Judaculla is the coming-of-age story of Tim Fletcher, his recently discovered family, and their interaction with a mystical realm called the Land. Under threat from both a vengeful Cherokee Totem named Spider and the...
Palabra clave:
Appalachian Literature, Cherokee mythology, Cullowhee, Jackson County NC, Judaculla y Magical Realism
Tema:
Judaculla Rock (N.C.) -- Fiction, Cherokee mythology -- North Carolina -- Jackson County -- Fiction, Paranormal fiction, Supernatural in literature y Bildungsromans
This work analyzes the rhetoric of for-profit probation and rehabilitation companies in the United States. In particular, this study examines how dichotomies have shifted our social understanding of the word “criminal” and...
Palabra clave:
criminal, drug, For-profit, Probation, Rehabilitation y Rhetoric
Tema:
Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States, Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States, Probation -- United States, Privatization -- United States y Rhetoric -- United States
Keratose is an oxidized form of keratin which can be extracted from hair, and is composed of alpha-keratin filaments and smaller gamma-keratins. Previous studies have shown keratin's ability to assist in burn healing and rescue...
Water contamination by heavy metals from industrial wastewater discharge is a serious global environmental concern. For a heavy metal like copper, accumulation beyond the tolerant limit would constitute a serious environmental...
Palabra clave:
Adsorption, Bioremediation, Biosorption, Copper, Kinetics y Peanut Hulls
Tema:
Adsorption, Bioremediation, Copper, Dynamics y Peanuts
La Crosse virus (LACV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that is endemic to western North Carolina (NC) and is the etiological agent of La Crosse virus neuroinvasive disease (LACVND). In recent decades, LACVND cases have...
Palabra clave:
Aedes triseriatus, arbovirus, La Crosse encephalitis, La Crosse virus, mosquito-borne disease y North Carolina
Tema:
Encephalitis, Arbovirus infections, Bloodborne infections, Diseases—Risk factors y Diptera
There has been an increasing interest in more environmentally friendly alternatives to the use of pesticides in agriculture, due to health and environmental concerns. The controlled release of pheromones can be used as part of...
Palabra clave:
Gypsy Moth, Mating Disruption, Oriental Fruit Moth, Pheromone, Pink Bollworm y Wax Emulsion
Tema:
Pheromones, Gypsy moth -- Control, Pink bollworm -- Control, Oriental fruit moth -- Control y Insect sex attractants
The Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) is a cryptic, long-lived, species in the family Cryptobranchidae. Declines in populations of many aquatic species, including C. a. alleganiensis may be related...
Palabra clave:
Cryptobranchus y Hellbender
Tema:
Giant salamanders -- Effect of sediments on -- North Carolina -- Clay County y River sediments -- North Carolina -- Clay County
Amphibians are declining worldwide, and research on their habitats and ecology are critical to their continued conservation. I conducted two experiments with the federally endangered dusky gopher frog, Rana sevosa. The dusky...
The purpose of this study is to explore the underlying structure of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder -- the Disruptive Behavior Disorders. As the bulk of this study was conducted in expectation of the imminent...
Palabra clave:
Conduct, Defiant, Dimensional, Factor, Oppositional y Structure
Tema:
Oppositional defiant disorder in adolescence -- Diagnosis y Conduct disorders in adolescence -- Diagnosis
This qualitative study focuses on North Carolina community college basic skills departmental directors. In this study, interviews were the means to gather data and to give North Carolina community college basic skills directors...
Palabra clave:
Adult Education, Basic Skills, Community College Basic Skills, General Education Development, General Education Diploma y High School Equivalency
Tema:
North Carolina Community College System. Adult Basic Education Program, Basic education -- North Carolina -- Evaluation, Educational leadership -- North Carolina, Community colleges-- Curricula -- North Carolina -- Evaluation y Adult education -- North Carolina -- Evaluation
