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Facebook Knows You: An Analysis of Facebook, Social Anxiety, and Narcissism in Young Adults
(2013-06-05)Participants were recruited via Facebook and administered a brief survey exploring Facebook use, social anxiety, and narcissism. Several significant relationships were found including results supporting prior research on ... -
Factors Affecting Autobiographical Recall: Mindfulness Meditation and Emotional Memories
When people learn to be mindful, they learn to be present in the moment, observant of feelings, and nonreactive to emotional stimuli. Because of this, someone who is more mindful may remember emotional memories differently ... -
Families in Wartime Manchester: A New Look at the World War II British Home Front
(2014-08-25)The World War II British home front has garnered a considerable amount of attention from historians. Most of these works, though, center on class struggles, morale, and women's roles, and they are mostly concerned with ... -
Fantasy Football: How Real Money is made in a Virtual World and an Analysis of Player Motivations
Fantasy sports have existed since the late eighties. With the widespread proliferation of the Internet, however, fantasy sports have exploded in popularity. With the ever-increasing number of participants, both the NFL and ... -
Feeding Ecology of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in South Carolina Estuaries Using delta 13C and delta15N Stable Isotope Analysis
(2014-08-25)Shark populations worldwide have greatly declined since the 1970s, and an ecosystem-based fisheries management plan would improve how U.S. shark species are managed. This study utilized stable isotope ratios of carbon and ... -
Feminist reading of Zadie Smith's novels through the critical framework of interlocking oppressions
(2014-08-19)After researching Zadie Smith and her three noted works, White Teeth, Autograph Man, and On Beauty, it appears many of the critics have missed a substantial area of research. They have either looked at Smith as the author ... -
Feminist Shakespeares: Adapting Shakespeare for a Modern Audience in the Hogarth Shakespeare Project
The Hogarth Shakespeare Project presents a way to view Shakespeare’s plays through a different lens. These books allow for a feminist reading of Shakespeare, looking at some of Shakespeare’s ill-treated female characters ... -
Fertilization in single- and multiple-male spawnings under elevated CO2 in two populations of sea urchins from distinct latitudes
Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) by the ocean has led to a 30% drop in the pH of surface waters since the start of the Industrial Revolution. This process, known as ocean acidification ... -
Field Spectroscopy as a Tool for Enhancing Water Quality Monitoring in the ACE Basin, SC
The Ashepoo, Combahee, Edisto (ACE) Basin in South Carolina is one of the largest undeveloped estuaries in the Southeastern United States. This system is monitored and protected by several government agencies, to ensure ... -
Financial Industry Diversification: An Empirical Analysis
(2013-11-05)This paper uses a quantitative approach to determine whether or not diversified financial institutions perform better than specialized financial institutions for shareholders. It aims to identify whether or not economies ... -
Floral Phenotypic Integration of Eight Brassicaceae Species from Native and Non-native Environments
(2014-08-25)By studying the co-variation of traits that are functionally and genetically linked in organisms that are closely related, or by comparing patterns of integration between populations with different ecologies, we can better ... -
Fluoxetine in the marine environment: Effects on sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) serotonin activity and locomotor behavior
(2014-08-18)Fluoxetine (FLX), the active ingredient in the prescription antidepressant drug Prozac (TM), is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and is among the top 100 drugs prescribed yearly in both the United States and ... -
Foraging habitat selection and nesting success of wood storks in South Carolina
(2014-08-21)This study was conducted to increase knowledge of foraging habitat selection and nesting success of Wood Storks nesting in South Carolina during the 2008 season. Results from this study were intended to aid the South ... -
Forensic DNA genotyping of pelagic marine fish larvae sampled across the Western North Atlantic Continental Shelf
(2013-07-19)This project generated an archive of purified genomic DNA from 300 pelagic marine fish larvae collected through the CofC Transects program from November 2003-November 2005 at 20 oceanic sampling stations spanning the ...