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Queering the Writing Center: Shame, Attraction, and Gay Male Identity
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)In this thesis, the author presents analysis of interviews with 7 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) writing center consultants presented through the analytical frameworks of queer and affect theory. ... -
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 ... -
Questioning "Questioning" as a Sexual Identity and Label : An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2014)Sexual or gender minorities often experience poorer health and mental outcomes than their heterosexually-identified or cisgender peers. Among those often included as sexual or gender minorities are those who identify as ... -
The Questions of High School Students with Learning Disabilities About Attending College
(East Carolina University, 2009)Students with learning disabilities currently comprise the largest number of students with disabilities in the public schools. Despite this, very few of them go on to attend a four-year postsecondary institution. Because ... -
Quietus
(East Carolina University, 2015)Quietus is a collection of three short stories dealing with themes of corruption, death, and loss. There are elements of psychological horror at play with the occasional emergence of humor, whether it is lighthearted or ... -
Quinone Formation via Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Oxidations of 2-Alkyl-1,4-dialkoxybenzenes
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)Quinones are cyclohexadiendiones that have a variety of uses ranging from medical applications to synthetic building blocks. Medicinal applications stem from the potent biological activity (e.g. antitumor and antibiotic) ... -
Racial and Religious Reconciliation: A Grounded Theory Study on African American Latter-day Saints
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)Race relations between Black and White Americans continue to be tense. For African Americans, this is rooted in mistreatment by White Americans that has led to negative health outcomes. For many African Americans, religion ... -
RACIAL CONTEXT: IMPACT ON STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF RACE, BIAS, AND TALKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT RACE
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)The present study explored the impacts of Racial Context (RC) of students from two universities in the U.S. Secondary data was used from a previous study that analyzed the impacts of an anti-bias curriculum on early childhood ... -
Racial Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness between Blacks and Whites: A Meta-Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)PURPOSE: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), all-cause mortality and CVD mortality. Some researchers have speculated that Blacks have lower levels of CRF when compared ... -
RACIAL MINORITY LEARNERS: AN EXPLORATION OF PERCEPTIONS AMONG EDUCATORS OF COLOR
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-22)Traditionally exclusive to dominant groups (whites/Caucasians), higher education institutions continue to inequitably serve people of color. Therefore, these institutions do not always allow opportunities for racial minority ... -
RADIOSENSITIZATION OF PROSTATE CARCINOMA CELLS BY PEGYLATED METALLIC NANOPARTICLES TO PROTON IRRADIATION
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-01)One of the main goals of cancer radiation therapy is to reduce the dose to healthy tissues while maximizing the dose to malignant tissue. A special class of materials known as "radiosensitizers" has emerged that can help ... -
Raising Exceptional Children: Assessment of Stress and Coping in Adoptive Parents
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)An exceptional child is defined as a child who has learning and/or behavior difficulty, physical disabilities, or sensory impairments. This mixed method study investigated levels of stress, adaptation of adoptive parents, ... -
RAISING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT USING A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS: A PROBLEM-BASED ORGANIZATIONAL STUDY
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-19)Three elementary schools were chosen for this study based on discrepancies in state summative assessment composite scores between schools in similar geographic regions and with similar rates of students receiving free or ... -
Random Walks on Finite Fields and Heisenberg Groups
(East Carolina University, 2011)Let H be a finite group and [mu] a probability measure on H. This data determines an invariant random walk on H beginning from the identity element. The probability distribution for the state of the random walk after n ... -
A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CASUAL VIDEO GAMES IN REDUCING SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY
(East Carolina University, 2011)Anxiety is a natural reaction to stress. However, when anxiety becomes excessive it can develop into a debilitating disorder. Interventions are needed to ameliorate and prevent the development of anxiety related health ... -
"RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER" BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE : A VISUAL INTERPRETATION
(East Carolina University, 2010)This document is in support of my thesis work, a series of illustrative images. By allowing readers a closer look into my creative as well as technical processes, I hope to provide a guide to my visual artwork. I will ... -
A Rationale for the African American Man's Destruction in Alice Walker's Third Life of Grange Copeland and The Color Purple and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
(East Carolina University, 2012)The African American man is destroyed physically or psychologically in many literary works because he is disliked and/or because of choices he makes. What is intriguing is that African American women writers Zora Neale ...