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Tourism and sustainability in the evaluation of World Heritage Sites, 1980–2010
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Author
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Schmutz, Vaughn, Elliott, Michael A.
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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World Heritage areas, Sustainable tourism
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Description
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At present, there are myriad concerns about tourism and sustainability at cultural and natural world heritage sites. Based on an analysis of 811 evaluations written between 1980 and 2010 by two official advisory bodies to the World Heritage Commit...
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Joint power control and routing for rechargeable wireless sensor networks
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Author
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Nasipuri, Asis, Pal, Amitangshu
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Date Created
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2016
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Description
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Wireless sensor networks (WSN) that are powered by energy harvested from the environment, also known as rechargeable WSNs, typically experience wide variations of energy availability across the network. Such variations can cause frequent node outa...
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Fractional vortex Hilbert's Hotel
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Author
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Gbur, Greg
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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We demonstrate how the unusual mathematics of transfinite numbers, in particular, a nearly perfect realization of Hilbert's famous hotel paradox, manifests in the propagation of light through fractional vortex plates. It is shown how a fractional ...
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Characterization of the cytokinin-responsive transcriptome in rice
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Author
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Loraine, Ann, Raines, Tracy, Blakley, Ivory, Kieber, Joseph J.
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Gene expression, Cytokinins
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Description
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Background: Cytokinin activates transcriptional cascades important for development and the responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Most of what is known regarding cytokinin-regulated gene expression comes from studies of the dicotyledonous plant...
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Slavery and African American irreligion
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Author
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Cameron, Christopher
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Religion, Enslaved persons
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Description
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In his influential 1835 work Slavery, Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing noted of southern slaves: “Of all the races of men, the African is the mildest and most susceptible of attachment. He loves, where the European would hate. He watches...
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Nicaragua’s Grand Canal : a case study in political and economic culture
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Author
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Doyle, Michael S.
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Nicaragua, Canals
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Description
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The proposed Nicaraguan Grand Canal mega-project—whether promised land or pipe dream—serves as the basis for the following short case study in political and economic culture. It can be useful for multiple fields such as business, policy, foreign a...
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Zika virus : medical countermeasure development challenges
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Author
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Janies, Daniel, Damodaran, Lambodhar, Schneider, Adriano
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Communicable diseases, Zika virus
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Description
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Introduction Reports of high rates of primary microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia and Brazil have raised concerns that the virus circulating in these regions is a rapidly developing neu...
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Five approaches to social sustainability and an integrated way forward
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Author
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Boyer, Robert, Peterson, Nicole, Caldwell, Kevin, Arora, Poonam
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sustainable development, Sustainable development--Social aspects
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Description
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Sustainability is often conceived of as an attempt to balance competing economic, environmental and social priorities. Over the course of three decades of scholarship, however, the meaning and appropriate application of the ‘social pillar’ continu...
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Naturalism and despair : George Herbert Mead and evolution in the 1880s
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Author
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Pearce, Trevor
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Evolution, Philosophy
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Description
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This chapter examines Mead’s encounter with evolution in the 1880s, demonstrating that evolutionary ideas could have a devastating effect if they were interpreted as threatening life’s meaning. I argue that Mead could not fully embrace the evoluti...
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EARLY INTERVENTION PROVIDERS’ EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
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Author
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Stimpson, Katherine
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Special education, Early childhood education
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The term natural environment has been a key component in the implementation of Part C early intervention, formerly known as Part H, since its inception in 1986; however, as Part C was reauthorized in 1997 and again in 2004, a clear definition of n...
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RACE, RESEGREGATION AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPLELINE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
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Author
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Graham, Joseph
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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This thesis explores the relationship between out of school suspensions and court-involvement for youth in Mecklenburg County. Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the concept of implicit bias serve to inform this examination, interpretation, and analys...
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Reclaiming the Unredeemed: Irredentism and the National Schism in Greece's First World War
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Author
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Kinley, Christopher
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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History, Military history, Area studies
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Description
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Greece’s role in the First World War, although short, was characterized by political and social tumult that tore the small country in half, splitting it into two political camps both with their own public supporters. This divide is known as the Na...
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Posttraumatic growth and career calling in undergraduates
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Author
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Riffle, Olivia
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling psychology, Psychology, Clinical psychology
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Description
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As emerging adults, college students are beginning to craft a life narrative that provides purpose and direction, part of which is the identification and pursuit of a meaningful career. It may even include a calling, a sense of being summoned to a...
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Potential Barriers to Women's Leadership Self-efficacy
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Author
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Robinson, Aspen
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Psychology
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Description
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Many organizations are employing women at a higher rate than seen in previous years, yet women are still underrepresented in leadership roles. In this paper, I examine factors that may influence an individual’s perceived capabilities of being a le...
