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Alzheimer’s Care: Getting Better
(2015)As I was growing up, I still remember going to my grandparents’ house every day after elementary school and eating orange sherbet, riding bikes around the neighborhood, and going to the library to get books to read. I ... -
An assessment of the polytypic status of the Namib darkling beetles Onymacris unguicularis and Onymacris rugatipennis
(2014-12-10)The southern African beetle genus Onymacris (family Tenebrionidae) comprises 14 species, six of which are polytypic. Despite longstanding research on the physiological and behavioral adaptations of these desert beetles, ... -
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 ... -
Dethroning the Kings of Cape Fear: Consequences of Edward Moseley’s Surveys
(2011)There remains a veil of romanticism used in past historiography concerning Edward Moseley that leaves one feeling that he was, as D.H. Hill said, “always on the side of the people.” Arguably, this romanticism has permeated ... -
Differential aging-related changes of D1, D2, and D3 dopamine receptor expression in the striatum
(2013-05-03)Aging is associated with a decrease in motor function and a concomitant increase in muscle stiffness and tone. The striatum plays a critical role in the control of motor function, and it receives strong dopamine (DA) ... -
The Effects of Text Messaging on Students’ Literacy.
(2014)Texting has become any every day task that many teenagers engage in on a day to day basis. Many of those text messages that are sent often contain textisms. The use of textisms is starting to become more accepted among the ... -
Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance: MRSA
(2014)Antibiotics once cured infectious diseases that were before deadly and incurable. Though this was an incredible medical breakthrough, only a few years later antibiotic resistance emerged and became another medical problem ... -
The Emergence of the Crop-Lien System in Eastern North Carolina
(2010)The slave-plantation system was clearly evil and a war was fought to end it. The Reconstruction period was a half hearted attempt to institute reforms in former slave states. Regionally and locally the former slave-owners ... -
Favorable Winds: Robert Morgan & The Circumstances of the 1974 Election Year
(2024-05)The election year of 1974 was fraught with drama and controversy, and it was not standard fare. While the predictable cycle of congressional midterms churned through their own campaign surprises, the entire nation was ... -
Government and Medicine: the evolution of the Chinese health care system
(2011-04-29)China’s diverse political history offers the unique opportunity to explore how a nation’s government impacts its approach to medicine and public health. The author found a correlation between Chinese government and health. ... -
Joseph McCarthy: The Face of the Red Scare
(2009)The Red Scare during the 1950’s was one of the most traumatic periods of American history. The decade would later be known as the “Era of McCarthyism” because of a Republican Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy ... -
Justice Deferred: Antidumping Legislation in the Robert Morgan Collection
(2024-05)The Robert Morgan papers provide detailed insight into the forming of H.R.8149, the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978, and the events that led to its creation. This project examines Robert Morgan’s ... -
Land of the Free – Why not ‘Sea of the Free?'
(2014)Commercial whaling has become an increasing problem in countries such as Norway, Iceland, and Japan. Since the placement of the moratorium by the International Whaling Commission in 1986, countries have been required to ... -
A Literature and Experiment Based Evaluation of Synthesis Techniques for Prothymosin-α Derived Peptides
(2010)The goal of the experimental portion of this project was to develop useful techniques for synthesizing small ProTa derived peptides to be used to evaluate the protein’s anti-HIV activity. -
Lucy Cherry Crisp: 20th Century Art Practice
(2011)Modern art has a tendency to confuse viewers, appearing significant only to those privy to its ethereal meaning. For as long as the general public has felt oppressed by its abstractions, there have been professionals ... -
A New Voice: The Undiscovered Histories of the Frederick C. Douglass Ledgers
(2011)Frederick C. Douglass, an African American lawyer in late 19th century Eastern North Carolina, kept meticulous records of his Union Soldier pension applicants’ claims. These records included the personal testimonies of ... -
Pearl Harbor: First Hand Accounts of December 7, 1941
(2010)On the morning of December 7, 1941, the naval and aerial forces of the Japanese Empire secretly attacked the United States Navy at the naval base of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. For over two hours, two waves consisting of over ... -
Political Divergence: A Brief History of the North Carolina Farmers’ Alliance
(2011)The Farmers’ Alliance entered a North Carolina that teemed with agrarian activity. It was not the driver of unity or administer of organization, for local Clubs had already organized before it ever appeared. The Progressive ...