Arsenic contamination is a world-wide concern. In the past, soil contaminated with arsenic was removed using heavy equipment resulting in the destruction of the environment. However, in recent years a new method,...
Palabra clave:
Arsenic, Fern y Phytoremediation
Tema:
Phytoremediation, Soil remediation, Arsenic wastes, Bioremediation y Ferns -- Metabolism
Anthropogenic influences have contributed to the decline of many freshwater mussel species, with many listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Suitable water quality, proper substrate habitat, and the presence...
Palabra clave:
conservation, freshwater mussels, Lampsilis fasciola, restoration y Villosa iris
Tema:
Freshwater mussels -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River y Animal introduction -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River
The purpose of the current thesis was to conduct a feasibility study of alternate methods for creating proton range compensators. Currently, proton range compensators are made of solid materials, but an interest in creating a...
Palabra clave:
Compensator, Dosimetry, Fluid, Proton, Radiation y Therapy
Over the past two semesters I have explored the medium of drawing through a series of large-scale charcoal and graphite drawings of feathers. What started as small, delicate pencil drawings of feathers have evolved into large...
This thesis addresses the First Crusade with a focus on the crusaders’ logistics during the course of the campaign. It addresses the campaign in three phases, each the focus of its own chapter. The first chapter covers the...
Palabra clave:
Crusades, Food, Logistics y Military
Tema:
Crusades--First, 1096-1099, Military supplies y Logistics
This study examined the use of a parent training effort to increase parental engagement with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ASD is a neurodevelopmental condition defined by persistent deficits in...
Palabra clave:
Active Engagement, Autism y Communication Partner Instruction
Tema:
Children with autism spectrum disorders -- North Carolina -- Jackson County -- Case studies, Parents of autistic children -- North Carolina -- Jackson County -- Case studies, Education -- Parent participation -- North Carolina -- Jackson County -- Case studies y Parent and child -- North Carolina -- Jackson County -- Case studies
The historic election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2008 has attracted much interest in the humanities. The narrower lens of rhetorical analysis has yet to explore one of Obama’s most notable...
Palabra clave:
Dichotomy, Memoir, Obama, Oratory y Politics
Tema:
Obama, Barack -- Oratory, Obama, Barack -- Literary art, Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century y Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 21st century
This thesis examines eighteen of Ronald Reagan’s major speeches given between the years of 1964 and 1989 in order to show that Reagan rhetorically constructed a dimension that operated outside of the civil-religious contract as...
Palabra clave:
American Exceptionalism, Civil Religion, Presidential Rhetoric y Ronald Reagan
Tema:
Reagan, Ronald -- Language, Reagan, Ronald -- Oratory y Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Within the past few years, research involving gesture recognition has flourished and has led to new and improved programs assisting people who communicate with sign language [1–8]. Although numerous approaches have been...
Tema:
American Sign Language -- Study and teaching -- Computer programs, American Sign Language -- Study and teaching -- Technological innovations y American Sign Language -- Computer-assisted instruction
The critically endangered Dusky Gopher Frog occupies longleaf pine savannas frequented by fire, where grasses and natural burrows are abundant. Gopher frogs avoid fire-suppressed habitat, where the understory is comprised of...
