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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"surname"”.
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Novel predictors of women's surname retention at marriage
Women’s marital surname change was investigated as a potential marital commitment signal, and strategy for enhancing investment from in-laws and husband. Hyphenating or keeping premarital surname for all U.S. destination brides marrying in Hawai'i in 2010 was significantly correlated with a women’s …
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An Exploration of Irish Surname History through Patrilineal Genetics
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
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Surname Distributions, Origins, and their Association with Y-chromosome Markers in the Aleutian Archipelago
… geographic distribution and ethnic origins of surnames as well as their association with Y-chromosome haplogroups found in Native communities from the Aleutian Archipelago. The project's underlying hypothesis is that surnames and Y-chromosome haplogroups are correlated in the Aleutian Islands …
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Mitigating Negative Perceptions Due to Gender Norm Violation Through Adherence to Another Prevalent Gender Norm
… the tradition of women adopting their husband’s surname is long-standing. This behavior became an established custom with English women around the 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> centuries (Embleton and King, 1984). In the United States, this practice was inherited from English common law, …
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Three Essays on Behavioral Bias in the Financial Market
… records, we construct a measure of journalist surname favorability. We find that journalists with more favorable surnames have stronger impact on the stock price. This effect is more pronounced for stocks with smaller firm size, lower institutional ownership, and lower analyst coverage. We …
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Three Essays on Behavioral Bias in the Financial Market
… records, we construct a measure of journalist surname favorability. We find that journalists with more favorable surnames have stronger impact on the stock price. This effect is more pronounced for stocks with smaller firm size, lower institutional ownership, and lower analyst coverage. We …
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Determining Historic Ethnic Changes in Sierra County and New Mexico 1870-2000
… in the present day. Using the methodology of surname analysis applied to historic census data, this thesis explores Sierra County and New Mexico in 1870 and 1930 to illustrate the differences between the past and the present. Results are displayed in tables and maps and show the ethnic …
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Probing the experiences of women within the practice of "Gonyalelwa lapa' among BaSotho ba Lebowa' Ga-Masemola Area Sekhukhune District, Makhudumathaga Municipality, Limpopo Province South Africa
… children, or to bear children who will take the surname of the deceased man. Women find it difficult to leave such marriages for the fear of losing their children whom they signed off by accepting to be married under this type of marriage. This study employs the feminist standpoint methodological …
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Tsenguluso nga ha ndeme yau vha na vhana mutani wa Tshivenda mulovha na namusi
… was born, they would say, he will propagate the surname. When a girl was born, they would say, she has brought wealth to the family because she would get married and move to another family and bring the parental family dowry or cattle. The study will also look into ways in which the Vhavenḓa …
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Finding the "Scot" in the Scottish-American: An Investigation of Scottish Identity through Mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome Markers
… Slatkin's RST analyses, as well as clan and surname distributions, showed a stronger Scottish paternal genetic input in this study, in agreement with historical records of higher rates of male versus female migration. These results indicate that ethnic identity can be detected through genetic …
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La Bodega: Junior's Story
… of their only son, who carries the valued surname and legacy of the family for future generations. Tensions rise as she continually pressures Junior to take over the family bodega business after successfully completing college. However, Luis secretly longs to be a musician after receiving …
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Scottish Gaelic women's poetry up to 1750
… poetesses are placed in alphabetical order, by surname; those for whom a name, but no surname, is known being placed between these and the anonymous songs. The basic criterion for discussion of each song thus collected was that its theme was not confined to one song or one author. A song from …
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Test of policies Apollo 7.6
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The Lived Experiences of Nurses' Interactions with Ethnically Diverse Clients: A Phenomenological Perspective
… and presumptive clues such as address or surname. Nurses also drew conclusions about their clients' ethnicities based on past, personal experiences. At the emotional level, there emerged a blend of both pleasant and difficult feelings. Nurses described experiencing feelings of heightened …
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J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla: A Tri-Part Exploration of the Vampiric Novel
… such a character. I look specifically at his surname and how he often parallels, in both appearance and actions, the novel’s Styrian setting. Then, I build a case for the General representing the Austrian side of the Austro- Hungarian Empire and performing the heroic deed of building a diverse …
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Succession in woman-to-women marriages under customary law: a study of the Lobedu Kingdom
… husband's acceptance, and the child's use of her surname. It further finds that the application of official customary laws in Bolobedu is negligible, with the living customary law being the applicable law for all succession disputes. A further finding is the general lack of knowledge and …
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Caso de estudio: plan comercial y de marketing para potenciar las exportaciones de la empresa Artest S.A.C.
… through the joint effort of the team. The surname TESTINO has given the company a plus, which has helped position it in the international market thanks to its renowned cousin Mario Testino, a Peruvian professional photographer. However, the company's growth is mainly due to efforts in the …
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The impact of author name disambiguation on knowledge discovery from large-scale scholarly data
… (e.g., if two author names share the same surname and given name initials, they are presumed to represent the same author identity) and assumed that their findings are robust to errors due to author name ambiguity. I test this long-held assumption in bibliometrics by measuring the impact of …
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White Heterosexual Men on Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation: What Identity as a Progressive Means in 21st Century America
… of labor and continue to follow more traditional surname patrilineal decent patterns thus emphasizing the “twin ideologies” Ridgeway (2011) notes impact women specifically. Most have developed alternative “private” masculinities and often disavow the hegemonic ideal, including a rejection of …
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All shall be well: Julian and Bartholomew
… village of Thrigby.Edrich, my own patriarchal surname, was an ancient Anglo Saxon name, commensurate with the longevity of the Edrich family. As yeoman farmers they have lived in this area throughout the centuries and to the present day. Bartholomew is authenticated by my discovery of his …
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