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Connection Between Alpha Subbands and Self-Reported Overall Health Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
Background: Over the course of the past century, the average life span in the US has increased by approximately three decades (Kindig, Nobles, & Zidan, 2018). Part of this success is due to the ability to detect diseases, ...
"To Understand Me, You'll Have to Swallow a World:" Understanding Rhetorical Confusion in Transnational Literature
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)
This thesis aims to define and explore the concept of rhetorical confusion as a pattern that exists within transnational literature. Specifically, rhetorical confusion is defined as a trend within transnational texts in ...
Making God: Joseph Goebbels and the Veneration of Hitler
(East Carolina University, 2019-01-09)
This thesis focuses on Joseph Goebbels and his desire to create a pseudo-religion around Adolf Hitler for the purpose of rousing and maintaining popular support. Goebbels has been analyzed extensively in terms of his ...
Impact of the insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen on life table characteristics of Aedes albopictus
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-29)
Aedes albopictus is a vector of several arboviruses, including dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. However, control of this day-active species is difficult with ultra-low volume treatments applied at dusk/dawn periods. Consequently, ...
Psychometric Properties of the Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Technology Survey
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-07)
In the United States, 12.7 million children and adolescent are currently obese (Ogden, Carroll, Fryar, & Flegal, 2015). The serious medical and psychosocial implications of obesity have made monitoring weight and related ...
ALL IS NOT FAIR IN THE APPRAISALS OF PERFORMANCE: APPRAISALS, JUSTICE, AND WORK OUTCOMES
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-12)
This study examined the moderating effect of core self-evaluation (CSE) on the relationship between perceptions of procedural performance appraisal justice (PAJ) and the components of engagement (vigor, dedication, and ...
There’s No Place like Aztlán: The Quest for Queer Homeland through Re-visionism in Chicana Feminist Autohistorias
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)
In this thesis, I explore how authors Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Helena María Viramontes, Ana Castillo, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Sandra Cisneros, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Carla Trujillo and Felicia Luna Lemus represent ...
It’s Not Me, It’s You: Considering the Worthy Sacrifice Hip Hop Artists May Need to Make to Reclaim the Heart of Hip Hop, its People
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-30)
The origins of Hip Hop evidence that the art form was intended to provide more than music to listen to, but instead offer art that delivers messages on behalf of people who were not always listened to. My thesis offers an ...
The CDF-type metal efflux protein EmfA is essential for Brucella abortus 2308 resistance to manganese toxicity and is a critical virulence determinant in experimentally-infected mice
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-13)
Divalent cationic metals are important trace nutrients for all bacteria because metals serve as cofactors for proteins involved in numerous cellular functions. Despite the fact that metals play an essential role in bacterial ...
Scurry
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
There has been a shift in the politics in America with many voters moving into a post-truth society. Where debates, laws and policies are framed by appealing to emotions, rather than facts. This political movement, also ...