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Showing 1 to 20 of 658 for “"whites"”.
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The education of negroes and whites.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics. Thesis. 1968. Ph.D.
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Whites' racial affect: understanding the antiracist type
… measured by the Psychosocial Costs of Racism to Whites scale (PCRW; Spanierman & Heppner, 2004), the researchers conducted two focus groups. One group was comprised of White students (n = 5) whose scores reflected the antiracist racial affect type, whereas the other was comprised of White …
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An Analysis of Whites' and Blacks' Attitudes Towards Interracial Marriage
… more likely to express approval than whites, and men are more likely to express approval than women, controlling for demographics. Also, in terms of race/gender interactions, black men, white men, and black women are all significantly more likely to approve of interracial marriage than …
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Social Cognitive Predictors of Diabetes Outcomes in Latinos and Whites
… on HbA1c and Blood Pressure control than in Whites. Moreover, White’s lower diabetic self-efficacy had a more adverse impact on HbA1c and Blood Pressure control than in Latinos. Latinos reported significantly higher collaborative religious coping and higher family support for diabetes than …
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Dirty whites and dark secrets: Sex and race in "Peyton Place"
<p>"Dirty Whites and Dark Secrets: Sex and Race in Peyton Place " suggests that Grace Metalious's 1956 potboiler Peyton Place contains a critique of race which may have been just as unsettling to a mid-century readership as the novel's famed critique of sexuality. Peyton Place is most often said to …
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Focus group assessment of parenting education preferences of Hispanics and whites
The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine, via focus groups, parenting values, skills, practices and methodology for parenting education in the Hispanic and White cultures in Texas. The information can be used in the development of culturally-responsive parent education programs. The …
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Religious Coping and Depression Among Blacks and Whites After Sexual Abuse
… connection and punishing God reappraisal. Among Whites, collaborative religious coping decreased risk for depression, while anger at God increased risk for depression after CSA. Among Blacks, punishing God reappraisal increased risk for depression after CSA. Janoff-Bulman's theory of child sexual …
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Racial Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness between Blacks and Whites: A Meta-Analysis
… Blacks have lower levels of CRF when compared to Whites, which may contribute to the health disparities in CVD. However, this racial difference in CRF has not been previously evaluated quantitatively across published clinical trials. The purpose of the present study is to perform a meta-analysis …
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Using Lipase to Improve the Functional Properties of Yolk-Contaminated Egg Whites
Egg yolk contamination of egg whites continues to be a serious problem in the egg industry. The ability of egg whites to form stable and voluminous foams is greatly inhibited by accidental yolk contamination, even at extremely small levels. Experiments were conducted to determine if lipase can …
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Variation in Non-Metric Traits of the Pelvis Between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics
… used to assess sex in three populations: Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics. In addition, variation between males and females in each reference group was analyzed to determine if age was associated with the scoring of the traits. Ordinal level scores were taken on five traits of the os coxa, the …
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Determinants of the earnings gap between blacks and whites: A human capital approach
… of wage differences between blacks and whites has provided economists a perplexing topic for debate. It has been proposed that this gap can be attributed in great part to a disparity in educational attainment between the two groups. This study looks specifically at whether a college …
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An Analysis of the Differences in Preemptive Kidney Transplantation Between Blacks and Whites
… kidney transplants (PKT) between blacks and whites.</p> <p> <strong>Methods. </strong>This analysis uses descriptive statistics and univariate and multivariate analyses to identify factors associated with the determination of whether a patient receives a PKT or a conventional, post dialysis …
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Effect of contact ultrasonic drying on drying kinetics and physicochemical properties of egg whites
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Church in Black and White: Racially-Integrated Churches and Whites' Explanations for Racial Inequalities
… with persons of another race might affect whites' perceptions of reasons for racial inequality. I expect to find that individuals who attend racially-homogeneous churches will be less likely to recognize social constraints that may contribute to socioeconomic inequalities between whites and …
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'Wheat and Tares Together Grow': Common Whites in a North Carolina Slave Society, 1740--1840
… suggest there were conditions among common whites that encouraged a sense of unity with elites. Applications from social theory explain why commoners supported slavery. Study of nineteenth century rural consumer culture indicates consumer purchasing was a consistent support for the common …
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Governing Poor Whites: Race, philanthropy and transnational governmentality between the United States and South Africa
Throughout the twentieth century so-called Poor Whites caused anxiety in countries where racial domination was crucial, such as South Africa, the colonies of European empire and the United States. The Poor Whites were troubling for a number of reasons, not least because they threatened white …
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Body-Image Attitudes and Perceptions Among African-Americans and Whites as a Function of Socioeconomic Class
… tend to have a more positive body image than Whites. (3) While White women tend to be more invested than White men in various aspects of their body image, Black men are as interested in their body image as Black women. Results of the first study indicate that being better educated may result …
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