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Accident at Compound 19: Unraveling a Cold War Medical Mystery
(2020-01-27)
In April 1979, an anthrax outbreak in the Soviet city of Sverdlovsk claimed at least 68 lives. After news of the incident spread, the US government argued that it was the result of an accident at a biological warfare ...
Benchmarking Library Creative Spaces for Research Support and Faculty/Librarian Partnerships
(2020-06-01)
During the course of this research, the author attempted to locate institutions and background information about spaces that would be similar in scope to a digital scholarship lab (or scholar’s lab) being proposed in a ...
FLOATING AIR BASES AND FLYING BOATS: AN HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE TWO SEADROMES ESTABLISHED AT SAIPAN
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
The use of seaplanes and seaplane bases in a military capacity numerically peaked during the Second World War in the Pacific Theater where they were ideally suited for that arena of vast ocean dotted with specks of land. ...
QUEERING WITCHES: A QUEER FEMINIST EXPLORATION OF WITCHES IN MEDIA
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
This thesis is an exploration of witches, as depicted in entertainment media. "Queering Witches: A Queer Feminist Exploration of Witches in Media" analyzes the way history has contributed to the reinforcement of stereotypes ...
THE PATTERNING OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN US CITIES AND COUNTIES
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
Sexual violence against women is a global public health concern; yet determining its patterning is still largely understudied. Previous research has been useful in identifying key contributors of sexual violence, including ...
Doing the Work: Crafting and Implementing Liaison Competencies
(2020-06-02)
Recently at Joyner Library, the main library for West Campus at East Carolina University, three Heads of Service completed a project to revise the library’s liaison competencies. The Head of Collection Development, the ...
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OXYTOCIN, RISK-TAKING, AND CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
Maltreatment in childhood can lead to a vast number of negative outcomes for survivors. Some of these negative outcomes include engagement in risky and impulsive behaviors that can lead to imprisonment, health problems, ...
WORKAHOLISM AND WELL-BEING: PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AS A POTENTIAL MODERATOR
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
In the present study, we examined the relationships between workaholism, psychological capital (PsyCap), and components of well-being (i.e., physical health, mental health, and work stress). Workaholism is conceptualized ...
RURALITY
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
Rurality is a collection of short fiction that seeks to explore the unique lives of characters in rural areas. The stories display the ways in which characters engage moral codes and challenges, while remaining in pursuit ...
WHICH NIGHT TO REMEMBER? WHY SOME MARITIME DISASTERS LIVE LONGER IN PUBLIC MEMORY THAN OTHERS
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
This thesis compares twelve maritime disasters from the twentieth century in order to determine why some are kept longer in public memory than others and why some are largely forgotten. No apparent correlation was found ...