Browsing Master's Theses by Title
Now showing items 1647-1666 of 1976
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TEACHER MINDSET AND ACCEPTABILITY OF CLASSROOM INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH ADHD
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most studied disabilities that impacts school age children. There is significant research that supports what school-based interventions work for students with ... -
Teachers Use Of Own Languages (TUOOLS) : Exploring the Use of African American Rhetorical Strategies in the Composition Classroom
(East Carolina University, 2014)This thesis explores how different African American Rhetorical Strategies are used by African American teachers in a first year college composition classroom. This thesis shows how these different strategies present in ... -
Technical Considerations and Cultural Context: Archaeological Management of Prehistoric and Historic Wooden Canoes
(East Carolina University, 2018-03-29)Cultural resource managers often encounter historic and prehistoric wooden canoes during their field investigations or inventory processes. There is considerable variation in methods used by state entities and research ... -
TECHNOLOGY AND EMPIRE: Comparing Dutch and British Maritime Technologies During the Napoleonic Era (1792–1815)
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-10)The two ships, Bato (1806) and Brunswick (1805) wrecked in Simons Bay, South Africa, provide an opportunity to compare British and Dutch maritime technologies during the Napoleonic Era (1792–1815). The former was a Dutch ... -
TELL ME MORE: PARENT-CHILD SEXUAL TALK AND YOUNG ADULT SEXUAL COMMUNICATION SATISFACTION WITH ROMANTIC PARTNERS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Young adults (18-30) tend to show insufficient levels of communication about sex with their romantic partners, despite the many benefits of sexual communication to relationships for this age group. Often, learned sexual ... -
TEMPERATURE, RESOURCE INPUT, AND STANDING GENETIC VARIATION AFFECT PREDATOR RESPONSES OF PHYSA ACUTA
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)In urban areas, features such as high percentages of impervious ground cover, patchiness, and storm water runoff can lead to increases in temperature and external nutrient input into aquatic systems. Such factors can lead ... -
Temporal stability of the electronic version of the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test third edition (MVPT-3)
(East Carolina University, 2014)In today's technology based society, children are learning information from digital devices and are currently being tested by paper assessments. New electronic assessments have been created to try to compensate for this ... -
Testing a Model of the Development of PTSD Following Childbirth Resulting in Admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can include symptoms of anxiety, mood disturbance, and behavioral difficulties following exposure to a traumatic stressor such as childbirth (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). ... -
TEXT EXTRACTION FROM IMAGES USING NEURAL NETWORKS
(East Carolina University, 2019-09-16)Most western languages have witnessed the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in one other form. Primary fact for this achievement is due to the efforts of several researchers contributing to the field of computational ... -
Text Setting and Harmony in Schumann's Myrthen Op. 25: Pedagogical Applications in the Theory Curriculum
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)The vocal song cycles of Robert Schumann demonstrate the relationship between text and harmony in the compositional process. Schumann's passion for literature greatly influenced his works. The harmonic texture functions ... -
TEXTILE ARTS AS A COPING MECHANISM FOR AN ADOLESCENT WHO HAS EXPERIENCED LIFE STRESSORS
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-06)The current case study explores how textile arts can be used as a coping mechanism for an adolescent who has experienced life stressors, including a chronic illness and repeated hospitalizations. The adolescent participant ... -
A Textual Edition of Donne's "The Cross" and the Implications of Establishing a Copy-text
(East Carolina University, 2015)This thesis provides a copy-text for John Donne's poem "The Cross" based on all extant manuscript evidence. The first section is an introduction to the entire project. The second section of the thesis presents the rationale ... -
TGF-β Signaling, Via Smad3, Mediates Notch Pathway-Induced Stemness and Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Colon Cancer Cells
(East Carolina University, 2017-08-21)Late stage colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a challenging disease to treat due to several factors including stemness and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). Dysfunctional signaling pathways in CRC contribute to these ... -
The 'Loose Dreadnoughts': South America's Struggle for Naval Preeminence
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)Near the beginning of the twentieth century, the three prevailing powers in South America--Argentina, Brazil, and Chile--engaged in a naval arms race centered around the revolutionary "dreadnought" warship type, which were ... -
THE ANTAGONISTIC AND MUTUALISTIC PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS OF PITCHER’S THISTLE (CIRSIUM PITCHERI [TORR. EX EAT.] TORR. & A. GRAY, ASTERACEAE), A FEDERALLY THREATENED GREAT LAKES DUNE AND COBBLE SHORE ENDEMIC PLANT
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)Biological control is one of the tools used for integrated pest management of invasive plant species but it is not without risks to native plants. I researched the non-target impacts of the biological control agent, the ... -
The Art of Provisionalism
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)Art is in itself meaningless; the significant thing to consider is the social formation and how it is reproduced. If an artwork is assigned a value, it is due to the iterative ability of the subjects involved. The most ... -
The Assessment of Muscle Oxygen Saturation in Students During Maximal VO2 Exercise and High Intensity Intervals
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)The advancement of human performance benefits from state-of-the-art technology to improve the ability to monitor and evaluate physiological adaptations in athletes. Previously validated as a reliable tool for measuring ... -
The Bay Of Storms And Tavern Of The Seas : Risk In The Maritime Cultural Landscape Of The Harbor At Cape Town, South Africa
(East Carolina University, 2015)South Africa's connection with the sea is most prevalent in its founding harbor at Cape Town. Until the opening of the Suez Canal, the passage around the Cape of Good Hope via Table Bay represented the most important oceanic ... -
The Boer War and the British Press
(East Carolina University, 2020-11-18)This thesis analyses the connection between political affiliation, regional identities and coverage of the Boer War in British newspapers. The notion that a 'jingoist' popular culture made dissent impossible is challenged ... -
"The Bower Yet Remains": Historical and Archaeological Technomic Analysis of Anchor Design Trends in The Long Nineteenth Century
(East Carolina University, 2017-09-22)In the course of undertaking maritime archaeological research, archaeologists often find that anchors are without context or provenance and that the only potential identifying features lie in an anchor's design. This study ...