 

Hug, Andrew W. (2014-12-10)
Urban heat islands (UHI) are created by cities because buildings, impervious surfaces, energy and transportation, and reduced amounts of evapotranspiration increase temperatures compared to their rural surroundings. Because ...

Temporal and spatial variation in longleaf pine soil respiration and its heterotrophic and autotrophic components 

ArchMiller, Althea (2015-05-07)
Soil respiration (Rs) is the sum efflux of CO2 from soil derived from the metabolic activity of autotrophs and heterotrophs in the litter layer, root-affected soil (rhizosphere), and bulk soil. Soil respiration exhibits ...