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Platinum-Catalyzed Acylation of 2-(aryloxy)pyridines Via Direct Carbon-Hydrogen Activation
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-24)
Carbonyl groups are ubiquitous in pharmaceuticals, biomolecules, and natural products. The traditional means of acylation to introduce carbonyls, such as the Friedel-Crafts acylation, can be limited in scope. More recent ...
EXTENDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL, DISCURSIVE, AND RHETORICAL HORIZONS OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARIES’ INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY’S JAMES B. HUNT JR.
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-20)
This dissertation analyzes how North Carolina State University's (NCSU) James B. Hunt Jr. Library extends the ways in which the information architectures of academic research libraries can function as a technology, as ...
Detecting Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening: An Exploration of Emotional Dampening at Different Levels of Emotion Processing
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-05)
Background: Cardiovascular emotional dampening is the phrase used to describe the inverse relationship between blood pressure and emotional responsivity. The emotional dampening literature is limited, but the phenomenon ...
Exploring Oxytocin and Callous-Unemotional Traits as Mediators of the Relationship between Maltreatment and Aggression
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-26)
Recent advances in our understanding of the consequences of childhood maltreatment have offered new insights into the biological and psychological mechanisms that underlie the increased risk for aggression among abused and ...
How do modified nanoclays adversely affect aquatic species relative to natural nanoclay?
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-17)
Nanoclays represent a large class of modified nanomaterials (NMs) (i.e. nanoscale particles from 1 to 100 nm) that has received great attention from the scientific and industrial communities. This material has been widely ...
Pragmatic Feminist Empiricism: An Original Analytical Framework for Technical Communication
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-19)
Focusing on issues of embodiment and power in technical communication specifically through visual discourses of health and medicine created through data, the research is an introduction to an original methodology called ...
Integral Captions and Subtitles: Designing a Space for Embodied Rhetorics and Visual Access
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
This dissertation challenges the conventions of adding static captions to the bottom of videos and instead advocates for designing integral captions and integral subtitles that interact with bodies, sound, and other modes ...
Biophysical Mechanisms Mediating Fibrin Fiber Lysis
(2017-05-28)
The formation and dissolution of blood clots is both a biochemical and a biomechanical process. While much of the chemistry has been worked out for both processes, the influence of biophysical properties is less well ...
Nearshore mixing and nutrient delivery along the western Antarctic Peninsula
(2017)
The surface waters of the Southern Ocean play a key role in the global climate and carbon cycles by promoting growth of some of the world’s largest phytoplankton blooms. Several studies have emphasized the importance of ...
Impact of Vessel Noise on Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau) Behavior and Implications for Underwater Noise Management
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Underwater noise and its impacts on marine life are growing management concerns. This dissertation considers both the ecological and social concerns of underwater noise, using the oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau) as a model ...