Urban and rural populations of songbirds face different challenges in their habitats, including differences in predator types, food types and abundance, anthropogenic disturbances, and environmental cues such as temperature....
Keyword:
body condition_Eastern bluebird, feather, and urbanization
Subject:
Feathers -- Morphology, Eastern bluebird -- Habitat -- Georgia -- Carroll County, and Eastern bluebird -- Health -- Georgia -- Carroll County
Knowledge of pharmacology is crucial to safe patient management for nurses orienting to critical care areas. Traditionally this education has been offered as a classroom lecture for new nurses. However, adult learning theory...
Keyword:
blended learning, computer learning, critical care, pharmacology, and staff development
Subject:
Nurses -- In-service training and Pharmacology -- Study and teaching (Continuing education)
I am interested in moments of disassociation that create memory; shadows and peripheral information found between elements make up the real content of my art. The work comes from dreams, memories, and writings. The writings are...
Keyword:
gallery space, hunting blind, installation, memory, obstruction, and process
For my thesis, I wrote a play. This play follows a world-famous genius detective in a similar vein to characters such as Poirot or Sherlock Holmes, being forced to team up with a hard-boiled noir detective in the same vein as...
There has been extensive research on employee retention over the past 50 years, including new managerial methodologies around employee retention. Researchers and practitioners must evaluate the lack of focus given to African...
Keyword:
African American Faculty, African American Staff, Building Community, Retention, Sense of Belonging, and Western Carolina University
Subject:
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- African Americans, Universities and colleges -- Professional staff -- African Americans, Communities, Employee retention, Belonging (Social psychology), and Western Carolina University
Synthesis of boronate ester compounds via condensation reactions using either an amine or an amine N-oxide coupled with a boronic acid. Synthesis of boronate ester compounds using quinoline isomers coupled with 2,...
Keyword:
Boronate Esters, Dative Bonding, Macrocycles, and Nitrogen-Boron dative bonds
The purpose of this improvement initiative, providing effective professional development focused on differentiated instruction, was to increase teacher capacity in addressing the needs of individual students at Swain County...
Keyword:
Differentiated Instruction, Differentiation, Distributive Leadership, and Professional Development
Subject:
Middle schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County -- Case studies, Middle schools -- Curricula -- North Carolina -- Swain County -- Case studies, Middle school education -- North Carolina -- Swain County -- Case studies, Education -- Demographic aspects -- North Carolina -- Swain County -- Case studies, Educational equalization -- North Carolina -- Swain County -- Case studies, Middle school teachers -- North Carolina -- Swain County -- Case studies, Teacher effectiveness -- North Carolina -- Swain County -- Case studies, and Swain County Middle School (Bryson City, N.C.)
Research has shown many rural, working-class residents in North Carolina reported feeling disengaged from the political process. Many low-income residents in rural counties also hold perceptions of powerlessness to make changes...
Keyword:
community organizing, civic agency, rural studies, working-class empowerment, and political engagement
Subject:
Political participation, Working class, Rural conditions, Community organization, and Power (Social sciences)
For decades students with hearing loss have been removed from their non-disabled, same age peers to be educated in separate settings. Segregated service delivery is fueled by several erroneous assumptions that can result in...
Keyword:
Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Disability Studies Education, Educator Efficacy, Inclusive Practices, Neurodiversity, and Professional Learning
Subject:
Deaf people—Education, Disability studies, Teachers—Training of, Inclusive education, and Hard of hearing people
Educator stress is a growing concern as the demands on the profession have increased in recent years. Multiple factors have been found to contribute to educator stress levels. Increasing educator resiliency is one way to...
Keyword:
Educator, Resilience, and Mindfulness
Subject:
Educators, Educators -- Stress management, and Mindfulness (Psychology)
