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CHAIN SMOKING : LINKING VIRGINIA'S AND BARBADOS' COMMERCIAL TOBACCO PRODUCTION
(East Carolina University, 2010)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the commercial tobacco production of Virginia and Barbados and explore the connections between them. The economic activities, especially tobacco production, that developed altered ... -
Challenges and Instructor Strategies for Transitioning to Online Learning During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Literature
(2023-09-13)The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented shift to online learning, significantly impacting the higher education landscape. This paper examines the challenges faced by faculty and students during the rapid transition ... -
Challenges and Solutions in the Development of Genomic Biomarker Panels: A Systematic Phased Approach
(2012-06)In the post-genome era, high throughput gene expression profiling has been successfully used to develop genomic biomarker panels (GBP) that can be integrated into clinical decision making. The development of GBPs in the ... -
Challenges to adaptation: a fundamental concept for the shared socio-economic pathways and beyond
(2014)The framework for the new scenarios being developed for climate research calls for the development of a set of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), which are meant to differ in terms of their challenges to mitigation ... -
Challenges, Negotiations, and Feminism in the Tijaniyya Order in Senegal and Nigeria
(2014)Sufism, which is a mystical form of Islam, serves as the main form of religion followed by people living in West Africa. The prominence of Sufism throughout West Africa has provided leadership roles for women not usually ... -
CHANGE AGENTS IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE TRAINING FOR TITLE IX COORDINATORS
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-21)With our increasingly diverse college communities, the impact of racial and gender-based sexuality stereotypes and stigmas in decision-making, and societal perceptions regarding Title IX-related issues, it is an opportune ... -
CHANGE OF PLANS: A STUDY OF THE CHANGES IN THE BARBOUR BOAT WORKS’ RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT BUILDING PROGRAMS, 1950-1961
(East Carolina University, 2020-11-03)This thesis studies the last twelve years in which the Barbour Boat Works Company (once located in New Bern, North Carolina) built recreational watercraft to determine the primary factors involved in the company's decision ... -
Changes in Anxiety and Self-Care Practices in Heart Failure Patients after Wireless Implantable Hemodynamic Monitor Implants
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-11)Background: Heart Failure (HF) is a chronic cardiac disease that places a significant burden on patients through reduced functioning, unpleasant symptoms, and extensive disease management routines. Wireless implantable ... -
Changes in Flood Characteristics after a Major Event: Re-evaluating the Effect of Hurricane Floyd on Future Flood Response
(2009-09-18)Hurricane Floyd had immediate impacts on the relatively slow-changing environment and undeveloped, unregulated watershed. The total flood water was 95% of the volume of Pamlico Sound, and many locations exceeded the record ... -
CHANGES IN INSULIN RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC AIRWAY ALLERGEN EXPOSURES IN A SPONTANEOUSLY OBESE, NONHUMAN PRIMATE MODEL OF ALLERGIC ASTHMA
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-16)Obesity and asthma are two major well-recognized and interconnected major health problems, but the mechanisms that underlie the association of these two chronic inflammatory disease states are still unknown. Novel insights ... -
CHANGES IN MOMENT ARM OF THE SEMITENDINOSUS AND KNEE MOMENT POST ACL RECONSTRUCTION
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-07)The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most common ligament to rupture in the knee, especially among athletes whose sports are multidirectional (Buller et al., 2017). 1 in every 3000 Americans tears an ACL each year, ... -
Changes in muscle strength, muscle fibre size and myofibrillar gene expression after immobilization and retraining in humans
(East Carolina University, 2000-01)1. Changes in muscle strength, vastus lateralis fibre characteristics and myosin heavychain (MyoHC) gene expression were examined in 48 men and women following 3 weeks of knee immobilization and after 12 weeks of retraining ... -
Changes in the Circadian Rhythm in Patients with Primary Glaucoma
(2013)Purpose The current study was undertaken to investigate whether glaucoma affects the sleep quality and whether there is any difference between patients with primary glaucoma (primary open angle glaucoma, POAG and primary ... -
Changes in the Structural Properties of the UCL in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers
(East Carolina University, 2017-08-22)Perhaps the most serious injury for a baseball pitcher is a full tear of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in their throwing arm. Full tears of the UCL require surgical reconstruction if the athlete hopes to return to ... -
Changes in zebra finch central nervous system morphology associated with developmental cannabinoid exposure
(East Carolina University, 2012)Adolescent CNS development is a highly organized, coordinated process that is both genetically and environmentally influenced, and is characterized by a period of dynamic, activity-dependent changes in synaptic connectivity. ...