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Fracture: Representing Identity
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
This document provides written support for the thesis exhibition, Fracture: Representing Identity. The body of work presented in the exhibition seeks to provide more accurate images of people, counter to the limiting ...
Vestige
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
Our memories are, in essence, the summation of who we are. With age, our memory starts to slip away. The disintegrating effect of time is slowly eroding our stored experiences. This document explores the means and methods ...
PRINCIPALS USING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL FEEDBACK MODEL TO SUPPORT STUDENT PERFORMANCE
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-09)
Teachers need support from school leaders to improve instructional practices and student performance. This problem of practice study examines the role individualized feedback from principals to teachers in one-on-one ...
The Price of Bondage: Slavery, Slave Valuation, and Economics in the Albemarle
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-07)
This thesis examines the economics of antebellum slavery in the Albemarle region of North Carolina. Located in the northeastern corner of the Carolina colony, the Albemarle was a harsh location for settlement and thus, ...
Modeling and Analysis of SQL Queries in PHP Systems
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-19)
PHP is a common language used for creating dynamic websites. These websites often include the use of databases to store data, with embedded SQL queries constructed within the PHP code and executed through the use of database ...
Behavioral syndromes and their effect on dispersal in Notonecta irrorata
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-23)
Dispersal is an important life-history characteristic for many organisms, including in the genus of back-swimming insect Notonecta. The propensity to disperse is a behavior that might be affected by an individual's other ...
Indigenous Ways of Explaining Health and Illness
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-11)
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine indigenous ways of explaining health and illness from the perspectives of Mayans in one rural village in Guatemala. A bilingual research team conducted ...
Identifying Mold Heath Hazards Using Smartphone-based Microscope
(2018-03-28)
The current technological development of smartphones makes it possible to use them in identifying environmental health hazards. Based on the known information about mold types and their reproductive routines, economically ...
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AND HEALTH DISPARITIES IN LUNG CANCER
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-04)
The purpose of this study is to explore associations between disparities in the documentation of advance directives in the medical records of patients with lung cancer. Consecutive medical records of patients newly diagnosed ...
Genomic Database Conundrum: Widespread Misannotation of rRNA Sequences as Protein Sequences
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-11)
The genomics revolution introduced affordable technology capable of rapidly analyzing and comparing massive amounts of biological sequence data. Using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) program on the National ...