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Mindfulness and Mentoring : Focusing Attention for Effective and Satisfying Mentoring Relationships
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The purpose of the current study was to determine if mindfulness predicted successful mentoring relationships. More specifically, this study examined whether trait mindfulness predicted effective mentoring, satisfying ...
The Effect of Drawing to Enhance Word Retrieval in Individuals with Chronic Severe Aphasia
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The purpose of the current study was to examine if individuals with severe chronic aphasia could increase their ability to retrieve object names by implementing the compensatory strategy of drawing. This unique treatment ...
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 ...
The United States and Pakistan During Crisis : From the Russian Intervention in Afghanistan to 9/11
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the major influences on the Pakistan-United States relationship in an effort to identify patterns that could help future policymakers. Throughout the relationship, various levels ...
Personality Correlates of Compliance with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Treatment of Sleep Apnea
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Unlike many chronic illnesses with less than optimal treatment efficacy, the treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), is extremely efficacious. However, treatment compliance ...
Effectiveness of a Computer Literacy Intervention for Young Children with Attention and Reading Problems
(East Carolina University, 2010)
An adverse relationship between inattention and literacy has been documented in the research literature. This relationship appears to be pervasive and detrimental, leading many inattentive children to fall significantly ...
Ionian Revolt, Reconsidered
(East Carolina University, 2010)
In the scope of historical events recorded by Herodotus, no event has been more pivotal in capturing the relationship between the mainland and Ionian Greeks and their enemy, and at times supporter, Persian Empire than the ...
At the Crossroads : Maritime Systems in Transition and the Elizabeth City Ships' Graveyard, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The Elizabeth City Ships' Graveyard in the Pasquotank River represents the largest assemblage of deliberately discarded watercraft found in North Carolina to date. Applying Annales School principles to the abandonment ...
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 ...