Browsing Master's Theses by Title
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March of the "Corps Editorial" : The Development of Journalism in North Carolina, 1796-1860
(East Carolina University, 2013)North Carolina print culture enjoyed significant and steady expansion after the appointment of James Davis as state printer in 1749. Though often marginalized in a national context, North Carolina's newspapers developed ... -
MARITAL NAME CHANGE : A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WOMEN CHOOSE A TRADITIONAL NAMING PRACTICE
(East Carolina University, 2011)This thesis investigates reasons for the traditional practice of marital name changing among women. Research shows that the majority of American women will follow a traditional naming practice upon marriage which is ... -
Markov Chains, Random Walks, and Card Shuffling
(East Carolina University, 2016)A common question in the study of random processes pertains to card shuffling. Whether or not a deck of cards is random can have huge implications on any game being played with those particular cards. This thesis explores ... -
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 ... -
Maternal Attitudes and Behaviors and Weight Concerns of Gymnasts
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-18)Weight concerns are highly prevalent for adolescent female aesthetic sport athletes, particularly gymnasts, and these concerns can have detrimental effects on overall health and well-being. Though the cause of these weight ... -
Maternal Experience of Family-Centered Care and Parenting Their Child with Down syndrome and Congenital Heart Defect
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)Approximately half of children with Down syndrome are born with a congenital heart defect (CHD). There is limited empirical research exploring parental perspective or experience of children with both Down syndrome and CHD ... -
Maternal input of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) : Determining a mother's life history from its progeny in coastal North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2014)Otolith studies have become more prevalent in recent years as use has expanded from ageing to examination of migration patterns and fidelity to natal habitats, and more recently examining otoliths for possible maternal ... -
Maternal Perceptions About Parenting a Child Affected by Catastrophic Epilepsy : A Phenomenological Study
(East Carolina University, 2012)This qualitative study explored the maternal perceptions of life with a child affected by catastrophic epilepsy, which is a severe form of childhood epilepsy that includes difficult-to- control seizure activity, intellectual ... -
Maternal Perceptions of Father Involvement, Co-parent Relationship Quality, Maternal Anxiety and Stress
(East Carolina University, 2018-08-30)Using a sample of 58 expecting mothers and 75 mothers this study examined maternal perceptions of father involvement and the association between perceived paternal involvement during pregnancy and the quality of the co-parent ... -
Maternal Resilience: Assets and Resources Utilized When Parenting Adolescents with Congenital Heart Defects
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-01)Mothers of adolescents with congenital heart defects (CHD), or those acquired during childhood, face unique parenting stressors. Using resiliency theory and family systems theory as theoretical frameworks, the current study ... -
Mathematical Analysis of Tsunami and Rogue Waves
(East Carolina University, 2012)In this thesis both forced and non-linear wave equations will be studied. Actual data from tsunami and rogue waves will be used and a signal analysis will be performed using wavelets. Main results show that a different ... -
Mathematical Aspects of Image Processing
(East Carolina University, 2014)In this thesis, image processing is explored from a mathematical point of view. After defining a digitized image, techniques for adjusting resolution are discussed. Image transformations defined on a neighborhood centered ...