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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 ...
Scars
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)
The play Scars by Steven J. Brown tells the story of a successful businessman, Charles Gordon. Charles is living the American dream in the Big City of New York. His life comes crashing down on him when discovery of his ...
Infertility and Identity: Exploring the Experiences of Emerging Adult Cancer Survivors
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
Issues surrounding survivorship continue to grow in importance as medical advances are enabling more children with cancer to live into adulthood. Infertility is one particularly devastating late effect that impacts the ...
FIGHTING AS THE FIRST: A CASE STUDY IN UNDERSTANDING THE STRUGGLES OF FIRST-GENERATION UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)
The purpose of this work was to understand the struggles that first-generation college students experience during their first year in a college/university setting. For the purposes of this study, I defined "first-generation ...
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 ...
Metamorphosis in Red
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)
Folk and fairy tales have been told for centuries and they remain a mainstay in children's literature. When they were first written down, the tales included startling episodes of mistreatment of women, including sexual ...
Healthy Aging Effects on Semantic Processing of Faces and Objects
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) remain significant health and economic burdens, affecting millions worldwide. Creating affordable and accurate early diagnostic ...
Of Blood, Salt, and Oil: An Archaeological, Geographical, and Historical Study of North Carolina's Dolphin Fishery
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-29)
The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of North Carolina's historic dolphin fishery at Hatteras and how it changed over time. Little research has been conducted to date and only echoes of the dolphin fishery's ...
SITE FORMATION AND CORROSION PROCESSES: A Comparative Analysis of Condor and Stormy Petrel Wreck Sites
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-17)
Submerged cultural resources abound in North Carolina waters, and two Civil War blockade runners built, launched, and sunk within months of each other provide an opportunity to review site formation processes through a ...
STORMWATER CONTROL MEASURES TO REDUCE URBAN STORMWATER AND NUTRIENT INPUTS TO BOATHOUSE CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2019-01-02)
Portions of the lower White Oak River and surrounding waters in Carteret County, NC are nutrient-sensitive. Over the last few decades, land surrounding Boathouse Creek, a tributary of the lower White Oak, has experienced ...