The North American rock pool mosquito, Aedes atropalpus (Coquillet) (Diptera: Culicidae), isprimarily a non-biting species of no perceived threat to public health. The species uses riverine rock pools for immature development...
Palabra clave:
Asian bush mosquito, Autogeny, La Crosse, Mosquito, Ochlerotatus atropalpus y Rock Pool
Tema:
Mosquitoes -- Ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Tide pool ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern y Mosquitoes -- Effect of temperature on -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Since 1983 when Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) was first proposed, it has become a widelyusedmethodology for various biosensing applications. In a SPR biosensing system in arrayformat, locating the region of interest (ROI) and...
Palabra clave:
circle detection, data fitting, image processing, particle swarm optimization y surface plasmon resonance
Plants relying on insects to pollinate flowers attract pollinators through varying floral cues such as unique colors and scents. Pollinators rely on these cues to identify flowers for sources of food such as nectar, pollen, and...
Palabra clave:
insect, plant, pollination y visitation
Tema:
Trilliums -- Pollination y Insect pollinators -- Behavior
Humor researchers have emphasized the role that sex differences and attitudes toward women play in moderating amusement with sexist humor. In-group/out-group conflict and the adherence to hostile sexist attitudes have been...
Palabra clave:
Gender, Humor, Sexism, Sexist Humor y Social Context
Research indicates that there are a number of negative outcomes associated with childhood maltreatment including both mental and physical health consequences (National Children’sAlliance, 2015; Mennen & Trickett, 2017;...
Tema:
Child abuse, Mental health, Forgiveness y Personality
The high prevalence of alcohol related fatalities and the large population of individuals at risk or diagnosed with alcohol use disorders make understanding the disorders a public health priority. As the publication of the...
Tema:
Alcoholism -- Diagnosis, Alcoholism -- Sex differences y Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 5th ed
In the present research I focus on identifying the variables that affect women’s perceptions of sexist humor. Previous research and theory have identified attitude toward women as the critical predictor of amusement with sexist...
Palabra clave:
Disparagement, Humor, Prejudice y Sexism
Tema:
Wit and humor -- Psychological aspects, Wit and humor -- Social aspects, Wit and humor, Women -- Humor y Sexism
Research has indicated a pattern in different forms of dehumanization as they occur for women. When women are presented in a beauty-based manner, they are mechanistically dehumanized, which involves a denial of human nature...
Palabra clave:
Dehumanization, Racism, Sexism y Women
Tema:
Sex discrimination against women, Sex role -- Social aspects, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Minority women, Women, White, Sexism y Racism
Wildfire disturbance is likely to increase in Southern Appalachian forests due to climate change and anthropogenic land-use changes. The soil seedbank can be a source of plant community response after this disturbance. Fire can...
Palabra clave:
Disturbance, Fire, Forest, Seedbank, Seeds y Southern Appalachians
Tema:
Soil seed banks -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest, Forest biodiversity -- Effect of fires on -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest, Wildfires -- Environmental aspects -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest, Forest regeneration -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest y Trees -- Effect of fires on -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest
This study used an online survey to examine whether self-reported teacher leadership is related to role theory as it pertains to role conflict and role ambiguity. A multi-stage clustered sampling process resulted in a sample of...
Palabra clave:
role ambiguity, role conflict, role theory, teacher empowerment, teacher leadership y teachers
Tema:
Educational leadership -- North Carolina -- Evaluation -- Case studies y Role conflict
