Browsing Master's Theses by Title
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“DASH AT THE ENEMY!”: THE USE OF MODERN NAVAL THEORY TO EXAMINE THE BATTLEFIELD AT ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2016-01-15)Immediately following the Union victory at Roanoke Island (7-8 February 1862), Federal naval forces advanced north to the Pasquotank River and the town of Elizabeth City, North Carolina where remnants of the Confederate ... -
de Materia Medica
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)Until the development of conventional medical practices, more commonly known as Western Medicine, or Allopathy, the practice of herbalism has been used for thousands of years throughout many cultures around the world. ... -
Deadly Campaign
(East Carolina University, 2010)This is a feature length screenplay. A terrible flu like epidemic has broken out in the country. Bryan, a fresh young intern journalist, is on his first assignment with a major Washington newspaper. Bryan is teamed up ... -
Deadly Reflection
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-09)Deadly Reflection is a fictional horror novel in which a group of young adults are stalked by a mysterious and sinister entity known as the Old Man, who only appears to them in mirrors or other reflective surfaces. The ... -
The Death of Women in Wordsworth, Byron, and Poe
(East Carolina University, 2010)This thesis explores and analyzes the portrayal of women, death, and suffering through the experiences of male speakers in William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, and Edgar Allan Poe's poetry. These poets create bereaved male ... -
Debris Flow Fan Evolution, Chalk Creek Natural Debris Flow Laboratory, Colorado
(East Carolina University, 2012)Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a surveying technique used to gather dense point cloud data that can be converted to high-resolution digital elevation models (DEM). TLS techniques are employed in the current study to ... -
Decadal-scale evolution of a barrier island : Insights from storm overwash and shoreline change on Ocracoke Island, NC
(East Carolina University, 2014)Eastern North Carolina has over 300 km of barrier islands that comprise the Outer Banks and act as an important buffer from the Atlantic Ocean and boundary to the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System. These islands also draw ... -
Decadent Afterlife
(East Carolina University, 2012)"Decadent Afterlife" has been a way for me to harness and channel my personal responses to the experiences in my life and display them. This thesis can be viewed as two series of work about control, mortality, and the ... -
Defend Your Coast: Network Analysis of Crusader Fortifications and Settlements Within the Kyrenia Region of Cyprus
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is situated at the crossroads of the Near East and the Aegean Civilizations. During the Middle Ages, Cyprus experienced raids that would devastate the coastal landscape. Coastal towns and ... -
Defending the East Coast : Adapting and Converting Commercial Ships for Military Operations
(East Carolina University, 2015)The United States was not fully prepared for war in the Atlantic Ocean directly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Closely following the attack, Germany declared war on the United States and Hitler's ... -
Defining B-29 Airscapes in the Archaeological Record as a Predictive Model for Site Location
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)The Boeing B-29 Superfortress made history when it dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing an end to World War II. Based on a small island in the central Pacific Ocean, this colossal aircraft left ... -
Defining Eastern North Carolina Upriver Steamboats Through Tar River Archaeology and History
(East Carolina University, 2012)This thesis will identify the salient features of North Carolina upriver steamboats and their relationships to steamboats from a variety of regions in the United States in an effort to understand the means by which people ... -
Defining God, Love, and Grammar
(East Carolina University, 2014)Based on textual research and general discussion in academia, a field-accepted definition of grammar for the purposes of first-year writing does not yet exist. In order to provide a working definition of grammar, forty-six ... -
Defining Protein Motions the Comprise the Reaction Barrier in Human Epithelial 15-Lipoxygenase-2
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-27)Proteins are dynamic in nature, with these motions playing a role in substrate binding and product release. Protein thermal motions have emerged as participating in the bond making/breaking steps of catalysis and by extension ... -
DEFINING THE ABILITY OF SNAT NANOTHERAPEUTIC TO INHIBIT SARS-COV-2 INFECTION AND ALTER THE HOST MICRONOME TO INDUCE AN ANTIVIRAL CELLULAR ENVIRONMENT
(East Carolina University, 2023-12-07)MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are regulatory elements that canonically bind to target mRNAs, reducing translation and protein output. They are non-coding strands of RNA, roughly 18-25 nucleotides long, and are found in plants, animals, ... -
Defining the Great Lakes Passenger Freight Propeller: A Statistical, and Historical Study
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)Passenger freight propellers were integral to the Great Lakes economy for nearly 100 years. A unique vessel type created for a unique need, shipbuilders combined different new technologies to create faster, more efficient, ... -
Defining the role of acyl-CoA synthetase 6 on α-synucleinopathy
(East Carolina University, 2022-07-19)Background: Neurodegenerative diseases known as [alpha]-synucleinopathies, most notably dementias and Parkinson's Disease (PD), are characterized by neuronal aggregation and accumulation of [alpha]-synuclein ([alpha]-syn) ... -
Defining the role of acyl-CoA synthetase 6 on α-synucleinopathy
(East Carolina University, 2022-07-19)Background: Neurodegenerative diseases known as α-synucleinopathies, most notably dementias and Parkinson’s Disease (PD), are characterized by neuronal aggregation and accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) in a manner that ...