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Now showing items 775-794 of 2003
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The Federal Depository Library Program: Anachronism or Necessity?
(East Carolina University, 2004)A look at how the advent of the World Wide Web and transition to primarily electronic distribution of federal publications has permanently altered the FDLP. In order to survive, the program needs to transition from the old ... -
Feminizing Adrenal Carcinoma Presenting with Heart Failure and Ventricular Tachycardia
(2012)We present a case of feminizing adrenal carcinoma with severe elevation in serum estradiol and otherwise unexplained congestive heart failure with ventricular arrhythmia and review the literature on feminizing adrenal ... -
Fesselin and caldesmon: natively unfolded proteins in smooth muscle regulation
(East Carolina University, 2010)Dysregulation of smooth muscle contraction is linked to diseases such as atherosclerosis, asthma, hypertension, urinary incontinence, premature birth and others. The goal of this project is to contribute to our understanding ... -
Fesselin, a Synaptopodin-like Protein, Stimulates Actin Nucleation and Polymerization
(East Carolina University, 2001-11-27)Fesselin is a proline-rich actin binding protein that has recently been isolated from smooth muscle [Leinweber, B. D., Fredricksen, R. S., Hoffman, D. R., and Chalovich, J. M. (1999) J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 20, 539–545]. ... -
Fesselin, an intrinsically disordered smooth muscle protein, organizes and stabilizes actin-myosin and myosin
(East Carolina University, 2014)Fesselin is an intrinsically disordered protein that is known to bind a large variety of cytoskeletal proteins. The proteins fesselin is known to bind include: actin (Leinweber et al. 1999), [alpha]-actinin (Pham et al. ... -
Festival Gap : Comparing Organizers' Perceptions of Visitors to a Survey of Visitors at the Carolina Renaissance Festival, 2005
(East Carolina University, 2006)In many cases, festival organizers simply "guess" at the characteristics and motivations of their visitors. The organization, planning and marketing of festivals can greatly benefit from an analysis of visitors. This ... -
FieldWork
(East Carolina University, 2013)My work is a visual photographic exploration, which considers the migration from the field to the factory and the consequences of that shift on the American worker. Since the Industrial Revolution, large corporations have ... -
The Figure in Fine Art and Commercialism
(East Carolina University, 2011)This body of sculpture is an exploration of the human figure through personal, public, and commercial works. The following thesis report will explore these various categories and how they play a role in the sculpture's ... -
The Final Ambush : An Adapted Battlefield Analysis of the U-576 Attack Upon Allied Convoy KS-520 off Cape Hatteras During the Second World War
(East Carolina University, 2012)The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, largest, and most complex military action of the Second World War. The battle involved Allied, Axis, and neutral nations, resulting in both military and civilian casualties. At ... -
The Financial Behavior of Emerging Adults : A Family Financial Socialization Approach
(East Carolina University, 2013)The present study examined the role of attachment insecurity, locus of control, and parental financial communication in the financial behavior of emerging adults from a family financial socialization theory perspective. ... -
Financial Market Analysis Using a Kinetics Model
(East Carolina University, 2013)Over the past several decades physicists have used models and techniques that were developed in the sciences in order to analyze the price and volume behavior of financial markets. These models and techniques ... -
Finding Displacement through Incest in Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath her Feet and Fury
(East Carolina University, 2014)Incest is a widespread theme in literature that continues to grow in frequency (Barnes 3). It is rarely addressed amongst scholars due to being a taboo topic, but in this thesis I aim to address it and analyze it thoroughly ... -
Finding Home : I've Been This Girl All Along
(East Carolina University, 2012)Where is home if you have no definitive place to call home, such as a house you grew up in and someone in your family still lives there? My early life was spent living on Seymour Johnson and For Walton Beach Air Force ... -
Fine Structure of the Motile Cells and Flagella in a Member of the Actinoplanaceae (Actinomycetales)
(East Carolina University, 1970-11)The motile cells (sporangiospores) of an undescribed member of the Actinoplanaceae are studied by electron microscopy as shadowed, negatively stained, and sectioned preparations. The rod-shaped spores exhibit a typically ... -
Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley
(East Carolina University, 2010)The galley of the 17th century Swedish warship Vasa is currently the only large 17th century naval galley available for study. It was surveyed by the author in 2008. While the galley's wooden structure remains largely ... -
Fish oil disrupts B cell plasma membrane lateral organization and immunological synapse formation
(East Carolina University, 2012)Fish oil has immunosuppressive properties that could provide treatment for numerous inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. The primary bioactive components of fish oil, which are the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) ... -
FISTFUL OF DEBRIS
(East Carolina University, 2010)Fistful of Debris is a collection of fiction aimed to explore the varied dimensions of familial loss. Each piece focuses on the personal growth and intimate details of a female protagonist's life, as she attempts to rebuild ... -
The Flat-Ribbon Configuration of the Periplasmic Flagella of Borrelia burgdorferi and Its Relationship to Motility and Morphology
(East Carolina University, 2009-01)Electron cryotomography was used to analyze the structure of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. This methodology offers a new means for studying the native architecture of bacteria by eliminating the chemical ... -
A flexible computer-to-computer protocol for DISNET: a Distributed Instrument System NETwork
(East Carolina University, 1984)This article evaluates the performance of a DISNET channel control module. -
FLOATING FORTRESS, FLOATING CITY, FLOATING MONUMENT: A COMPARITIVE [sic] STUDY OF THREE AMERICAN WARSHIP MUSEUMS
(East Carolina University, 2011)This thesis presents three warship museums within the United States as case studies to examine the needs and practices of a unique subset of museum organizations. A museum warship is simultaneously an exhibit, artifact, ...