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Visual Search Strategies of Elite Baseball Players During a Baseball Hitting Task
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)
Baseball batting is a cognitively demanding interceptive timing task that requires precision and power. Due to the quick duration of an at-bat, anticipatory visual cues and predictive eye movements are needed to have an ...
Impact of Attachment on the Relationship Between Emotion-Regulation, Body Satisfaction, and Compulsive Exercise in Female College Athletes
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
Guided by attachment theory and social comparison theory, this study examines the impact of attachment on the relationship between emotion regulation, body satisfaction, and compulsive exercise in female college athletes. ...
Fear Not This Body
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)
Body shame is an insidious part of Western culture. As a fat woman, I am intent upon expressing and sharing the beauty of bodies that are commonly vilified in an effort to combat that shame. In my MFA thesis exhibition, I ...
Impacts of Journaling on Mathematical Performance
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that journaling would have on students’ academic performance in mathematics. Alongside this, student perceptions on writing in the mathematics classroom were also ...
The 'Loose Dreadnoughts': South America's Struggle for Naval Preeminence
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)
Near the beginning of the twentieth century, the three prevailing powers in South America--Argentina, Brazil, and Chile--engaged in a naval arms race centered around the revolutionary "dreadnought" warship type, which were ...
Adolescent free time activity participation and its relationships with perceptions of parenting and intrinsic motivation
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
The positive youth development framework emphasizes those developmental tasks and milestones that assist youth in the successful transition to adulthood. These developmental affordances thrive in contexts where social-emotional, ...
Development of small-molecule inhibitors of the initiating proteases, C1r and C1s, of the classical complement pathway
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-12)
Complement is a proteolytic cascade that upon activation plays a key effector role in the innate immune system and acts to prime the adaptive immune response. During normal homeostatic events, complement is tightly regulated ...
ANXIETY AND FEAR IN RELATION TO SLEEP AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY IN A SAMPLE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-12)
Long-term poor sleep contributes to the development and maintenance of chronic disease and physical and mental health challenges. Researchers have sought to understand the myriad of factors that influence sleep behavior, ...
Exploring Latino Parent and School Staff Perspectives on Latino Parent Involvement in Public Schools
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore experiences and culturally appropriate practices of Latino parents' participation in the public school system. The study also explored school staff perceptions and actions ...
WHAT LIES BENEATH AT THE PINE STREET BARGE CANAL BREAKWATER SHIP GRAVEYARD: SITE FORMATION PROCESSES AS A DOCUMENT OF CHANGE IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT (C. 1830-1960)
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-14)
The Pine Street Barge Canal Breakwater Ship Graveyard in the waterfront of Burlington, Vermont contains a small assemblage of abandoned vessels along the shores of Lake Champlain. Representing a span of time dating from ...