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Title
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Windows and mirrors : a content analysis of diversity in the Common Core Text Exemplars
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Author
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Romney, Kelsey M.
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Children's literature, Multiculturalism
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Description
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As diversity in the United States student population increases, children’s literature should be reflective of that growing diversity. A descriptive content analysis was conducted to analyze the gender and racial diversity of the main characters/pe...
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Visualizing alignment in joint attention
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Author
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Jackson, Daniel, Galati, Alexia
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Eye tracking, Psychology, Joint attention
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Description
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Success in joint tasks requires shared understanding and coordination between team members. Some studies suggest that, in motor tasks, various coordination patterns (including alignment and complimentary) can support achieving shared goals (Wallot...
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The study of COVID-19 within the state of North Carolina in the United States
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Author
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Alzate, Cesar, Li, Xingjie Helen
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Subjects--Topical
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COVID-19 (Disease), Virus diseases--Transmission
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Description
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Research on COVID-19 was done for North Carolina to assess local governmental policies, to measure COVID-19 growth rate, and to discover what predictors impact COVID-19 spread. Using a Time-Delayed SIR model, removal rates were calculated to compa...
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The politics of pollution in America's most vulnerable communities
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Author
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Clark, Caylea
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Pollution, Poverty
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Description
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Throughout the history of the United States, corporate facility polluters have been targeting low socioeconomic status and high minority communities across the country. This has been displayed through countless studies including this thesis and ac...
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The criminal cannibal : examining the similarities of cannibalistic offenders
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Author
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Carroll, Brittany, Coston, Charisse Tia Maria, 1958-
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Subjects--Topical
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Cannibalism, Violent crimes
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Description
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Cannibalism is sometimes practiced by particularly violent offenders. This article discusses this behavior as it presents across 26 individual offenders convicted of murder. The similarities examined among these offenders present uniting features ...
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Teachers’ and principals’ perspectives of leadership : a search for within-school alignment
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Author
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Gabriel, Tara
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational leadership, Educational change
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Description
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Many school administrators struggle to find a reliably efficient and effective way of stabilizing academic reform implementation within educational institutions. Questionnaire responses were collected from two administrators and six teachers acros...
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Teacher perspectives on social justice practices in English language arts (ELA)
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Author
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Gabriel, Tara, Coffey, Heather, Barnes, Meghan, Steele, Lucy
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Critical pedagogy, Social justice and education, Culturally relevant pedagogy
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Description
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Research indicates a need for middle and secondary teachers to become knowledgeable about how to teach for social justice. This study aims to better understand current challenges, strategies, and perspectives of English critical pedagogy through t...
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Submicroscopic infection and G6PD deficiency in malaria patients
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Author
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Witherspoon, Logan, Witherspoon, Logan, Kepple, Daniel, Lo, Eugenia, Abagero, Beka
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Date Created
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2022, 2022, 2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Malaria, Public health
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Description
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Plasmodium vivax malaria is a neglected tropical disease, despite being more geographically widespread than any other form of malaria. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a cytosolic enzyme with a vital role for the integrity and functioni...
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Second line to front line
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Author
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Cagle, Lily, Skillen, Joseph
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Jazz, Tuba music
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Description
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From the early 1960’s to the 1970’s/80’s, there was a period of innovation, experimentation, and musical growth for tubists. The tuba, a bass voice, in music has held the bass foundational role in musical literature ranging from the romantic perio...
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Revenge pornography : an examination of state statute inconsistencies
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Author
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Schutt, Jaden, Coston, Charisse Tia Maria, 1958-
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Image-based sexual abuse, Statutes--U.S. states
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Description
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Revenge Pornography is an umbrella term used to encompass the crime of distributing nonconsensual sexualized images of an individual. This crime became highly popularized during the latter half of the twentieth century and has continued to plague ...
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Regenerative facade
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Author
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Silva, Isabella Barrios
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Date Created
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2021, 2021, 2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Energy conservation, Clean energy
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Title
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Racial bias in traffic stops : the City of Charlotte
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Author
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Groulx, Carson, Fernandes, Anthony (Anthony M. A.)
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Subjects--Topical
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Traffic stops (Law enforcement), Racism
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Description
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This study analyzes the traffic stops data published by the City of Charlotte in the years 2016-2017 and 2019-2020 to determine if there was any racial bias in the policing. R was used to examine 213,475 stops that involved Black and White drivers...
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Quantifying reproductive behavior in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
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Author
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Alexander, William, Justin, Hannah, Reitzel, Adam M.
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Cnidaria, Biology, Developmental biology, Marine biology, Sea anemones
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Description
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The Starlet Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis (Nv) exists widely in coastal estuarine environments across North America. Nv has become a popular cnidarian model organism with a growing number of applications, including evolutionary developmental ...
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Practice what they preach? : how pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy in culturally relevant teaching practices aligns with their perceptions of diversity
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Author
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Frayman, Faith, Gilson, Cindy M., Glass, Tehia Starker, FitzPatrick, Erin
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Subjects--Topical
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Culturally relevant pedagogy, Self-efficacy, Teachers
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Description
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In this qualitative content analysis, we addressed the following research questions: (a) How do pre-service teachers perceive their self-efficacy in creating and enacting culturally relevant curriculum and a culturally inclusive classroom environm...
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Pay by position
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Author
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Jackson, Daniel
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Pay equity, Gender identity in the workplace, Sexism
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Description
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This community-engaged project is in partnership with the League of Women Voters Charlotte Mecklenburg Chapter. The purpose of the project is to compile data to inform a corporate scorecard on the important metrics of the gender equity gap. With t...
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Title
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Not credible until proven credible
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Author
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Manley, Mariah
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Date Created
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2024
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Subjects--Topical
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Media literacy, Internet literacy
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Description
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My presentation is an overview of what makes a source credible and what causes it to lose its purpose or credibility. It addresses Authority, Purpose, and Currency while also explaining how this helps individuals find credibility. My poster also t...
