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Who Are You? An Archaeological Examination of the Human Remains Associated with Vasa
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)When the Swedish warship Vasa sank in 1628, approximately 30 lives were lost. The ship was raised and fully excavated in the 1950s and 1960s, and through the course of the excavation, over 1,500 human bones were recorded ... -
Who Watches the Watchmen : The Revaluation of the Superhero in the Nihilistic World of Alan Moore's Watchmen
(East Carolina University, 2011)Alan Moore's comic book series Watchmen is unique in comic book history in that it possesses a multi-layered, multi-interpretive structure and complex philosophically driven narrative. One of the novel approaches of Watchmen ... -
Who would have thought it? An operation proves to be the most effective therapy for adult-onset diabetes mellitus.
(East Carolina University, 1995-09)OBJECTIVE: This report documents that the gastric bypass operation provides long-term control for obesity and diabetes. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Obesity and diabetes, both notoriously resistant to medical therapy, continue ... -
Whose history matters? An examination of Black vs White cemetery loss
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Historical Cemeteries across the United States are at risk of being moved, destroyed, and/or abandoned. However, not all cemeteries appear to face this same risk: those belonging to oppressed minority groups are often more ... -
Why Accounting? Perceptions of the Accounting Industry and Factors That Affect Choosing a Major
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)This research study explores decision-making factors that affect students’ college major choice along with their perceptions of accounting as a major and professional career. It discovers what factors affect one’s college ... -
Why are Women Less Financially Motivated Than Men?
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-25)A previous group in the honors college wrote a research paper about women’s motivation to become financially literate. They found that, on average, women reported lower motivation to learn about personal finance than men ... -
Why Does Exercise “Trigger� Adaptive Protective Responses in the Heart?
(2015-05)Numerous epidemiological studies suggest that individuals who exercise have decreased cardiac morbidity and mortality. Pre-clinical studies in animal models also find clear cardioprotective phenotypes in animals that ... -
WHY THEY STAY: CRITICAL FACTORS FOR TEACHER RETENTION
(East Carolina University, 2021-11-29)My district in North Carolina is one of many across the country impacted by a shortage of teachers caused by attrition and fewer people entering the profession. Educational leaders must increase teacher retention to ... -
Why Won't You Leave?: An Evaluation of Employees' Willingness to Take Time Off
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Presently, there is little empirical research that considers why some employees are more inclined than others to take advantage of their organization's leave benefits. This study aimed to explore employees' willingness ... -
Widening sexual orientation inequities in smoking among older adults in the USA, 2015–2019
(2023-08-17)A recent editorial in Tobacco Control noted the neglect of older adults in the field of tobacco control, arguing that we must do better.[1] This research letter seeks to answer that call and amplify its message by assessing ... -
Widespread brain reorganization perturbs visuomotor coordination in early glaucoma
(2019-10-02)Glaucoma is the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness, and falls are a major public health concern in glaucoma patients. Although recent evidence suggests the involvements of the brain toward advanced glaucoma ... -
Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of land
(2012-10)In complex multicellular eukaryotes such as animals and plants, horizontal gene transfer is commonly considered rare with very limited evolutionary significance. Here we show that horizontal gene transfer is a dynamic ... -
Widespread platinum anomaly documented at theYounger Dryas onset in North American sedimentary sequences
(2017-03-09)Previously, a large platinum (Pt) anomaly was reported in the Greenland ice sheet at the Younger Dryas boundary (YDB) (12,800 Cal B.P.). In order to evaluate its geographic extent, fire-assay and inductively coupled plasma ... -
Wild Horses
(East Carolina University, 2022-03-23)Wild Horses is a Literary Fiction novel that intersects with Queer and Indigenous Literature. The narrative is a close third point of view following the perspectives of primary protagonist, Amanda Sloan (Mara), her father, ...