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Equity and Advanced Placement: Examining a School-Based Initiative to Remove Enrollment Barriers for African American Stuents
(East Carolina University, 2022-08-18)ABSTRACT Nydra Sade’ Jones. EQUITY AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT: EXAMINING A SCHOOL-BASED INITIATIVE TO REMOVE ENROLLMENT BARRIERS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS (Under the direction of Dr. Marjorie Ringler). Department of ... -
EQUITY WARRIORS: BUILDING PRINCIPAL CAPACITY TO ENACT CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-21)The purpose of this participatory action research (PAR) study was to examine the extent to which elementary school leaders enacted culturally responsive school leadership (CRSL) practices with the ultimate goal of serving ... -
An Ergonomic Evaluation of a Front Support Chair for Forward Leaning Seated Tasks
(East Carolina University, 2014)The prevalence of low back pain in industry has contributed to employee days away from work and therefore decreased production. Low back pain is even more pervasive in industries where the work requires the employee to ... -
Escapist ideations
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-22)Escapist Ideations is a series of intaglio etchings exploring personal anxieties around global and systemic crises. Visualized as a series of escapist fantasies, each print represents a theme which is explored using ... -
ESPACIO SANO: HOW SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATIONAL LEADERS CULTIVATE CARING AND SHARING
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-04)Healthy equitable schools need healthy social justice leaders. The study is the story of how we innovated structures and pedagogies to better support educational leaders who actively work for equity, excellence, and social ... -
Establishing a Proper Balance: A Study of How the Relationship of Church and State Evolved in the Hands of the Constantine, Clovis and Charlemagne.
(East Carolina University, 2024-01-04)This thesis will evaluate how the relationship between the Church and State was established in Western Society. I will look at three foundational civil leaders in the first millennia of this process: Emperor Constantine, ... -
Establishing a Standard for Peri-operative ICD Education : A Demonstration Project
(East Carolina University, 2012)Introduction: An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) administers a shock to terminate potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. The device saves lives, but presents psychological challenges for patients. ... -
ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING CORE INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORKS IN THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH-GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSROOM
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)This study presents a problem of practice in the format of a small-scale proof of concept. The topic is focused on a comprehensive process to improve the implementation of K-5 literacy instruction within a rural district ... -
ESTABLISHING LINKAGE BETWEEN GINS COMPLEX SUB-UNIT Sld5 AND CHECKPOINT PROTEIN Chk2 (loki) USING DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AS MODEL ORGANISM
(East Carolina University, 2012)Eukaryotic DNA replication is controlled by a number of proteins that ensures the process takes place accurately. GINS, a hetero-tetrameric protein complex is known to be essential for the initiation and progression of ... -
Establishing Validity for Measures of Executive Functioning and Behavior in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
(East Carolina University, 2013)This study examined the criterion validity of the Behavior Rating Inventory for Executive Functioning (BRIEF; Gioia, Isquith, Guy, & Kenworthy, 2000) and the Behavior Assessment System for Children, 2nd Edition (BASC-2; ... -
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX AS A CENTRAL REGULATOR OF MITOCHONDRIAL REDOX WITHIN SKELETAL MUSCLE
(East Carolina University, 2013)Once regarded as "byproducts" of aerobic metabolism, the production of superoxide/H₂O₂ is now understood to be a highly specialized and extensively regulated process responsible for exerting control over a vast number of ... -
ESTIMATING EFFORT FOR LOW-CODE APPLICATIONS
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)Two issues continually plaguing the software industry are software size calculation and project effort estimation. Incorrect estimates may lead to inappropriate allocation of resources (people), shortage of time, insufficient ... -
ESTIMATION OF THE PROBABILITY A BROWNIAN BRIDGE CROSSES A CONCAVE BOUNDARY
(East Carolina University, 2010)This thesis studies a new method to estimate the probability that a Brownian bridge crosses a concave boundary. We show that a Brownian bridge crosses a concave boundary if and only if its least concave majorant crosses ... -
Estuarine Shoreline Mapping using Object-based Ensemble Analysis, Aerial Imagery, and LiDAR: A Case Study in the Neuse River Estuary, NC
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-27)Estuarine shorelines are highly dynamic due to their unique geological history, wave and weather conditions, and human modifications to the shoreline. These interactions are heightened as sea level rise intensifies and ...