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Skipping the Injuries: A Biomechanical and Metabolic Comparison Between Skipping & Running
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-20)
Introduction: Benefits of aerobic exercise are apparent; the rising awareness has caused an increase in running participation and, an undeniable trend toward injury. The inherit injury risk associated with running calls ...
Markov Chains, Random Walks, and Card Shuffling
(East Carolina University, 2016)
A common question in the study of random processes pertains to card shuffling. Whether or not a deck of cards is random can have huge implications on any game being played with those particular cards. This thesis explores ...
SHORT STEP KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO RUNNING POST ACLR
(East Carolina University, 2016-06-01)
Introduction: Post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), individuals are 3-4x more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis (OA). Increased knee joint loads, and knee joint loading characteristics have been ...
The Sum of Our Parts: Race, Blood, and Genetics in Three Dystopian Young Adult Novels
(East Carolina University, 2016-06-23)
In the last decade, the young adult genre subset of speculative fiction has experienced growth in both publication and popularity. As the breadth of the genre has increased, more multicultural authors and characters have ...
INDUSTRY OF DEATH: THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION ON NORTH CAROLINA HEADSTONES
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-11)
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a shift from marble headstones to granite has been observed across the United States and in parts of Canada, as well. The goal of this study is to determine when this shift in ...
Preliminary Analysis of the Effect of Adolescent Anxiety on Student-Teacher Relationships During Behavioral Consultation
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-22)
Background: The impact of ADHD on the formation of relationships with adults has been noted for several decades. Anxiety has been mentioned as a potentially enhancing factor in the treatment of ADHD and there is emerging ...
American Professional Military Education, 1776-1945: A Foundation for Failure
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
This paper presents the history of professional military education in the United States from 1776 through 1945. As its fundamental point, the paper argues that the scientific view of war prevailed over the views of the ...
Examining the implementation of PETTLEP-based imagery in youth soccer-dribbling performance
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Purposes: To examine the effect of PETTLEP imagery on performance (dribbling time, error performance, performance time) when it is introduced at different times during the process of learning a soccer skill. Hypotheses: ...
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Contributions to an Intermolecular Mechanism of Subunit Communication: Coordination of Pyruvate Carboxylase Activity Among Spatially Distinct Active Sites
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-13)
Catalysis occurring in a multifunctional enzyme at spatially distinct active sites is controlled by an array of factors, including the structure of the enzyme, ligand binding, and productive interaction of substrates to ...
ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION ACROSS A SALINITY GRADIENT
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-05)
Pre and post-colonization factors differentially affect community structure. Sea level rise is mixing formerly isoloted freshwater communities with salt water communities. These ponds have a large range of salinity, which ...