Browsing Master's Theses by Title
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A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF MICROBES IN SERPENTINITE-HOSTED SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTS
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)Over the last two decades, serpentinizing environments have been studied with regards to the biogeochemistry of these habitats, but significantly less is known about the microbiology within these environments. Serpentinization ... -
A re-examination of hydrothermal alteration and Fe-Ti oxide relationships in the Skaergaard Layered Mafic Intrusion, East Greenland
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)Fractionation between Fe isotopes in igneous systems and hydrothermally-altered rocks is small but significant, and detailed petrographic understanding of rocks is needed to discern the origin of such fractionations. One ... -
A Scalable Solution for Extreme Multi-class Product Classification: An E-commerce Case Study
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)Image classification is the main task in image processing. Although, there were a lot of advances in recent years, it is still quite a challenge. On the other hand, due to the progress in technology, e-commerce has emerged ... -
A SHIP SO THAT EVERY VISITOR MAY INHERIT THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF HISTORIC VESSELS AFLOAT
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-15)Historic vessels are preserved and displayed afloat by museums and cultural institutions throughout the world. Present efforts to maintain these vessels must account for the binary nature of the historic ship as both a ... -
A Smad3/FoxO3 Transcriptional Relationship in the Regulation of Vascular Growth
(East Carolina University, 2019-06-05)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a multi-faceted pathological condition that continually ranks as the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide. Unfortunately, despite extensive basic ... -
A Small Sentiment and Other Stories
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-06)Herein lies a collection of three short stories. They are thematically connected by an over-arching exploration of the intricacies of interpersonal relationships. The final two stories are also thematically similar in their ... -
A Sociological Analysis of the Relationship Status of Mothers Following a Nonmarital Birth
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)The purpose of this work was to understand relationship transitions that unmarried parents experience after a nonmarital birth. This thesis uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal ... -
A Solar Farm in My Backyard? Resident Perspectives of Utility-Scale Solar In Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-24)The power of the sun is recognized throughout history as one of the significant natural resources we can use here on Earth. Only recently, however, have we as humans managed to convert this resource into usable electricity. ... -
A Spatial Analysis of Bounded Cemeteries at the Town Creek Site (AD 1150-1400) in the Southern Piedmont of North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-25)Previous mortuary studies have explored the links between the presence of bounded cemeteries and the existence of corporate groups within ancient communities. This thesis examines two cemeteries at Town Creek, a Mississippian ...