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Mussel Communities of Two Impacted Tributaries in the Arkansas South Central Plains Ecoregion
Get PDFAnthropogenic influences such as mining and water quality degradation from wastewater effluents and agricultural runoff heavily impact freshwater mussel communities. The South-Central Plains (SCP) Ecoregion in Arkansas contains the Smackover Formation, an area that has been exploited for its oil with high frequency of drilling. In 1922 the Smackover pool in Union County was found and quickly became one of the world\u27s most productive oil sites. Hurricane Creek and Smackover Creek, two tributaries within the Ouachita River basin, have experienced negative impacts from oil exploration and mining. However, to our knowledge, mussel communities in these creeks have not been assessed in the past twenty years. We surveyed mussel communities at seven sites on Hurricane Creek and five on Smackover Creek using a rapid assessment protocol. Initially a one-hour broad search was conducted using snorkeling, grubbing, and raking techniques. This search was followed by a 30-minute focused search in the area where the highest abundance of mussels was initially found. Each mussel was identified, measured (mm), and returned to the location where it was initially found. Additionally, we collected basic water quality and 38 habitat parameters. We found five species of native mussels: Eastern Pondmussel (Sagittunio nasutus), Louisiana Fatmucket (Lampsilis hydiana), Texas Lilliput (Toxolasma texasiense), Tapered Pondhorn (Uniomerus declivis), and Yellow Sandshell (Lampsilis teres) (n = 143) across eight sites and no mussels at five sites. Furthermore, we found evidence of active recruitment through the presence of smaller individuals. Our study provides insight into the importance of heavily degraded small streams for mussel populations in the SCP Ecoregion. We also suggest that future survey efforts should incorporate small tributaries in determining mussel distributions
Social Media Risk Messaging during the March 2023 Arkansas Tornadoes: A Qualitative Approach
Get PDFThis study examines the social media risk communication activities of public organizations during the March 2023 Arkansas Tornadoes. The research question for this study is “what information was communicated to the public during the March 2023 Arkansas Tornadoes?” The data for the study was collected by reviewing the Facebook posts of 22 public organizations for a seven-day period (March 30 -April 5, 2023). The data thus collected was analyzed by using qualitative content analysis approach. The findings suggest that most of the organizations only communicated to the public after the tornadoes. The message content disseminated before and during the tornado included information on hazard, guidance, location, and source. Contrary to this, the post-disaster messages focused on hazard impact, advisory, infrastructure status, assistance, and resilience. The findings further indicate seven types of message style: imperative, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, empathetic, signifier, and emphasis. This research will discuss these findings and provide recommendations for effective risk communication when using social media platforms
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Get PDFReview of OER Communications textbook by Dr. Wrench, Dr, Punyanunt-Carter, and Dr. Thweatt, available at https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/interpersonalcommunication
Foundations of Education
Get PDFReview of OER Education textbook by Lisa AbuAssaly-George, Kanoe Bunney, Ceci De Valdenbro, & Tanya Mead, available at https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/foundations-of-educatio
The Inclusive Movement: An Examination of High-Poverty and Low-Poverty School Districts in Arkansas
Get PDFSince the inception of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) as the national educational policy in 2015 (U.S. Department of Education, 2023), the Arkansas Department of Education has planned and implemented different initiatives to increase inclusive education in schools across the state. This quantitative research sought to examine the progress of public school districts in the state of Arkansas by determining if there were differences, particularly among high-poverty school districts across the state of Arkansas, that meet or exceed the state target percentage (58.07%) of students with disabilities being taught in general education classrooms for 80% or more of the instructional day. It further examined the high-poverty school district data to see if differences existed between the groups by looking at the factors of student enrollment population and the level of state-coordinated support. This study identified the school districts as high-poverty or low-poverty districts based on the poverty index. In Arkansas, a school district is considered high poverty if its poverty index is \u3e 70%.
The results obtained yielded the following: 1) There is a statistically significant difference in the percentage of high-poverty school districts across the state of Arkansas that meet or exceed the state target percentage of students with disabilities in the general education classroom for 80% or more of the instructional day when compared to low-poverty school districts. 2) There is no statistically significant relationship in the percentage of high-poverty school districts across the state of Arkansas that are meeting or exceeding the state target percentage of students with disabilities (58.07%) in the general education classroom for 80% or more of the instructional day when grouped by level of state coordinated support; 3) there is no statistically significant relationship between the percentage of high-poverty school districts across the state of Arkansas that are meeting or exceeding the state target percentage of students with disabilities in the general education classroom for 80% or more of the instructional day when grouped by student enrollment population
ATU Music Department Sound Recordings
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Arkansas Tech Writing, 15th Edition
Get PDFThis is the fifteenth edition of a text that was first published in 1989 as Assignments and Models for English 2053.
Carl Brucker is a Professor of English in the Department of English and World Languages at Arkansas Tech University, where he has taught technical writing and American literature since 1984. This text includes assignments, examples, and images supplied by Tech professors and staff members.https://orc.library.atu.edu/atu_oer/1001/thumbnail.jp
