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Building Cultural Competence Through Multicultural Fiction
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Cultural competence is a set of skills which is gaining recent attention as a tool for navigating a diverse American society. This study examines the purposeful instruction of select multicultural literature which can aid ...
Deadly Campaign
(East Carolina University, 2010)
This is a feature length screenplay. A terrible flu like epidemic has broken out in the country. Bryan, a fresh young intern journalist, is on his first assignment with a major Washington newspaper. Bryan is teamed up ...
Spatial Modeling of the Risk of Mosquito-borne Disease Transmission, Chesapeake, Virginia
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The increase in mosquito populations following extreme weather events poses a major threat to humans because of mosquitoes' ability to carry disease-causing pathogens. In areas with reservoirs of disease, mosquito abundance ...
ECU researchers discuss risky oil spill clean-up
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Evaluating the Sustainability of Heritage Tourism and Historic Preservation in New Bern, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2010)
After nearly a half century of suburbanization, economic development specialists and urban planners have begun to appreciate the unique aesthetic and heritage landscapes of underutilized downtown areas as potential geographic ...
Solvent-Controlled Switch of Selectivity between sp[superscript]2 and s[superscript]p3 C-H Bond Activation by Platinum (II)
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Cyclometalation reactions have been studied intensely for the past few decades, especially those containing palladium. The factors that control the process of the C-H bond activation, however, are not yet completely ...
INDIGENOUS IDENTITY, ORAL TRADITION, AND THE LAND IN THE POETRY OF OODGEROO NOONUCCAL, LUCI TAPAHONSO, AND HAUNANI-KAY TRASK
(East Carolina University, 2010)
This thesis is a postcolonial, ecocritical examination of the poetry of Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Luci Tapahonso, and Haunani-Kay Trask. It considers the use of poetry as a continuation of oral tradition, the poets' individual ...
Hurricanes May Be Good for Gulf Oil Spill, Experts Say
(East Carolina University, 2010-06-30)
Part of an ongoing series on the environmental impacts of the Gulf oil spill.
Regional variation of convective structure at monsoon onset across South America inferred from TRMM observations
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The variation of precipitation in South America is characterized by different mechanisms that both initiate and sustain precipitation. Analysis to characterize regional differences is done utilizing datasets derived from ...
The Coast As A Vernacular Region
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The study of regions and regional identity is one of the cornerstones of the field of geography. Historically within regionally-based research, there has been interest in vernacular regions and the use of business names ...