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A Smad3/FoxO3 Transcriptional Relationship in the Regulation of Vascular Growth
(East Carolina University, 2019-06-05)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a multi-faceted pathological condition that continually ranks as the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide. Unfortunately, despite extensive basic ...
The Relationship of Adaptive Sport Participation on Sense of Community and Community Integration
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-08)
This study examines how the frequency and duration of adaptive sports participation relates to community integration and sense of community among recreational athletes with disabilities. Research suggests that community ...
The effects of type of exercise during pregnancy on infant morphometric measurements
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
PURPOSE: Research suggests that aerobic exercise may produce beneficial morphometric outcomes, decreased adiposity, for the infant. However, little research has been done on the influence of other maternal exercise types ...
Effects of Maternal Exercise Type on Infant Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
PURPOSE: The main purpose of this study is to measure the effects of aerobic, resistance, and combination training during pregnancy on offspring cardiac autonomic nervous system development at one-month postnatal age through ...
A metabolomics approach to understanding recurrent stroke risk in African Americans
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
Stroke is a significant health burden, as the fifth leading cause of death and the number one cause of serious, long term disability in the United States. Each year 795,000 individuals suffer a stroke; of which 185,000 ...
Archaeological Investigations of an Early American Farmstead: The Wiley Smith Site (31MG2098)
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
While farmsteads are relatively abundant in the historic and archaeological record, there are many issues with the current practices used to identify, evaluate, record, and study them. However, farmsteads represent a way ...
Measuring and Assessing Food Insecurity Among East Carolina University Undergraduate Students
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
Food insecurity has long been an issue nationwide, however, there has been little emphasis placed on food insecurity among college students. This thesis employed a cross-sectional survey of 1,170 randomly selected undergraduate ...
Bioarchaeological Analysis of a Historic North Carolina Family Cemetery
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
The Gause Cemetery at Seaside, located in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, purportedly contains members of a wealthy and influential planter family, the Gause's, who died during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 2017, ...
QR Codes and the Public: Tools for Education at Historic Brunswick Town
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
Public interpretation is an integral aspect of the archaeological process, and modern technology has made it easier than ever to communicate information with the general public. Technological advancements have been an aid ...
The facial inversion effect throughout healthy adult aging : an event-related brain potential study
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
Age-associated cognitive decline (AACD) is a natural part of life. The difference between malignant and benign AACD can be difficult to determine in the early stages of dementia. Many factors affect an individual's brain ...