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A "Black Body Electric" - African American Rhetoric(s) and the Hip-Hop Aesthetic: Claudia Rankine's Citizen, Beyonce Knowles' Lemonade, and Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)This work examines the formalistic shifts in contemporary African American literature through a hip-hop lens. No longer following the status quo regarding genre or voice, these texts manage to reposition Black writing by ... -
A Biopsychosocial Examination of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Health Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2015)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world accounting for 17.3 million deaths annually. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was developed 13 years ago to treat people suffering from ... -
A Brief Intervention to Reduce Sugar Consumption on College Campuses
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)Background: Research suggests that high sugar consumption is linked to a variety of health complications, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Previous research also suggests that adolescents and young adults ... -
A Candidate Gene Study: Finding Associations between Recurrent Stroke and Genetic Variants of Five Folate-Mediated One Carbon Metabolism Pathway Genes
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)Stroke is the second leading cause of death in the world and fifth in the United States. Both in the United States and worldwide, stroke is the leading cause of disability. Stroke is a cerebrovascular event which results ... -
A Carbohydrate/Lipid Research Project for Organic and Analytical CURE Laboratories: Reactions and Recordkeeping
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-06)Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (or CUREs) are able to teach students laboratory skills while engaging them in novel research. The first part of this thesis aims to demonstrate the development of a feasible ... -
A Case Study of Six Montefortino Helmets from the Battle of the Egadi Islands (241 B.C.)
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Montefortino helmets quickly became the dominant form of head gear throughout Europe and the Mediterranean once introduced by the Celts. During the First Punic War, it was the helmet in use by much of the Roman forces, ... -
A Case Study on the Statistical Sensitivity of Conclusions in an Auditor's Going Concern Report
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-10)I have developed a case study that addresses how auditors evaluate a client’s going concern assumption. In this case scenario, the client has significant negative trends indicating doubt about its ability to continue as a ... -
A Classification System for Instruments Frequently Found in Textbooks Used in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Education
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-15)The dissertation describes the rationale and development of a classification system for instruments frequently found in textbooks used in vocational rehabilitation counseling education. Such a classification system does ... -
A Collective: Working Towards a Better Place
This body of work, A Collective: Working Towards a Better Place, is comprised of points along my timeline that embody the way I have come to connect with people face to face. I realized these connections are important for ... -
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF A POTENTIAL TAVERN SITE IN JACKSON, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)Residents of Jackson, North Carolina have found what they believe to be an 18th century tavern site. This thesis assesses this claim by comparing those artifacts to the artifacts at Wetherburn’s Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg ... -
A Comparison of Elementary Student Curriculum Satisfaction to Performance
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)Elementary students need to learn keyboarding skills in order to keep up with expectations of teachers. The purposes of this study include: to explore if there is any relationship between student satisfaction with the ... -
A COMPARISON OF NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY CULTURE WITH TENURED FACULTY CULTURE AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL AT A FOUR YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTION
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-15)Today, non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) make up the majority of those teaching in higher education. Yet, very little is known about what constitutes the culture of the group. Most research focuses on the group as outsiders, ... -
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF KEYBOARDING WITHOUT TEARS PROGRAM AND MIXED METHOD INSTRUCTION
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-27)The purpose of this study was to investigate the two-year impact of using the Keyboarding Without Tears[trademark] instruction program compared to a mixed method instruction approach on students' net typing words per minute ... -
A comparison of the university rankings and educational backgrounds for university supervisors in teacher education
(East Carolina University, 2015-04-29)As the demand for highly qualified teachers continues to increase, additional pressure is placed on teacher accountability and teacher education preparation programs to demonstrate their value and become more cost effective. ... -
A Comparison of Usual to Best Practices in Cardiac Rehabilitation Education
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-02)Cardiac medical conditions are the leading cause of death worldwide. Cardiac rehabilitation following hospitalizations for cardiac events is used as a means to improve client functional status and well-being. Knowledge of ... -
A Computational Analysis of the Hydroacylation of Aldimines in the Presence of a Wilkinson's Catalyst
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-14)A computational mechanistic study was performed to elucidate a feasible minimum energy pathway of a multistep hydroacylation reaction in which an aldimine combines with styrene in the presence of Wilkinson’s catalyst to ... -
A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS: DIVIDED LOYALTY AND MOTIVATION IN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS FROM HYDE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)The Seventeenth North Carolina State Troops, Company B (Confederate) and the First North Carolina Volunteers, Company H (Union), were raised principally in Hyde County in eastern North Carolina, but fought on opposing sides ... -
A Constraint-Based Method For Flow-Sensitive Static Type Analysis Of PHP Using The Rascal Meta-Programming Platform
(East Carolina University, 2015)PHP is a dynamically typed language, and is very popular among developers for building websites. The dynamic features of PHP allow for many kinds of type related errors to be made by developers. Since PHP does not feature ... -
A Content Analysis of Social Media Posts Related to Alcohol: 2018-2019
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)This project is an analysis of social media posts on a popular social media site, Instagram, related to alcohol from August 2018 through December 2018 and August 2019 through December 2019. Assessing the behaviors related ... -
A Delphi Discussion Regarding the Collaboration Between Therapists and Family Life Educators Regarding Online Interventions for Adolescents
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)The current study utilizes a Delphi methodology in order to examine the perceptions of therapists and family life educators regarding collaboration. The research consisted of two rounds of data gathering, with 6 participants ...