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Cultural Competence and Referral Rates of Hispanic Students
(East Carolina University, 2014)Hispanic students continue to be disproportionately placed in special education compared to their Caucasian peers. Special education referral rates have been examined based on a number of variables including teacher race, ... -
Cultural Differences in the Overtness and Covertness of Positive and Negative Emotion
(East Carolina University, 2013)Recent research suggests that positive emotions are more often seen, less often hidden, and more often discussed than negative emotions in Western culture. These results support the Western preference towards the maximization ... -
Cultural Factors of Shipwreck Site Formation: An Examination of Ferrous Shipwrecks on the Outer Banks
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)This thesis proposes a course of research to examine the influence human decision-making processes (cultural factors) have on our understanding of site formation processes and the management of ferrous shipwrecks. Two ... -
CULTURAL HAUNTINGS: TRANSCENDING GHOSTS, SPIRITS AND LITERARY GENRES
(East Carolina University, 2020-11-11)This thesis explores the cultural haunting genre by examining works by LeAnne Howe, Li-Young Lee, and Monique Truong. This project looks to further define and expand the cultural haunting genre to include all of the cultural ... -
Cultural Hegemony, Identity, and the Story of the Catawba Nation
(East Carolina University, 2012)The Catawba Indians, in order to maintain their own identity as an "other" culture, utilized a course of acceptance and collaboration with the Euro-American majority that came to surround them, while ultimately developing ... -
CULTURAL TARGETING OF BREASTFEEDING DISCOURSE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
(East Carolina University, 2012)This dissertation explores cultural factors that may influence African American women's breastfeeding choices and experiences as well as how those developing breastfeeding discourse for African American women target this ... -
Cu²⁺ Binding to A[beta] peptides : Detailed Heat Capacity Studies Provide Structural Insight into Complex Formation
(East Carolina University, 2012)Alzheimer's disease (AD), an irreversible, progressive and devastating neurodegenerative disease, is the most common cause of dementia. It is characterized by the extracellular amyloid plaques and the intracellular ... -
Cyberloafing: A Study Of Personality Factors And Organizational Commitment As Predictor Variables Of Cyberloafing And Perceived Organizational Acceptance
(East Carolina University, 2015)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality and organizational commitment with cyberloafing. Results indicate that all personality factors (conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, ... -
A CYCLE OF CONTROL : WOMEN'S IDENTITY LOSS THROUGH COLONIALISM IN THE CARIBBEAN AND AFRICA
(East Carolina University, 2013)Through analysis of Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid, and Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell this thesis explores women's loss of identity through colonialism and ways in ... -
Cyclic Deposition of Neogene Phosphorites in the Aurora Area, North Carolina, and their Possible Relationship to Global Sea-Level Fluctuations
(1982)The Neogene phosphorites in the Aurora Area occur within the Miocene Pungo River Formation (units A, B, C, and D) and the Pliocene Yorktown Formation (lower and upper units). These units are characterized by the following ...