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The Unwelcoming Home: Telecommuting and its Influence on Workplace Incivility
(East Carolina University, 2024-01-19)With the occurrence of recent events, the workplaces of many corporations have experienced a major shift into the virtual realm. The formation of online meetings and increased email communication has created an exemplary ... -
The Value of Exposure: The Connection Between International Contact, Ethnocentrism, and Intercultural Sensitivity
(East Carolina University, 2019-08-13)As higher education continues on the path of globalization, a persistent focus is placed on creating internationally competent professionals. The most prominent method used to achieve this is through the internationalization ... -
THE VARIATION IN STRENGTH DECREMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY MUSCLE GROUPS AND BIOMECHANICAL PLASTICITY IN OLDER ADULTS
(East Carolina University, 2019-08-13)Age-associated biomechanical plasticity (BP) has been established as the distal to proximal shift of joint mechanical output in old adults while walking. The cause of BP is still unknown, but changes in muscle strength of ... -
The Virginia Holocaust Museum: A Continuation of the Americanization of the Holocaust
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-13)This thesis examines the significance and effectiveness of Holocaust memory and remembrance in the United States with a closer look at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, Virginia. It analyzes the role of the Holocaust ... -
The War For Southern Minds: The Battles For Lost Cause History Books In North Carolina Schools
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-04)The United Daughters of the Confederacy set about to enshrine the ideology of the Lost Cause in the school literature of the South. Due to political upheaval in the 1890s, the Daughters had an extraordinary foundation upon ... -
THE π-H ELIX IN FMN-DEPENDENT REDUCTASES PROMOTES OLIGOMERIC CHANGES TO COORDINATE THE MECHANISMS OF THE ALKANESULFONATE MONOOXYGENASE SYSTEMS
(East Carolina University, 2023-08-08)Bacteria two-component flavin-dependent systems are upregulated for sulfur acquisition under sulfur limiting conditions. Two-component flavin-dependent systems are comprised of a reductase (SsuE/MsuE) that catalyzes the ... -
THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AT A CHURCH-RELATED INSTITUTION
(East Carolina University, 2012)This study explores the relationship between theological discussion and organizational change within a church-related institution. The qualitative case study examines the dialogue on a campus that received a Lilly Endowment ... -
Theoretical Probe to the Mechanism of Pt-catalyzed C-H Acylation Reaction: Possible Pathways for the Key Acylation Reaction of Platinacycles
(East Carolina University, 2019-08-23)Transition metal-catalyzed C-H bond functionalization offers a variety of desirable transformations of simple hydrocarbons to more complex compounds with applications being applied in pharmaceuticals to material sciences. ... -
Theoretical studies on the Annexin A1-S100A11 Heterotetramer and Platinum-Mediated C-H Activation Pathways
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-13)Computational chemistry is a powerful tool for characterizing chemical phenomena when they are difficult to observe in laboratory settings or simply elusive. By employing the fundamental equations of nature, computational ... -
THERAPEUTIC AND TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIMICROBIAL TRICLOSAN AS A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-07)Triclosan (TCS) is a phenolic antimicrobial incorporated in personal care products and medical devices. Interest in the antiproliferative properties of TCS has recently grown owing to its antilipogenic effects. Through the ... -
The therapeutic potential of Rho GTPase intervention
(East Carolina University, 2013)Small GTPases of the Rho family are well established regulators of critical cellular functions including cytoskeletal remodeling, motility, vesicle trafficking and cell cycle control. Additionally, aberrant signaling ... -
There Has Never Been Anything Truly Wrong with You
(East Carolina University, 2011)These stories are about obsessive, lonely people. The characters might seem insane but really, they are just lonely and maybe a bit neurotic. They are introspective characters who began life as sweet children, but grew ... -
"There Never Was a Good War or a Bad Peace" : Benjamin Franklin's diplomacy and the 1783 Treaty of Paris
(East Carolina University, 2014)This thesis is an analysis of Benjamin Franklin's actions and motivations as he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris on behalf of the newly created United States. It examines three distinct phases beginning with Franklin's ... -
There’s No Place like Aztlán: The Quest for Queer Homeland through Re-visionism in Chicana Feminist Autohistorias
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)In this thesis, I explore how authors Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Helena María Viramontes, Ana Castillo, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Sandra Cisneros, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Carla Trujillo and Felicia Luna Lemus represent ... -
THERE’S TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY: EXPANDING THE NOMOLOGICAL NETWORK OF BURNOUT THROUGH THE PERSON-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)Burnout is a psychological syndrome consisting of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced personal accomplishment. It is associated with a depletion of intrinsic resources that results from prolonged exposure to ...