The academy is generationally diversifying as Baby Boomer faculty members continue to move into retirement and younger faculty enter the workforce. People are dispositionally inclined to explain differences they perceive in...
Soggetto:
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Job satisfaction -- Age factors, College teachers -- Job satisfaction -- Age factors e College teachers -- United States -- Attitudes
As urban development continues to dominate landscapes across the United States, wildlife species are changing their behavior in many ways. Urban animals are often bolder, or less fearful of new stimuli, than rural animals....
Parola chiave:
Behavior, Boldness, FID, Rural, Song sparrow e Urbanization
Soggetto:
Birds -- Flight, Song sparrow, Birds -- Behavior e Urban development
In forests of the southern Appalachians, myrmecochory, or ant-mediated seed dispersal, is a diffuse mutualism between more than 42 species of plants and ants of the genus Aphaenogaster. Myrmecochores produce lipid-rich...
Parola chiave:
Aphaenogaster, Elaiosome, Herb Diversity, Myrmecochory, Rich Cove Forests e Southern Appalachians
Soggetto:
Ants -- Behavior -- Environmental aspects -- North Carolina, Western, Seed dispersal by ants -- North Carolina, Western e Mutualism (Biology) -- North Carolina, Western
The effects of parental care on reproductive success is well studied. Nest building is an important aspect of parental care in birds, but it is not well understood how variation in nest building behavior impacts their...
Grandparental investment in grandchildren is a topic of interest within the field of evolutionary psychology. Studies have shown a consistent pattern of differences when it comes to each grandparent’s investment levels...
Parola chiave:
Altruism, Grandchildren, Grandparent, Investment, Preferential e Relatedness
Soggetto:
Grandparents, Grandparent and child, Families e Evolutionary psychology
Though much is known about the addictive properties of nicotine, much remains to be learned about its effects on various cognitive processes, especially as they might differ between adolescents and adults. The purpose of this...
Parola chiave:
Cognition e Nicotine
Soggetto:
Cognition -- Effect of drugs on e Nicotine -- Physiological effect
Individuals who have had a traumatic experience are more likely to report psychological maladjustment, such as posttraumatic stress (Marx & Sloan, 2003). However, not everyone who experiences a traumatic event will develop...
Parola chiave:
coping self-efficacy, perceived social support, symptoms e trauma
Soggetto:
Psychic trauma, Post-traumatic stress disorder e Social networks
This study explores the influence of surface charge on the adsorption mechanism of Cu(II) onto ground peanut hulls at different pH values. Ground hulls can be separated into two types based on their density. For both types of...
Parola chiave:
adsorption, biosorption, copper, peanut hulls, pH e surface charge
Soggetto:
Adsorption, Copper, Hydrogen-ion concentration e Peanuts
Mental training is an important part of preparation for many high achieving athletes (Orlick & Partington, 1988). The aim of the present study was to build upon previous research suggesting that mental skills need to be...
Parola chiave:
golf, mental skills training, self-talk, sport psychology e visualization
Rhododendron or great laurel is a common evergreen shrub found throughout eastern North America. Although native, rhododendron has been increasing in the Southern Appalachian Mountains landscape due to fire suppression,...
Parola chiave:
Population Density, Rhododendron e Salamanders
Soggetto:
Salamanders -- Ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Salamanders -- Ecology -- North Carolina, Western, Rhododendrons -- Ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern e Rhododendrons -- Ecology -- North Carolina, Western
