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Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Soukup, Jane Helen; Little, Todd D.; Garner, Nancy; Lawrence, Margaret – Exceptional Children, 2007
This article examines the impact of multiple individual and ecological factors on the self-determination of students with learning disabilities, mild and moderate mental retardation, and other health impairments. Baseline data from a multistate, longitudinal research project evaluating interventions to promote self-determination were examined…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Structural Equation Models, Moderate Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities
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McLeman, Robert – Great Plains Quarterly, 2006
The question of how communities and individuals adapt to changing climatic conditions is of pressing concern to scientists and policymakers in light of the growing evidence that human activity has modified the Earth's climate. A number of authors have suggested that widespread changes in human settlement and migration patterns may occur in…
Descriptors: United States History, Climate, Migration Patterns, Rural Population
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Dochinger, Leon S.; Seliga, Thomas A. – Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association, 1975
The First International Symposium on Acid Precipitation and the Forest Ecosystem dealt with the potential magnitude of the global effects of acid precipitation on aquatic ecosystems, forest soils, and forest vegetation. The problem is discussed in the light of atmospheric chemistry, transport, and precipitation. (Author/BT)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Chemistry, Conferences, Ecological Factors
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Rosenhaft, Mark E.; Brydon, Jan – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1975
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Ecological Factors, Environment, Pollution
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Reiquam, Howard; And Others – Environmental Science and Technology, 1975
Using 1000 MW coal-fired central power stations as an example, the impacts upon other media (land, air, water) are analyzed when controls are imposed on one medium. The development of a methodology for assessing the cross-media impact of specific control technologies or strategies is illustrated. (Author/BT)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Ecological Factors, Energy, Environment
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Rowland, Jane Thomas – American Biology Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Ecological Factors, Ecology
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Fannin, Ronald A. – 1987
Bronfenbrenner's (1979) concept of human ecology emphasizes the effect of the environment, both physical and psychological, on individual development. Bronfenbrenner's contexts which affect the development of the individual (microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem) can also be defined for the family in an ecological model of family…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Environmental Influences, Family Environment, Family Health
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. – 1968
Contained are 15 papers which identify specific areas for research in human uses of the atmosphere and are designed to foster and stimulate interest in these problems among both social and physical scientists. The papers are a preliminary attempt to cope with the complex social, economic, and legal aspects of modifying the weather. Included is an…
Descriptors: Climate, Ecological Factors, Economic Factors, Environment
Defense Documentation Center, Alexandria, VA. – 1971
The report contains annotated references on gas detectors compiled from the Defense Documentation Center's data bank. The range of the topics deals with detection of toxic propellants, odors, gas leaks, oxygen, etc. Included with the bibliographic reference are the corporate author-monitoring agency, subject, and title indexes. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Air Pollution, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies
Barton, Frank – 1969
Papers read before the Ninth American Medical Association (AMA) Air Pollution Medical Research Conference, Denver, Colorado, July 22-24, 1968, are presented in this document. Topics deal with the relationship and effects of atmospheric pollution to respiratory diseases, epidemiology, human physiological reactions, urban morbidity, health of school…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Biological Influences, Ecological Factors, Environmental Influences
Halacy , D. S., Jr. – 1971
Documented in this book are the staggering problems of pollution, the facts and figures about pesticides, waste disposal, air, water, noise, and atomic pollution. In asking the question, "Is there a solution?", Mr. Halacy examines what (if anything) is being done to attack the problems, as well as the many promising technological innovations to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Ecological Factors, Environment, Environmental Influences
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Grunbaum, Rolf – Environment, 1978
Examines alternative energy sources in the USSR including wind energy, solar energy, tidal energy and geothermal energy. (MA)
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Energy, Environmental Education, Natural Resources
Bos, R. H. G.; And Others – Higher Education and Research in the Netherlands, 1977
Here the essential function that the non-developed world fills for the industrialized communities is brought under critical discussion. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors, Ecology
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Ott, Dana B. – Journal of Home Economics, 1988
This article discusses developments in food packaging, processing, and preservation techniques in terms of packaging materials, technologies, consumer benefits, and current and potential food product applications. Covers implications due to consumer life-style changes, cost-effectiveness of packaging materials, and the ecological impact of…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Cost Effectiveness, Ecological Factors, Food
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Hargrove, Eugene C. – Environmental Professional, 1987
Discusses some of the views of environmentalists toward the study of environmental ethics. Addresses the problem that environmental ethics literature is difficult to read and argues that certain opinions about the value of the study of environmental ethics are rooted in misconceptions. (TW)
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Environmental Education, Ethics, Misconceptions
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