The effect of stormwater runoff on the water quality of Peters Creek was investigated. Creek water was sampled at rural, suburban and urban sites. Background and runoff samples were analyzed for sediment, nutrient and heavy metal concentrations. The area upstream of the suburban site was found to contribute the greatest contamination to the creek but the heavy metal contributions were accumulated throughout the watershed. The creek water contained sufficient nutrients to potentially contribute to the eutrophication of Smith Mountain Lake downstream. As the watershed has been developed, flooding has increased in frequency. The detrimental effects of runoff can be reduced in the watershed by clearing the trash from the creek bed, enforcing construction erosion control and creek bed alteration ordinances and by building a series of detention basins in the creek upstream from common sites of flooding. / Master of Science / incomplete_metadata

As man arrived, so he will leave: in solitude. In between, through necessity or desire, he associates with others. Yet he resides as he is, alone with his soul. Inseparable yet distinct. He can neglect the soul, allow it to become obscured through the noise of others. It will wither, but not die. He can nourish the soul; grant it all his attention and obscure the man. The man will wither and die. Man and soul can coexist and flourish through the association of mankind. Architecture should celebrate this coexistence. / Master of Architecture

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-172). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-68). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.N.M.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2005. / Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 13, 2006). Includes bibliographical references.

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At the outset of this investigation its purpose was stated as that of discovering causes contributing to termination of schooling on the part of certain children who had completed the seventh grade at Mount Pleasant School; also, that of observing the results of dropping out of school at that time. In attempting to carry out such purposes, an intensive study was made of 50 former pupils of the school who, for convenience, were called terminators. These persons were members of a total group of 74 who had stopped formal education at the end of the seventh grade during the years from 1938 to 1947. One consequence of the investigation was a composite picture of the group which was presented in the preceding chapter. Another result of this endeavor was the list of causes for termination which appear in Chapter IV. Prominent among these were (1) economic drives, (2) shifting of interest from school to vocational pursuits, (3) incapacity for the kind of work the school was offering, and (4) indifference to school on the part of parents. The relative dominance of each of these causes, as it appeared in the study, is indicated by the order just given. As the work progressed the impression grew that some of the children might have overcome the other negative factors in the situations if they had been able, somehow, to cope with their economic disabilities; this, despite their somewhat low intelligence as indicated by test results. If it be further assumed that the subjects not only could but should have profited by enrolling in high school then it seems inescapable to conclude that their failure to go on was a double misfortune both to the terminators and to society, caused by forces over which they had little or no control. / M.S.

The geology of Roanoke and the country adjacent is conceded to be one of the most complicated structures in Virginia. On this account it has been consistently avoided in geological investigations; surveys that normally would have included Roanoke having stopped at or omitted this vicinity. It would be presumptions for the author of this paper to attempt to do what many better geologists have avoided. This paper does not attempt to give a thorough discussion of the complicated problem that the vicinity of Roanoke presents, but rather aims to condense and bring together information that has been gathered on the subject and supplement this with such additional data as could be obtained in the brief time allotted to this investigation. / M.S.

An account of the investigation of the remedial reading program in Roanoke City has been recorded in the preceding chapters. The purpose of this chapter is to render judgment as to whether those procedures and methods set forth in the foregoing chapters were adequate to insure an improvement in reading for those children who had been considered disabled in that respect, and to report any weaknesses observed in the program. / M.S.

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