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Thoracic neuroblastoma presenting as a cystic hygroma.
(East Carolina University, 1988-10)A case of thoracic neuroblastoma with extension into the supraclavicular fossa is described. By physical examination and ultrasound the patient was thought to have a cystic hygroma with mediastinal extension. A 'cystic' ... -
Thoracolumbar compression fractures presenting with an acute ileus.
(East Carolina University, 1990-09)Corticosteroids are commonly used in the treatment of connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus. Although they are usually efficacious, osteoporosis leading to spine compression fractures is not ... -
Though the Stars Walk Backwards
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)My investigation involves furthering my writing skills and comprehension by creating an anthology of short stories. This anthology is comprised of stories written in a variety of genres and styles, each with a unique theme ... -
Thoughts on Temporal Perception's Relativity in Grisey's Vortex Temporum and Voss's Perspectives
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-21)This thesis centers around a comparative analysis between an instrumental work, Vortex Temporum (1995), by Gérard Grisey (1946-98), and a mixed media work by Emerson Voss (b. 1991), Perspectives (2017). This essay articulates ... -
THREAT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT: PROTOCOL AND BUDGETARY NEEDS FOR TOOLS AND MEMBER TRAINING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-20)The primary goal of threat assessment is to prevent individuals who are on a pathway to violence. Threat assessment entails a three-step process beginning with identifying a concern, assessing the risk and managing the ... -
Threat Modelling and Analysis of Web Application Attacks
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-12)There has been a rapid growth in the use of the Internet over the years with billions of businesses using it as a means of communication. The World Wide Web has served as the major tool for disseminating information which ... -
THREE FACETS OF EMPLOYEE WELLNESS: THE POTENTIAL MODERATING INFLUENCES OF MINDFULNESS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND VACATION ON SELECT WORKER CHARACTERISTICS
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)Workaholism is well-known for the negative effects it has on workers, including poor individual health and an inability to separate oneself from work. Furthermore, a strong positive correlation between workaholism and work ... -
Three Generations, One Future: A Systematic Analysis on Nicotine's Effect across generations in C. elegans.
(East Carolina University, 2013)Tobacco smoking is a worldwide epidemic that is responsible for diseases and death rates that surpass those attributed to a combination of other causes (e.g. cancer, HIV, accidents). A major mediator of tobacco-smoke related ... -
Three Initiatives for Community-Based Art Education Practices
(2013-07)According to Lawton (2010), art educators should be concerned with teaching their students to make critical connections between the classroom and the outside world. one effective way to make these critical connections ... -
Thrown Voices : A Series of Dramatic Monologues, With a Discussion of the Genre
(East Carolina University, 2010)This thesis examines the complex nature of the poetic genre of the dramatic monologue by providing multiple perspectives on the genre--namely, those of the literary critic and the creative writer. This thesis provides a ... -
Tight junction claudin-7 protein modulates multiple processes of cancer progression in human lung cancer cells
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)Carcinogenesis usually consists of cancer initiation, promotion, and progression. Several tight junction claudin proteins have been identified as tumor suppressors or activators during cancer development. As apical proteins, ... -
Time course metabolome of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass confirms correlation between leptin, body weight and the microbiome
(2018-05-31)Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is an effective way to lose weight and reverse type 2 dia- betes. We profiled the metabolome of 18 obese patients (nine euglycemic and nine diabet- ics) that underwent RYGB surgery and seven ... -
Time course of altered sensitivity to inhibitory and excitatory agonist responses in the longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus and analgesia in the guinea pig after chronic morphine treatment
(2012-01-10)Tolerance that develops after chronic morphine exposure has been proposed to be an adaptive response that develops and decays over a defined time course. The present study examined the development of tolerance to the acute ... -
Time Course of Altered Sensitivity to Inhibitory and Excitatory Agonist Responses in the Longitudinal Muscle-Myenteric Plexus and Analgesia in the Guinea Pig after Chronic Morphine Treatment
(2012-01)Tolerance that develops after chronic morphine exposure has been proposed to be an adaptive response that develops and decays over a defined time course. The present study examined the development of tolerance to the acute ...