Solar cells are becoming an attractive alternative energy source considering the need to lessen dependence on nonrenewable energy sources such as fossil fuels. Organic photovoltaics (PVs) are inexpensive to produce, flexible,...
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Nanoparticle, Plasmon Resonance, Poly(3-hexylthiophene), Silver, Solar Cell y Surface-Enhanced Fluorescence
Through an analysis of a variety of primary and secondary sources, this thesis outlines the malleability of “sacredness” and the importance of specific places to individual and collective identities. The first section of the...
Tema:
Cherokee Indians -- Religion, Cherokee Indians -- Folklore y Sacred space -- North Carolina
Does ‘playing hard to get’ really work in our favor in encounters with potential romantic partners? Research on uncertainty in social interactions may support this adage and help explain why it works. Whitchurch, Wilson, and...
Palabra clave:
attraction, sexual concordance, Tinder y uncertainty
Tema:
Sexual attraction, Interpersonal attraction, Dating (Social customs), Man-woman relationships y Analysis of variance
The purpose of the current study was to untangle previous findings within the Terror Management Theory (TMT) literature suggesting that the activation of worldview defense causes an increased preference for the in-group culture...
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Affect Misattribution Procedure, Mortality Salience, Prejudice, Terror Management Theory, Terrorism Salience y Worldview Defense
Tema:
Terrorism -- Psychological aspects, Prejudices, Racism -- United States y Arabs -- United States -- Public opinion
“The Politics of Place” examines the role of regionalism in Anglo-Cherokee diplomacy between 1750 and 1764. Using South Carolina’s colonial records pertaining to Indian Affairs, this thesis examines the era thematically. The...
Palabra clave:
Cherokee, Colonial South Carolina, French and Indian War, Scheflow, Seven Years' War y South Carolina
Tema:
Cherokee Indians -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century, Cherokee Indians -- Government relations, Indians of North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815, Indians of North America -- Southern States -- History -- 18th century y United States -- History -- 18th century
The Oconaluftee River is a moderate to large sized stream located in the Little Tennessee River basin of the southern Appalachian Mountains. The Little Tennessee River basin is home to six different species of Redhorse, three...
Palabra clave:
Black, Cherokee, Golden, Oconaluftee, Redhorse y Sicklefin
Tema:
Redhorses -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River, Fish populations -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River y Fishes -- Seasonal distribution -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River
Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a set of trait-like dysfunctional beliefs about negative and harmful consequences of anxious arousal (Reiss & McNally, 1985). Research has consistently shown a strong positive association between...
Numerous pathogenic bacterial species have been found in many freshwater systems around the world. These pathogens affect the overall water quality of these systems and may cause diseases in both aquatic and terrestrial animals...
Palabra clave:
bacterial pathogens, pathogens, Smoky Mountains National Park y streams
Tema:
Bacterial pollution of water -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.), Bacterial genetics, Bacteria -- Phylogeny y Freshwater microbiology -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
There is little question that the tragedy of September 11, 2001 has significantly impacted 21st century life in the United States. On a rhetorical level, 9/11 seems to have triggered a distinct shift in how many Americans...
Palabra clave:
9/11, Bush, Nonviolence, Politics, Racism y Rhetoric
Tema:
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Oratory, Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 21st century, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence y Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
This thesis will represent a body of work that consists of ten, six-pound bowls thrown on the wheel and glazed using a cone 6 oil-spot base glaze, cover glaze one, and cover glaze two. Oil-spot glaze decoration originated in...
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ceramics, Cone 6, Frank Vickery, Oil-Spot, Pottery y Western Carolina
Tema:
Ceramic bowls -- North Carolina, Glazed pottery -- North Carolina y Glazing (Ceramics)
