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Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Cornel West, Barack Obama: Giving Voice and Purpose to African American Subalterns
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Cornel West, and Barack Obama are influential figures who advocate for drastic changes, especially for repressed and oppressed African Americans. The texts selected all respective ... -
Relationship Equity: A Component of Stress and Its' Connection to Marital Outcomes among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)This mixed method study seeks to explore the stressful relationships of biological parents of children who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The potential causality of parental stress is explored ... -
Parenting a Companion Animal as a Precursor to Parenting a Human Child
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Participants were ten emerging adult (18-29), heterosexual couples who have had a companion animal for at least six months and have no human children. The present study evaluated parenting responsibilities associated with ... -
WORK-LIFE BALANCE: A STUDY OF PERSONALITY FACTORS AS A PREDICTOR OF WORK-LIFE BOUNDARY PERMEABILITY AND USE OF ENTERPRISE SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality, work-home boundary permeability, and the percentage of electronic life intrusions answered (ELT Percent). Results indicated that openness ... -
Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven: Cultural Marginalization in Appalachia
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Using Everett Verner (E.V.) Stonequist's sociological constructs of marginalization and marginal personalities, this study focuses on the extent of marginalization as depicted in Appalachian novelist Denise Giardina's ... -
The relationship between transformational leadership and psychological capital in university staff managers
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)The topic of leadership has received much scholarly attention, as researchers have investigated the contribution of different leadership styles to various elements of organizations. Transformational leadership, which is ... -
Who Are You? An Archaeological Examination of the Human Remains Associated with Vasa
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)When the Swedish warship Vasa sank in 1628, approximately 30 lives were lost. The ship was raised and fully excavated in the 1950s and 1960s, and through the course of the excavation, over 1,500 human bones were recorded ... -
A Case Study of Six Montefortino Helmets from the Battle of the Egadi Islands (241 B.C.)
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Montefortino helmets quickly became the dominant form of head gear throughout Europe and the Mediterranean once introduced by the Celts. During the First Punic War, it was the helmet in use by much of the Roman forces, ... -
Guitar and Bass Players' Perceptions about Health and Well-Being
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Guitarists and bass guitarists represent a large portion of the musician population yet little has been studied regarding guitarists' perceptions of health and well-being. Studies that have been conducted on guitar and ... -
The Effect of Emotional Labor on Burnout: The Moderating Role of Psychological Capital
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)In the current study we sought to examine the relationships among emotional labor, psychological capital (PsyCap), and burnout. Given that a fairly large percentage of the United States labor force is employed in jobs ... -
The Five-Factor Model of Personality and its Relation to Physical Activity Type
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Previous research has linked components of the Five-Factor model of personality to physical health and well-being. The strength of these relationships with specific exercise behaviors is, however, not yet known, which may ... -
Workplace violence: A comprehensive look at OSHA recordkeeping
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Workplace violence is a major issue in many occupations. Acts of workplace violence can cost companies millions of dollars. Using a workplace violence prevention programs to control workplace violence, could be vital in ... -
Large-scale genome modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana using TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Due to the world becoming over populated, it is becoming increasingly difficult to supply food for everyone. The only believed solution to this issue is to find ways to make plants more productive so that less land will ... -
Cultural Mansters
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)This document is written in support of the thesis exhibition, Cultural Mansters, which represents and supports the idea of using satire and non-threatening imagery as tools to create a discourse on sociopolitical topics. ... -
Fragile: Handle with Care
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Memory has always been dearly held in my family, and easily lost. I watched as my loved ones surrounded themselves with objects that acted as physical anchors to the full lives they had lived, the places they had been, and ... -
A STUDY ON THE MUSIC EDUCATOR’S VIEW OF MENTORSHIP IN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)The purpose of this study was to investigate the overall perception of the mentorship-training program in the state of North Carolina through the music educator lens. Four main questions guided this study: (1) What are the ... -
HOLOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SUNDA SHELF, OFF NORTHEASTERN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)In order to understand Holocene paleoenvironmental evolution of the western Sunda Shelf (southern South China Sea), two gravity cores TER15-GC10A and TER15-GC9A were collected (2015) 33 and 37 km offshore of Kuala Terengganu ... -
Characterizing Interactions of Thioflavin-T with Native Proteins Especially Bovine Serum Albumin
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Thioflavin T is a fluorescent probe used to monitor formation of cross [beta]-sheet rich amyloid fibrils. Involvement of the amyloid fibrils is implicated in more than 50 human diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's ... -
Towards Big Data Infrastructure for Historic Handwritten Document Transcription
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Historical archival documents are vast and contain many thousands of pages of unstructured data, often not easily searchable. The current state of the art is searchable meta-tags of documents which help a reader to land ... -
Jose Arturo Castellanos: An Unlikely Hero of the Second World War from El Salvador
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-04)The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on a Holocaust rescue effort untaken by Jose Castellanos and George Mandel. Mandel has been the subject of several publications while Castellanos' role has largely been ignored. ...