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Facing Disaster: Forecasting and Assessing Floyd and its Impacts on North Carolina
(2009-09-18)Jeff Orrock reviewed the year of Hurricane Floyd, 1999. It was not a big hurricane year overall in the Atlantic, but very active for North Carolina. Hurricane Dennis was a welcome storm in that it brought 5–8 inches of ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING APPROACHES TO LIFELONG E-LEARNING AMONG POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FACULTY AND PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS
(East Carolina University, 2010)The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the factors influencing approaches to e-learning of faculty, who directly instruct others, and instructional designers professionals, who work with adult learners ... -
False Authenticity in the Films of Woody Allen
(East Carolina University, 2012)Woody Allen is an auteur who is deeply concerned with the visual presentation of his cityscapes. However, each city that Allen films is presented in such a glamorous light that the depiction of the cities is falsely ... -
FATE AND TRANSPORT OF WASTEWATER PHOSPHORUS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN : A COMPARISON OF WATERSHEDS SERVED BY MUNICIPAL AND ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
(East Carolina University, 2013)This study compares the phosphorus (P) treatment efficiency of on-site wastewater systems (OWS) and municipal wastewater treatment systems (MWS) and quantifies impacts each technology has on ground and surface water. ... -
The Federal Depository Library Program: Anachronism or Necessity?
(East Carolina University, 2004)A look at how the advent of the World Wide Web and transition to primarily electronic distribution of federal publications has permanently altered the FDLP. In order to survive, the program needs to transition from the old ... -
The Figure in Fine Art and Commercialism
(East Carolina University, 2011)This body of sculpture is an exploration of the human figure through personal, public, and commercial works. The following thesis report will explore these various categories and how they play a role in the sculpture's ... -
"For ’the making and glimpsing of Other-Worlds’: Literature of the Fantastic in the Schlobin Collection at East Carolina University"
(East Carolina University, 2005)This article provides an overview of the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection at East Carolina University's Joyner Library. The collection houses materials related to science fiction and ... -
Forcing the Moment to Its Crisis: Thoughts on Pay-Per-View and the Perpetual Access Ideal
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From Innovation to Transformation: A Review of the 2006-2007 Serials Literature
(East Carolina University, 2009-01)This paper reviews the leading trends in and contributions to the peer-reviewed and professional literature of serials librarianship published in 2006 and 2007. The review shows that a central topic in the literature is ... -
From the Pen of the Editor
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From the Taiga Forum 2006 . . . OUR future scenarios
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FUNctional Ceramics
(East Carolina University, 2011)As a potter who deals with consumer products, I use different approaches in my making process to practice methods that have less of an impact on the Earth's resources. In this thesis, I will be investigating two different ... -
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (Review)
(East Carolina University, 2010)Book review of the second edition of Peggy Johnson's Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (ALA, 2010). -
Gastrogastric fistulas. A complication of divided gastric bypass surgery.
(East Carolina University, 1995-04)Objective This report warns that gastrogastric fistulas may follow the division of the stomach in bariatric surgery. Summary Background Data Although surgery is the most effective therapy for morbid obesity, the ... -
Gene-environment interactions in sarcoidosis
(East Carolina University, 2007-05)Susceptibility to most human diseases is polygenic, with complex interactions between functional polymorphisms of single genes governing disease incidence, phenotype, or both. In this context, the contribution of any ... -
Genome scan of human systemic lupus erythematosus: Evidence for linkage on chromosome 1q in African-American pedigrees
(East Carolina University, 1998-12)Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by production of autoantibodies against intracellular antigens including DNA, ribosomal P, Ro (SS-A), La (SS-B), and the spliceosome. Etiology is ... -
The Goal is Whiteness : Yugoslav-American Communism, Gender, and Race in Postwar Pittsburgh
(East Carolina University, 2011)This thesis examines Yugoslav Americans' expressions of gender, whiteness, and patriotism in post-World War II Pittsburgh, as reactionary to the frenzied and anxious atmosphere of potential Soviet invasion and Communist ... -
Government and Medicine: the evolution of the Chinese health care system
(2011-04-29)China’s diverse political history offers the unique opportunity to explore how a nation’s government impacts its approach to medicine and public health. The author found a correlation between Chinese government and health. ... -
Historical Ecology of Striped Bass Stocking in the Southeastern United States
(East Carolina University, 2012)Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) is the most recreationally and commercially important non-salmonid fish species in the continental United States. As such, it has been exploited to the point of collapse at various points ... -
HOW DIET AND EXERCISE RELATE TO WORK ENGAGEMENT, SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-EFFICACY, AND MOTIVATION
(East Carolina University, 2022-12-11)This study investigated the interrelationships between diet, exercise, work engagement, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and motivation. Responses were gathered from 193 full time employees in the United States. Correlation, ...