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  • Finding Displacement through Incest in Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath her Feet and Fury 

    Sinor, Katie (East Carolina University, 2014)
    Incest is a widespread theme in literature that continues to grow in frequency (Barnes 3). It is rarely addressed amongst scholars due to being a taboo topic, but in this thesis I aim to address it and analyze it thoroughly ...
  • Finding Home : I've Been This Girl All Along 

    Woolard, Tracy (East Carolina University, 2012)
    Where is home if you have no definitive place to call home, such as a house you grew up in and someone in your family still lives there? My early life was spent living on Seymour Johnson and For Walton Beach Air Force ...
  • Fine Particulate air Pollution is Associated with Higher Vulnerability to Atrial Fibrillation—The APACR Study 

    Liao, Duanping; Shaffer, Michele L.; He, Fan; Rodriguez-Colon, Sol; Wu, Rongling; Whitsel, Eric A.; Bixler, Edward O.; Cascio, Wayne E. (2011-04)
    The acute effects and the time course of fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) on atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) predictors, including P-wave duration, PR interval duration, and P-wave complexity, were investigated in a ...
  • Fine Structure of the Motile Cells and Flagella in a Member of the Actinoplanaceae (Actinomycetales) 

    Bland, Charles E. (East Carolina University, 1970-11)
    The motile cells (sporangiospores) of an undescribed member of the Actinoplanaceae are studied by electron microscopy as shadowed, negatively stained, and sectioned preparations. The rod-shaped spores exhibit a typically ...
  • Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley 

    Ray, Eric (East Carolina University, 2010)
    The galley of the 17th century Swedish warship Vasa is currently the only large 17th century naval galley available for study. It was surveyed by the author in 2008. While the galley's wooden structure remains largely ...
  • First Annual Hurricane Workshop Summary 

    Long, Patrick; Smith, Catherine; Montz, Burrell Elizabeth; Sprayberry, Mike; Wilson, Ken; Kruse, Jamie; Allen, Thomas Richard; Kain, Donna (2010-05-26)
    During the week that coastal communities turned their attention to hurricane preparedness, the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management in partnership with the East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards ...
  • Fish oil disrupts B cell plasma membrane lateral organization and immunological synapse formation 

    Rockett, Benjamin Drew (East Carolina University, 2012)
    Fish oil has immunosuppressive properties that could provide treatment for numerous inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. The primary bioactive components of fish oil, which are the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) ...
  • Fishing For The Evolutionary Bases Of Female Ornamentation 

    Yong, Lengxob (East Carolina University, 2015)
    Sexual dimorphism, or phenotypic differentiation of the sexes, is widespread amongst animals. It is understood mainly in the context of sexual selection, i.e. selection on mating success, with such selection typically ...
  • FISTFUL OF DEBRIS 

    Winar, Amanda J. (East Carolina University, 2010)
    Fistful of Debris is a collection of fiction aimed to explore the varied dimensions of familial loss. Each piece focuses on the personal growth and intimate details of a female protagonist's life, as she attempts to rebuild ...
  • Fitness versus Fatness and Insulin Resistance in U.S. Adolescents 

    Cummings, Doyle M.; DuBose, Katrina D.; Imai, Satomi; Collier, David N. (2010)
  • Fixed dried red blood cells and method of use 

    Fischer, Thomas; Read, Marjorie; Bode, Arthur P.; Nichols, Timothy (2005-04-26)
    Fixed-dried red blood cells (RBCs), and processes for preparing the same are disclosed. The red blood cells, upon reconstitution with distilled water or appropriate buffer: bind oxygen with native affinities, have partial ...
  • Fixed-dried red blood cells 

    Fischer, Thomas; Read, Marjorie; Bode, Arthur P.; Nichols, Timothy (2008-04-15)
    Fixed-dried red blood cells (RBCs), and processes for preparing the same are disclosed. The red blood cells, upon reconstitution with distilled water or appropriate buffer: bind oxygen with native affinities, have partial ...
  • Flagship: News for the Pirate Education Nation 

    Office of Teacher Education (2013-05)
    Newsletter for the Walter and Daisy Carson Latham Clinical Schools Network, produced by the Office of Teacher Education, College of Education, East Carolina University. Previous title: Clinical Schools Network News. Print ...
  • The Flat-Ribbon Configuration of the Periplasmic Flagella of Borrelia burgdorferi and Its Relationship to Motility and Morphology 

    Charon, Nyles W.; Goldstein, Stuart F.; Marko, Michael; Hsieh, Chyongere; Gebhardt, Linda L.; Motaleb, M. Abdul; Wolgemuth, Charles W.; Limberger, Ronald J.; Rowe, Nancy (East Carolina University, 2009-01)
    Electron cryotomography was used to analyze the structure of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. This methodology offers a new means for studying the native architecture of bacteria by eliminating the chemical ...
  • Fleeting 

    Donnenwirth, Allison Olive (East Carolina University, 2016-06-03)
    As a senior in the Honors College and art department, I decided to create a creative portfolio in lieu of a thesis. I planned and executed a solo exhibition at Winslow’s Tavern. I was in charge of the planning of the site, ...
  • A flexible computer-to-computer protocol for DISNET: a Distributed Instrument System NETwork 

    Gemperline, Paul J.; Megargle, Robert (East Carolina University, 1984)
    This article evaluates the performance of a DISNET channel control module.
  • FLOATING FORTRESS, FLOATING CITY, FLOATING MONUMENT: A COMPARITIVE [sic] STUDY OF THREE AMERICAN WARSHIP MUSEUMS 

    Lamm, Marshall B. (East Carolina University, 2011)
    This thesis presents three warship museums within the United States as case studies to examine the needs and practices of a unique subset of museum organizations. A museum warship is simultaneously an exhibit, artifact, ...
  • Flood Insurance Coverage in Dare County: Before and After Floyd 

    Landry, Craig E. (2009-09-18)
    Dr. Landry started with an overview of how the flood insurance program works. Flooding is a catastrophe risk since flooding events cause multiple losses that are correlated across space; and given the rarity of flooding ...
  • Flood Vulnerability of Hog Farms in Eastern North Carolina: An Inconvenient Poop 

    Harmin, Calvin (East Carolina University, 2015-12-15)
    In the late 1990’s, eastern North Carolina experienced numerous devastating flood events from hurricanes and tropical storms. When Hurricane Floyd made landfall on September 16th, 1999, it caused the most disastrous floods ...
  • The Flotilla Project: Preliminary Report 1997 Fieldwork 

    Babits, Lawrence Edward; Fach, Catherine; Harris, Ryan (1998)
    The 1997 Flotilla Project investigated several different areas in the Patuxent River drainage. These include St. Leonard’s Creek where three different sites were inspected to the upper Patuxent in the vicinity of Hill ...