Browsing by Author "Biology"
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Harm Perceptions of Secondhand Aerosol Exposure and Opinions About Acceptability and ECIG Use Inside of Vehicles Among ECIG Users
Gogineni, Anish (East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Significance: Limited research has examined electronic cigarette (ECIG) secondhand aerosol (SHA) exposure. Initial research shows ECIG SHA exposure may be associated with negative health effects, but many ECIG users associate ... -
Healthy Pals
Rector, Madeleine Grazyna (East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)This study is an educational intervention focused on the central question: How can we improve the health of children in Greenville? Obesity is now a common diagnosis of many children; partly because of increasingly sedentary ... -
Healthy Pals : The Igniting of Community Involvement and Enhanced Leadership
Judd, Ross (East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)My Signature Honors Project represents one full of pivots, failures, and successes. Starting in a group devoted to sexual assault on East Carolina’s campus, I quickly recognized the difficulty in obtaining results in a ... -
Herpetofauna of the Rio Upano Valley in southeastern Ecuador
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Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris) Population Identification Using Geometric Morphometrics and Otolith Shape
Meyer, Steve D. (East Carolina University, 2019-08-05)Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris is an anadromous species of fish belonging to the Family Clupeidae, first described in 1814 by Samuel L. Mitchill. Little is known about its life history or stock status. It is unknown whether ... -
Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris (Mitchill) Stock Identification Using Morphometric and Meristic Characters
Smith, Jordan P (East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)The Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris is an anadromous fish species of the family Clupeidae. Little is known about its distribution, life history, and status. Adult Hickory Shad are found seasonally during spring spawning in ... -
High marsh-forest transitions in a brackish marsh :the effects of slope
Hmieleski, Joseph I. -
Historical Ecology of Striped Bass Stocking in the Southeastern United States
Woodroffe, Jennifer Rebecca (East Carolina University, 2012)Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) is the most recreationally and commercially important non-salmonid fish species in the continental United States. As such, it has been exploited to the point of collapse at various points ... -
HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER (HGT) AND SPHAGNUM FALLAX: A PHYLOGENETIC LOOK INTO THE OCCURRENCE, PREVALENCE, AND IMPORTANCE OF HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER IN A BOG MOSS
Sink, Tyler Zachary (East Carolina University, 2020-11-04)Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a biological process that involves any transmission of genetic material that isn't vertical in nature. HGT occurs frequently between prokaryotes and plays a significant role in prokaryotic ... -
Hormone Exposure During Pregnancy and Maternal Care
Lockyer, Rachel B. (East Carolina University, 2015-12-17)It is suspected that prenatal hormones can affect maternal care, which has important implications for the neurological development of pups. To determine if the altered hormone levels affected maternal care, pregnant dams ... -
How are Mentees’ Goals and Demographic Characteristics Associated with their Mentoring Experiences, Preferences and Perceived Benefits?
Wekam, Vanina (East Carolina University, 2021-07-22)Mentoring plays a key role in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) because it increases the likelihood that students persist in a program and successfully move into their chosen career. Mentoring ... -
HOW CAN WE REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS ON THE PLACENTA?
Fricke, Ariel (East Carolina University, 2020-11-19)Prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals can lead to birth defects and adult disease. While it is impossible to avoid pollutant exposure, development of a prenatal supplement that augments natural protective ... -
How do modified nanoclays adversely affect aquatic species relative to natural nanoclay?
Tullio, Suelen C. de Morais Calado (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 ... -
Hox Gene clustering and regulatory networks
Parker, Stephen Christopher James.