Browsing Master's Theses by Issue Date
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Dismantling the Center from the Margins : Patriarchy and Transnational Literature by Women
(East Carolina University, 2011)This thesis explores the idea that transnational women writers are liminal figures: marginal as women, marginal as writers, and marginal as transnational personae "betwixt and between" nations. Authorial liminality provides ... -
Word Magic : Defining Harry Potter's World in New Terms
(East Carolina University, 2011)Since 1997, Harry Potter has captivated wizards and Muggles alike. A large part of the series' appeal is Rowling's language and ability to create a world that completely immerses readers into the depths of their imagination ... -
Secreted Behind Closed Doors : Rethinking Cather's Adultery Theme and "Unfurnished" Style in My Mortal Enemy
(East Carolina University, 2011)In recent years, My Mortal Enemy (1926) has been virtually ignored in Cather scholarship. I place the novel in its literary and critical context by building on information from the critical reception and recent scholarship ... -
NMR Studies into the Potential Interactions of Fullerene C[subscript]60, with Tetraphenylporphyrin, H[subscript]2[TPP] and Some of its Derivatives
(East Carolina University, 2011)The curved [pi] surface of fullerene, C[subscript]60, shows a tendency to interact with other molecules, making it an interesting target for building supramolecular arrays. The interaction can be relative strong and may ... -
Design and Quantitation of Membrane Binding Lipid Anchors : Exploring Prion-Prion Interactions on Membrane Surfaces
(East Carolina University, 2011)The prion protein (PrP) is an endogenous, metal binding protein present in the neuronal cells of the central nervous system. Prion is associated with a class of neurodegenerative diseases known as transmissible spongiform ... -
Waging War Across the Ocean
(East Carolina University, 2011)The Barbary Wars, fought against Tripoli from 1801-05 and Algiers in 1815, were among the first overseas operations for the young United States Navy. Historians have explored the combat that took place and chronicled the ... -
American Lightships, 1820-1983 : History, Construction, and Archaeology within the Maritime Cultural Landscape
(East Carolina University, 2011)In 1820, the United States Government began funding construction and conversion of watercraft for use as lightships. Floating beacons utilized to mark dangerous shoals, reefs, and shifting channels in inland as well as ... -
Heritage at Risk? : An Assessment of Environmental Factors in Archaeological Site Damage in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)This thesis is a multi-disciplinary geological and maritime archaeological study. This study's purpose is to create exploratory models that utilize analyses of geophysical factors within and around northeastern North ... -
With All Deliberate Speed : The Pearsall Plan and School Desegregation in North Carolina, 1954-1966.
(East Carolina University, 2011)The decision of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. the Board of Education legally ended the operation of segregated schools in the South. In North Carolina, a series of legal challenges began under the Pupil ... -
Implementation of a System for Monitoring Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Exploring Correlation Between OEE and Process Capability
(East Carolina University, 2011)An effective process equipment monitoring tool widely accepted in manufacturing units today is overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). OEE began its debut as a pillar of the total productive maintenance (TPM) system, where ... -
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 ... -
Baby Monitor
(East Carolina University, 2011)Baby Monitor consists of twelve essays and nine journal entries about my new experience of motherhood and the first year and half of my first child, Benjamin's life. The essays and journal entries range from a mother's ... -
FLOATING FORTRESS, FLOATING CITY, FLOATING MONUMENT: A COMPARITIVE [sic] STUDY OF THREE AMERICAN WARSHIP MUSEUMS
(East Carolina University, 2011)This thesis presents three warship museums within the United States as case studies to examine the needs and practices of a unique subset of museum organizations. A museum warship is simultaneously an exhibit, artifact, ... -
Beyond Just Hours Worked : Further Validation of the Workaholism Analysis Questionnaire
(East Carolina University, 2011)The purpose of this study was to validate a new measure of workaholism, the Workaholism Analysis Questionnaire (WAQ), which was developed to address the methodological flaws of existing measures. The WAQ is a unidimensional ... -
Effects of a Computer Assisted Intervention in Second Graders with Attention and Literacy Problems
(East Carolina University, 2011)Previous research has linked inattention with reading problems. Moreover, children with combined reading and attention problems have significantly worse later academic outcomes. Few studies have focused on the effectiveness ... -
Locus of Rater-Ratee Race Effects as Influenced by Rating Source
(East Carolina University, 2011)This study examines the impact of both rater and ratee race on job performance ratings. Traditionally, the true nature of race-based distortions to performance ratings is difficult to ascertain due to a lack of true score ... -
Stop the hovering : The helicopter mentor, a new view on the dysfunctional mentor
(East Carolina University, 2011)The concept of a helicopter mentor was introduced in the current study. A scale was developed to measure helicopter mentoring. To provide validity evidence for the helicopter mentoring measure, assessments of typical ... -
A Meta-Analysis of Workaholism
(East Carolina University, 2011)This meta-analysis examines the relationship between workaholism and numerous work behaviors and outcomes in an attempt to derive a consensus regarding the current state of our understanding of this construct and clarify ... -
The Influence of Gender Identity and Sex on Perceptions of Relational Stalking
(East Carolina University, 2011)The purpose of this study was to examine how participant and target gender identity may alter perceptions of relational stalking. Gender roles and schemas may help to shape perceptions of stalking and thus change how ... -
University Students' Perceptions of Stalking : A Mock Law Enforcement Study
(East Carolina University, 2011)This study examined how students from a large southeastern university in the U.S. (N = 177) placed in the position of a law enforcement officer judged hypothetical stalking scenarios. Utilizing a 2 x 2 independent groups ...