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Chronic low-frequency rTMS of primary motor cortex diminishes exercise training-induced gains in maximal voluntary force in humans
(East Carolina University, 2009)Although there is consensus that the central nervous system mediates the increases in maximal voluntary force (maximal voluntary contraction, MVC) produced by resistance exercise, the involvement of the primary motor cortex ... -
CI-FLOW: Evaluating and Testing New Technologies for Accurate and Timely Identification of Inland and Coastal Floods in the Tar-Pamlico and Neuse River Basins of Coastal North Carolina
(2009-09-18)CI-FLOW is a new technology being utilized to identify flood hazards. CI-FLOW stands for the Coastal and Inland Flooding Observation and Warning project. CI-FLOW was implemented ten years ago by the directors of Sea Grant ... -
Cicero and Caesar : A Turbulent Amicitia
(East Carolina University, 2014)Though some study into the relationship between Cicero and Caesar has occurred, it is relatively little and the subject warrants more consideration. This is a significant gap in the historiography of late republican ... -
Circadian activation of mast cells mediates the nocturnal response in allergic asthma
(East Carolina University, 2010)Circadian rhythm is a conserved physiological feature of most organisms. Nocturnal symptoms are a common feature of allergic asthma in humans. Patients with nocturnal asthma show circadian variation of their pulmonary ... -
Circadian influences on myocardial infarction
(2014-10-30)Components of circadian rhythm maintenance, or “clock genes,” are endogenous entrainable oscillations of about 24 h that regulate biological processes and are found in the suprachaismatic nucleus (SCN) and many peripheral ... -
Citizen Science: Is It Worth Your Time?
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-17)This dissertation investigated citizen science, a tool that connects the public to the scientific community through research-based projects and education campaigns. Benefits include volunteers adding data to long-term data ... -
City of Greenville, North Carolina - Sustainability
(2014)Sustainability has been defined by the Brundtland Comission as "meeting the needs of present generations without compromising the needs of future generations." Seeking to become more sustainable, the City of Greenville, ... -
City of Greenville’s Social Media in times of emergencies
(2013-05-22)Steve Hawley is communications manager and public information officer for the City of Greenville where his work has won Excellence in Communications Awards from North Carolina City and County Communicators. He is ... -
Civil War Medicine
(2011-09-19)Laupus Library History Collections & the Department of Bioethics & Interdisciplinary Studies sponsor the History of Medicine Presentations as an educational service for the East Carolina University community. The Library ... -
Civilian field surgery in the rural trauma setting: a proposal for providing optimal care.
(East Carolina University, 1992-09)Rural trauma presents unique problems for surgical care. While military surgeons are prepared to provide care at or near the scene of battle, civilian literature is devoid of reports for care provided by surgeons at sites ... -
Claudin-7 increases chemosensitivity to cisplatin in human NCI-H522 lung cancer cells
(East Carolina University, 2010)Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death for both men and women worldwide. The 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is only 15%, and it accounts for approximately 1.4 million deaths every year. Recently, it has ... -
Claudins in intestines
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Cleaved Caspase-3 Response to Acute Resistance Exercise in Young and Old Men and Women : Relationship to Muscle Glycogen Content and 5'-AMP-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) Activity
(East Carolina University, 2011)In addition to suppressing protein synthesis and activating protein degradation in skeletal muscle and other cell types, 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is known to stimulate nuclear apoptosis in non-muscle cells ... -
Climate Change Alters Trophic Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)Understanding the effects of multiple anthropogenic changes on local ecosystems is important for understanding community interactions. Because they lie at the interface between the land and sea coastal ecosystems are often ... -
Climate Change and the Sea Breeze in the North Carolina Coast
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-25)Forecasting SB genesis and evolution is often a difficult task for coastal meteorologists. This is especially the case when attempting to forecast SB-induced precipitation, as not every SB front induces rainfall. The two ... -
Climate change effects on precipitation organization : a summertime case study in the southeast United States
(East Carolina University, 2016-08-18)The delivery of precipitation through large and small scale precipitation features plays a key role in the hydrological cycle. Therefore, it is important to understand how the organization of precipitation will change as ... -
A Climatology of the Structure, Frequency, and Propagation of Midlatitude Cyclones that Affect North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2013)The seasonal and interannual variability of midlatitude cyclone structure, frequency, and propagation was studied based on composites of precipitation over North Carolina. This analysis showed significant changes in the ... -
Clinic Staff Adherence to the CDC’s STD Treatment Guidelines: A QI Initiative in a Local Health Department
(2016-07-25)The Orange County Health Department (OCHD), a medium sized health department in central North Carolina, manages many patients for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) based on the CDC’s STD Treatment Guidelines and guidance ... -
Clinical differences between pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a 5-year retrospective study.
(East Carolina University, 1995-03)This article describes the clinical, epidemiologic, laboratory, and treatment characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in Eastern North Carolina, a primarily rural area. The ...