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Superhero Influences: Connotations and Cultural Codes in Comic Book Culture
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
This thesis examines the role and representation of the superhero in establishing socio-political ideology through connotations and cultural codes. Beginning with an analysis of some of the earliest images of Superman and ...
“IMAGINARY LINES”: CROSSING BORDERS IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S ALMANAC OF THE DEAD AND GARDENS IN THE DUNES
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Applying Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands Theory to Leslie Marmon Silko's novels Almanac of the Dead and Gardens in the Dunes shows how Silko's inclusion of borders and border crossings in her writing highlights the history ...
The Effects of Injury on the Neuromotor Control of the Shoulder
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Abstract: The shoulder is one of the most mobile and unstable joints in the body. When the function of the shoulder muscles is altered, and it is without the appropriate neuromotor control, the shoulder can become ...
PULSED PREDATION DETERMINES FRESHWATER POND COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Historically, community ecologists have assumed constant consumer pressure when modeling predator-prey interactions, however, we know that interactions in most natural systems are dynamic. Inconstant predation may account ...
Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling of Pulmonary Artery Blood Flow in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
If unaddressed, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) can result in impaired renal function, development of cardiovascular diseases, and death. Although effective, dialysis conducted via arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) has been ...
Thermodynamic and Structural Characterization of Cd(II) binding to human cardiac troponin C: Using Mutants and Truncated Constructs to Elucidate Cd(II) binding sites
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Many biological processes rely on the presence of essential metals; therefore, maintaining the concentration of metals is paramount to homeostasis. Cadmium, Cd(II), is a toxic heavy metal that can disturb this delicate ...
Dietary patterns and stable isotope ecology of sympatric Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) and ring-tailed (Lemur catta) inhabiting the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Primatologists have long been captivated by the study of the inter-relationships between nonhuman primate (NHP) biology, behavior, and ecology. To understand these interplays, primatologists have developed a broad toolkit ...
STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF CHILDHOOD DIET AT 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D. PETRA, JORDAN
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Investigations of diet and disease of the population of the Nabataean capital city Petra have found that the adult residents suffered little from chronic infections or malnutrition and had a diet consisting primarily of ...
Implementation of Cross-Curricular Instruction: An Evaluation of Julia Marshall’s Five Strategies of Integration Used by Contemporary Artists
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
In the contemporary education climate, art is viewed as extra-curricular, and art teachers are urged to incorporate core academic subjects into their curriculum. In many cases this integration comes with the sacrifice of ...
A PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF MEASURES 0-51 OF PITHOPRAKTA BY IANNIS XENAKIS
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
This Master's Thesis in Music Composition comes in two parts. The first part is a thesis discussing the analysis of Iannis Xenakis's Pithoprakta. The thesis includes three chapters. The first chapter provides background ...