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Queering the Writing Center: Shame, Attraction, and Gay Male Identity
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)In this thesis, the author presents analysis of interviews with 7 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) writing center consultants presented through the analytical frameworks of queer and affect theory. ... -
QUEERING WITCHES: A QUEER FEMINIST EXPLORATION OF WITCHES IN MEDIA
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)This thesis is an exploration of witches, as depicted in entertainment media. "Queering Witches: A Queer Feminist Exploration of Witches in Media" analyzes the way history has contributed to the reinforcement of stereotypes ... -
Questioning "Questioning" as a Sexual Identity and Label : An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2014)Sexual or gender minorities often experience poorer health and mental outcomes than their heterosexually-identified or cisgender peers. Among those often included as sexual or gender minorities are those who identify as ... -
Quietus
(East Carolina University, 2015)Quietus is a collection of three short stories dealing with themes of corruption, death, and loss. There are elements of psychological horror at play with the occasional emergence of humor, whether it is lighthearted or ... -
Quinone Formation via Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Oxidations of 2-Alkyl-1,4-dialkoxybenzenes
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)Quinones are cyclohexadiendiones that have a variety of uses ranging from medical applications to synthetic building blocks. Medicinal applications stem from the potent biological activity (e.g. antitumor and antibiotic) ... -
RACIAL MINORITY LEARNERS: AN EXPLORATION OF PERCEPTIONS AMONG EDUCATORS OF COLOR
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-22)Traditionally exclusive to dominant groups (whites/Caucasians), higher education institutions continue to inequitably serve people of color. Therefore, these institutions do not always allow opportunities for racial minority ... -
RADIOSENSITIZATION OF PROSTATE CARCINOMA CELLS BY PEGYLATED METALLIC NANOPARTICLES TO PROTON IRRADIATION
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-01)One of the main goals of cancer radiation therapy is to reduce the dose to healthy tissues while maximizing the dose to malignant tissue. A special class of materials known as "radiosensitizers" has emerged that can help ... -
Random Walks on Finite Fields and Heisenberg Groups
(East Carolina University, 2011)Let H be a finite group and [mu] a probability measure on H. This data determines an invariant random walk on H beginning from the identity element. The probability distribution for the state of the random walk after n ... -
"RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER" BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE : A VISUAL INTERPRETATION
(East Carolina University, 2010)This document is in support of my thesis work, a series of illustrative images. By allowing readers a closer look into my creative as well as technical processes, I hope to provide a guide to my visual artwork. I will ... -
A Rationale for the African American Man's Destruction in Alice Walker's Third Life of Grange Copeland and The Color Purple and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
(East Carolina University, 2012)The African American man is destroyed physically or psychologically in many literary works because he is disliked and/or because of choices he makes. What is intriguing is that African American women writers Zora Neale ... -
RDX and miRNA Expression: Zhang and Pan Respond
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RDX Induces Aberrant Expression of MicroRNAs in Mouse Brain and Liver
(East Carolina University, 2009-02)Background: Although microRNAs (miRNAs) have been found to play an important role in many biological and metabolic processes, their functions in animal response to environmental toxicant exposure are largely unknown. ... -
Reactions to a Sexual Assault Disclosure: Evaluation of an Alternative Scoring Method for the Social Reactions Questionnaire
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)Survivors of sexual assault receive a wide range of social reactions when they disclose their sexual assault experience to informal support sources (e.g. family and friends). The way in which the survivors perceive these ... -
Reading the Writing of the Wall: The Israeli Security Fence/Palestinian Apartheid Wall as Semiotic Text
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-04)Using theoretical perspectives drawn from critical discourse analysis (CDA) and visual rhetoric, this study examines how the symbolic meaning of two structures, Bethlehem Checkpoint 300 and the Israeli Anti-Terrorism ... -
REAL PEOPLE WITH HOLLYWOOD STORIES : A COLLECTION OF CREATIVE NONFICTION
(East Carolina University, 2012)"Real People With Hollywood Stories" is a collection of creative journalism stories I've written to fulfill the requirements of the M.A. in English with a concentration in creative nonfiction. These are stories I discovered ...